theTEN with Leah Morrow
Jump inside the brains of Chicago theater artists as we ask them 10 questions that were in no way inspired by “Inside the Actor’s Studio.”
Mercury Announces AVENUE Q Remount Cast
Jackson Evans and Leah Morrow in the 2014 run of AVENUE Q at the Mercury | Brett Beiner Mercury Theater Chicago has announced the cast for a remount of their production of Jeff Marx and Robert Lopez’s grown-up “Sesame Street” spoof AVENUE Q, playing June 21 through September 9. The Mercury’s...
CBS Picks Up THE RED LINE, Based On Hit Chicago Play A TWIST OF WATER
Caitlin Parrish and Erica Weiss. Photo by Joe Mazza. THE RED LINE, a Warner Brothers Television pilot drama based on the 2011 hit Chicago play A TWIST OF WATER, has been picked up by CBS to premiere on the network next season. THE RED LINE is written and co-executive produced by...
Review: COMPANY at Venus Cabaret Theater at Mercury Theater Chicago
The theater community is demanding a new standard of purposeful storytelling, a stronger call to answer the question “Why now?” — particularly when mounting a revival. Musical theater, with its fandom and nostalgia, is precious to audiences in a way that other forms are not, and so has often been exempt from engaging in deeper conversation with the real world.
Mercury Sets Cast & Production Team for Inaugural Venus Cabaret Production of COMPANY
Mercury Theater Chicago has announced the cast for Stephen Sondheim’s COMPANY, which will open their new venue, the Venus Cabaret Theater.
Mercury Theater Announces BUNNY BUNNY Cast and Creatives
Mercury Theater Chicago has announced the cast and creative team for BUNNY BUNNY: GILDA RADNER, A SORT OF LOVE STORY.
Mercury Theatre Sets Opening for Cabaret Space
Venus will kick off its 2018 season this March with Stephen Sondheim’s COMPANY followed in June by MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT.
Mercury to Produce Gilda Radner Inspired BUNNY, BUNNY
Alan Zweibel and Gilda Radner. Photo courtesy of Robin Zweibel Mercury Theater Chicago has announced it will produce BUNNY, BUNNY: GILDA RADNER A SORT OF LOVE STORY, directed by Warner Crocker. Based on the book of the same name, former Saturday Night Live writer Alan Zweibel recalls his eccentric kinship spanning 14 years with the...
Review: THE CHRISTMAS SCHOONER at Mercury Theater Chicago
Peter Stossel is set on sailing through dangerous winter conditions to deliver Christmas trees – tenenbaums – to the German immigrants of Chicago so that they can enjoy their holiday season with the traditions of old.
Cast Set for THE CHRISTMAS SCHOONER
The Mercury Theater Chicago has announced the cast for the 7th sailing of John Reeger and Julie Shannon’s THE CHRISTMAS SCHOONER.