Chicago Opera Theater Welcomes New Music Director
Pictured: Lidiya Yankovskaya. Photo courtesy of Chicago Opera Theater. Chicago Opera Theater has announced the appointment of Lidiya Yankovskaya as the company’s new Music Director. Yankovskaya joins COT after extensive work on the East Coast, where she currently serves as Artistic Director of Juventas New Music Ensemble, the Music Director...
Line-Up Announced for Sideshow Theatre’s 2017-18 Season
Pictured: Playwright Mia Chung Sideshow Theatre Company has announced the line-up for its 2017-18 Season, launching next spring with the Chicago premiere of Mia Chung’s YOU FOR ME FOR YOU, directed by artistic associate Elly Green. The season concludes next summer with the world premiere of Kristiana Rae Colón’s TILIKUM,...
Chicago Developed Musical Heads to New York Music Festival
Pictured: Madison Kauffman The Chicago-born and developed musical NUMBER NERDS has announced the Chicago cast for their limited run at The New York Music Festival. NUMBER NERDS features a book by Laura Stratford, music by David Kornfeld, lyrics by Alex Higgin-Houser, additional music by Dylan MarcAurele and an original story...
Pride Films and Plays Announces Remainder of 17/18 Season
Pictured: Pride Arts Center. Photo courtesy of Pride Films and Plays. Pride Films and Plays has announced the remainder of the 17/18 season, their first full season in residence at the Pride Arts Center, which includes the previously announced THE NANCE. 17/18 will bring Chicago its first look at three...
One-Man Show BLACK! Comes to Athenaeum
Pictured: Michael Washington Brown Creator and performer Michael Washington Brown, in association with Athenaeum Theatre Productions, has announced his one-man show BLACK! will play a limited run at the Athenaeum Theatre. According to the press release, BLACK! features Brown inhabiting an array of characters from Africa, the United States, England,...
Review: THE KING AND I National Tour at The Oriental Theater
The fifth work from the fathers of musical theater, Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II, the KING AND I, based on Margaret Landon’s novel ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM, features a gorgeous score that sweeps us through the story of an English schoolteacher who comes to Siam to educate the children of the King, and consequently, the King himself.
Mercy Street Has LUZ ESTRADA Cast & Crew
Pictured: Valeria Rosero Mercy Street Theatre Company has announced casting for the final show in their third season, LUZ ESTRADA. Performances begin June 25, 2017, and the show runs through July 16 at The Frontier Theater, 1106 W. Thorndale. LUZ ESTRADA is a modern day adaptation of Aristophanes’ LYSISTRATA by Dusty...
THE CIVILITY OF ALBERT CASHIER Has Its Cast
THE CIVILITY OF ALBERT CASHIER will star Dani Shay, who has been featured on The Glee Project and America’s Got Talent.
Development Staff Changes At Lyric Opera
Lyric Opera of Chicago announced today that Mary Ladish Selander, Lyric’s Director of Development, will take on a new role as Senior Philanthropic Advisor.
Cirque du Soleil’s First Ice Show Comes to Chicago
Cirque du Soleil’s first ice show, CRYSTAL, will tour through the Chicago area this fall.