Season of Concern Announces Record-Breaking 2017 Collections
Season of Concern has announced that audience solicitations for 2017 exceeded over $250,000 for the first time.
Lorenzo Rush Jr. to replace James Earl Jones II in Porchlight’s THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG
Due to a scheduling conflict, Lorenzo Rush Jr. will replace James Earl Jones II in Porchlight Music Theatre’s “Porchlight Revisits” production of THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG, March 6 – 8 at The Ruth Page Center for the Arts. The Marvin Hamlisch/Carole Bayer Sager/Neil Simon musical will be directed and choreographed...
LookOut Series Announces Spring 2018 Lineup
Steppenwolf has announced the Spring 2018 LookOut series of events — short runs ancillary to the main performance season that feature artists and companies across genre and form. Spring highlights Include “Good Evening with Pat Whalen,” Haven Theatre’s Remount of WE’RE GONNA DIE, a Special Women’s History Month Edition of SHADE:...
Jo Cattell Named Michael Maggio Fellow at Goodman Theatre
Goodman Theatre has announced Jo Cattell as the recipient of the 2017/2018 Michael Maggio Directing Fellowship, an honor reserved for early-career Chicago-based directors. Cattell will gain access to the artistic process at the Goodman, including the opportunity to assist on a Goodman production. “Exposure is part of an artist’s...
Review: PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY at Strawdog
While Strawdog’s PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY would benefit from more connection and complex choices, just as he hoped at over a century ago, the story of Ibsen’s play remains more than appropriate to the present day.