Collaboraction Launches City-Wide Festival for Peace
Collaboraction, which now bills itself as “Chicago’s social issue-driven contemporary theatre”, is launching PEACEBOOK, a new collaborative city-wide festival of theater, dance, music, visual art, and spoken word focused on cultivating peace in Chicago as part of the Chicago Park District’s Night Out in the Parks program. Intended to engage new...
THE EDGE OF OUR BODIES Extends at TUTA
TUTA’s Chicago premiere play, THE EDGE OF OUR BODIES, by acclaimed American writer and Pulitzer Prize finalist Adam Rapp, has extended nearly a month and is now slated to close to May 22nd.
Goodman Announces Tony Award-Winning Design Team for WAR PAINT
The Goodman has made further moves to aim its sights on a Broadway run for the upcoming WAR PAINT, starring Patti Lupone and Christine Ebersole. Six-time Tony Award winner Catherine Zuber (Light in the Piazza, South Pacific) will design the costumes for the musical centered on cosmetics titans Helena Rubinstein...
CARLYLE Is a Refreshing, Provocative, and Immediate Theatrical Experience
True theatrical immediacy can be hard to come by. Plays take time to write, produce, and rehearse – it can be a challenge to keep them fresh and resonant, especially when they tackle major social and political issues.
Tim Rhoze: 25 Years on Chicago Stages
Tim Edward Rhoze began his theatrical career in Michigan. “My dad was involved in theater in Detroit, and he would take me to rehearsals with him. He would have me help him memorize his character’s lines – we bonded in that way – that was really cool.
SoloChicago Announces THE UNFORTUNATES for Summer
Following on the heels of its inaugural production of CHURCHILL, which played two Chicago engagements, had an Off-Broadway run last year, and continues to play around the country, Ronald Keaton & Kurt Johns’ SoloChicago Theatre has announced its sophomore offering.
Emerald City’s SCHOOLHO– USE ROCK will head to Broadway Playhouse this Summer
SCHOOLHO– USE ROCK LIVE! will play the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place July 8 through August 28, 2016. Individual tickets go on sale on Friday, April 22.
Chicago Fire’s Eamonn Walker Joins Cast of BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY
Steppenwolf Theatre Company announced today the complete cast for the Chicago premiere of BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY, a dark comedy written by 2015 Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Adly Guirgis and directed by Steppenwolf ensemble member Yasen Peyankov. The cast features London-born actor Eamonn Walker as ex-cop Pops and ensemble member...
INSIDE LITTLE SHOP Part 1: Welcome to the Little Shop
(Photo: Set model by Scenic Designer Grant Sabin) In this 4-part series, Assistant Director Elyse Dolan takes us behind the scenes of American Blues Theater’s production of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, directed by Jonathan Berry. Part 1: Welcome to the Little Shop After the exchanging of quick hugs and hellos,...