Goodman Theatre’s 2006/2007 season marks the 20th anniversary of its Tony Award-winning Artistic Director, Robert Falls.  Since 1986, Falls’ forward-thinking leadership has created ground-breaking live theater and earned the Goodman unparalleled artistic distinction; since his time as Artistic Director of Wisdom Bridge Theatre (1977 – 1985) he has brought the city of Chicago.... Read More

I asked for this interview after seeing Gary Houston’s performance in The Artistic Home’s production of Romulus Linney’s Unchanging Love.  I’d never seen him act before that; I’d never even heard of him.  But the ease and conviction of his work were striking.  On Google I found a couple of articles from the.... Read More

Remy Bumppo Theatre Company officially begins its 2006-2007 season with its annual Season Salon on Wednesday, Sept. 6. The Salon will be held at the Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater, 2257 N Lincoln Avenue. The event will last from 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. Doors open at 7:00 p.m.

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Theatre Building Chicago presents Stages 2006, a festival of eight new musicals on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, August 11, 12, and 13. The three-day musical extravaganza performs each new work twice in concert-style formats. Now in its thirteenth season, Stages is committed to developing musicals and the writers who create them.

Stages kick-off gala takes place.... Read More

Award-winning composer Stephen Sondheim will join Ravinia Festival president Welz Kauffman for a pre-concert discussion prior to the Aug. 11 concert staging of the classic Gypsy. The pre-concert discussion, according to a Ravinia spokesperson, will be held in the Ravinia's Martin Theatre and will also be broadcast to the audiences on the lawn. The.... Read More

Teatro Vista- Theatre With a View, a theatre company committed to sharing and celebrating the riches of Latino culture with all Chicago theater audiences, has announced their 2006-2007 season which will give theatre-lovers productions packed with powerhouse performances by ensemble members. Artistic Director, Edward F. Torres says, “We are extremely excited to bring you some of the most.... Read More

Kristy Cates has performed on Broadway, at the Tony Awards and currently stars in the leading role as Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, in Chicago's blockbuster production of Wicked.  Now, Arlington Heights' Metropolis Performing Arts Centre has announced a rare solo performance by Cates, one-night-only, Monday, October 9, 2006 at 7:30 pm.

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The world premiere of "Asphalt Beach" will be the third new musical to emerge from the recently launched American Music Theatre Project (AMTP) at Northwestern University. The show features music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa, book by T. C. Smith and Peter Spears and direction by Amanda Dehnert. Performances will be held from.... Read More

College-bound high school students interested in pursuing undergraduate and graduate studies in the areas of music, dance, theater, visual arts, graphic design, and other related disciplines can find out more about by attending the National Association for College Admission Counseling's (NACAC) Chicago Performing and Visual Arts College Fair.

The Chicago Performing and Visual Arts College Fair will be.... Read More

I watched theatrical designer Brian Sidney Bembridge at work during tech week at Writers’ Theatre as he finalized the lighting for The Duchess of Malfi. Even from afar, he was someone you couldn’t help liking -- relaxed (even in the crucible of tech), friendly, positive, focused, professional. Only after I asked.... Read More

Big Bang, the "unofficial" inaugural production of the new Downstairs theatre at the Chicago Theatre has closed its run early due to the inability to find a Chicago audience for the show.

The production, which was slated to run until August 20, had its last show on Sunday, July 23. This was the first.... Read More

Chicago comedy legend Del Close apparently did not, in fact, donate his skull to the Goodman Theatre, the Chicago Tribune reported Friday. The human skull that was thought to be Close's has become a legendary prop in Chicago theater and a symbol of his eccentric and offbeat humor. 

Close died at 64 in.... Read More

Every day, Victory Gardens Theater's dream of creating An American Center for New Plays inside Chicago's historic Biograph Theater comes closer to reality. Chicago's number one presenter of new work for more than 30 years, Victory Gardens will open its new Biograph mainstage in September 2006, becoming an important new addition to Chicago's live.... Read More

Lookingglass Theatre Company To Take "Lookingglass Alice" On A Tour Of East Coast Theatres

Chicago's Lookingglass Theatre Company will take its acclaimed 2005 smash hit Lookingglass Alice on a regional tour of major east coast theaters in 2007, starting in January at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, NJ, The New Victory Theater in New York City.... Read More

The Side Project will preview their 2006-2007 season this Saturday, July 22 at its annual SideFest Benefit.  In the spring of 2006, the side project opened the doors to a new, larger, more comfortable space at 1439 W. Jarvis, equipped with 43 padded chairs, three restrooms and a large lobby. Sean Graney's controversial dark .... Read More

Christmas may still not be here for another five months or so but it is not too early to start planning for the Christmas season.  Tickets to the timeless holiday tradition of Goodman Theatre's production of A Christmas Carol are now on sale.

The Goodman Theatre's A Christmas Carol, one of the most popular.... Read More

The production of The Pirate Queen is in final rehearsals and is getting ready for it’s world premiere later this year here in Chicago. Riverdance creators Moya Doherty and John McColgan are launching their follow-up to the Irish-themed stage show - The Pirate Queen, which is a big budget musical production based on.... Read More

Remy Bumppo Theatre Company, the absurdly named theatrical venture co-founded by Artistic Director James Bohnen in 1996, begins its 10th year of talk-provoking plays performed by an ensemble of seasoned Chicago actors, in the intimate Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater Upstairs Mainstage at 2257 N. Lincoln Avenue. The 2006-2007 Season opens with Gore Vidal’s.... Read More

The National Tour of the Broadway smash hit musical is getting closer to making its Chicago debut. The Color Purple will begin the casting process in Chicago July 14 – 18 for the Tony Award nominated show, which will kick off at the Cadillac Palace Theatre April 17, 2007. This long-run engagement will have.... Read More

The GreyZelda Theatre Group will present their original adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, directed by co-artistic director, Rebecca Zellar beginning in August. A preview will be held on August 9th and performances will be August 10th - September 16th, Thursdays through Sundays at StageLeft Theatre, located at 3408 N. Sheffield .... Read More