Review | “Poseidon! An Upside Down Musical” at Hell in a Handbag Productions
POSEIDON! AN UPSIDE DOWN MUSICAL is a fantastic musical that packs a lot into its two-plus hours, and provides a beautiful showcase for some of our city’s best and most versatile performers.
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.”
Drury Lane Announces “Matilda the Musical” Cast and Designers
Drury Lane has announced the cast and design team for “Matilda the Musical.”
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...
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...
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...
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....
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.