Porchlight 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 …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:46AMAndre De Shields' "Confessions of a P.I.M.P." will return to Victory Gardens Theater in August, the company announced Friday. Told through song, dance and spoken word, De Shields' one-man …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:33PMOnce a week at Beauty Bar at 1444 W. Chicago Ave., writers, performance artists, movers, shakers, newbies and pros converge to share their stories beneath a glittery awning and a white banne…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:30PMIn this week's Showcase, Dara Cameron, currently playing Audrey in American Blues Theater's production of "Little Shop of Horrors," sings the show's hopeful ballad "Somewhere That's Green."…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:36PM"Gotta Dance," the pre-Broadway musical that premiered in Chicago in December 2015, will open on Broadway in the spring of 2017 with a new name and a new closing number. It was announced Wed…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:15AMThe Peanuts gang will once again search for the true meaning of Christmas this holiday season in "A Charlie Brown Christmas," Broadway in Chicago and Emerald City Theatre announced Tuesday. …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:09PMLyric Opera of Chicago and The Second City will collaborate in the fall on "Longer! Louder! Wagner!" the two companies announced Tuesday. Inspired by Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle -- and in pr…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:13AMInterrobang Theatre Company announced its 2016-17 season Monday. Beginning the season in the fall is "Still" (Sept. 28-Oct. 30), to be directed by co-artistic director Georgette Verdin. In …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:49PMThe Gift Theatre has announced its 2017 season, which includes three world premieres by women playwrights. The season begins in February with Mona Mansour’s "Unseen" (Feb. 10-April 19)…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:46PMAmerican Blues Theatre announced casting for "Dutchman" and "TRANSit" from its 31st season on Friday. The cast of Amiri Baraka's "Dutchman," to be directed by Chuck Smith, includes ensemb…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:19PMTravis Turner sings a catchy song from "Thaddeus and Slocum: A Vaudeville Adventure," a world premiere play by Kevin Douglas now at Lookingglass Theatre Company, in this Showcase video. Set…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:00PMWriters Theatre's 4-star production of "Company" will extend one week due to high ticket demand, the Glencoe company announced Wednesday. Featuring music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:27PMStage Left Theatre has announced a two-play slate for its 2016-17 season, the politically driven company's 35th, which will mark the departure of current artistic director Vance Smith. The s…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:19PMTeatro Vista announced its 2016-17 season Wednesday, a season that includes world-premiere plays from Mando Alvarado, Ike Holter and Sandra Delgado. First up is "Parachute Men" by Alvarado.…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00PMDennis Watkins took a break from the House Theatre's 4-star "Death and Harry Houdini" to stop on Michigan Avenue and perform some magic. In the video, Watkins carries out a few tricks wi…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:22AMIn this week's Theater Loop Showcase, Staceyann Chin performs a scene from "MotherStruck!," her one-woman show now playing as part of the "Solo Celebration" series. Chin's show, which premie…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:16PMVictory Gardens Theater has announced the slate of readings for the 2016 Ignition Festival of New Plays. This year's plays include: "The Wayward Bunny" by Greg Kotis, directed by Henry Wish…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:48PMThe Pulitzer Prize-winning rock musical "Next to Normal" will complete BoHo Theatre's 2016 season, the company announced Tuesday. Featuring a book by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt, the …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:57AMNew York's Second Stage Theatre has announced its 2016-17 season, the company's 38th, including two plays that premiered in Chicago. Tracy Letts' "Man From Nebraska," which opened at Stepp…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:16PM"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical" will fly back to Chicago for a limited engagement at The Chicago Theatre, the Madison Square Garden Company announced. The Christmas tale of a…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:59PMThe Neo-Futurists have announced their 2016-17 season, including three mainstage world premieres, a "micro-festival" of art and performance and, of course, the 28th year of "Too Much Light M…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:57PMDebra Monk will star in David Rabe's world premiere "Visiting Edna," Steppenwolf Theatre Company announced Wednesday, news that increases the show's Broadway potential. Monk, a Tony winner …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:46PMShortly before the PrivateBank Theatre's box office opened Wednesday morning, a line of more than 25 people formed outside for tickets to "Hamilton" in Chicago, a significant reduction from …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:24PMCollaboraction has announced the full lineup of "Peacebook," a series of free multidisciplinary performances to be held in Chicago parks this summer. The festival opens Aug. 12 and 13 in…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:51PMWinter is coming to the Apollo Theater this July. "Thrones! The Musical Parody" (not to be confused with "Graeme of Thrones," the other "Game of Thrones" spoof coming to Chicago this fall) w…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:57PMThe queer comedy showcase Chigaygo will present a one-night-only event at the Laugh Factory Chicago to raise money for The Center Orlando, an LGBTQ center aiding the survivors and victims' f…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:07PMHere comes the bride! Again! "Tony 'n Tina's Wedding" will return to Chicago this fall. The interactive dinner-theater trip to Tony and Tina's '80s altar will take place at a real church,…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:47PM"I’m ready! I’m ready! I’m ready!" is a catchphrase of sorts for SpongeBob SquarePants, the nautical, nonsensical, adored yellow sponge now starring in "The SpongeBob Musical," a Broa…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:54PMAbout Face Theatre announced a three-play slate for its 2016-17 season on Friday. First up is Doug Wright's "I Am My Own Wife" (Nov. 4-Dec. 10), the Pulitzer Prize-winning play first develop…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:00PMTheater Wit will produce the Chicago premiere of Mat Smart's "Naperville," the company announced Friday. Set in a downtown coffee shop in the play's namesake western suburb, the comedy ab…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:44PMCasting is complete for Lookingglass Theatre Company season opener "Life Sucks," Aaron Posner's modern update to "Uncle Vanya." "Life Sucks" will include the previously announced ensemble m…
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