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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Remy Bumppo Announces 2019/20 Season, Including First Commission
Remy Bumppo Theatre announces the three shows that will make up its 19/20 season.
Understanding the Monster: Inside LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS with Puppet Coach Matthew Sitz
Our “Inside” series takes you behind the scenes of productions through blog posts written by the artists in the trenches. To read past “Inside” pieces, click here. By Matthew Sitz I’ve been a part of eight productions of Little Shop of Horrors at a myriad of theaters – and no...
Chicago Inclusion Project to Offer Pay-What-You-Can Training Program
The Chicago Inclusion Project is launching a new training program for artists in underrepresented communities. The Professional Performance Training Series is built in association with Jackalope and Steppenwolf theaters and will operate under a pay-what-you-can model. The series will consist of masterclasses, workshops, and mentor lectures from Chicago theater luminaries....
Theater Wit Announces Cast & Staff for “Admissions”
Theater Wit has announced the cast for the Chicago premiere of Joshua Harmon’s “Admissions,” a satire about liberal white America through the lens of racial diversity in private schools.