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Playbill.comAmerican Theatre Company’s Silver Project continues with a bevy of new, short works by a bevy of playwrights.
Filed under: American Theatre Company, Openings, Theater News | Tagged: Joel Drak Johnson, Justin D.M. Palmer, Kristoffer Diaz, laura Jacqmin, National Theatre Communications Group, Steve Harper | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Filed under: 16th Street Theater, Apple Tree Theatre, Bailiwick Chicago, Circle Theatre, Closings, Collaboraction, Eclipse Theatre Company, First Folio, Gorilla Tango, League of Chicago Theatres, LiveWire Chicago, Metropolis Arts Centre, New Colony, Northwestern University, Openings, Steppenwolf, side project theatre | Tagged: Steppenwolf Theatre, Collaboraction, Northwestern University, Circle Theatre, The Side Project, First Folio Theatre, Apple Tree Theatre, LiveWire Chicago, Bailiwck Repertory, Gorilla Tango Theatre, 16th Street Theater, Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, The New Colony, MacBeth, Eclipse Theatre, Donny's Skybox | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Filed under: Annoyance Theatre, Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, Closings, Cornservatory, Eclipse Theatre Company, Gorilla Tango, League of Chicago Theatres, Opening-Closing This Week, Openings, Redtwist Theatre, Second City, Theater On The Lake, Trapdoor Theatre | Tagged: Theater On The Lake, Annoyance Theatre, Second City e.t.c., Trap Door Theatre, Gorilla Tango Theatre, Cornservatory, Redtwist Theatre, Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, Eclipse Theatre, Theatre-Hikes, Greenhouse Theater Center, Lanford Wilson, Oak Park Festival | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Filed under: Ahrens & Flaherty, Annoyance Theatre, Chicago Center for the Performing Arts, Collaboraction, Eclipse Theatre Company, Gorilla Tango, Hell in a Handbag, League of Chicago Theatres, Opening-Closing This Week, Openings, Piccolo Theatre, Porchlight Music Theatre, Ticket Sales, Viaduct Theatre, Victory Gardens | Tagged: Collaboraction, Porchlight Music Theatre, Annoyance Theatre, Oak Park Festival Theatre, Theatre Building Chicago, Gorilla Tango Theatre, Victory Gardens Theater, Piccolo Theatre, Eclipse Theatre, Chicago Center for the Performing Arts, Lanford Wilson, Pearl Cleage, Independent Stars Playhouse, Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, Oak Park Festival, 5th of July, Hell in a Handbag, Agatha Christie | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Filed under: Actors Theatre Company, Ahrens & Flaherty, Auditorium Theatre, Cornservatory, Dance, Eclipse Theatre Company, Gorilla Tango, Greenhouse Theater Center, Griffin Theatre, League of Chicago Theatres, Opening-Closing This Week, Openings, Porchlight Music Theatre, Stephen Sondheim, Theatre Oobleck, Ticket Sales, Viaduct Theatre, Village Players | Tagged: Theater Oobleck, Porchlight Music Theatre, Griffin Theatre, Oak Park Festival Theatre, Theatre Building Chicago, Village Players, Gorilla Tango Theatre, Auditorium Theatre, Cornservatory, Eclipse Theatre, Greenhouse Theater Center, Halcyon Theatre, Actors Theatre Company, Village Players Performing Arts Center, Follies, Lanford Wilson, Pearl Cleage, Eclipse Theatre Company, Independent Stars Playhouse, indiestars.org, Agath Christie, Viaduct Theater, Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty | Leave a Comment »
$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 – [...]
Filed under: A Red Orchid, Apple Tree Theatre, Artistic Home, Chicago Center for the Performing Arts, Chicago Dramatists, League of Chicago Theatres, Light Opera Works, Navy Pier, Opening-Closing This Week, Openings, Organic Theatre, Redtwist Theatre, Stephen Sondheim, University of Chicago, Writers' Theatre | Tagged: Chicago Theater, Stephen Sondheim, A Red Orchid Theatre, Chicago Dramatists, Writers' Theatre, Cirque Shanghai, Navy Pier, A Little Night Music, The Artistic Home, Apple Tree Theatre, Gorilla Tango Theatre, Redtwist Theatre, Organic Theater, Theatre-Hikes, Universith Theater at University of Chicago, Light Opera Works, Chicago Center for the Performing Arts, Cirque Shanghai: Bright Spirit | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Filed under: American Theatre Company, Annoyance Theatre, Anton Chekhov, Babes With Blades, Bohemian Theatre, League of Chicago Theatres, Metropolis Arts Centre, Northwestern University, Opening-Closing This Week, Openings, TUTA TheatreChicago, Trapdoor Theatre, University of Chicago | Tagged: Northwestern University, Annoyance Theatre, Trap Door Theatre, TUTA Theatre Chicago, Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, Boho Theatre, Baby the Musical, University Theatre at University of Chicago, Northwestern University Theater | Leave a Comment »
ADULTS – Chemically Imbalanced Theater BURIED CHILD – Shattered Globe Theatre EIFMAN BALLET OF ST. PETERSBURG – Auditorium Theatre LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL – Ford Center for the Performing Arts/Oriental Theatre MEASURE FOR MEASURE – Promethean Theatre Ensemble ON AN AVERAGE DAY – BackStage Theatre Company OWEN WINGRAVE – Chicago Opera Theater THE [...]
