Posted on August 21, 2010 by Scotty Zacher
The Playground Improv Marathon: 30 Hours of Comedy Benefiting Child Literacy “9 Actors. 30 Hours. No Script. No Sleep. No Sanity.” When: 6 p.m. Friday, September 10 – Midnight Saturday, September 11 Where: The Playground Theater, 3209 N. Halsted St. Cost: $5-$10 per hour-long show, $25 for a full 30-hour pass Contact: Dave Maher [...]
Filed under: Fundraising, Outreach | Education, Playground Theater | Tagged: Second City, ComedySportz, The Playground Theater, Adam Shalzi, Dave Maher, K.C. Redheart, Playground Improv Marathon, Reach Out and Read, iO Improv Olympics, Karisa Bruin, Margaret Conway, Nick Leveski, Mark Logsdon, George Serad, Bill Stern, Katie Thomas | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 11, 2010 by Scotty Zacher
Artistic Director Bonnie Metzgar Announces 15th Season Including Three World Premieres, New Artistic Associates, and XYZ Festival Celebrating the 15th anniversary of About Face Theatre, it looks like Artistic Director Bonnie Metzgar and new Executive Director Jason Held have upped the ante for the start of their next 15 years. Included in the upcoming [...]
Filed under: About Face Theatre, Outreach | Education, Season, Tanya Saracho | Tagged: Collaboraction, Jessica Thebus, Chopin Theatre, Doug Wright, Andre Pluess, Theater Wit, Patrick Andrews, The Hypocrites Theatre, Eric Rosen, Ben Sussman, Mary Zimmerman, Stephen Flaherty, Alexandra Billings, Wendy Robie, Tanya Saracho, Mitchell Fain, Jesse Young, Rebecca Rugg, Dan Stermer, Phillip Dawkins, Jessica Hudson, Scott Ferguson, Sara Kerastas, Kelli Simpkins, Megan Carney, Amy Matheny, Patricia Kane, Geoffrey M. Curley, Scott Duff, Sarah Gubbins, Zavier Hairston, Ben Sprunger, Paul Oakley Stovall, INTER-ACTION, Tiny Rooms, Carson Kreitzer, Mala Hierba, Jane Beachy, Donnell Williams, DoubleDJ, The Truth Will Out, Jordan Seavey, Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas, Bonnie Metzgar, Jason Held, Sally Oswald, XYZ Festival, Leslie Danzig, Adrianne Cury, Peggy Roeder, Rengin Altay, Georg Buchner, The Woyzeck Project, Victory Gardens Studio, David Myers, Caitlin Parrish, Erica Weiss, Kyle Hall | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 10, 2010 by Scotty Zacher
2nd Annual Opera Cruise High C’s on the High Seas Thursday, August 12th Don’t miss out! This Thursday, August 12th, the Chicago Opera Theater (COT) will set sail on Lake Michigan to celebrate a memorable evening of opera on its second annual Opera Cruise. The cruise will feature a short performance by [...]
Filed under: Chicago Opera Theater, Fundraising, Navy Pier | Tagged: Millennium Park, Chicago Opera Theater, Brian Dickie, Harris Theater, Lyric Opera of chicago, Nancy Gustafson, Paul La Rosa, Ryan Opera Center, Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Convent Garden, Kanan Cruises, Alan Stone, Tod Machover, Hotel Sax, Opera Cruise | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 8, 2010 by Scotty Zacher
Show + Ferris Wheel + Boat Tour + 20% Off Food = $35.75!! Cirque Shanghai: Cloud 9 (our review here ★★★½) has joined several other Navy Pier favorites to offer patrons the Navy Pier All-Day Fun Package. The package includes exclusive Gold Circle seating to Cirque Shanghai, vouchers for the Ferris Wheel, the Shoreline [...]
Filed under: Marketing, Navy Pier, Ticket Sales | Tagged: Navy Pier, Brenda Didier, Cirque Shanghai Cloud 9 Chicago, Miao Miao Chen, Sylvia Hase, Navy Pier Cirque Shanghai, Navy Pier Ferris Wheel, Shoreline Sightseeing Skyline Lake Tour, RIVA Restaurant, International Special Attractions, Tall Ships Chicago, Pepsi Tall Ships, Navy Pier All-Day Fun Package | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 1, 2010 by Scotty Zacher
Last chance to see Fuerza Bruta: Look Up Only 15 Performance remaining! Audiences have just ten days left to see the international sensation that has introduced Chicago to a new kind of entertainment – performance art above and around you (see our review ★★★). The cast of Fuerza Bruta: Look Up [...]
Filed under: Auditorium Theatre, Broadway in Chicago, Marketing | Tagged: Auditorium Theatre Chicago, Fuerzabruta, Fuerza Bruta Look Up, Fuerza Bruta Auditorium Theatre Chicago | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 26, 2010 by Scotty Zacher
Free Broadway in Chicago concert at Taste of Chicago Monday, June 28th, at 6pm Petrillo Music Shell, Grant Park (235 S. Columbus) Come enjoy the best of Broadway FREE on Monday, June 28th, including performances from Billy Elliot the Musical, Shrek the Musical, Rock of Ages, Disney’s Lion King, Traces, Wicked, working, Hair, [...]
