Posted on April 1, 2009 by Scotty Zacher
Livent Producers Drabinsky and Gottlieb Are Guilty of Fraud, Canadian Courts Say Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb, the producers who gave North American theatre a shot in the arm with award-winning productions of Show Boat, Ragtime, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Fosse and more, were found guilty of fraud and forgery carried out at their [...]
Filed under: Oriental Theatre (Ford), Playbill, Politics, Theater Gossip, Theater News | Tagged: Fosse the Musical, Garth Drabinsky, Kenneth Jones, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Livent Productions, Mary Lou Benotto, Michael Cooper, Myron Gottlieb, Oriental Theatre (Ford), Parade the Musical, Ragtime the Musical, Sweeney Todd | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 17, 2009 by Scotty Zacher
per Adam Hetrick The recent cast of the Public Theater production of the new Stephen Sondheim musical Road Show (originally entitled “Bounce” — including Tony Award winner Michael Cerveris and Alexander Gemignani — head to a Manhattan recording studio Feb. 23 to preserve the score for PS Classics and Nonesuch Records. The musical penned by [...]
Filed under: Broadway, Playbill, Stephen Sondheim, Theater News | Tagged: Stephen Sondheim, Playbill.com, Tony Awards, Michael Cerveris, John Weidman, Public Theater, Road Show, Bounce, Alexander Gemignani, PS Classics Records, Nonesuch Records, Addison Mizner, Wilson Mizner, Jonathan Tunick, Adam Hetrick, Joan Marcus | 3 Comments »
Posted on March 12, 2009 by Scotty Zacher
Following a sold out run at Second City e.t.c., the popular comedy review “Rod Blagojevich Superstar‘ will be playing a limited engagement Chicago Shakes on Navy Pier. The Navy Pier version has been updated with new sketches and music to include recent Blago happenings, such as his 6-figure book deal and Roland Burris’ son [...]
Filed under: Chicago Shakespeare, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Chris Jones, Comedy, Extensions-Remounts, Hedy Weiss, Navy Pier, Playbill, Second City, Theater News, TimeOut Chicago | Tagged: Ben Bass, Brian Mackey, Catey Sullivan, Chicago Stage Review, Christina Couch, Ed Furman, Hedy Weiss, J. Scott Hill, James Finn Garner, Joey Bland, Justin Hayford, Lauren Dowden, Lisa Madigan, Lori McClain, Matt Hovde, Mike Bradecich, Navy Pier, Nina Metz, Pat Fitzgerald, Patti Blagojevich, Richard Mell, Rod Blagojevich Superstar, Roland Burris, Sam Richardson, Second City Chicago, Second City e.t.c., Second City Improv, Steve Oxman, T.J. Shanoff, Venus Zarris | 2 Comments »
Posted on March 5, 2009 by Scotty Zacher
There were a number of theater-related passings recently, including: Dorothy Bridges Eric Blau Eric Blau, 87, writer who transformed an infatuation with the songs of a Belgian singer (Jacques Brel) into the off-Broadway hit “Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris“. Entire bio here. Dorothy Bridges, 93, poet, widow of [...]
Filed under: Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Goodman Theatre, Playbill, Theater News, Theater passings | Tagged: Goodman Theatre, Jacques Brel, Eric Blau, Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Dorothy Bridges, Lloyd Bridges, Jeff Bridges, Beau Bridges, Pearl Lang, Joseph Wiseman, Stephen Broussard, Morthwestern University, Medill School of Journalism | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 29, 2009 by Scotty Zacher
UPDATE: Read our review – 3 stars!! review Wow – Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have this same list of Broadway stars headline the pre-Broadway Chicago production? And doesn’t Bebe Neuwirth seem like the perfect Morticia Addams? ========================================= Excerpts from the Playbill-Online article: The cast of this developmental workshop includes Nathan Lane [...]
Filed under: Broadway in Chicago, Broadway-bound, Musical, Oriental Theatre (Ford), Playbill, Theater News, Upcoming Shows, World Premier | Tagged: Addams Family - the Musical, Andrew Lippa, Bebe Neuwirth, Broadway in Chicago, Elephant Eye Theatrical, Jan Maxwell, Jersey Boys, Julian Crouch, Kevin Chamberlin, Marshall Brickman, Mary Louise Burke, Mary-Mitchell Campbell, Morticia Addams, Natasha Katz, Nathan Lane, Oriental Theatre (Ford), Phelim McDermott, Rick Elice, Roy Furman, Sergio Trujillo, Shockheaded Peter, Terrence Mann, The Wild Party, Zachary James | 6 Comments »
Posted on December 15, 2008 by Scotty Zacher
As reported on Playbill.com and the Chicago Tribune’s blog “The Theater Loop” by Chris Jones, David Cromer’s acclaimed Chicago production of Our Town, by Thorton Wilder, will make a reappearance in Spring 2009 at an Off-Broadway theatre. This is becoming something of a trend for David Cromer, as his production of The Adding Machine recently [...]
Filed under: Broadway-bound, Chicago Tribune, Chris Jones, Drama, Hedy Weiss, Hypocrites Theatre, Jason Loewith, Jeff Awards, Josh Schmidt, Next Theatre, Playbill, Theater News | Tagged: Chris Jones, Hedy Weiss, The Adding Machine, Jason Loewith, David Cromer, Josh Schmidt, Barrow STreet Theatre, Scott Morfee, Minetta Lane Theatre, Hypocrites Theatre, Thorton Wilder, Our Town, Outer Critics Circle Awards, Lucille Lortel Awards, Obie Awards, Drama Desk, Drama League | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 10, 2008 by Scotty Zacher
Via Kenneth Jones at Playbill Online Goodman’s New Stages Series – September 12th to 21st The free series of script-in-hand staged readings of six emerging American playwrights takes place in the Goodman’s Owen Theatre, and is open to the public. Tickets are free, but reservations are required at (312) 443-3800. Now in its sixth year, [...]
Filed under: Goodman Theatre, Hypocrites Theatre, Playbill, Staged Readings | Tagged: Brett Leonard, Chuck Smith, David Adjmi, Goodman Theatre, Hallie Gordon, Hypocrites Theatre Company, Jackson Gay, Keith Josef Adkins, Meghan Beals McCarthy, Mia McCullough, New Stages Series, Owen Theatre, Robert Falls, Sean Graney | 1 Comment »
