The American Music Theatre Project (AMTP) at Northwestern University, in association with the Johnny Mercer Foundation, will host a weeklong summer festival on the Evanston campus titled “The Power of the American Popular Song.” The American Music Theatre Project is a new initiative at Northwestern University dedicated to the development of new musicals.... Read More
The question reminds me of an amusing book title I saw once: Why Women Are Different. But since New York is still undeniably the standard against which all U.S. theatre is measured, the implied question -- “What makes Chicago theatre different from New York theatre?” -- is maybe not so silly. It certainly has.... Read More
Producers of "The Pirate Queen," an epic musical tale from the writers of "Les Miserables" and "Miss Saigon," have announced that Stephanie J. Block, the former Elphaba in the first national tour of "Wicked,” will star in the pre-Broadway debut in Chicago this fall.
As first announced by Block at the stage door.... Read More
Mattel and Live Nation have announced that actress Erin Elizabeth Coors has been cast as the lead role of Barbie in the elaborate stage production of Barbie Live In Fairytopia. Barbie, the doll with the too-good-to-be-true figure, wardrobe and array of careers, is taking human form for the first time. Coors, from Cincinnati,.... Read More
The Producers of The Color Purple have announced that the National Tour of the Broadway smash hit musical will premiere April 2007 at Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theatre in association with Broadway In Chicago. This long-run engagement will have an initial block of tickets on sale through June 2007, and the Chicago run will be.... Read More
Emerald City Theatre Company, Chicago's largest professional theater devoted entirely to families, announced a full slate of five family favorites for its 2006/07 season.
Starting this Fall with the newly pared down version of Seussical, and ending next Spring with Narnia, a musical version of C.S. Lewis' first and.... Read More
Actor, director and producer Gary Sinise is embarking on his 17th USO tour to provide a morale boost to Marines, sailors and their family members March 12 at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) in Twentynine Palms, Calif. The trip, sponsored by TriWest Healthcare Alliance, will feature Sinise and the Lt. Dan.... Read More
Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me will make one additional stop prior to coming to Chicago. It has been announced that the show will now play Toronto's Canon Theatre from May 27 - July 2, 2006 in addition to the previously announced engagements at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco April 25 -.... Read More
When actor Harold Gould was approached last year to do a Broadway tour of the stage play version of author Mitch Albom's best-seller "Tuesdays with Morrie," he debated about going out on the road.
"Doing a tour that takes you city to city around the country for months.... Read More
Chicago Shakespeare Theater announced an exciting addition to its spring season. CST will produce the American Premiere of Hecuba, a new adaptation of Euripides' tragedy, written by world-renowned playwright Frank McGuinness. Tony Award-winning director Patrick Mason, in his Chicago directorial debut, stages the production featuring Marsha Mason, in the theater Upstairs at.... Read More
Due to illness, John Mahoney will not appear as the Judge in Goodman Theatre's production of Romance, as formerly announced. Romance is part of the seven-week David Mamet Festival and is the playwright's newest work. The play is a searing courtroom comedy that lampoons our most sacred issues. Pam MacKinnon, who made her .... Read More
Goodman Theatre announces initial plans for its 2006/2007 season, a diverse line-up that unites established and emerging talents to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its Tony Award-winning artistic director, Robert Falls. Falls launches the season in the Albert Theatre with the quintessential theatrical work, William Shakespeare’s masterpiece King Lear, with the estimable Stacy.... Read More
It was born the Majestic Theatre in 1906, reincarnated as the Shubert Theatre in 1945, and will continue life as the LaSalle Bank Theatre, the Chicago flagship property of the Nederlander Organization, following a yearlong renovation and historic restoration. The Nederlanders purchased the 20-story Majestic Building, which includes the theatre, from the Shuberts.... Read More
Acclaimed playwright and filmmaker Neil LaButte’s “autobahn” is set to drive into Chicago and appear at the Profiles Theatre. autobahn is a tantalizing cycle of short plays full of edgy humor and shocking revelations all set in automobiles, which explores the confines of this truly American space. What other locale hosts as much.... Read More
Dame Edna, the incomparable international housewife, megastar and guru, returns to Chicago, direct from the triumphant Broadway season of her all-new comedy extravaganza, Dame Edna: Back With A Vengeance! for one week only from Tuesday, March 14 through Sunday, March 19, 2006 at the Cadillac Palace Theatre.
Following the national success of her.... Read More
John Heard will take a “break” from his recurring role on television's “Prison Break” series to star in Steppenwolf Theatre Company's upcoming World Premiere of “Love-Lies-Bleeding" by Don DeLillo. “Love-Lies-Bleeding" is produced in association with The Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays, and will transfer from its Chicago run (April 27-May 28,.... Read More
Chicago's historic Biograph Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Avenue, may be hidden from view at the moment, but behind the scaffolds, Victory Gardens Theater has embarked on the most visible expansion project in its 32 year history - construction of a beautiful new, $11.3 million mainstage, dedicated to the enjoyment of live theater.
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Theatre In Chicago is proud to announce the debut of a weekly Theatre podcast show called Talk Theatre In Chicago. For the first show, host Tom Williams sits down for an interview with the Artistic Director of the Lifeline Theatre, Dorothy Milne. The Lifeline Theatre has just opened with their new show Johnny.... Read More
Theatre Building Chicago celebrates Black History Month with two unique musical performances. Tap dynamo Savion Glover brings his newest work, "If Trane Wuz Here" to the Belmont Avenue theatre for a limited run February 14-19. The Tony Award-winning star of Broadway's "Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in ‘Da Funk," "The Tap Dance Kid".... Read More
If you attend Chicago theatre on any kind of a regular basis, you will no doubt run across the name Cristen Paige. In just a few years, this bubbly and talented young lady has enjoyed a steady stream of high profile roles, working with some of the industry's brightest talents and most regarded venues. And.... Read More
