William graduated with his BFA in Theatre Direction from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Most recently, he directed The Artist's Lab at Stage 773 & the Jeff Recommended [title of show], and was the Casting Associate for Julius Caesar and Spike Heels. Chicago directing credits: A New Brain, Aloha Say the Pretty Girls, Godspell, the world premiere of To Tree, and Reefer Madness! The Musical in 2010 and its subsequent 4/20 remounts in 2011 and 2012. Cabaret: "Mary'z With a 'Z,'" "Proud at Mary's," "BPB Yearbook," & "Character Breakdown: A Miscast Cabaret." William served as an artistic associate with The Orchard Project in Hunter, NY, a production assistant for the 24-Hour Musicals at Joe's Pub, and the business management assistant at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. He can be found on Twitter @mwilliampanek.
10 ON TUESDAY with Lavina Jadhwani
March 1, 2016
March 1, 2016
BroadwayWorld Chicago is bringing you 10 on Tuesday, featuring artists in and around Chicago. This week's questionnaire participant - Lavina Jadhwani!
10 ON TUESDAY with Monty Cole
February 9, 2016
February 9, 2016
BroadwayWorld Chicago is bringing you 10 on Tuesday, featuring artists in and around Chicago. This week's questionnaire filler-outer - Victory Gardens' Monty Cole.
BWW Interview: 10 ON TUESDAY with Neala Barron
January 26, 2016
January 26, 2016
BroadwayWorld Chicago interviews artists from all over Chicago.
BWW Reviews: SOUL BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? at The Second City e.t.c.
April 24, 2015
April 24, 2015
Perfectly executed evening of laughs, tears, and outcry makes SOUL BROTHER Second City e.t.c.'s best work in years.
TV Chicago Exclusive: FIRST WIVES CLUB Cast Preps for Pre-Broadway Run and Performs from Show!
February 5, 2015
February 5, 2015
BroadwayWorld Chicago was on hand to meet the cast and creative team of THE FIRST WIVES CLUB, set to begin its pre-Broadway world premiere at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts Oriental Theatre.
BWW Reviews: SMOKEFALL at Goodman Theatre
September 30, 2014
September 30, 2014
SMOKEFALL, currently occupying the Goodman's Albert stage following last year's successful run, is absolutely stunning.
BWW Review: It's a One-Man METHTACULAR! Indeed
August 29, 2014
August 29, 2014
The doors outside About Face & Justin Brill's production of METHTACULAR! should warn audiences of the show's nudity.
Michigan Shakespeare Festival Expands to Canton in 2015
June 13, 2014
June 13, 2014
The Village Theater at Cherry Hill is teaming up with the Michigan Shakespeare Festival (MSF) to expand its theatrical offerings by bringing special performances to Canton, MI next year. For three weeks in the summer of 2015, from July 29 - August 16, 2015, the Michigan Shakespeare Festival will present its 2015 Season lineup, which will consist of two Shakespeare plays and one classical comedy, to the Canton Community.
BWW Reviews: Connecting With The Second City's DEPRAVED NEW WORLD
April 2, 2014
April 2, 2014
The six performers who wrote and star in the Second City's new revue know how the hit an audience where it counts: 50% heart and 50% brain.
BWW Interviews: Mitchell Jarvis of 4 a.m. Productions' IT COULD BE WORSE
April 7, 2013
April 7, 2013
It's the Q&A you've been waiting for about the 'dark comedy you've been waiting for.'
Photo Coverage: Third Annual BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards at The Call
January 12, 2013
January 12, 2013
BroadwayWorld Chicago invited all winners, nominees, past winners and nominees, theater folk, superfans, board members and everyone else to the third annual BroadwayWorld Awards Celebration on January 9, 2013 at The Call nightclub in Chicago's Andersonville neighborhood. BroadwayWorld's Paul W. Thompson and The Call's Ashley Morgan once again co-hosted the event, with showtune videos presented by VJ Michael Hogan in between categories.
BWW Reviews: MY ONE AND ONLY Tappa Taps Through the Schmaltz at the Marriott
December 3, 2012
December 3, 2012
There's something so utterly intoxicating about a skilled tap dancer decked out in a spiffy tuxedo - top hat, tails, and all - commanding the audience's attention for a brilliantly exhausting routine. There's something even more so invigorating when a cast-full of local performers nail their respective, and original, routines. Many kudos are in order for Tammy Mader and her cast for their ability to bring such energy and skill to a dangerously saccharine show like My One and Only, currently running at the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire.
'The Original Grease:' No Longer Just the Danny & Sandy Show
May 4, 2011
May 4, 2011
For anyone who's ever lived in Chicago, has a fond spot in their heart for any incarnation of 'Grease,' or eaten a Whoopercheesie, American Theater Company's 'The Original Grease' is the show to see this summer.
Cirque Éloize 'iD' a Chicago? C'est Tres Bon!
April 27, 2011
April 27, 2011
With Robert Massicotte and Alexis Laurence's eye-popping 3D video projection design bringing Massicotte's blank urban landscape design to life, the urban dances and circus acts in 'iD' are resoundingly funky, fresh, and beautifully mesmerizing.
Reminder: Tony Winner Alice Ripley is Answering YOUR Questions
April 1, 2011
April 1, 2011
In anticipation of 'Next to Normal's' upcoming Chicago stint (as well as her Chicago concert debut!), Alice Ripley is taking YOUR questions, BroadwayWorld.com readers.
Alice Ripley is Taking YOUR Questions
March 28, 2011
March 28, 2011
In anticipation of 'Next to Normal's' upcoming Chicago stint (as well as her Chicago concert debut!), Tony Award winner Alice Ripley is taking YOUR questions, BroadwayWorld.com readers.
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