Saturday, 23 March 2024 22:43
Breaking Through The Winter Blues: Cirque du Soleil Crystal Sparkles at NOW Arena
Written by Kendall Royzen
Like any good Chicago March, the city cannot make up its mind about what season it is in. This weekend a storm swept into Chicagoland that blanketed the roads and rolling fields in fluffy white snow. For many, it was an unwelcome, albeit expected weather pattern. But to me it…
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Friday, 22 March 2024 13:06
Review: A Streetcar Named Desire at Copley Theatre
Written by John Accrocco
If there's one play every American should see in their lifetimes, without a doubt it's Tennessee Williams' perennial classic A Streetcar Named Desire. It's the type of play that transcends theatre and stands alone as one of the best contributions to contemporary literature. Its complexities and social commentary make it…
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Monday, 18 March 2024 13:59
Casting Announced for Drury Lane Theatre's production of Guys and Dolls April 10 – June 9, 2024
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Drury Lane Theatre is thrilled to announce casting for its first show of the 2024/2025 season, Guys and Dolls, making its triumphant return to Chicagoland's professional stage after over a decade! Tony Award-nominated Director and Choreographer Dan Knechtges, who previously directed and choreographed the smash-hit Saturday Night Fever at Drury Lane, is at the helm of the production. "'Guys…
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Artistic Director Braden Abraham and Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma announce Writers Theatre's 2024/25 season. The season launches with the Chicago premiere of the acclaimed musical Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, nominated for 12 Tony Awards, which reunites director/choreographer Katie Spelman and music director Matt Deitchman after their previous collaboration on WT's twice extended sold out run of Once. Kimberly…
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Tuesday, 19 March 2024 13:48
ON YOUR FEET! THE STORY OF EMILIO & GLORIA ESTEFAN Is Now Playing
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Broadway In Chicago is pleased to announce the smash-hit musical, ON YOUR FEET! THE STORY OF EMILIO & GLORIA ESTEFAN is now playing for a strictly limited engagement at the CIBC Theatre through Sunday, March 24, 2024. Ticket prices range from $30.00 to $100.00 with a select number of premium seats available.…
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Wednesday, 20 March 2024 13:37
Five Plays by Spanish Speaking Female Playwrights Selected for Series at Instituto Cervantes
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Instituto Cervantes of Chicago (31 W. Ohio St.), the city's primary non-profit center for Spanish language and cultural exchange, is pleased to present, in collaboration with Water People Theater, the theatrical concert series "Creating Women" | "Mujeres Creando." This series features six new works written by playwrights from Latin America and Spain exploring the theme…
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I love all things Shakespeare, particularly modern iterations and adaptations of his works, and I’ve had good experiences with Idle Muse Theatre Company. So naturally when I learned that Idle Muse was mounting a new version of "What the Weird Sisters Saw," I was pretty excited. Fifteen years ago, when…
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Sunday, 17 March 2024 02:42
Music Theater Works’ ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ a sparkling and witty production
Written by Kimberly Katz
Who will the best speller be? Who will be able to withstand the pressures of competition? Who wants it the most? I’m sure these are among the questions you must be asking yourselves once the play begins. Well, without giving the ending of the story away, I’ll just say that…
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Red Theater is thrilled to present its second show of the 23/24 season: Shakespeare’s HAMLET, directed by Jeff nominated director Wyatt Kent, running April 26 - May 19, 2024 at The Edge Off Broadway in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. The production features Ashley Fox as Hamlet, Robert Koon as Claudius, Kelly Dupree Levander as Gertrude, Julia Rowley as Ophelia, Zach Bloomfield as Polonius, Reggie Hemphill as Horatio, and Ian Maryfield as Laertes, with…
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Thursday, 14 March 2024 12:50
City Lit announces first season under incoming Executive Artistic Director Brian Pastor
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City Lit Theater has announced its programming for the 2024-25 season, the company’s 44th. The season is the first to be programmed under the leadership of Brian Pastor (they/them), who will assume the position of Executive Artistic Director on July 1, returning to the company they served for over ten…
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Friday, 15 March 2024 09:08
Margaret Atwood's 'The Penelopiad' Is a Zesty Romp, Even If a Bit Cerebral
Written by Bill Esler
“The Penelopiad” is a zesty romp and very entertaining. With a script by a writer I adore, Margaret Atwood of “The Handmaid's Tale” fame, and based on her novella by the same name, it tells the story of Odysseus’ wife Penelope (played stunningly by Jennifer Morrison)—and how she occupied herself during…
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Wednesday, 28 February 2024 16:10
Trap Door Theatre presents: Nana, Opening Thursday, April 11th 2024
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Trap Door Theatre is thrilled to close its 30th anniversary season by celebrating the past with a reimagining of our hit production of Nana. Adapted for the stage from Emile Zola's scandalous novel by Olwen Wymark, Nana will be directed by Resident Choreographer Miguel Long, and Nicole Wiesner, who originated the role of Nana in 2002. Nana will play April…
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Tuesday, 12 March 2024 16:04
Steppenwolf Theatre Announces 2024/25 Season
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Steppenwolf Theatre Company, under the leadership of Artistic Directors Glenn Davis and Audrey Francis and Executive Director Brooke Flanagan, today announced its 2024/25 Season, featuring a dynamic line-up of modern masterpieces, Chicago and world premieres. The 49th Season includes five Steppenwolf Membership Series productions that invite audiences to experience the next chapter of Steppenwolf's bold, visceral and muscular…
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