Filed under: American Theatre Company, Auditorium Theatre, Babes With Blades, Backstage Theatre, Chemically Imbalanced, Chicago Opera Theater, Chicago Tribune, Circle Theatre, Court Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Marketing, Opening-Closing This Week, Openings, Oriental Theatre (Ford), Promethean Theatre, Rivendell Theatre, Saint Sebastian Players, Shattered Globe, Ticket Sales, William Shakespeare | Tagged: American Theater Company, Shattered Globe Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Circle Theatre, Court Theatre, Oriental Theatre (Ford), Charles Newell, Auditorium Theatre, Chicago Opera Theater, Babes With Blades, Tom Stoppard, Rivendell Theatre, Bill Ayers, Erica Meiners, Therese Quinn, David Stovall, Kevin Kumashiro, Greg Kot, Jim DeRogatis, Lin Brehmer, Fair Herald, Chimically Imbalanced Theater, Promethean Theatre Ensemble, BackStage Theatre Company, Rivendell Theatre Ensemble | 1 Comment »
American Notes – Prop Thtr Busman’s Honeymoon – Lifeline Theatre Cindy Sunday Explains Everything – Apollo Studio Theatre Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy – Paramount Theatre The Lieutenant of Inishmore – Northlight Theatre Once On This Island – Porchlight Music Theatre Rock ‘n Roll – Goodman Theatre Sausage! Give Us Your Wurst – Gorilla Tango Theatre [...]
Filed under: Annoyance Theatre, Apollo Theater, Goodman Theatre, Gorilla Tango, Lifeline Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Openings, Paramount Theatre, Porchlight Music Theatre, Prop Thtr | Tagged: Chicago Theater, Porchlight Music Theatre, Lifeline Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Annoyance Theatre, Prop Thtr, Goodman Theatre, Gorilla Tango Theatre, Chicago Theatre, Paramount Theatre, Apollo Studio Theatre, Moving Dock Theatre | Leave a Comment »
The Chicago-premiere of the Tony-Award winning play The History Boys , by Alan Bennett, held its opening night this past Saturday, and I can personally say that it was a highly-imaginative, stellar production of an enthralling, rambunctious play. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Pictures and a compendium of reviews (as they are produced) follow: Dennis [...]
Filed under: Dramatic-Comedy, Hedy Weiss, Openings, Theater News, TimeLine Theatre | Tagged: Alan Bennett, Alex Weisman, Behzad Badu, Brad Bukauskas, Dennis Polkow, Donald Brearley, Govind Kumar, Hedy Weiss, Joel Gross, LinkedIn, Maren Robinson, Michael Peters, New City, New City Stage, Nick Bowling, PJ Powers, The History Boys, Tony Award, Will Allan Rob Fenton | Leave a Comment »
show openings 1940s RADIO HOUR – Citadel Theatre AURA – Redtwist Theatre BAD HABITS – Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus DISAPPEARING ACTS – Piven Theatre Workshop THE GRAPES OF WRATH – Infamous Commonwealth Theatre THE HISTORY BOYS – TimeLine Theatre THE ILLUSION – Northwestern University Theatre MACBETH – Babes With Blades MARK’S GOSPEL – Mercury Theater [...]
Filed under: Babes With Blades, Citadel Theatre, Cornservatory, Gorilla Tango, Infamous Commonwealth, Northwestern University, Openings, Piven Theatre, Remy Bumppo, Steppenwolf, Tennessee Williams, TimeLine Theatre, William Shakespeare | Tagged: Chicago Theater, Steppenwolf Theatre, TimeLine Theatre, Gorilla Tango Theatre, Mercury Theater, Remy Bumppo Theatre, Northwestern University Theatre, Cornservatory, Citadel Theatre, The History Boys, Redtwist Theatre, Chicago Gay Men's Chorus, Piven Theatre, Infamous Commonwealth Theatre, Babes With Blades, MacBeth, Tympanic Theatre, Saint Sebastian Players, Big Noise Theatre, Rising Stars Theatre | Leave a Comment »
CARTOON – Chemically Imbalanced Theater THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED) – Gorilla Tango Theatre DELFOS DANZA CONTEMPORANEA – Dance Center of Columbia College DIVERSEY HARBOR – Theatre Seven of Chicago DRIVING MISS DAISY – Village Players Performing Arts Center THE GATHERING – Improv Playhouse JESSICA PRESENTS – Gorilla Tango Theatre KATRINA: THE GIRL [...]
