Kokandy Announces WIZ Cast and Creative Team. 

Kokandy Announces WIZ Cast and Creative Team. 

Pictured: (top l-r) Breon Arzell, Chuckie Benson, Dawn Bless, Sydney Charles, Kyrie Courter, TJ Crawford. (bottom l-r) Jyreika Evelyn Guest, Nicole Michelle Haskins, Frederik Harris, De’Jah Perkins, Steven Perkins, Tia Pinson. Kokandy Productions has announced casting for THE WIZ running March 5th – April 16th at Theatre Wit. Directed by Lili-Anne Brown, music direction by Jimmy Morehead and choreographed by Breon...

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Inside CINDERELLA AT THE THEATRE OF POTATOES Part 3: Color for Our Cinderella

Inside CINDERELLA AT THE THEATRE OF POTATOES Part 3: Color for Our Cinderella

In this 4-part feature, PerformInk continues its INSIDE series and takes you behind the scenes of The Hypocrites production of CINDERELLA AT THE THEATRE OF POTATOES through blog posts written by the people behind the scenes.

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FUN HOME invites audiences on a lovely, unique journey through memory

FUN HOME invites audiences on a lovely, unique journey through memory

Kate Shindle.  Photo Credit: Joan Marcus  Review: FUN HOME on tour at the Oriental Theater By Rachel Weinberg Now making its national touring and Chicago debut, FUN HOME is a lovely and genuinely original new musical based on the eponymous graphic memoir by Alison Bechdel. It’s worth noting that the...

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HOW WE GOT ON Flows Easy and Is Fiercely Delivered

HOW WE GOT ON Flows Easy and Is Fiercely Delivered

Haven has a firm grasp of HOW WE GOT ON. A show with a flow and chill beats invented by kids from an era that forgot how it got there because of parents that thought they knew better.

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Lifeline’s THUMBELINA Engages Both Young and Old

Lifeline’s THUMBELINA Engages Both Young and Old

In this classic Hans Christian Andersen tale, directed and adapted by Amanda Delheimer Dimond, we are introduced to little Thumbelina who was born from a flower.

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Handbag Has Cast and Production Team for RIP NELSON HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR

Handbag Has Cast and Production Team for RIP NELSON HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR

Pictured: Ed Jones Hell in a Handbag has announced casting and production team for THE RIP NELSON HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR written by David Cerda. Directed by Steve Love, the production features Ed Jones (Rip Nelson), Chazie Bly (Bruce Jenner), Kristopher Bottrall (Janet Lennon), Tommy Bullington (Dom Deluise), Alexa Castelvecchi (Liza Minnelli), Grant...

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Polarity’s LEAVINGS is a Must See That Will Not Disappoint

Polarity’s LEAVINGS is a Must See That Will Not Disappoint

(l-r) Emily Radke, RjW Mays, Monette McLin. Photo by Jackie Jasperson In the wake of a country that is still polarized by racism, Gail Parrish’s LEAVINGS forces us to take a hard look at history through a lens cloaked in accountability, as the play explores the severe impact slavery has had on...

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NEWSIES, HONEYMOON IN VEGAS, and BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY on Deck for Marriott

NEWSIES, HONEYMOON IN VEGAS, and BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY on Deck for Marriott

Photo: Jason Robert Brown, Tony Award-winning composer of THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY and HONEYMOON IN VEGAS. (Maia Rosenfeld) The Marriott Theatre, the Lincolnshire institution boasting the largest subscription base in the country, announced its 2017 calendar-year slate today. The season will kick off in January with MAMMA MIA!—most recently seen...

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Theo Ubique Casts HONKY TONK ANGELS

Theo Ubique Casts HONKY TONK ANGELS

Pictured: Colette Todd. Photo courtesy of Theo Ubique  Theo Ubique has announced casting for the Chicago preimiere of HONKY TONK ANGELS by Ted Swindley. Directed by Courtney Crouse, musical direction Jeremy Ramey and choreographed by Cameron Turner, the production features Colette Todd, Jacquelyne Jones and Leryn Turlington. HONKY TONK ANGELS runs December...

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Musically Human Theater Shuts Down

Musically Human Theater Shuts Down

Updated 11/1/16, 1:40 PM — Crain’s is reporting Musically Human used a false board of directors on its proposal to the city of Highland Park. “After much consideration, the MHT Board of Directors unanimously chose to cease operations and close the theater company. October 29, 2016 was the final day of...

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