JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR AREA TOUR Comes to the Area Movie Theatres Oct 31 & Nov. 1 by Michael Roberts

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR UK ROCK SPECTACULAR 10/29/2012 – 11/01/2012 NCM Fathom Events, Omniverse Vision and The Broadway League present Jesus Christ Superstar UK Rock Spectacular …

SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 3:27pm on October 18, 2012☆⚑

Billy Porter is the Soul of KINKY BOOTS by Michael Roberts

Kinky Boots has arrived and so has the first musical in over fifteen years that will have crossover chart success.  This long awaited, much hyped show is based on the 2005 British film ab…

SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 3:32am on October 18, 2012☆⚑

Georges Méliès Cine-Concert at the Music Box on Saturday, October 27 by Michael Roberts

Recently celebrated in Martin Scorsese's Academy Award-winning adventure Hugo, French filmmakerGeorge Méliès is considered the father of cinematic special effects. To celebrate th…

SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 4:41pm on October 17, 2012☆⚑

Podcast with Giordano Dance Chicago's Nan Giordano & Michael McStraw by Michael Roberts

Podcast with Nan Giordano & Michael McStraw of Giordano Dance Chicago from Michael Roberts on Vimeo.

SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 1:19pm on October 17, 2012☆⚑

Podcast with Giordano Dance Chicago's Nan Giordano & Michael McStraw by Michael Roberts

Please note that the piece discussed in the podcast by Christopher Huggins is postponed to GDC's March 2013 Harris engagement.  Del Dominguez  ballroom dance work "Sabroso" will now be…

SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 1:16pm on October 17, 2012☆⚑

The Renaissance Society presents FREE Sunday Programming Series by Michael Roberts

The Renaissance Society presents a FREE Sunday programming series including concerts, lectures and a poetry reading, at the University of Chicago (UChicago) beginning Sunday, Oct. 21 a…

SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:43pm on October 17, 2012☆⚑

AUDITION NOTICE: Gorilla Tango Theatre Oct. 23rd & 25th by Michael Roberts

Gorilla Tango Burlesque is auditioning female performers to join the cast of a Doctor Who burlesque opening at Gorilla Tango’s Bucktown Theatre (1919 N. Milwaukee Ave.) on Friday night…

SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 9:21am on October 17, 2012☆⚑

The Dragon Roars In Gritty TRAINSPOTTING USA by Michael Roberts

"Take the best orgasm you’ve ever had… multiply it by a thousand, and you’re still nowhere near it".  That is how Trainspotting USA's lead character Mark describes the f…

SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 2:41am on October 17, 2012☆⚑

The Playbill Broadway Yearbook June 2011 to May 2012 " Eighth Annual Edition by Michael Roberts

The 2011-2012 Broadway season will be remembered for a pyrotechnic display of bravura performers; the year Stephen Sondheim rattled Broadway with a punched-up version of Porgy and Bess; the …

SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 4:29pm on October 16, 2012☆⚑

League of Chicago Theatres Commends City of Chicago on the Cultural Plan 2012 by Michael Roberts

The League of Chicago Theatres congratulates Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events Commissioner Michelle Boone and the City of Chicago on the unveilin…

SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 4:21pm on October 16, 2012☆⚑

Steppenwolf Announces Line Up for 3rd Annual "Next Up 2013' by Michael Roberts

Steppenwolf Theatre Company is proud to announce the line-up for Next Up 2013, the third annual collaboration with Northwestern University’s MFA programs in Direction and Design featur…

SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 4:16pm on October 16, 2012☆⚑

Sundance Award Winning film MIDDLE OF NOWHERE " A film by Ava DuVernay, Opens In Chicago Oct. 19th at AMC 21 In River East by Michael Roberts

What happens when love takes you places you never thought you would go? As Ruby (Emayatzy Corinealdi) rides a bus through the inner city streets, she wills herself to push away memories that…

SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 3:31pm on October 16, 2012☆⚑

The Old Globe Announces Barry Edelstein as Artistic Director by Michael Roberts

The Board of Directors of The Old Globe today announced the appointment of Barry Edelstein as Artistic Director.  A nationally-recognized director, producer, author and educator, Edelstei…

SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 3:13pm on October 16, 2012☆⚑

Marriott Theatre for Young Audiences Presents CINDERELLA; Nov. 17-Dec. 31 by Michael Roberts

The Marriott Theatre for Young Audiences, 10 Marriott Drive, presents Rodgers & Hammerstein's classic tale CINDERELLA from November 17th through December 31st.  For the first time on …

SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 3:09pm on October 16, 2012☆⚑

2012 Jeff Award Receipiants by Michael Roberts

At the gala 44th Annual Equity Jeff Awards held at Drury Lane Oakbrook on Monday, October 15, Goodman Theatre’s “The Iceman Cometh” took top honors for a play in the large …

SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 11:21am on October 16, 2012☆⚑

Drury Lane Theatre's SINGIN' IN THE RAIN Runs Nov. 8 " Jan. 13 by Michael Roberts

Drury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane, makes a splash with the effervescent musical comedy SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, previewing November 8, opening November 15, and running through January 13, 2013.…

SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 5:07pm on October 15, 2012☆⚑

Lifeline Theatre's the 16th Annual Fillet of Solo Festival, runs January 3"20, 2013 by Michael Roberts

Lifeline Theatre Artistic Director Dorothy Milne and former Live Bait Theater Artistic Director Sharon Evans are pleased to announce the 16th Annual Fillet of Solo Festival, running January …

SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 4:44pm on October 15, 2012☆⚑

NEXT THEATRE COMPANY'S 32nd SEASON CONTINUES WITH JULIE MARIE MYATT'S by Michael Roberts

Next Theatre Company's second production of their 32ndseason is the Midwest premiere of Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter by Julie Marie Myatt and directed by Jessica Thebus, at Noyes Cultural Arts…

SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 4:40pm on October 15, 2012☆⚑

Chicago Cabaret Professionals Gala "OUR KIND OF TUNE" by Michael Roberts

COVERAGE BY: RUSSELL GOELTENBODT As the song goes, "Life is a Cabaret" so is the same for Chicago. Even though there are a limited amount of venues in Chicago to experience cabaret or live m…

SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 4:32pm on October 15, 2012☆⚑

WBEZ 91.5 'Sound Opinions at the Movies" Screens The Blues Brothers on Nov. 27 @ 7:30pm at Music Box Theatre by Michael Roberts

The popular Sound Opinions at the Movies series will screen The Blues Brothers,  the 1980's musical-comedy, action-fantasy " and the first "Saturday Night Live" (SNL)  skit-to-screen a…

SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 3:33pm on October 15, 2012☆⚑

WBEZ 91.5 'Sound Opinions at the Movies' Will Screen The Blues Brothers & First SNL Jake & Elwood Skit Nov. 17 @ 7:30pm by Michael Roberts

The popular Sound Opinions at the Movies series will screen The Blues Brothers,  the 1980's musical-comedy, action-fantasy " and the first "Saturday Night Live" (SNL)  skit-to-screen a…

SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 2:07pm on October 15, 2012☆⚑

Northlight Theatre Presents THE ODD COUPLE with Time Kazurinsky & George Wendt by Michael Roberts

Northlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans, continues its 2012-2013 season with Neil Simon's The Odd Couple, featurin…

SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:22am on October 15, 2012☆⚑

Chicago's MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET Announces Performances to April 28, 2013 by Michael Roberts

Million Dollar Quartet, now in its fifth year in Chicago, continues performances through April 28, 2013 with cast members Brandon Bennett (Elvis Presley), Shaun WhitleyÅ

SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:14am on October 15, 2012☆⚑

REVIEW: Silk Road Rising's NIGHT OVER ERZINGA by Michael Roberts

Silk Road Rising's engaging Night Over Erzinga by playwright Adrianna Sevahn Nichols is the second phase of a two city "rolling" premiere which bowed in San Francisco last year produced in c…

SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:08am on October 15, 2012☆⚑

Pacholski Directs An Actor-Centric ASSASSINS by Michael Roberts

The upcoming Presidential election has made this theatre season fodder for political plays, musicals and comedies.   The latest to take advantage of this is Billy Pacholski's version o…

SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 2:57pm on October 14, 2012☆⚑