A Tale of Two Voyages: Inside “Poseidon!” with Elizabeth Lesinski

A Tale of Two Voyages: Inside “Poseidon!” with Elizabeth Lesinski

Pictured (left to right) Brittney Brown, Shane Roberie, Elizabeth Lesinski, David Lipschutz, and Caitlin Jackson in Hell in a Handbag Productions’ revival of “POSEIDON! An Upside Down Musical.” Photo by Rick Aguilar Studios. Our “Inside” series takes you behind the scenes of productions through blog posts written by the artists...

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AstonRep Announces “The Crowd You’re In With” Cast and Designers

AstonRep Announces “The Crowd You’re In With” Cast and Designers

Pictured (top, l to r): Sara Pavlak McGuire, Maggie Antonijevic, Lynne Baker (bottom, l to r) Javier Carmona, Martin Diaz-Valdes, Nick Freed, and Erin O’Brien. AstonRep Theatre Company has announced the cast and design team for Rebecca Gilman’s THE CROWD YOU’RE IN WITH, directed by Co-Artistic Director Derek Bertelsen The...

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Review | “Hands on a Hardbody” at Refuge Theatre Project

Review | “Hands on a Hardbody” at Refuge Theatre Project

Based on the 1997 documentary of the same name, Refuge Theatre’s production of HANDS ON A HARDBODY tells the story of a group of Texans locked in a battle of wills to see who will win a new truck. The last person still standing with one hand on the “hardbody” wins. It’s a physical and mental test for the ages.

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Marriott Announces FOOTLOOSE Cast & Staff

Marriott Announces FOOTLOOSE Cast & Staff

The Marriott Theatre has announced the cast for Gary Griffin’s new production of FOOTLOOSE, running April 10 through June 2.

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Paramount Announces Cast and Designers for World Premiere “August Rush”

Paramount Announces Cast and Designers for World Premiere “August Rush”

Paramount Theatre has announced the cast and design team for the world premiere of “August Rush: The Musical.”

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Drury Lane Announces “Matilda the Musical” Cast and Designers

Drury Lane Announces “Matilda the Musical” Cast and Designers

Drury Lane has announced the cast and design team for “Matilda the Musical.”

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Steep Announces “First Love is the Revolution” Cast & Staff

Steep Announces “First Love is the Revolution” Cast & Staff

Pictured: Isa Arciniegas Steep Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for the Chicago premiere of Rita Kalnejais’ “First Love is the Revolution.” The play premiered at Soho Theatre in London in 2015, and is a star-crossed-lover tale from different sides of the animal kingdom — a 14-year-old boy...

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Lifeline Announces 19-20 Season

Lifeline Announces 19-20 Season

Lifeline Theatre has announced the 2019-20 season, its 37th. The season features a return of Dorothy L. Sayers’ classic whodunit “Whose Body?,” followed by an adaptation of National Book Award winner “Middle Passage,” and concludes with a world premiere rock musical based on Norse mythology “LOKI, The End of the...

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Metropolis Announces “A Funny Thing Happened…” Cast

Metropolis Announces “A Funny Thing Happened…” Cast

Pictured: Tommy Bullington Metropolis has announced the cast for Stephen Sondheim’s classic musical farce “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” running May 16 – June 29 in a production directed by Lauren Rawitz. In the greek-drama-slash-vaudeville romp, crafty slave Pseudolus attempts to win the hand of...

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Sideshow Announces New Artistic Associates, Freshness Initiative Plays

Sideshow Announces New Artistic Associates, Freshness Initiative Plays

Sideshow Theatre Company has added three new artistic associates: Melissa DuPrey, Helen Joo Lee and Regina Victor. DuPrey is an actor, comic, playwright, producer and activist from Humboldt Park, Chicago. After earning double Bachelor degrees from the University of Houston, she returned to join the all-Latina theatre company, Teatro Luna....

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