The mischievous and magical musical Pippin is the imaginary coming-of-age story of legendary medieval King Charlemagne’s eldest son. With music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, the composer of the Broadway and Chicago hit musical Wicked, and book by Roger O. Hirson, Pippin will be performed from January 26 to February 4 at the Josephine Louis.... Read More
On Friday, January 12, 2007, there will be a special “for-mature-audiences-only” performance of Chicago’s The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, the Tony Award-winning and critically acclaimed new musical comedy in an open-run. It will be parent/teacher night for this one performance only at the Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place – the.... Read More
Chicago’s record-breaking Wicked has announced that Dee Roscioli will assume the role of Elphaba full-time starting Tuesday, December 12. Dee joined the Chicago company as the Standby for Elphaba last January, and has performed in the role many times over the course of this past year.
As previously announced, original Broadway cast member, William .... Read More
The Color Purple is still a few months away from making it’s Chicago premiere but the buzz and excitement for the show is as high as ever. Native Chicagoan Felicia Fields, who currently stars as Sofia in the Broadway production and who will also star in the Chicago production, sat down with Theatre In.... Read More
Radio Golf is the centerpiece of Goodman Theatre’s August Wilson Celebration, a tribute to the late Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning American playwright. Completed only months before his untimely death in 2005, Radio Golf is the final play in Wilson’s powerful decade-by-decade exploration of the 20th Century African American experience—and the only play.... Read More
Lukaba Productions has announced its performers and workshops for The 6th Annual Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival. The festival will be held January 4th – 14th, 2007 at Theatre Building Chicago, 1225 W. Belmont. The Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival (Chicago SketchFest) is the largest sketch comedy festival in the nation. Similar to previous years, the festival will showcase performances.... Read More
Starting Wednesday, December 6, audience members at Chicago's The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will get in on the buzz bumbling across the country by competing in "Game Night at the Bee," a pre-show board game competition held at 6 p.m. before Wednesday night performances of the critically acclaimed Broadway musical comedy.
Participants will gather in the.... Read More
Tony Award-winning Best Actress Cherry Jones stars in the National Touring production of the Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning play Doubt, by John Patrick Shanley. The production, directed by Tony Award-winner Doug Hughes, will make its Chicago premiere at the LaSalle Bank Theatre (18 W. Monroe St.) for a limited three-week engagement beginning January.... Read More
Goodman Theatre Artistic Director Robert Falls continues his 20th Anniversary Season with the world premiere of Frank’s Home by Tony Award-winning playwright Richard Nelson, a lyrical, heartbreaking story about one of Chicago’s greatest, if less than perfect, visionaries. Frank’s Home features stage and screen star Peter Weller—perhaps best known for his starring .... Read More
With the holiday season upon us, many theaters in the Chicago area are bringing out their holiday shows. There are, as always, many to choose from to get you in the holiday mood.
Of course the yearly popular shows return again this year which include A Christmas Carol at the Goodman Theatre, Christmas Schooner.... Read More
Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus’ Mamma Mia!, the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, returns to Chicago for a limited holiday engagement December 12 – 31 at the Cadillac Palace Theatre.
Inspired by the story-telling magic of ABBA’s timeless songs, writer Catherine Johnson’s sunny, funny tale.... Read More
Lillian Hellman died in 1984, but she remains as colorful and fascinating a figure today as ever. The playwright had her first successful play, “The Children’s Hour” at the age of 28, and that seminal work is currently being revived by the highly lauded TimeLine Theatre Company. Add Writers’ Theatre’s production of.... Read More
Jerry Springer - The Opera, the sensational, award-winning musical, will gets its American premiere at Chicago’s Bailiwick in spring 2007. The only work in British history to win Best Musical in all of their major awards – Olivier Awards, Critic’s Choice, Evening Standard, and What’s On Stage – along with many other awards, Jerry.... Read More
A Couple of Blaguards, the rollicking autobiographical Irish comedy written by award-winning authors (and brothers) Frank McCourt and Malachy McCourt will return to Chicago’s Royal George Theatre, 1641 N. Halsted St, for a limited four-week engagement, beginning Saturday, November 25, 2006.
In 1988, before Angela’s Ashes and A Monk Swimming made “McCourt” a household name,.... Read More
At a star-studded gala at DePaul’s Merle Reskin Theatre on Monday, November 6, 2006, The Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee, honoring excellence in Chicago-area Equity theatre, presented 32 awards, including a Special Award, to recipients among 155 nominees in 28 categories for productions which opened between August 1, 2005, and July 31, 2006. The.... Read More
Talk Theatre In Chicago talks with Nick Sandys from the Remy Bumppo Theatre as they are set to open Tom Stoppard’s The Real Thing. This is the company’s fourth Stoppard play, including its inaugural production of Night and Day in 1996. The show is set to run Nov. 15, 2006 through Jan. 7,.... Read More
The Christmas Schooner, the much-beloved musical will set sail into its 12th – and final - annual presentation at Chicago’s Bailiwick Repertory, 1229 W Belmont Avenue, in the Mainstage Theater starting November 17. This humorous, poignant musical was inspired by the historical story of the German and Swiss immigrants who sailed on ships.... Read More
Jackie Taylor announced the Black Ensemble Theater will present the Second Annual Black Playwrights Festival, November 13-20, 2006. The Black Playwrights Festival, produced by Black Ensemble Theater Founder and Executive Director Jackie Taylor and award-winning actor and writer David Barr III, promises to be an exciting week of new works by up-and-coming as well as .... Read More
Some of the most crucial work in Chicago’s theater community is being done off the map, where few theatre reviewers or members of the Jeff Committee ever venture.
I’m not talking about a company of young geniuses producing avant garde multi-media theatre in someone’s garage off Division Street. I’m talking about shows like.... Read More
Do you ever come out of a Victory Gardens Theater production with an itch to be on stage yourself? Or do you love to sing in the shower, but wish you had a larger audience? Then bid your way to musical theater stardom at Victory Gardens' 25th Casting Auction, always one of Chicago's most unique benefit.... Read More
