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The Jeff Awards Committee announced 120 nominations in 25 categories of Non-Equity Jeff Awards for productions that opened between April 1, 2012, and March 31, 2013. The Non-Equity Awards ho…
THE WHALE: VICTORY GARDENS THEATER Cast members Dale Calandra (Hairspray), Leah Karpel, and Cheryl Graeff discuss their roles in Samuel D. Hunter’s critically acclaimed play THE WHALE,…
On the Spot Theatre Company will present the world premiere of How to Make a Rainbow written and directed by Michael Brayndick beginning July 26, 2013 at the Greenhouse Theatre Center, Upsta…
Eighty-Eight Entertainment follows its current presentation of Hershey Felder's AN AMERICAN STORY, now through April 14th at Chicago's Royal George Theatre, with the Chicago Premiere of…
Podcast with Rock The Audition Creator SHERI SANDERS from SHOWBIZ CHICAGO on Vimeo.
Podcast with Rock The Audition Creator SHERI SANDERS from SHOWBIZ CHICAGO on Vimeo. Rock The Audition creator Sheri Sanders discusses her method for teaching actors how to properly audition …
Commedia Beauregard, a Chicago-based non-profit theater company, has announced the premiere of Master Works: The Van Gogh Plays, a festival of short plays based on works by Vincent …
Starring real-life couple and legendary actors Dame Judi Dench(Shakespeare in Love, Skyfall) and her late husband Michael Williams (Educating Rita)as two middle-aged misfits emba…
Fascinating, new PBS documentary explores Jewish contributions to Broadway; Performances by Barbra Streisand, Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane, Kristin Chenoweth and many more! Engaging, humor…
The Filament Theatre Ensemble is pleased to announce the next in its Music Mondays series, a concert series featuring local musicians that takes place on the first Monday of every month in t…
Podcast with CHUCK WAGNER from SHOWBIZ CHICAGO on Vimeo.
Podcast with CHUCK WAGNER from SHOWBIZ CHICAGO on Vimeo. Musical theatre superstar Chuck Wagner discusses his amazing career as well as his current role as the Captain in Anything Goes oppos…
Reviewed by: JOSEPH HILLENMEYER Monty Python’s comedy could be hit or miss at times: some sketches had you had rolling on the floor, others utterly confused and some just weren’t…
When adapting a film for the stage, it is always a creative fine line of balancing viewer expectations. In most aspects Big Fish, the latest film to stage adaptation which had its official p…
American Theater Company concludes 2012-2013 Season with a revised remount of Speech & Debate, written by Stephen Karam, and directed by Artistic Director PJ Paparelli. Speec…
Red Tape Theatre is pleased to announce that Artistic Director and founding ensemble member James D Palmer (The Love of the Nightingale, Elephant’s Graveyard), has been accepted into t…
It's King Lear. But there's no King Lear. Experimental playwright and Doris Duke Artist Award winner Young Jean Lee has penned a whimsical and psychologically disturbing look at a world …
On April 22nd, the world will celebrate Earth Day. Sustainable food and agriculture systems can play a big role in preserving the environment by helping to improve soil health, protecting bi…
Porchlight Music Theatre is proud to present Pal Joey, book by John O'Hara, music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, April 20 " May 26, at Stage 773, 12…
The Music Box Theatre continues its partnership with the UK's National Theatre Live to exhibit live stage performances beamed to Chicago from the prestigious National Theatre …
Fulcrum Point New Music Project’s Founder and Artistic Director Stephen Burns discusses the non-for-profit company and the upcoming performance of Altered States with a 75 piece orches…
About Face Theatre is pleased to present a remount of its wildly popular Youth Ensemble world premiere WHAT'S THE T? by Sara Kerastas and The About Face Youth Theatre Ensem…
It is always a task in futility when discussing American Idiot (punk super group Green Day's 6 x platinum selling album turned 2010 Broadway musical), to those who simply don't like the genr…
About a quarter of the way through Samuel H. Hunter's Chicago premiere of The Whale, which opened last night at Victory Gardens Theater, one wants to place a call to Richard Simmons to do an…
To accommodate extraordinary ticket demand, Lifeline Theatre is thrilled to add four additional performances to the run of its family musical, The Emperor's New Threads: A Fashion S…
