Collaboraction Launches City-Wide Festival for Peace
Collaboraction, which now bills itself as “Chicago’s social issue-driven contemporary theatre”, is launching PEACEBOOK, a new collaborative city-wide festival of theater, dance, music, visual art, and spoken word focused on cultivating peace in Chicago as part of the Chicago Park District’s Night Out in the Parks program. Intended to engage new...
Tim Rhoze: 25 Years on Chicago Stages
Tim Edward Rhoze began his theatrical career in Michigan. “My dad was involved in theater in Detroit, and he would take me to rehearsals with him. He would have me help him memorize his character’s lines – we bonded in that way – that was really cool.
INSIDE LITTLE SHOP Part 1: Welcome to the Little Shop
(Photo: Set model by Scenic Designer Grant Sabin) In this 4-part series, Assistant Director Elyse Dolan takes us behind the scenes of American Blues Theater’s production of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, directed by Jonathan Berry. Part 1: Welcome to the Little Shop After the exchanging of quick hugs and hellos,...
Theatre Historical Society to Host 2016 Conclave in Chicago this Summer
Attendees to Receive Exclusive Tours of 23 Chicago-Area Venues, Masterpieces by Daniel Burnham, Louis Sullivan, Rapp and Rapp and More
HERSHEY FELDER AS IRVING BERLIN Provides A Lighthearted, Sentimental Tribute to the Great Composer
In his one-man revue HERSHEY FELDER AS IRVING BERLIN, Felder pays loving homage to the famed composer who worked his way from Tin Pan Alley to Broadway to Hollywood and beyond. This revue showcases a number of Berlin’s greatest hits, including “I’ll Be Loving You Always,” “Puttin’ on the Ritz,”...
Capacity Building: Are We There Yet? Or Exactly How Big Are We Supposed to Be?
I would like to argue that, perhaps, one version of success is that we are doing less.
Heathers: The Musical
Kokandy Productions’ HEATHERS: The Musical plays through 4/24 at Theater Wit.
MOSQUE ALERT is Undeniably Pertinent
The production’s timing is undeniably pertinent and if the execution can gain some unapologetic confidence in its message, it can hopefully start opening some closed minds.
Jane Lynch to Receive Honorary Degree from Columbia College Chicago
Jane Lynch. Photo: Starla Fortunato Emmy Award-winning actor Jane Lynch will be the keynote speaker at this year’s commencement ceremony for Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department graduates at the Chicago Theatre, where she will receive an honorary degree. Lynch grew up in the south suburbs, and performed in Chicago with Second City,...
Steppenwolf Announces Summer Lineup in New ‘1700 Theatre’
LookOut programming will take place throughout the summer in the 1700 Theatre, Steppenwolf’s new 80-seat black box space at 1700 N Halsted St, which connects to the existing building.