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Improvised Musical Parody SHAMILTON Shakes Up the Windy City Starting Tonight


NYC has SPAMILTON, and now Chicago is getting in on the HAMILTON parody game!

Improvised Musical Parody SHAMILTON to Shake Up the Windy City This Winter


NYC has SPAMILTON, and now Chicago is getting in on the HAMILTON parody game!

CSz Theater Chicago Sets 28th Anniversary Season Lineup


CSz Theater Chicago announces upcoming 2016 programming in its 28th anniversary season.

CSz Theater Chicago Adds to Holiday Schedule


CSz Theater Chicago announces upcoming special holiday/winter programming in its 28th anniversary season - please add/update listings, and call for photos, media comps, and additional information:

Jamie Campbell Returns to Gorilla Tango Bucktown with TIME MACHINE


Chicago Reader's Best Standup of 2013 Jamie Campbell presides over his returning hit, TIME MACHINE: Comedy Throughout History the first Wednesday of every month at 10pm at Gorilla Tango Bucktown (1919 N. Milwaukee). Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at www.gorillatango.com or by calling 773-598-4549.

BWW Reviews: The Renaissance Players' BYE BYE BIRDIE Brings Nostalgic Fun and Frivolity To The Stage


Valenti (playing Rose Alvarez, Albert's girl Friday/girlfriend) and Fair (as his overbearing mother, Mae Peterson) pretty much dominate the action as they deliver perfectly-timed, expertly crafted performances as the two women in feckless Albert's life, ensuring that a good time will be had by all in the fast-moving, quick-paced and altogether entertaining show. Directed and choreographed by Bryan J. Wlas (who celebrated a birthday during the show's first weekend of shows) with musical direction by Nathan W. Brown, Bye Bye Birdie offers a delightfully nostalgic look back at the beginnings of rock-star idolatry and the evolving manners and social mores of the early 1960s.

BYE, BYE, BIRDIE Runs Now thru 6/17 at Dickson's Renaissance Center


Bye Bye Birdie-conjuring up memories of Elvis Presley and the fan fervor that greeted a lot of musical acts in the 1950s and '60s-takes center stage at Dickson's Renaissance Center in June as the Renaissance Players present the musical theater classic tonight, June 1 through June 17.

BYE, BYE, BIRDIE Runs June 1-17 at Dickson's Renaissance Center


Bye Bye Birdie-conjuring up memories of Elvis Presley and the fan fervor that greeted a lot of musical acts in the 1950s and '60s-takes center stage at Dickson's Renaissance Center in June as the Renaissance Players present the musical theater classic June 1-17.

Thoreson, Clark Lead Cast in Renaissance Players' Upcoming ON GOLDEN POND


On Golden Pond, Ernest Thompson's acclaimed play about marriage, personal growth and the resolution of family issues, starring Dave Thoreson and Marianne Clark as Norman and Ethel Thayer, takes the stage of the Gaslight Theatre at Dickson's Renaissance Center, running October 7-16.

Photo Flash: BABY WANTS CANDY at Chicago's Apollo Theater


BABY WANTS CANDY, the hilarious improvised musical comedy, kicks off its fifth year this month at Chicago's Apollo Theater, 2540 North Lincoln Avenue.

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