If what you really wanna do is produce… Here’s a chance to pick the brains of the industry’s elite

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.

Shows Opening/Closing this week

Show Openings
 
“Master Harold”…and the Boys
– TimeLine Theatre

The Alcyone Festival 2010 – Halcyon Theatre
The Castle – Oracle Theatre
Desperately Seeking – Chemically Imbalanced Theater
Dreamgirls – Cadillac Palace Theatre (Broadway in Chicago)
First Words – Greenhouse Theater Center (MPAACT)
The Dames Storm Division – New Millenium Theatre
Glitter in the Gutter – Annoyance Theatre
Harper Regan – [...]

Five last-minute gifts for your Chicago theater-loving friends

Five last-minute gifts for your Chicago theater-loving friends
By Leah A. Zeldes
Still wracking your brain for the perfect gift? Here are a few last minute ideas for the local theater fans on your list.
Theater tour tickets
Take your friends on a tour of a treasure of Chicago’s Theatre District. Modestly priced backstage tours highlight the beautiful architecture [...]

Chicago theater openings/closings this week

show openings
 
1985 – The Factory Theater 
All the Fame of Lofty Deeds – The House Theatre of Chicago 
Becoming Ingrid – Rubicon Theatre Project
Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet – Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University
Cooperstown – Theatre Seven of Chicago
The David Bowie Hepzikat Funky Velvet Flarney Solstice Spectacular Live!…From Space (David Bowie’s 1977 Christmas Special Network Edit) [...]

Chicago theater openings/closings this week

show openings

Abrose Bierce: Tales and Times – Lincoln Square Theatre
Arsenic and Old Lace – Northwestern University
Book of Days – EverGreen Theatre Ensemble
Death Toll – Corn Productions
Estranged Men at Seven – Gorilla Tango Theatre
The Flowers – About Face Theatre
Frankenstein – The Hypocrites
Holes – Merle Reskin Theatre
Hunchback – Redmoon Theater
Macabaret [...]

Chicago theater openings/closings this week

show openings
Anna, in the Darkness: The Basement
– Dream Theatre
Bastards of Young – Tympanic Theatre
Calls to Blood – The New Colony
Cats – Cadillac Palace Theatre
Dooby Dooby Moo – Lifeline Theatre
Everyone’s Favorite Lobster – Gorilla Tango Theatre
The Flaming Dames in Vamp II – New Millenium Theatre
Heroes – [...]

Show openings/closings this week

show openings

12 Ophelias – Trap Door Theatre
Animal Crackers – Goodman Theatre
An Apology for the Course and Outcome of Certain Events Delivered by Dr. John Faustus on this His Final Evening – Theater Oobleck
Fear – The Neo Futurists
Lights Out Alma – Annoyance Theatre
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Court Theatre
The Marvelous Wonderettes – Northlight Theatre
Pump Boys [...]

Chicago theater openings and closings this week

show openings
Bonbs Away! – Bailiwick Repertory
Boys Life – Gorilla Tango Theatre
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Circle Theatre
Draft – Gorilla Tango Theatre
Plaza Suite – Eclipse Theatre
The Second City’s Girls Night Out – Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
Visionfest 2009 – LiveWire Chicago Theatre
 
show closings
Bye, Bye Birdie – Northwestern University Theater 
El Grito del Bronx – Collaboraction 
Honest [...]

Opening and Closing this week

show openings
The Adventures of Nervous Boy – Gorilla Tango Theatre
Diva! Diva! Divas! – Northwestern University Theater
Jinx – Appetite Theatre
The Siren Song of Stephan Jay Gould – Gorilla Tango Theatre
Juno and the Paycock – The Artistic Home
Savage/Love – The Viaduct Theater
A Walk in the Woods – Redtwist Theatre
 

show closings
The 9/11 Report – La [...]

This week’s Chicago theater show openings/closings

show openings
The 9/11 Report – La Red Music Theatre
Bikerman and the Jewish Avenger – Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
Bye Bye Birdie – Northwestern University Theater
Ching, Chong, Chinaman – Silk Road Theatre Project
Fun O’Clock: A Very Special “That’s Weird Grandma” – Barrel of Monkeys
Honest – Steppenwolf Theatre
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying – St. [...]

