MAC to Host ‘National Theatre Live’ Encores
The McAninch Arts Center (MAC) at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn will present encore broadcasts of National Theatre Live’s International Series starting in August. The raucous comedy ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS starring James Corden in his Tony Award-winning performance kicks of the series, followed in September by Hellen...
Paramount Announces Casting for MAMMA MIA!
Pictured: Sara Sevigny Paramount has announced casting for its season opener MAMMA MIA!, directed by Artistic Director Jim Corti with musical direction by Tom Vendafreddo and choreography by William Carlos Angulo. MAMMA MIA! will feature Amy Montgomery as Donna Sheridan, Kiersten Frumkin as Sophie Sheridan, Sara Sevigny as Rosie, Jennifer Knox...
Shattered Globe Announces TRUE WEST Cast
Shattered Globe announced casting for the revival of TRUE WEST the first show of their 16/17 season. The four-person Sam Shephard play will feature Joseph Wiens, Kevin Viol, Rebecca Jordan and Rob Frankel. Directed by Jason Yost TRUE WEST will run September 8 – October 22, 2016 at Theatre Witt where Shattered Globe is...
Writers Announces Casting for Most of 25th Season
Writers Theatre has announced casting for the first five plays of the company’s 25th Anniversary Season. The season opens with a new adaptation of Shakespeare’s JULIUS CAESAR, directed and adapted by Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Scott Parkinson, featuring Kareem Bandealy, Christine Bunuan, Arya Daire, Sydney Germaine, Matthew Hawkins, Thomas Vincent...
Halcyon Announces Casting for FEFU AND HER FRIENDS
Halcyon Theatre has announced casting for FEFU AND HER FRIENDS by María Irene Fornés, the first show of the company’s 11th season. Directed by Artistic Director Tony Adams, FEFU AND HER FRIENDS features Ashley Agbay, Mary Ann de la Cruz, Eleanor Katz, Tamika Lechée Morales, Maren Rosenberg, Sarah Rachel Schol,...
Silk Road Rising Announces 16/17 Season
Silk Road Rising has announced its 2016/17 season, featuring a premiere by the well-known Chicago stand-up comedian Azhar Usman, a holiday solo musical, a staged reading series tapping into Israeli-Palestinian relations, and a Dickens adaptation in collaboration with Remy Bumppo.
Steppenwolf Announces Casting for THE FUNDAMENTALS
Directed by ensemble member Yasen Peyankov, the cast features ensemble members Alana Arenas (Millie), Caroline Neff (Stellan) and Alan Wilder (Abe) with Audrey Francis (Eliza) and Armando Riesco (Lorenzo).
‘THE KING AND I’ Tour Will Play 4 Weeks at Oriental
Broadway In Chicago announced today that the national tour of the Lincoln Center Theater Production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s THE KING AND I will play Chicago’s Oriental Theatre for four weeks, June 13 through July 9, 2017. Casting will be announced at a later date. Lincoln Center’s critically acclaimed production—directed by Bartlett...