1,178 stories by "Morgan Greene"
Writers Theatre in Glencoe announced the company's 2017-18 six-show season Wednesday, including classic revivals, a Chicago premiere from Lydia Diamond and the previously announced pre-Br…
Court Theatre announced its 63rd season Wednesday, featuring a five-show lineup of family dramas, a musical tribute and looks into the lives of Emily Dickinson and Supreme Court Justic…
The Joffrey Ballet has announced its 2017-18 season, including a world premiere by Joffrey ballet master Nicolas Blanc and Alexander Ekman's "Midsummer Night's Dream." Beginning the compa…
Northlight Theatre announced its 43rd season Tuesday, featuring a slate of five productions by playwrights familiar to the North Shore company's audience. The world premiere of Bruce G…
Casting is complete for "Marry Me a Little," Porchlight Music Theatre's final mainstage production in its 2016-17 season, the company announced Tuesday. Featuring a collection of Stephen …
The Chicago Improv Festival will enter its 20th year of laughter this spring, it was announced Friday. Slated for March 27 to April 2 at the Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport Ave., and St…
Ten years after their collaboration on "King Lear," Robert Falls and celebrated film actor Stacy Keach will reunite for the world premiere play "Pamplona," the Goodman Theatre announced Thur…
Still can't get tickets to "Hamilton" in Chicago? Prepare to join in the roast of Lin-Manuel Miranda's smash-hit musical with an all-Chicago cast at the Royal George Theatre. "Spamilton,"…
"Hamilton" stars Miguel Cervantes and Samantha Marie Ware sipped some wine and spilled some secrets Sunday on what it's like to be in the Chicago production of the hit show. Cervantes…
Jess McLeod will be the recipient of the 2016-17 Michael Maggio Fellowship for Chicago-based directors, Goodman Theatre announced Tuesday. The fellowship includes assisting on a Goodman p…
After 10 years at the helm of Hubbard Street Dance Company, Jason D. Palmquist will step down as executive director at the end of the company's 39th season, HSDC announced Tuesday. Palmquist…
American Players Theatre, Spring Green's outdoor theater in southern Wisconsin, announced its 38th season Tuesday. Running June 10-Oct. 22, the lineup includes eight plays in repert…
Milwaukee Repertory Theater announced its 2017-18 season, featuring an 11-show subscription series, on Tuesday. The Quadracci Powerhouse opens with "Guys and Dolls" (Sept. 19-Oct. 29, 201…
Firebrand Theatre, the new Equity musical theater company committed to creating opportunities for women on and off stage, announced its inaugural season Monday. The company's premiere pro…
Who's to blame for the ongoing demise of print media? The editorial assistants in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Pulitzer Prize finalist "Gloria" have some ideas. In this Showcase video, filmed…
The Tony Award-winning playwright David Rabe has joined the Gift Theatre's ensemble, the Equity storefront theater company announced Wednesday. Rabe's play "Good for Otto," about the char…
The University of Illinois at Chicago will soon stage David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross" in a way you've likely never seen it before " with women in the starring roles. Derrick Sanders,…
American Theater Company announced the cast of William Inge's Pulitzer Prize-winning "Picnic" Monday, which will be lead by Molly Brennan as Hal. The full cast includes Robert Cornelius a…
Music Theater Works, formerly Light Opera Works, announced its 2017 season Friday. Leonard Bernstein's "Candide" (June 3-11) will open the season. MTW will present the Royal National Theater…
Steppenwolf Theatre Company announced another slate of new programming for "LookOut," the company's year-round multi-genre performance series, on Thursday. At the beginning of March is "Voic…
A memorial has been planned for Jane Alderman, the influential Chicago casting director who died in October. "A Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Jane Alderman" will be held March 20 at …
Sideshow Theatre Company announced the 22-member cast of Debbie Tucker Green's "Truth and Reconciliation" Wednesday. The production will feature E'Mon Lauren Black, Latrel Crawford, Ashley C…
Porchlight Music Theatre will perform its 2017-18 season at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, the Equity musical theater company announced Wednesday. Porchlight, which has previously bee…
Abby Mueller will be the second from her Chicago family to lead the Broadway company of "Beautiful," it was announced Monday. Abby will play the title role in the Carole King jukeb…
Almost a year ago, Selina Fillinger sat down at an Evanston cafe with a coffee, a notepad and her nerves. She had a meeting with Northlight Theatre artistic director BJ Jones about "Faceless…
