Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s (CST) 20th Anniversary year will be aptly inaugurated with a trans-Atlantic production of Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2, currently running at Shakespeare’s heartland home on Chicago’s Navy Pier through June 18, 2006, and concluding at his birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon, England at the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), July 6-15, 2006..... Read More

Goodman Theatre Artistic Director Robert Falls has announced the addition of Mirror of the Invisible World—a critical and popular success originally produced in the intimate Goodman Studio in 1997 and now re-imagined for the Albert stage—as a part of his dynamic 20th anniversary season. Adapted and directed by Goodman Manilow Resident.... Read More

Ina Marlowe has been resurrected, both professionally and perhaps more importantly artistically.  The intrepid former Artistic Director of the Organic and Touchstone Theaters has a new venue to call home and a refined goal that has less to do with commercial success and all its messy red tape and everything to do with creating.... Read More

Following a multi-million dollar restoration and renovation, the LaSalle Bank Theatre is ready to entertain Chicago for another hundred years. The 100-year-old venue gloriously restored and newly named the LaSalle Bank Theatre, will now showcase previously hidden treasures including mosaic flooring and original gilded ceilings, all uncovered during the restoration process.  

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First Folio Shakespeare Festival has announced its first subscription series: The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe: A Love Story, adapted for the stage by David Rice and Alison C. Vesely, and Angel Street (Gaslight), by Patrick Hamilton.  In addition, First Folio will present Chicago’s own Babes With Blades in.... Read More

After an unexpected permit process put the January move into their new home on hold, the side project has announced that it has completed the gamut of reviews and inspections needed to finally open at their new location, The Side Project Theatre, at 1439 W Jarvis Ave. Lucky for them, since Sean Graney has been.... Read More

The Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee has announced 112 nominations in 24 categories for Chicago's non-Equity theatrical productions which opened during the 2005-06 season (April 1, 2005-March 31, 2006). The Jeff Committee judged 129 opening night productions offered by 60 non-Equity producing organizations, and recommended 55 productions for further judging,.... Read More

Steep Theatre Company continues its Fifth Season with Eric Simonson’s Bang the Drum Slowly. The hard-working company’s season of plays has revolved around a bold, plainspoken theme entitled “Watch a Buddy Die,” where matters of friendship, loyalty, and the fear of  facing death have surfaced in solid productions of Catch 22, The Night Heron and.... Read More

Cirque Du Soleil returns to Chicago after a three-year absence to present Corteo, its latest touring show. Corteo will open on Friday, July 14 for a limited engagement at the United Center (Parling Lot K) under its trademark blue-and-yellow Grand Chapiteau.

Corteo, which means “cortege” in Italian, is a joyous procession, a festive parade imagined.... Read More

Court Theatre will launch its 2006/07 Season by continuing to explore the musical theatre canon with the Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical, Raisin, based on Lorraine Hansberry’s classic A Raisin in the Sun (September 14, 2006 – October 22, 2006). Court’s second production, Hotel Cassiopeia, written by Charles Mee, was recently unveiled at the.... Read More

T. S. Eliot’s seldom-produced play, The Cocktail Party, is finishing its run at the Atheneum this weekend, produced by Caffeine Theatre. Caffeine’s Artistic Director Jennifer Shook talks with Anne Nicholson Weber about making poetry-based theatre that gets people talking over their after-theatre coffee.

What was the genesis of Caffeine?

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The Theatre Building Chicago sustained significant smoke and water damage after a fire occurred Thursday morning (April 13), following an apparent electrical/computer surge.   While none of the three theatres on the ground floor were directly affected, the box office and 2nd floor administrative offices suffered extensive damage. Despite the fire, Theatre Building Chicago .... Read More

Lookingglass Theatre Company returns to the world of Charles Dickens with a world premiere adaptation of The Old Curiosity Shop, a grown-up fairy tale of dark despair, sentimentality and desperation, featuring some of the funniest and most bizarre of all Dickens' characters.
 
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Long time Chicago theatre critic Jonathan Abarbanel sat down for an interview for the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast.  To say that Mr. Abarbanel is a Chicago theatre expert is an understatement. He is currently the longest tenured Chicago theatre critic with 35+ years of reporting on theatre in Chicago. Mr. Abarbanel talks about his.... Read More

Goodman Theatre has announced its new Stage Door Series, a provocative mix of lectures, discussions and special performances designed to give audiences an insider's look at Goodman Theatre productions.  This season's series includes three not-to-be-missed events: The Healing Power of Laughter on Monday, May 15 at 7pm in the Albert Theatre; The Legacy.... Read More