League Announces Emerging Theatre Award Finalists
The League of Chicago Theatres has announced the 2019 Broadway In Chicago Emerging Theatre Award Finalists: Interrobang Theatre Project, Midsommer Flight, Underscore Theatre Company, Water People Theater, and Windy City Playhouse. The recipient will be chosen through a vote of the League’s member companies, and honored at the organization’s annual...
Cast and Designers Announced for Porchlight Revisits “Minnie’s Boys”
Porchlight Music Theatre has announced the cast and design team for “Minnie’s Boys.”
Bower Theatre Announces 2019 Ensemble
Bower Theatre has announced the cast and design team that will make up the company’s 2019 ensemble.
Remy Bumppo Names New Associate Artistic Director
Pictured: Ian Frank Remy Bumppo Theatre Company has announced that Ian Frank will take on the role of Associate Artistic Director, a first for the company. “I am more than pleased to have Ian Frank assume his new title and also become the latest addition to our group of Associate...
City Lit Announces TWO DAYS IN COURT Cast and Designers
Pictured: Sarah Beth Tanner City Lit Theater has announced the 17-person cast for the company’s season closer — a double-bill of one-acts, dubbed TWO DAYS IN COURT, directed by Artistic Director Terry McCabe. TWO DAYS IN COURT will feature THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER by Stephen Vincent Benet based on...
Joel Kim Booster Comes to The Den for 4 Performances
Comedian Joel Kim Booster will stop at The Den Theatre for four performances May 10 – 11. Joel Kim Booster is a Chicago-bred, Los Angeles-based comedian who has appeared on “Conan,” “The Late Late Show with James Corden,” Netflix’s “The Fix,” and more. In 2017, he recorded a stand-up special...
Eclectic Announces Casting for “The Secret of the Biological Clock”
(l to r)- Aziza Macklin, Mark Tacderas, Kelly Levander Eclectic Full Contact Theatre has announced casting for the world premiere of “The Secret of the Biological Clock,” directed by Artistic Director Katherine Seigel. Andie Arthur’s script plays on what happens to our favorite teen detectives—like Nancy Drew and the Hardy...
Upside Down with David Cerda. An “Inside” look at POSEIDON!
David Cerda takes us behind the scenes of the remount that started it all for Hell in a Handbag.
Lookingglass Announces “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein” Cast and Staff
Photo: Cordelia Dewdney as Mary Shelley in a promo image. Lookingglass Theatre Company has announced the cast and production staff for their new adaptation of “Frankenstein,” written and directed by Ensemble Member David Catlin, creator of the company’s creator of “Moby Dick” and “Lookingglass Alice.” “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein” runs May...
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.