Filed under: Adventure Stage, Apollo Theater, Chemically Imbalanced, Chicago Shakespeare, Columbia College, First Folio, Gift Theatre, Gorilla Tango, League of Chicago Theatres, Loyola University, Openings, Roosevelt University, Steep Theatre, Steppenwolf, Theatre Seven, Village Players, William Shakespeare | Tagged: Chicago Theater, Steppenwolf Theatre, Steep Theatre, The Tempest, William Shakespeare, First Folio Theatre, Gift Theatre, Adventure Stage Chicago, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Village Players, Gorilla Tango Theatre, Roosevelt University, Twelfth Night, Chemically Imbalanced Theater, Dance Center of Columbia College, Theatre Seven, Improv Playhouse, Loyola University Theatre, Gilbert and Sullivan, Chicago College of Performing Arts, Apollo Theatre Studio | Leave a Comment »
Second City (and its TV spin-off “Saturday Night Live“) has always capitalized on current events, but it’s amazing that Second City was able to create an entire show, songs and all, in just a few wekks.. This super-funny and super-successful troupe birthed the show “Rod Blagojevich Superstar” – and when the first skit’s opening with [...]
Filed under: Chicago Sun-Times, Comedy, Hedy Weiss, Mayor Daley, Musical Revue, Openings, Second City | Tagged: Chicago Reader, Ed Furman, Mayor Daley, Rod Blagojevic, Rod Blagojevich Superstar, Saturday Night Live, Second City, SNL, T.J. Shanoff, TheatreInChicago.com | Leave a Comment »
Emerald City Theatre‘s new whacky musical adaptation, Cinderella, with book and lyrics by Alyn Cardarelli (Artistic Director of Emerald City Theatre), music by Steve Goers and direction by Aritistic Associate Matthew Gunnels, opens tomorrow (February 14th) and runs through May 24th. From Emerald City’s flyer: Anybody who’s anybody is going to the Royal Ball. [...]
Filed under: Apollo Theater, Children's Theatre, Emerald City Theatre, Musical, Openings | Tagged: Alyn Cardarelli, Apollo Theatre, Cinderella, Emerald City Theatre, Matthew Gunnels, Steve Goers | Leave a Comment »
The hit Broadway-musical Xanadu joyously roller-skated its way onto Michigan Avenue last night at Drury Lane Water Tower. Here’s a collection of Xanadu theater reviews: * UPDATED * UPDATED * UPDATED * UPDATED * UPDATED * UPDATED * UPDATED * Christopher Piatt (TimeOut Chicago) You don’t have to be gay to dig Xanadu; [...]
Filed under: Broadway in Chicago, Broadway-bound, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Chris Jones, Drury Lane Water Tower, Hedy Weiss, Musical, Openings, TimeOut Chicago, World Premier | Tagged: Chicago Theater, ChicagoCritic.com, Chris Jones, Christopher Ashley, Christopher Piatt, disco music, Douglas Carter Beane, Drury Lane Water Tower, Electric Light Orchestra, Elizabeth Stanley, ELO, Hedy Weiss, Larry Marshall, LinkedIn, Olivia Newton-John, Starlight Express, TimeOut Chicago, Tom Williams, Xanadu | 1 Comment »
»» Staff change – Liz Johnson has replaced Marketing Manager Christopher Pazdernik at Village Players. “I have very much enjoyed my 14 months working at Village Players — it is a time I cherish highly and will always remember fondly”, says Pazderik, who added “I am very excited to turn this position over to [...]
Filed under: Musical, Openings, Personnel Changes, Theater News, Think Fast, Village Players | Tagged: Baer Theatre, Beverly Theatre Guild, Christopher Pazdernik, David Yazbek, Glenn Hering, Liz Johnson, Morgan Park Academy, Terrance McNally, The Full Monty, Village Players | Leave a Comment »
BEER – The Neo-Futurists CARDIFF (BOUND EAST FOR CARDIFF) – Goodman Theatre DESIGN FOR LIVING – First Folio Theatre FIRES IN THE MIRROR – 16th Street Theater I GOTCHA – Black Ensemble Theatre LIVING GREEN – Victory Gardens Theater MISAMERICA – Raven Theatre THE SINS OF SOR JUANA – Northwestern University Theatre SLAPHAPPY – Beat [...]
Filed under: 16th Street Theater, Black Ensemble Theatre, Broadway in Chicago, Drury Lane Water Tower, Goodman Theatre, Neo-Futurists, Northwestern University, Openings, Raven Theatre, Victory Gardens | Tagged: Black Ensemble Theater, Raven Theatre, Neo-Futurists, Goodman Theatre, First Folio Theatre, Xanadu, Drury Lane Watertower, 16th Street Theater, Northwestern University Theatre, The Sins of Sor Juana, Beat the Jester Productions, Slaphappy | Leave a Comment »
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