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
Frances Limoncelli is Director of Marketing and an ensemble member with Lifeline Theater. She adapted Dorothy L. Sayers’ detective novel, Gaudy Night, for Lifeline’s current production, as well as two other Sayers novels previously produced by the company. Other adaptations for Lifeline include The Emperor's Groovy New Clothes and Somebody Loves You, Mr..... Read More
Chicago audiences will be able to talk to the animals soon. The on-again, off-again touring stage production of the Leslie Bricusse musical "Doctor Dolittle" is back on the schedule for Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre July 18-30, 2006. Legendary song and dance man Tommy Tune not only takes the lead but the directorial reins.... Read More
Profiles Theatre will kick off its 2006-2007 Season by presenting the Midwest Premiere of Neil LaBute's award-winning "Fat Pig". "Fat Pig" won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Play in 2005 and will open at Profiles September 14, 2006. Profiles' production will mark only the third time "Fat Pig" has been produced since its MCC Premiere in 2004, and will.... Read More
Emerald City Theatre will cap its most successful season in its 10-year history with a brief summer remount of its 2005/06 season finale The Jungle Book, July 12-14. Performances of Emerald City's hit family musical will move from the company's regular home at the Apollo Theatre, to the Athenaeum Theatre Mainstage for three shows.... Read More
Critically acclaimed Chicago directors Shade Murray and Chuck Smith will be spending part of their summer mounting productions for Timber Lake Playhouse in Mt. Carroll, Illinois. This long established summer stock company is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year with a wide spectrum of adult and children shows. Murray, who was responsible.... Read More
So is it theatre or theater? Ok, so it isn't the most important question, but none the less it is one that people are really split on. But which one is correct? Theatres (or theaters) around Chicago are also split on this as well. For example, you can go to the Goodman Theatre or the.... Read More
There’s no place like home… Wicked remains the most ‘Popular’ show in all of Oz with nearly 1,000,000 audience members having attended since it landed permanently in the Windy City. Chicago’s open-ended production of Wicked celebrates one year where it continues sold-out performances at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental.... Read More
With the great summer months here in Chicago the lure of warm sunny days may pull some away from going to the theatre but that need not be the case. With “Theatre-Hikes” there is no need to sit on a hard seat in a dark theatre waiting for the scenes to change. Instead, as they.... Read More
Thirty-seven Jeff Citations Awards honoring excellence in non-Equity Chicago theatre were spread among 24 productions and 20 theatres at the 33rd Annual Citations Awards Ceremony held Monday, June 5 at Park West in Chicago. First-time nominee Infamous Commonwealth Theatre Company’s ambitious production of The Kentucky Cycle, Parts 1 and 2.... Read More
Goodman Theatre Artistic Director Robert Falls announced a new carrot for subscribers with the final addition to his 20th Anniversary Season: the Tony Award-nominated play Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire. Directed by Goodman Associate Producer Steve Scott, Rabbit Hole will run in the Goodman’s Albert Theatre March 10 through April 15, .... Read More
The success of Chicago’s open-ended Wicked continues not only at the box office, but also in the community at large as many members of the cast and crew work to better the lives of those in need. The Chicago company earned the top fundraising honor in the 20th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition, a.... Read More
Actors Elizabeth Rich and James Meredith describe some of the challenges they faced in creating the pivotal love scene in The Duchess of Malfi, currently playing at Writers Theatre.
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Light Opera Works has evolved over its 26 year history from an ambitious but largely amateur company specializing in obscure musicals and operettas to a professional operation boasting a mixture of Equity and talented non-Equity performers, lavish production values and opulent productions of established and popular musical theatre. The transition in the.... Read More
Rehearsing The Duchess: For The Duchess of Malfi costume designer, Tatjana Radisic, the challenge was to create a high-end fashion line for the rich and powerful inhabitants of a world that doesn’t exist.
This is the second in a series of articles documenting the production of John Webster’s tragedy directed by Michael.... Read More
Chicago can boast of yet another space for live theater this fall when Lookingglass Theatre Company, located inside the historic Water Tower Water Works, 821 North Michigan Avenue, unveils its new Chase Studio Theatre with the American premiere of Clay.
Presented in a co-production with About Face Theatre, Clay.... Read More
A sign that summer is almost upon us is the announcement of the Theatre On The Lake Season. Well then it must almost be here as The Chicago Park District has announced the 54th Theater on the Lake Season, featuring nine artistically diverse Chicago theater companies reprising critically-acclaimed productions, June 14 – August.... Read More
How do director, designers and actors prepare to realize John Webster’s Jacobean blockbuster, The Duchess of Malfi, for a modern audience? What challenges do the artists face along the way? How does their vision evolve over the course of rehearsal?
This is the first in a series of articles documenting the upcoming production.... Read More
