Lorenzo Rush Jr. to replace James Earl Jones II in Porchlight’s THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG
Due to a scheduling conflict, Lorenzo Rush Jr. will replace James Earl Jones II in Porchlight Music Theatre’s “Porchlight Revisits” production of THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG, March 6 – 8 at The Ruth Page Center for the Arts. The Marvin Hamlisch/Carole Bayer Sager/Neil Simon musical will be directed and choreographed...
LookOut Series Announces Spring 2018 Lineup
Steppenwolf has announced the Spring 2018 LookOut series of events — short runs ancillary to the main performance season that feature artists and companies across genre and form. Spring highlights Include “Good Evening with Pat Whalen,” Haven Theatre’s Remount of WE’RE GONNA DIE, a Special Women’s History Month Edition of SHADE:...
Jo Cattell Named Michael Maggio Fellow at Goodman Theatre
Goodman Theatre has announced Jo Cattell as the recipient of the 2017/2018 Michael Maggio Directing Fellowship, an honor reserved for early-career Chicago-based directors. Cattell will gain access to the artistic process at the Goodman, including the opportunity to assist on a Goodman production. “Exposure is part of an artist’s...
Oak Park Festival Theatre Announces 2018 Summer Cast and Directors
Oak Park Festival Theatre has announced the cast and directors for its 2018 Summer season.
Joffrey Ballet Announces 2018/2019 Season
Pictured: Joffrey Ballet in Christopher Wheeldon’s SWAN LAKE. Photo by Cheryl Man. Ashley Wheater, Artistic Director of The Joffrey Ballet, has announced the 2018-19 season, featuring the world premiere of Yuri Possokhov’s reimagining of Leo Tolstoy’s classic novel Anna Karenina, presented as part of a first-time collaboration between The Joffrey Ballet...
Chicago Shakespeare Announces Cast and Creative Team for MACBETH
Chicago Shakespeare Theater has announced the cast and creative team for MACBETH, adapted and directed by Teller (of Penn & Teller) and Aaron Posner.
Review: SPEECH & DEBATE at Brown Paper Box Co.
SPEECH & DEBATE starts out quite promising. The set – four unadorned wooden desks and chairs – is simple, straightforward, and eerily clean in the way that only suburban American classrooms are.
Silk Road Has Its THROUGH THE ELEVATED LINE Cast and Design Team
Silk Road Rising has announced the cast and production team for the world premiere of THROUGH THE ELEVATED LINE by Novid Parsi.
Eclectic Announces AS YOU LIKE IT Cast
Eclectic Full Contact Theatre has announced the cast and design team casting for AS YOU LIKE IT by William Shakespeare.
Lyric Announces 18/19 Season, Including LA BOHÈME and WEST SIDE STORY
General Director Anthony Freud and Music Director Sir Andrew Davis announced Lyric Opera’s 2018/19 Season