Review: DADA WOOF PAPA HOT at About Face Theatre

Review: DADA WOOF PAPA HOT at About Face Theatre

It’s hard not to wish the play’s focus were a bit tighter, but it’s always preferable for a script to be overstuffed with ideas than have too few.

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Review: CARDBOARD PIANO at TimeLine Theatre Company

Review: CARDBOARD PIANO at TimeLine Theatre Company

CARDBOARD PIANO is honest, tragic, and raises many important questions without providing answers.

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Firebrand Announces Full QUEEN OF THE MIST Cast

Firebrand Announces Full QUEEN OF THE MIST Cast

Firebrand Theatre has announced full casting for QUEEN OF THE MIST.

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Review: LITTLE WOMEN THE MUSICAL at Brown Paper Box Co.

Review: LITTLE WOMEN THE MUSICAL at Brown Paper Box Co.

The highs and lows and adventures of the four March daughters of Concord, Massachusetts are imprinted on so many of our minds that they feel less like characters from fiction and more like old friends from childhood.

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Clayton Steps Down at Chicago Opera Theater, Magnus Promoted to General Director

Clayton Steps Down at Chicago Opera Theater, Magnus Promoted to General Director

Formerly General Manager, Magnus Joins Music Director Lidiya Yankovskaya to Lead Opera Company

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Handbag Casts POSEIDON! Remount

Handbag Casts POSEIDON! Remount

Hell in a Handbag Productions has announced casting for its revival of “POSEIDON! An Upside Down Musical,” a musical parody of the classic 1972 film “The Poseidon Adventure.”

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Rivendell Sets “I Wanna F#!&ing Tear You Apart” Cast & Staff

Rivendell Sets “I Wanna F#!&ing Tear You Apart” Cast & Staff

Pictured: Teressa LaGamba Rivendell Theatre Ensemble has announced the cast for “I Wanna F#!&ing Tear You Apart” by Morgan Gould and directed by Jessica Fisch, running February 15 – March 23 at the company’s 5779 N. Ridge Avenue venue. “Samantha and Leo are a team — best friends and roommates,...

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Second City Offers Tickets, Meals, and Classes for Furloughed Gov’t Workers

Second City Offers Tickets, Meals, and Classes for Furloughed Gov’t Workers

The Second City has announced that it will offer federal workers currently furloughed as a result of the partial government shutdown access to its shows and classes, as well as a free meal.

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Strawdog Announces New Artistic and Managing Directors

Strawdog Announces New Artistic and Managing Directors

Strawdog Theatre Company’s Board of Directors has announced the appointment of Leda Hoffmann as the company’s new Artistic Director and Charlotte Thomas as their new Managing Director.

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Review: DARK MATTERS at Exit 63 Productions

Review: DARK MATTERS at Exit 63 Productions

The way the director and designers use the space to create ambiance is what helps DARK MATTERS rise above the fray.

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