Lyric Opera Announces Complete Cast for WEST SIDE STORY

Lyric Opera Announces Complete Cast for WEST SIDE STORY

Lyric Opera has announced the rest of the cast for its new co-production of WEST SIDE STORY, which will feature nearly 100 artists from Chicago and across the country.

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Broadway In Chicago Announces Next Season

Broadway In Chicago Announces Next Season

Photo: ONCE ON THIS ISLAND On Broadway | Joan Marcus Broadway In Chicago has announced the productions that will make up its next season, including the previously announced pre-Broadway world premiere of the Britany Spears musical ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME, TimeLine Theatre’s Chicago premiere of OSLO, and the...

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Steppenwolf Appoints Filmmaker and Actor Leelai Demoz as Associate Artistic Director

Steppenwolf Appoints Filmmaker and Actor Leelai Demoz as Associate Artistic Director

Steppenwolf Theatre Company has announced that it will bring on Leelai Demoz as its new Associate Artistic Director. Demoz is a founding partner of Small Ax, a digital production company/agency based in Venice, California, where he produced the award-winning film “DIFRET” (2014 Sundance World Cinema and 2014 Berlin Panorama Audience...

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Brown Paper Box Co. Announces Season

Brown Paper Box Co. Announces Season

Pictured: L M Feldman | Photo by Joey Stocks Brown Paper Box Co. has announced their 2019/20 season, kicking off in May with “Holding On,” a 2-night community-focused cabaret at Under the Gun Theater. In summer 2019, the company will present the Midwest premiere of L M Feldman’s “Grace, or...

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Review | LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at Mercury Theater Chicago

Review | LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at Mercury Theater Chicago

L. Walter Stearns’ superb production boasts an excellent cast and terrific music, and moves far beyond the limits of traditional musical theatre.

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Review | “Blackbird” at Blank Theatre Company

Review | “Blackbird” at Blank Theatre Company

Intense and unflinching, Blank Theatre Company’s “Blackbird,” now playing at City Lit Theatre, feels intentionally tight and uncomfortable reflecting the difficult storyline.

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Porchlight Announces 25th Season, Including “Sunset Boulevard”

Porchlight Announces 25th Season, Including “Sunset Boulevard”

Pictured: Hollis Resnik by Jason Epperson Porchlight Music Theatre has announced its 25th Anniversary season, kicking off in October with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s haunting “Sunset Boulevard” starring Hollis Resnik. Following is “Sophisticated Ladies,” a revue of Duke Ellington music opening next January. Closing out the season is the Chicago premiere...

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Strawdog Announces Cast and Designers for TAKE ME

Strawdog Announces Cast and Designers for TAKE ME

Pictured (top, l to r): Nicole Bloomsmith, Kamille Dawkins, Carmine Grisolia and Michael Reyes with (bottom, l to r) Kristen Alesia, Megan DeLay, David Gorden-Johnson, Loretta Rezos and Matt Rosin. Strawdog Theatre Company has announced the cast and design team for the world premiere of TAKE ME, a musical comic...

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Anna D. Shapiro to Direct THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA Musical

Anna D. Shapiro to Direct THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA Musical

Steppenwolf Artistic Director Anna D. Shapiro has been announced as the director of the in-development musicalization of “The Devil Wears Prada,” featuring music by Sir Elton John, lyrics by Shaina Taub and a book by Paul Rudnick. Based on Lauren Weisberger’s best-selling 2003 novel and the 2006 film, the Broadway-bound...

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Steppenwolf Has Its MS. BLAKK FOR PRESIDENT Cast and Designers

Steppenwolf Has Its MS. BLAKK FOR PRESIDENT Cast and Designers

Steppenwolf Theatre Company has announced the full cast and design team for the world premiere of MS. BLAKK FOR PRESIDENT, co-written by ensemble members Tina Landau and Tarell Alvin McCraney. Conceived by Landau, who also directs this true and little-known Chicago story, the production will feature Tarell Alvin McCraney as...

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