How Casting Directors Can Change the World

How Casting Directors Can Change the World

One former performer’s experience with inclusive casting helps change the perceptions of her students years later.

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Alt-Rock Concert MACBETH at Thalia Hall for Shakespeare 400

Alt-Rock Concert MACBETH at Thalia Hall for Shakespeare 400

Billed as “a dynamic and feverish production bordering between underground opera and rock concert,” this MACBETH is a music theater deconstruction of one of Shakespeare’s most recognizable works with an original score in English

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Interactive PLAY ‘N 90 Returns to Goodman Theatre

Interactive PLAY ‘N 90 Returns to Goodman Theatre

Goodman Theatre announces the return of PLAY ‘N 90 an interactive series in which families with children aged 5-12 fashion a theatrical creation in just 90 minutes.

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Spiel Chicago Episode Four: Burlesque

Spiel Chicago Episode Four: Burlesque

On this week’s Spiel Chicago, Smyra revisits an interview from 2015 with three burlesque producers.

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Tympanic Announces 10th Season, New Executive Leadership

Tympanic Announces 10th Season, New Executive Leadership

Tympanic Theatre Company announced its tenth season of programming today, along with a new executive team.

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Sulie Harand Friedman, Co-Founder of Harand Camp, Passes Away at 97

Sulie Harand Friedman, Co-Founder of Harand Camp, Passes Away at 97

Sulie Harand Friedman, co-founder of Harand Camp of the Theatre Arts, passed away Saturday evening, August 6 at the age of 97. Sulie Harand Friedman began studying opera with Richard DeYoung at the American Conservatory of Music, and was coached by Kurt Herbert Adler, who became the Artistic Director of...

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