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 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 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 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 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 15, 2010 by Scotty Zacher
The convergence of Arthur Miller and Anton Chekhov 2009 was an exceptionally busy and sterling year for Kimberly Senior, going from success to success, from Strawdog Theatre’s early spring production of The Cherry Orchard, to All My Sons at Timeline, to The Pillowman at Redtwist Theatre, to the Pegasus Players Young Playwrights Festival. Meeting us [...]
Filed under: Anton Chekhov, Arthur Miller, Eclipse Theatre Company, Marketing, Oliver Sava, Outreach | Education, Pegasus Players, Redtwist Theatre, Strawdog Theatre, Theater Interviews, TimeLine Theatre, Upcoming Shows | Tagged: YouTube, Arthur Miller, TimeLine Theatre, Strawdog Theatre, Anton Chekhov, Redtwist Theatre, Nathaniel Swift, Eclipse Theatre, Oliver Sava, Kimberly Swift, Uncle Vanya interview, Arthur Miller interview, Kimberly Senior interview, Nathaniel Swift interview | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 8, 2009 by Scotty Zacher
When: November 18, 6pm–8pm Enjoy a night of mingling and music with unlimited wine, handcrafted beer, and light appetizers at Rock Bottom Brewery for only $25! Opera Underground is COT’s club of young professionals ages 21 to 45. The evening will include a short performance from soprano Leila Bowie and baritone Martin Woods, [...]
Filed under: Chicago Opera Theater, Fundraising, Marketing, Opera, Outreach | Education | Tagged: Rock Bottom Brewery, Chicago Opera Theater, Rock Bottom Bar, Beers & Baritones, Leila Bowie, Martin Woods, Operaunderground | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 19, 2009 by Scotty Zacher
When: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 | 5:30 pm Where: Lookingglass Theatre | 821 N. Michigan With four distinctly different generations now in the workforce and leadership coming from top to bottom and bottom to top, the need to bridge the generation gap among members of the arts community is essential. The rise of social media, [...]
Filed under: Financials, Lookingglass, Marketing, Outreach | Education | Tagged: Lookingglass Theatre, Emerging Leaders network Chicago, ELN Chicago, Creative Conversation | 5 Comments »
Posted on September 16, 2009 by Scotty Zacher
Theatre Building Chicago announces it new team of Steinhagen, Holland and Chambers Theatre Building Chicago is pleased to announce that Jon Steinhagen and Patrick Holland will join Artistic Director Allan Chambers to “team teach” TBC’s Musical Theatre Writers Workshop. The workshop’s curriculum will continue to focus on the development of the artist in specific fundamentals [...]
Filed under: After Dark Awards, Bailiwick Chicago, Chicago Dramatists, Goodman Theatre, Jeff Awards, Light Opera Works, Loyola University, Northwestern University, Outreach | Education, Personnel Changes, Roosevelt University, Signal Ensemble Theatre, Theater News, Theatre Building Chicago | Tagged: Jeff Awards, Sheldon Harnick, Goodman Theatre, Signal Ensemble Theatre, Tommy Tune, After Dark Awards, Loyola University, John Sparks, Jon Steinhagen, Martin Charnin, Patrick Holland, Allan Chambers, Musical Theatre Writers Workshop, Midtown International Theatre Festival, The Dramatist's Guild, Chicago Federation of Musicians, Yul Brynner, Carol Channing, Leslie Uggams, Jerry Herman, Charles Strouse, Illinois Theatre Association, Chicago Alliance for Playwrights, Valparaiso High School, Robert Morris College, Our Town Productions, Prologue Theatre, Different Drummer Theatre, Cabrillow Stage, Bigfork Playhouse, NYU Tisch Shool | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 2, 2009 by Scotty Zacher
Noreen Heron & Associates has announced that they are offering their first ever Broadway tour of New York Oct 15 – 18 (3 nights.) From the scheduled shows, it looks like a great time will be had by all: 1. First off, they were able to score 40 tickets to THE hottest show on Broadway, [...]
