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How do you convince people they're safe inside? The Uptown Theatre had some cool ideas
Chicago's Mercury Theater and iO are closing. Blue Man Group is in trouble. It's the for-profit theaters that are in the most danger at the moment.
This streaming "Hamilton," released July 3, is a filmed production of the full Broadway show in New York " captured by cameras in 2016 and much, much better than most videos of live shows.
Broadway producers are now offering refunds and exchanges for tickets purchased for shows through Jan. 3.
The performance is part of Broadway Celebrates Pride, a virtual fundraiser for Democratic congressional candidates.
"We're obviously profoundly disappointed to be unable to start rehearsals for 'The Music Man' as scheduled," producer Scott Rudin said. "But safety is safety, and it has to take precedence…
On July 3, the Disney Plus streaming service will release a filmed version of Lin-Manuel Miranda's "Hamilton," timed for the Independence Day holiday weekend. Here's what you need to know.
Hamilton on Disney Plus - Will our new political landscape change how people will regard it?
Porchlight Music Theatre moves entire 2020-21 season back a year
Why did the Mercury Theatre -- one of Chicago's great, intimate stages -- close?
Steppenwolf Theatre has rebooted its 2020-21 season, delaying its restart but still wanting to be a "beacon of hope."
2020 Non-Equity Jeff Awards
Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'Hamilton' releases first trailer for Disney Plus launch
The longtime iO Theater Chicago is shutting down and the building it moved to in 2014 will be sold. Photos from the past decade.
Chicago's theater awards for the community's non-union theaters have been rescheduled for June 22 in a free, live-streaming ceremony.
Chicago's long-lived iO Theater will shut down and the theater building at 1501 N. Kingsbury St. will be put up for sale.
The building on Berwyn Street has been sold and Steep Theatre Co. must move out in September. But the change was not caused by the current shutdown.
The Mercury Theater Chicago in the Southport Corridor, known for musicals such as "Avenue Q" and "Spamalot," announced Tuesday it is closing at the end of June.
A petition posted on change.org has charged the Chicago comedy venue iO Theater with racism. Co-founder and owner Charna Halpern has responded.
Chicago's TimeLine Theatre Company on Thursday announced four new playwrights have joined its Playwrights Collective, the company's new-play incubator.
Netflix pocketed $709 million in early 2020, this as theater from Chicago storefronts to Broadway have gone dark. Time for streaming services to pay?
The executive director of Chicago's Victory Gardens Theater said Monday that she was leaving after protests about her also assuming the artistic director role.
Open letter to Second City calls for investigation of discrimination
A review of this week's streaming show "The Infinite Wrench Goes Viral," a rapid response with a handful of plays responding to George Floyd events.
