The New Colony Announces New Co-Artistic Directors
The Board of Directors of The New Colony have announced the company’s new Co-Artistic Directors.
Firebrand Has Its 9 TO 5 Cast
Firebrand Theatre has announced casting and partial creatives for 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL.
2017 Company of the Year: American Theater Company
Three exquisite productions and a thrilling new exploratory aesthetic, led by a new artistic director with a laser-focused vision makes American Theater Company PerformInk’s 2017 Theater of the Year.
Chicago’s Best Shows of 2017
Of the 247 shows our critics reviewed, many of their favorites went beyond the plight of the marginalized — beyond making liberal theatergoers feel sorry for their part in our society — to twist the knife in the nuance and intersectionality of the American experience.
PerformInk’s Most Read Stories of 2017
After the dam broke in the summer of 2016 with the closing of Profiles Theater, 2017 was, not surprisingly, peppered with the outing of abuses of power. Amidst a revolutionary nationwide reckoning, Chicago theater has been the theater industry’s example, both of abusers, and of a community coming together to...
Review: BLKS at Steppenwolf
(L to R) Leea Ayes, Celeste M. Cooper, and Nora Carroll. Photo by Michael Brosilow. By Sheri Flanders The stage of BLKS is vaguely reminiscent of an aquarium; a pink and turquoise cacophony of colored couches, overstuffed pillows and drapes hanging from the ceiling, video projected across the scene. And...
Cast and Production Team announced for Citadel’s SEX WITH STRANGERS
Pictured: Rich Holton as Ethan, Nina O’Keefe as Olivia. Photo by Matt Kurr. Citadel has announced the cast and director for SEX WITH STRANGERS, a two-character drama by Evanston native Laura Eason. The production will be directed by Scott Westerman and features Nina O’Keefe and Rich Holton. The creative time...
Definition Preps for MOON MAN WALK
Definition Theatre Company has announced the cast and production team for the final production of their 17/18 season, the Chicago Premiere of MOON MAN WALK by James Ijames, directed by Tyla Abercrumbie.
Plagiarists Set SOME LIKE IT RED Cast & Crew
The Plagiarists have announced the cast and production team for SOME LIKE IT RED, a world premiere penned by Artistic Director Gregory Peters, and directed by Jack Dugan Carpenter.
Drury Lane Announces JOSEPH Cast and Production Team
Drury Lane Theatre has announced casting for JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber.