Writers Theatre Announces 18/19 Season
Pictured: Lavina Jadhwani Writers Theatre has announced its 2018/19 six-show season, opening with Qui Nguyen’s “Vietgone,” with original music by Shane Rettig, directed by Lavina Jadhwani. The season will continue with William Shakespeare’s comedy “Twelfth Night” directed by Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and August Wilson’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” directed...
Cast Set for BURNHAM’S DREAM: THE WHITE CITY
Lost and Found Productions has announced the cast for its world premiere musical BURNHAM’S DREAM: THE WHITE CITY, the story of visionary architect Daniel H. Burnham and Chicago’s great World’s Fair of 1893.
Adventure Stage Announces ROOTS IN THE ALLEY Cast
Adventure Stage Chicago has announced the cast for the world premiere of ROOTS IN THE ALLEY adapted by ASC Playwright-in-Residence Carlos Murillo and based on a play by Lucas Baisch.
Raven Announces SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER Cast and Production Team
Raven Theatre has announced the cast and production team for Tennessee Williams’ SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER directed by Jason Gerace.
Review: STEEL MAGNOLIAS at Theatre at the Center
If you want a short excursion out of the city proper, and to get the feel of the Louisiana bayou, head down to Munster, Indiana and see a lovely production of Robert Harling’s classic piece about women, friendship, and good hair: STEEL MAGNOLIAS.
Review: CAM BABY at Chimera Ensemble
The topic of voyeurism and private spaces is a hugely fascinating concept to delve into with the inevitable development of technology.
Steppenwolf Announces 18/19 Season Lineup
Photo: Tarel Alvin McCraney Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s Artistic Director Anna D. Shapiro and Executive Director David Schmitz have announced the company’s 18/19 season. Featuring seven productions, the 43rd season starts with Pulitzer Prize-winning ensemble member Bruce Norris’s new play, DOWNSTATE, in a co-production with the National Theatre of Great Britain...
Jack Hickey Steps Down at Oak Park Festival Theatre
Oak Park Festival Theatre has announced Artistic Director Jack Hickey will be stepping down on March 1 and Artistic Associate Barbara Zahora will step in as Interim Artistic Director.
Review: SOME LIKE IT RED at The Plagiarists
Photo by Joe Mazza | Brave Lux By Aaron Lockman SOME LIKE IT RED begins when three cruise ship musicians, Violet, Rose, and Daisy (Jessica Saxvik, Christina Casano, and Sara Jean McCarthy), run afoul of a thunderstorm and get shipwrecked on the shore of Albania, in the middle of both...
Angela Ingersoll as Judy Garland To Premiere On PBS
Chicago’s WTTW station will premiere “Get Happy: Angela Ingersoll Sings Judy Garland” Sunday, March 18, 2018 at 5:30pm during the station’s pledge drive. Ingersoll portrayed Garland in Porchlight’s Production of the play END OF THE RAINBOW — earning a Jeff Award — and subsequently in a Los Angeles production. In the...