Playwright Chuck O’Connor Dies
O’Connor was a Network Playwright with Chicago Dramatists and a genial fixture at Chicago-area play readings and developmental workshops.
Ruth Page Hosts Free Dance Classes for Annual Open House
The Ruth Page Center for the Arts is offering free dance and fitness classes.
Chicago Opera Theater to Perform at Southport’s Historic Music Box
Music Box Theatre For the first time, Chicago’s iconic Music Box Theatre—located in the Southport Corridor—will host a classical live performance when Chicago Opera Theater debuts the Chicago premiere of Frank Martin’s 1942 THE LOVE POTION (LE VIN HERBE). Martin’s adaptation of the medieval legend of Tristan and Isolde chronicles the...
How Casting Directors Can Change the World
One former performer’s experience with inclusive casting helps change the perceptions of her students years later.
Alt-Rock Concert MACBETH at Thalia Hall for Shakespeare 400
Billed as “a dynamic and feverish production bordering between underground opera and rock concert,” this MACBETH is a music theater deconstruction of one of Shakespeare’s most recognizable works with an original score in English
Interactive PLAY ‘N 90 Returns to Goodman Theatre
Goodman Theatre announces the return of PLAY ‘N 90 an interactive series in which families with children aged 5-12 fashion a theatrical creation in just 90 minutes.
Spiel Chicago Episode Four: Burlesque
On this week’s Spiel Chicago, Smyra revisits an interview from 2015 with three burlesque producers.
Tympanic Announces 10th Season, New Executive Leadership
Tympanic Theatre Company announced its tenth season of programming today, along with a new executive team.
Sulie Harand Friedman, Co-Founder of Harand Camp, Passes Away at 97
Sulie Harand Friedman, co-founder of Harand Camp of the Theatre Arts, passed away Saturday evening, August 6 at the age of 97. Sulie Harand Friedman began studying opera with Richard DeYoung at the American Conservatory of Music, and was coached by Kurt Herbert Adler, who became the Artistic Director of...
New York City’s Musically Human Theatre Announces Relocation to Highland Park
Three-show season of musicals will be staged in former home of The Music Theatre Company