Filed under: Broadway in Chicago, Explore Chicago, Outreach | Education, Petrillo Band Shell | Tagged: Broadway in Chicago, Wicked the Musical, Million Dollar Quartet, Hair the Musical, Shrek the Musical, Rock of Ages, Billy Elliot the Musical, Petrillo Music Shell, Petrillo Band Shell, Disney's Lion King, Chicago Grant Park, Taste of Chicago music concerts | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 3, 2010 by Scotty Zacher
THEATRE BUILDING CHICAGO is now STAGE 773 Brian Posen, Artistic Director of STAGE 773 (formerly known as Lukaba Productions), has announced that the sale of the Theatre Building Chicago, 1225 W. Belmont, was completed at the end of May, and Stage 773 is now the primary tenant of the 3-theatre venue. “We are honored to [...]
Filed under: Physical Environs, Producing | Production, Theater News | Tagged: Theatre Building Chicago, Columbia College, Brian Posen, Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, Lukaba Productions, Laura Michaud, Stage 773, Stage 773 Theatre Building Chicago, Brian Posen Columbia College, Second City Training Center, Columbia College theatre department | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 3, 2010 by Scotty Zacher
Architect Richard Kasemsarn with the plan of Theater Wit. (Photo by Dick Smith.) Theater Wit: Chicago’s newest performance space opens By Leah A. Zeldes "It’s jaw-droppingly different," says Jeremy Wechsler, artistic director of Theater Wit, about his troupe’s new home. After 16 months of a $1.3-million joists-out renovation, the one-time post office adjoining [...]
Filed under: Bohemian Theatre, Leah A. Zeldes, Physical Environs, Shattered Globe, Stage Left Theatre, Theater News, Theater Wit, Theatre Building Chicago | Tagged: Bailiwick Theatre, Bohemian Theatre Ensemble, Bolingbrook High School, Jeremy Wechsler, Lakeview Chicago, Leah A. Zeldes, Richard Kasemsarn, School of the Art Institute, Shattered Globe Theatre, Stage Left Theatre, Theater Wit, Theatre Building Chicago, Theatrer Wit Spin | 1 Comment »
Posted on April 6, 2010 by Scotty Zacher
Above: Artist rendering of reconfigured Broadway Playhouse Coming Soon: “Traces”, “Working” and Sutton Foster by Scotty Zacher Get ready, Chicago, for Broadway in Chicago’s newest venue: the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place. Previously known as Drury Lane Water Tower, the space will join BIC’s current treasure-trove of venues: Cadillac Palace Theatre, Ford [...]
Filed under: Bank of America (Shubert), Broadway Playhouse, Broadway in Chicago, Cadillac Palace Theatre, Marketing, Oriental Theatre (Ford), Physical Environs, Scotty Zacher, Stephen Schwartz, Theater News | Tagged: Drury Lane Water Tower, Broadway in Chicago, Bank of America Theatre, Cadillac Palace Theatre, Oriental Theatre, Scotty Zacher, Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place, Broadway Playhouse, Working by Studs Terkel, Working Stephen Schwartz, Sutton Foster, Chorus Line, Working the Musical Michael Rafter, General Growth Properties, James L. Nederlander, Nederlander Organization | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 19, 2010 by Scotty Zacher
Meet the 4 Billy’s starring in Chicago’s newest hit play – Billy Elliot the Musical, music by Elton John. In this video we find out where the Billy’s are from, how old they were when they first started dancing, how excited they are to be in Chicago, and just what an amazingly talented [...]
Filed under: Broadway in Chicago, Marketing, National Tours, Oriental Theatre (Ford), Theater News, YouTube | Tagged: Billy Elliot the Musical, Billy Elliot, Billy Elliot Chicago, Billy Elliot webisode, Billy Elliot the Musical Chicago, Billy Elliot YouTube, Billy Elliot video | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 19, 2010 by Scotty Zacher
LUKABA PRODUCTIONS FINDS A HOME Lukaba Productions announced today that it will be the primary tenant of the Theatre Building Chicago, at 1225 W. Belmont Ave. Lukaba has committed to a long-term lease with 1225 West Belmont Avenue LLC, who this week signed a contract to purchase the building from Theatre Building Chicago. Under the [...]
Filed under: Financials, Personnel Changes, Physical Environs, Theater Gossip, Theater News, Theatre Building Chicago | Tagged: Theatre Building Chicago, Chicago Sketchfest, Agatha Christie, Brian Posen, Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, Lukaba Productions, Theatre Building sold, Theatre Building buyers, 1225 West Belmont Avenue LLC, Charles H. Jesser, Cupid Players, iO Theatre, The Mousetrap, Laura Michaud | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 19, 2010 by Scotty Zacher
Adventure Stage Chicago announces new Artistic Ensemble As Adventure Stage Chicago (ASC) prepares to end their sixth season with the Midwest premiere of the pirate musical The Ghosts of Treasure Island, ASC announces the formation of a new artistic ensemble. The eleven-member ensemble is comprised of actors, designers, directors, stage managers, teaching artists and writers [...]
