Ingersoll’s Magnificent Performance Anchors Porchlight’s END OF THE RAINBOW
(L to R) Angela Ingersoll and Kyle Hatley. Photo by Kelsey Jorissen. Review: END OF THE RAINBOW at Porchlight Music Theatre By Rachel Weinberg The name Judy Garland for many may capture an image of the youthful, vibrant young actor with a powerhouse voice that donned sparkling red shoes as...
Second City’s TWIST YOUR DICKENS at GOODMAN Announces Casting
Pictured: Ron West The Second City and Goodman Theatre have announced casting for The Second City’s seasonal satire, TWIST YOUR DICKENS. Returning to Goodman Theatre for its third year and directed by Ron West, the production features West (Scrooge) Joel Boyd (Ghost of Christmas Past), Joe Dempsey (Jacob Marley), Sarah...
New Colony Cast and Creative Team Announced For PSYCHONAUT LIBRARIANS
(top, l to r) David Cerda, Matt Farabee, Jack McCabe and Morgan McNaught and (bottom, l to r) Carlos Olmedo, Christine Mayland Perkins and Michael Peters. The New Colony has announced the cast and creative team for its Winter production of PSYCHONAUT LIBRARIANS by Sean Kelly. Directed by Krissy Vanderwarker, the production features David Cerda, Matt Farabee, Jack McCabe, Morgan...
Cor Theatre Announces its 2017 Season and Casting for LATE COMPANY
Pictured: Playwright María Irene Fornés Cor Theatre has announced its 2017 two play season featuring a Pulitzer Prize-nominated play and a Midwest premiere. First, Cor will present a revival of Cuban-American writer María Irene Fornés’s seminal play WHAT OF THE NIGHT? Chicago director and playwright Carlos Murillo will stage Fornés’s,...
Kokandy Announces WIZ Cast and Creative Team.
Pictured: (top l-r) Breon Arzell, Chuckie Benson, Dawn Bless, Sydney Charles, Kyrie Courter, TJ Crawford. (bottom l-r) Jyreika Evelyn Guest, Nicole Michelle Haskins, Frederik Harris, De’Jah Perkins, Steven Perkins, Tia Pinson. Kokandy Productions has announced casting for THE WIZ running March 5th – April 16th at Theatre Wit. Directed by Lili-Anne Brown, music direction by Jimmy Morehead and choreographed by Breon...
Inside CINDERELLA AT THE THEATRE OF POTATOES Part 3: Color for Our Cinderella
In this 4-part feature, PerformInk continues its INSIDE series and takes you behind the scenes of The Hypocrites production of CINDERELLA AT THE THEATRE OF POTATOES through blog posts written by the people behind the scenes.
FUN HOME invites audiences on a lovely, unique journey through memory
Kate Shindle. Photo Credit: Joan Marcus Review: FUN HOME on tour at the Oriental Theater By Rachel Weinberg Now making its national touring and Chicago debut, FUN HOME is a lovely and genuinely original new musical based on the eponymous graphic memoir by Alison Bechdel. It’s worth noting that the...
HOW WE GOT ON Flows Easy and Is Fiercely Delivered
Haven has a firm grasp of HOW WE GOT ON. A show with a flow and chill beats invented by kids from an era that forgot how it got there because of parents that thought they knew better.
Lifeline’s THUMBELINA Engages Both Young and Old
In this classic Hans Christian Andersen tale, directed and adapted by Amanda Delheimer Dimond, we are introduced to little Thumbelina who was born from a flower.
Handbag Has Cast and Production Team for RIP NELSON HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR
Pictured: Ed Jones Hell in a Handbag has announced casting and production team for THE RIP NELSON HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR written by David Cerda. Directed by Steve Love, the production features Ed Jones (Rip Nelson), Chazie Bly (Bruce Jenner), Kristopher Bottrall (Janet Lennon), Tommy Bullington (Dom Deluise), Alexa Castelvecchi (Liza Minnelli), Grant...