Goodman Theatre announced Wednesday the lineup of its 13th annual New Stages festival, featuring a slate of six new plays to be performed for free over a three-week period. The first of th…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:28PMTympanic Theatre Company announced its 2016-17 season on Monday. Opening the season in October is Hayes Borkowski's "Sweet Analytics," a new play inspired by Marlowe's "The Tragical History…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:32PMNelson Rodriguez has been named the first-ever artistic director of Pride Films and Plays, the company announced Monday. Rodriguez, a Chicago-based theater artist, has been an ensemble me…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:46AMThe Q Brothers' "Othello: The Remix" will make its New York debut this fall at Westside Theatre. Written, directed and composed by GQ and JQ, the hip-hop update to Shakespeare's tragedy rece…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:14AMVictory Gardens Theater has announced casting for "Hand To God," the first show in its 2016-17 season. Starring in the production will be Nina Ganet as Jessica, Curtis Edward Jackson as Tim…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:55PMCasting is complete for the return of the '80s-set dinner-theater staple "Tony 'n Tina's Wedding." The interactive production stars Mitchell Conti as Anthony Angelo Nunzio Jr. (Tony) and Ha…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:21PMRemy Bumppo Theatre announced casting for its 2016-17 season on Thursday. In the fall, "Pirandello's Henry IV" by Tom Stoppard will feature Mark L. Montgomery as Henry with Chris Amos as Cou…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:23AMIn this week's Showcase video, Evan Linder and Liz Sharpe perform a scene from "Byhalia, Mississippi," written by Linder and now in a remount at Steppenwolf's 1700 Theatre. In the video, Lin…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:57PMFirst Floor Theater has announced its 2016-17 season, which features comedies from three women playwrights and is set to take place at The Den Theatre, where First Floor will be a new reside…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:34PMGoodman Theatre announced the cast of its fall production of Andrew Hinderaker's "The Magic Play" on Wednesday. Francis Guinan (Father) and Sean Parris (Diver) will join the previously annou…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:30PMHannibal Buress will make a hometown stop on his stand-up comedy tour this fall, it was announced Wednesday. "The Hannibal Montanabal Experience" will play the Chicago Theatre on Sept. 14 …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:53AM"Welcome to the future home of Ellen Gates Starr High School," announces Albany Park Theater Project co-founder David Feiner, smiling, unable to stand still. "Whoooo!," responds a crowd of C…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:46AMSteppenwolf Theatre Company announced the fall lineup for "LookOut," the company’s wide-ranging performance series now in the middle of its first slate of summer programming, on Thursday.�…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:30PMSlate and The Second City have announced the cast of "Unelectable You," a new political comedy show from the daily web magazine and the Chicago comedy company, inspired by the election se…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:02AMAmerican Theater Company will present just three of four originally announced plays in its 2016-17 season, producing no fall production, the company announced Thursday. The season, the fi…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:45PMCasting has been announced for "Helldrivers of Daytona," the Broadway-hopeful pop-rock musical opening at the Royal George Theatre this fall. The cast includes Samantha Pauly as Pepper, Davi…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:19PMKokandy Productions has announced an expanded fifth season, including two Chicago premieres and four productions in total. "The Wiz," with a book by William F. Brown and music and lyrics by …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:07PMSteppenwolf for Young Adults announced the cast for "The Burials," the first production in SYA's 2016-17 season, on Monday. Caitlin Parrish's world premiere features Aurora Adachi-Winter, St…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:46PMBroadway in Chicago has announced the full lineup for its annual free summer concert in Millennium Park. Newly announced performances include: "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" featuring compose…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:19AMNathaniel Stampley sings the classic ballad "The Impossible Dream" in this Showcase video, filmed at Tribune Tower. Stampley can currently be seen on the Marriott Theatre's stage as Migue…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:46PMUnderscore Theatre Company announced the cast of "Tonya and Nancy: The Rock Opera" on Thursday. Produced in association with Harborside Films, the dark comedy inspired by the 1994 attack on…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:16PMThis week's Showcase features a performance from Thom Miller, currently starring as Robert in Writers Theatre's 4-star production of Stephen Sondheim's "Company." Miller sings "Marry Me a Li…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:55PMThe Paramount Theatre in Aurora announced the cast of its 2016-17 season opener "Mamma Mia!" on Thursday. The ABBA musical about a young bride prepping for a wedding day, that will involve…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:19AMHalcyon Theatre announced the cast of "Fefu and Her Friends," along with an additional co-producton in the 2016-17 season, on Wednesday. "Fefu and Her Friends," Maria Irene Fornes' room-by-r…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:47PMShattered Globe Theatre announced the first two productions of its 2016-17 season Wednesday. Opening in the fall is Sam Shepard’s "True West" (Sept. 8-Oct. 22). The tale of two estranged …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:48PMGlencoe's Writers Theatre announced casting for five productions in its 2016-17 season, the company's 25th and first in its new Studio Gang Architects space, on Wednesday. The season opene…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:53PM"Something Rotten!" has been added to Broadway in Chicago's next season, it was announced Wednesday. Originally directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw, the musical comedy about a br…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:47AMCasting is complete for Erika Sheffer’s new play "The Fundamentals," Steppenwolf Theatre Company announced Tuesday. The cast features ensemble members Alana Arenas as Millie, Caroline Nef…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:35PMThe Marriott Theatre announced the cast of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" on Tuesday. The production stars Ari Butler as J. Pierrepont Finch, Jessica Naimy as Rosemary…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:57AMThe national tour of the Lincoln Center Theater Production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s "The King and I" is coming to Chicago next summer, Broadway in Chicago announced Tuesday. "The King …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:05AMPorchlight Music Theatre announced casting for "In the Heights," Lin-Manuel Miranda's pre-"Hamilton" Tony winner, on Monday. Jack DeCesare will star as Usnavi De La Vega, with Lucia Godinez …
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