Filed under: Adventure Stage, Personnel Changes, Theater News | Tagged: Children's Theatre, Bailiwick Chicago, Silk Road Theatre Project, Factory Theater, Steep Theatre, Collaboraction, Lifeline Theatre, Strawdog Theatre, Neo-Futurists, Lookingglass Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Barrel of Monkeys, Goodman Theatre, Griffin Theatre, Adventure Stage Chicago, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Apple Tree Theatre, Sean Graney, After Dark Awards, Redmoon Theater, Pegasus Players, TUTA Theatre, Northwestern University Theatre, Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, Theatre Mir, Columbia College Chicago, Piccolo Theatre, Chicago College of Performing Arts, Lincoln Square Theatre, Rivendell Theatre, Chimically Imbalanced Theater, BackStage Theatre Company, Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, Light Opera Works, The Building Stage, Actors Theatre Company, Chicago Sketchfest, Serendipity Theatre, Chemically Imbalanced Comedy, Illinois Theatre Association, MPAACT, Sarah Rose Graber, Teatro Vista Theatre, Quest Theatre Ensemble, Laura Kollar, Jessica Kuehnau, Merissa Shunk, Elizabeth Wong, GreyZelda Theatre, Lollapalooza, Jana Liles, Rowe Elementary School, Chicago Arts Educator Forum, Allison Latta, Scott Letscher, Commedia dell'Arte, Anotonio Fava, TriArts Inc., Winnipeg Fringe Festival, Gallery 37, Terrapin Theatre, Marquette University, GreyZelda Theatre Group, Grant Park, Tom Arvetis, Jason Tremblay, Jose Cruz Gonzales, Katharine Davis, Pyewacket Theatre, Brian Bell, Carrousel Theater, Naomi Wallace, Georg Buechner, Cabaret Vagabond, Darknight Productions, Chicago Directors Lab, Brandon Campbell, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Edmund Spenser, Arts Berwyn, Chicago children's Humanity Festival, National High School Institute, Neighborhood Bridges | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 7, 2010 by Scotty Zacher
Workshop Dates: March 30-31, April 1 Adventure Stage Chicago (ASC) and Victory Gardens Theater (VG) are partnering for a three-day storytelling workshop designed to keep kids engaged during the Chicago Public Schools’ spring break. HOLIDAY DRAMA KIDS STORYTELLING WORKSHOP Tue.-Wed., March 30-31, 9am-1pm (snacks provided) Thur., April 1, 9am-4pm (lunch provided) VG’s Biograph Theater, 2433 [...]
Filed under: Adventure Stage, Biograph Theatre, Outreach | Education, Theater News, Victory Gardens | Tagged: Adventure Stage Chicago, Victory Gardens Theatre, Biograph Theater, Merissa Shunk, Kids Storytelling workshop, Holiday Drama Kids, Victory Gardens Theater Arts Education | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 3, 2010 by Scotty Zacher
250,000 Unique Hits as of March 2nd, 2010 As of yesterday afternoon, this blog has registered an amazing quarter-million unique hits. And as we’re now averaging over 1,000 unique hits a day, we’re on track to attain a half-million hits by the end of September! I’d like to thank my amazingly talented writers, [...]
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Posted on March 2, 2010 by cateysullivan
Steppenwolf picks Yale instructor, acclaimed dramaturg for new Associate Producer position.
Filed under: ARTS MANAGEMENT, Outreach | Education, Producing | Production | Tagged: Rebecca Rugg | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 28, 2010 by cateysullivan
Posted on February 26, 2010 by cateysullivan
So you wanna be a producer? Here’s your chance to rub elbows with (and pick the brains of) a roster of heavy-hitting industry vets with blockbuster track records in Chicago, on Broadway and throughout the wide world of national tours.
Filed under: ARTS MANAGEMENT, Broadway in Chicago, Financials, Fundraising, Goodman Theatre, League of Chicago Theatres, Marketing, Outreach | Education, Theater News | Tagged: Broadway in Chicago, Chicago Producing Intensive Conference, Gooman Theatre, Allied Live Laura Matalon, Roche Schulfer | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 17, 2010 by Scotty Zacher
Elton John and partner David Furnish are the newest producers of the play Next Fall, with the Off-Broadway production making its opening on Broadway in the Helen Hayes Theatre on March 11th. Next Fall deals with gay relationships, and all of the ups and downs occurring along the way. Receiving good reviews during an engagement [...]
Filed under: Broadway, Producing | Production, Theater News, Ticket Sales | Tagged: Billy Elliot the Musical, David Furnish, Elton John, Helen Hayes Next Fall, Helen Hayes Theatre, Next Fall, Next Fall Elton John | Leave a Comment »
