Escape Into the Whimsical World of THE FANTASTICKS

Escape Into the Whimsical World of THE FANTASTICKS

At age eleven, I checked out THE FANTASTICKS CD from the public library and stole my oldest brother’s Discman to listen to it. In 2017, sitting in the intimate Blue Theatre, I was brought back to that joy and giddiness I felt sitting in the corner of my childhood bedroom humming “Soon It’s Gonna Rain.”

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Cast and Creatives Announced for OHIO STATE MURDERS

Cast and Creatives Announced for OHIO STATE MURDERS

Dandelion Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for OHIO STATE MURDERS by Adrienne Kennedy, the second production in their 2016-17 season.

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FORTY-TWO STORIES Has Cast and Production Team

FORTY-TWO STORIES Has Cast and Production Team

City Lit Theater has announced the cast and production team for the world premiere of FORTY-TWO STORIES by Douglas Post.

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CST’s LOVE LABOR’S LOST is Everything Shakespeare Should Be

CST’s LOVE LABOR’S LOST is Everything Shakespeare Should Be

Most of us know or have been that person who’s really into Shakespeare. The enthusiast who often through a bombardment of Elizabethan vocabulary and extreme enthusiasm for iambic pentameter tries to convert the listener to their love of the bard.

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Goodman Adds PAMPLONA with LADY IN DENMARK to Be Rescheduled

Goodman Adds PAMPLONA with LADY IN DENMARK to Be Rescheduled

Goodman has announced Jim McGrath’s world premiere of PAMPLONA, starring Stacy Keach as Ernest Hemingway and directed by Robert Falls, will conclude Falls’ 30th anniversary season as Artistic Director.

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Meisner and the Art of Communication

Meisner and the Art of Communication

The 1st lesson of the Meisner Technique begins with communication. It is introduced through the repetition exercise, and its importance never goes away.

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Chita Rivera, Melissa Manchester, Hamilton Cast to Headline CONCERT FOR AMERICA at the Auditorium

Chita Rivera, Melissa Manchester, Hamilton Cast to Headline CONCERT FOR AMERICA at the Auditorium

The creation of Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley will play Chicago’s Auditorium Theater Monday, March 20, at 8 PM.

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Is There Really a Place for Everyone AT THE TABLE?

Is There Really a Place for Everyone AT THE TABLE?

I remember waking up the morning after the election absolutely astounded by the results whilst wondering how the polls were wrong.

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Production and Cast Set for Griffin’s IN TO AMERICA

Production and Cast Set for Griffin’s IN TO AMERICA

Griffin Theatre has announced the production team and 13-member cast for IN TO AMERICA by Artistic Director Bill Massolia.

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Creating SNOWY DAY at Emerald City

Creating SNOWY DAY at Emerald City

Emerald City Theatre’s production of THE SNOWY DAY AND OTHER STORIES by Ezra Jack Keats. Photo by Austin Oie. By Kyle Whalen January 20. I’m sitting in Emerald City Theatre’s Little Theatre, where the company is rehearsing THE SNOWY DAY AND OTHER STORIES, currently running at the Apollo. Jerome Hairston...

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