This week’s Chicago theater openings/closings

 
Opening This Week
The Bucktown Stand-Up Showdown - Gorilla Tango Theatre
Cloclo – Chicago Center for the Performing Arts
Cyrano de Bergerac – Oak Park Festival Theatre
El Grito del Bronx – Collaboraction
Get Comfortable: A Night of Shorts – Gorilla Tango Theatre
On Stage with Megon McDonough – Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University
One Year in June – Gorilla Tango Theatre
Stud Terkel’s [...]

This week’s show openings, closings, ticket specials

show openings

Charlotte’s Web – Theatre-Hikes
Consume – Gorilla Tango Theatre
A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking – Buffalo Theatre Ensemble
Earth: TTFN?! – WWS Productions
Improvised Shakespeare Company – Theater on the Lake
An Urban Home Companion – Gorilla Tango Theatre
Wanted – Gorilla Tango Theatre
What We May Be – Gorilla Tango Theatre
 
show closings

Clitoris Stories – Cornservatory  [...]

Opening this week in Chicago

500 Clown and the Elephant Deal – 500 Clown
Boleros for the Disenchanted – Goodman Theatre
A Celebration of Hope and Peace – Chiesa Nuova
A Celebration of Johnny Mercer - Northwestern University Theater
Dead Wrong - The Factory Theater
Earth: TTFN?! – WWS Productions
The Hollow Lands – Steep Theatre
In Your Facebook – Prop Thtr
Once Upon a Time (or the Secret Language [...]

This week’s Chicago show openings and ticket specials

AND THEN THERE WERE NONE – Independent Stars Theatre
CUSTER’S LAST STAND FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS – Piccolo Theatre
INTO THE WIND – Gorilla Tango Theatre
JON – Collaboraction Theatre
PAUL’S GLASSES – Gorilla Tango Theatre
POSEIDON! An Upside Down Musical – Hell in a Handbag Productions
SKETCHTOPIA – Victory Gardens Biograph Theater
SODOMITES!!! A MUSICAL OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS – Annoyance Theatre
STEEL [...]

Chicago theater openings and specials this week

show openings
5th of July – Oak Park Festival Theatre
The Alcyone Festival 2009 – Halcyon Theatre
Belmont Burlesque Revue – Gorilla Tango Theatre
Follies – Actors Theatre Company
Improv Children of the Corn 2 – Cornservatory
Jesus Hopped the “A” Train – Village Players Performing Arts Center
Little Brother – Griffin Theatre
Nederlands Dans Theater I – Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt [...]

Opening This Week in Chicago

  
 
$30,000 Bequest -  Organic Theater
Cirque Shangai: Bright Spirit -  Navy Pier
The Duck Variations – Theatre-Hikes
Hope VI – Chicago Dramatists
The K of D: An Urban Legend – A Red Orchid Theatre
The Last Ninety Minutes in the Life of Nikola Tesla -  University Theater at University of Chicago
Line – Gorilla Tango Theatre
A Little Night Music – Light [...]

Chicago theater openings this week

BABY – Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
BAD TOUCH AND GOOD LIARS – Annoyance Theatre
A COUPLE OF POOR, POLISH SPEAKING ROMANIANS – Trap Door Theatre
EURYDICE – University Theater at University of Chicago
GHETTO – Northwestern University Theater
LA CAGE AU FOLLES – Boho Theatre 
THE PODCAST – Annoyance Theatre
UNCLE VANYA – TUTA Theatre
 
Special Ticket Offers

Half Price tickets to Hedwig [...]

Theater Thursday: “Arabian Nights” at Lookingglass

Thursday, May 21
Arabian Nights Lookingglass Theatre Michigan Ave. and Pearson., Chicago
Fresh from sold-out runs at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre and Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Tony Award-winner Mary Zimmerman’s The Arabian Nights returns to Lookingglass for a limited run. This stunning theatrical piece incorporates powerful storytelling, lush visuals and [...]

Theater Thursday: Raven Theatre’s "Hedda Gabler"

Thursday, May 14
Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen
Raven Theatre, 6157 N. Clark St., Chicago
Before the performance Theater Thursday patrons will enjoy a special reception sponsored by Trattoria D.O.C. with appetizers, wine and beer and a post-show discussion with members of the cast. A contemporary woman trapped in conventional times relieves her intense boredom by [...]

Theater Thursday: the side project’s "After/Math"

Thursday, May 7
After/Math
the side project 1439 W. Jarvis Ave., Chicago
Come see the critically acclaimed After/Math playing as part of the side project’s Cut to the Quick, a year-long exploration of short works. The six short works of the evening explore the twisted nature of love, time, power and reality. Beforehand, [...]