Filed under: Broadway, Broadway-bound, Outreach | Education, Tony Awards | Tagged: Elton John, Hugh Jackman, Billy Elliot the Musical, Noreen Henron, A Steady Rain, Daniel Craig, Ray Gaspard, Tavern on the Green | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 16, 2009 by Scotty Zacher
Is it a good idea for theatres to offer your ticket money back if you did not enjoy the play (as the Goodman Theatre did in El Grito del Bronx)? Chicago Tribune’s Chris Jones thinks not. Jerry Springer, infamous TV talk show host, Dancing with the Stars contestant, Cincinnati mayor, host of America’s Got Talent, [...]
Filed under: Chris Jones, Goodman Theatre, Human Interest, Just For Fun, Marketing, Outreach | Education, Theater Gossip, Theater News, Think Fast, Ticket Sales, Writers' Theatre | Tagged: Chris Jones, Writers' Theatre, Michael Halberstam, Goodman Theatre, Chicago the Musical, Jerry Springer, Dancing With the Stars, Project Runway, America's Got Talent, Billy Flynn, Heidi Klum, Tim Gunn, The Coach House, Richard Christiansen, Rachel Weinstein | 1 Comment »
Posted on July 15, 2009 by Scotty Zacher
This really sucks: With the crappy economy and huge cuts in arts educations, arts eachers are warning of mass cancellations of theatre day-trips. Be more productive, 10 minutes at a time. Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Bruno” has officially been banned by the Ukranian culture minister, saying that “Bruno” presents an “artistically unjustified exhibition of sexual organs [...]
Filed under: Human Interest, Outreach | Education, Random Thoughts | Tagged: Sacha Baron Cohen, Bruno the Movie, Ukraine, Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, LifeHack | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 21, 2009 by Scotty Zacher
I’m excited to report that, during her second New York City visit, first lady Michelle Obama spent her time emphasizing the crucial role the arts play in our society, reopening part of the American wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday and later addressing the crowd at a glittering ballet gala – where [...]
Filed under: Activism, Outreach | Education, Politics, Theater News | Tagged: Alvin Ailey Dance Company, Americna Ballet Theatre, Anna Wintour, Arena Stage, Barack Obama, Caroline Kennedy, Charles Engelhard Court, Chuck Schumer, Emily Rafferty, Ford's Theater, Hatshepsut, Iman, Isaac Mizrahi, Jackie Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, Kennedy Center, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Kim Raver, Kirsten Gillibrand, LinkedIn, Metroplitan Opera House, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Michael Bloomberg, Michelle Obama, National Endowment for the Arts, NEA, New York City, Ralph Lauren, Renee Fleming, Rosemary Harris, Shakespeare Theatre, Sigourney Weaver, Washington Ballet, Washington National Opera, Wintour | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 25, 2009 by Scotty Zacher
In honor of “Talk Like Shakespeare Day“, Chicago Public School students talk like Shakespeare….. Judging by international coverage, it looks like “Talk Like Shakespeare Day” (April 23rd) was a huge success. You have only until Tuesday, April 28th to pick up reduced tickets to Emerald City Theatre’s “Oz Ball” fundraiser in the Harold Washington Library [...]
Filed under: Broadway in Chicago, Chicago Shakespeare, Children's Theatre, Emerald City Theatre, Fund-Raiser, Fundraising, Marketing, Outreach | Education, Think Fast, William Shakespeare, YouTube | Tagged: Chicago Public Schools, CPS, Emerald City Theatre, Harold Washington Library, Oz Ball, Talk Like Shakespeare, William Shakespeare, Winter Garden, You Tube | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 22, 2009 by Scotty Zacher
Chicago Dramatists’ “$30 for 30” campaign, in its first week, has gathered 111 donations and raised a total of $11,300. Though nowhere near at the moment, the theatre’s goal of 500 donations is well within reach, even more so with my reader’s help - PLEASE DONATE NOW! In preparation of Pacific Overtures, Director [...]
Filed under: Chicago Dramatists, Fundraising, Outreach | Education, Porchlight Music Theatre, Stephen Sondheim | Tagged: $30- for 30, Chicago Dramatists, Commodore Matthew Perry, Convention of Kanagawa, Eugene Dizon, Ginza, Japanese Imperial Palace, Jimmy Carter, John Manjiro, L. Walter Stearns, Pacific Overtures, Porchlight Music Theatre, Shimoda, Tokyo, Townsend Harris, Treaty of Shimoda, Ueno, Yoshida Shoin | Leave a Comment »
