Metropolis Performing Arts Centre Announces Sabrina Odigie as Associate Artistic Director
After an extensive search, Metropolis Performing Arts Centre has hired Sabrina Odigie in the newly created role of Associate Artistic Director....
CHICAGOLAND Page 4
Executive produced by Robert Redford and Laura Michalchyshyn of Sundance Productions, and award-winning filmmakers Marc Levin and Mark Benjamin of BCTV, Chicagoland is a non-scripted, eight-part original series about a heartland American city. The series will explore where politics and policy meet real people's lives -- in a city generating change and innovation in social policy, education, and public safety -- to meet national and local challenges.
Elmhurst Art Museum Explores Fair Housing
As the U.S. faces a historic moment of social justice reawakening, the Elmhurst Art Museum announces a new exhibition that reflects on historical and contemporary responses to fair housing in the Chicagoland area, In Focus: The Chicago Freedom Movement and The Fight for Fair Housing, on view at the ...
The Actors Gymnasium Announces New, Socially Distanced Learning Pods
Actors Gym has announced circus learning pods. The small group classes provide socially distanced circus and theatre activities from the comfort of families' yards or nearby green spaces....
Theatre in the Dark to Present A WAR OF THE WORLDS Virtual Audio Drama
Theatre in the Dark's second production, following its fall 2019 noir mystery THREE STORIES UP, will be an original audio drama adaptation of H.G. Wells' THE WAR OF THE WORLDS. ...
Raue Center's LUCY'S LIVE Is Back With Comedian Mike Toomey
Raue Center For The Arts has announced the success of the reopening of their doors with their longest running program, Lucy's Comedy! Lucy's LIVE second installment will star one of Chicago's very own comedians, Mike Toomey and feature comedian, Fritz Nothnagel at 7pm and 9pm on August 8th, 2020....
Court Theatre Announces New Live Stream THE LIMINAL SPACE
Court Theatre has announced The Liminal Space, which offers a space for quiet contemplation, as the theatre live-streams their empty stage to allow viewers to remember and contemplate all that has transpired between their theatre's walls and their own ambitions for what theatre can be in the future....
Double Identity Release New Single 'Your Anything'
Chicago-based pop rock band Double Identity have released their new single 'Your Anything,' available on all digital platforms NOW....
Luft Balloons Launches Free Black Lives Matter Balloon Bursts To Support Community
Beginning today, from 2 a?" 3 p.m., and every day moving forward, Chicagoans are invited to pick up a free Black Lives Matter Balloon Burst from Luft Balloons, 345 W. Armitage....
Deborah Cox Joins CHILDREN OF EDEN Starring Norm Lewis & More at Chicago's Arcada Theatre
Arcada Theatre has announced that Deborah Cox will be taking on the role of Eve/Mama in the upcoming production of Children of Eden, set to open in the summer of 2021....
Ensemble Cast Announced For CHILDREN OF EDEN in Chicago
Academy and Grammy Award Winning composer, Stephen Schwartz (Music and Lyrics), John Caird (Book), and an A-list Chicago artistic team are in collaboration to mount a revamped production of Children of Eden, a musical freely based on the Book of Genesis, in the Chicago area, scheduled to open Summ...
Keeping Up With The Aud This Week: ADMIT ONE And Trinity Irish Dance Company
Tonight, learn more about the Auditorium Theatre's ADMIT ONE initiative, which brings community groups from the Chicagoland area to the Auditorium to experience world-class performances and events at no cost. ...
Drury Lane to Hold Drive-Through Donation Event Collecting Face Mask Materials and More
On Monday, April 27, between the hours of 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., Drury Lane will host a drive-through donation event, accepting fabric and elastic donations to support the efforts of theatrical seamstresses who are sewing and donating fabric masks for healthcare workers, first responders, and others in ...
Intrinsic Theatre's May Play Series Goes Digital
Intrinsic Theatre Company will present its annual new works festival May Play Series in a virtual format this year over concerns regarding the spread of COVID-19. Intrinsic will be recording the works-in-progress and releasing them as audio podcasts each week....
Chicago Cabaret Week 2020 is Cancelled
The 1st annual Chicago Cabaret Week, which was set to begin today, March 20, has officially been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic....
THE MOMEDIANS OF MOMEDY Announced At The Lincoln Lodge 4/16
The Momedians Of Momedy will perform live at the Lincoln Lodge, as co-producers Kat Herskovic, Denise Medina, and Colleen Brennan bring a line-up of Chicago's best comedians. In addition to Herskovic and Medina, the show will feature Alicia Molina, Susie An, and Lindsay Porter, and will be hos...
Quibi and SpringHill Entertainment Announce I PROMISE Documenting LeBron James's School in Akron
The I Promise School is a unique partnership between the LeBron James Family Foundation and Akron Public Schools that creates a new model of urban public education for the students who need it most. The school's innovative “We Are Family” approach builds a safe, nurturing and empowering environm...
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre to Present COMEDY DANCE CHICAGO
Comedy Dance Chicago combines sketch comedy, physical comedy, and dance to tell stories in feel-good and visually-hilarious ways at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre April 23, 2020....
THE BABY BOOMER SHOW Comes to Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
The Baby Boomer Show pairs veteran comedians Jan McInnis and Kent Rader, sharing their clean humor about family, kids, work, and more at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre April 18, 2020....
DEFENDING THE CAVEMAN Will Return to Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in April
Broadway's longest running solo play Defending the Caveman returns to Metropolis Performing Arts Centre April 9-11, 2020....
Photo Flash: Chicago-Area Premiere Of ALMOST HEAVEN: JOHN DENVER'S AMERICA
The Chicagoland premiere of Almost Heaven: John Denver's America opened Sunday night February 16 to an enthusiastic crowd. Theatre at the Center Artistic Director Linda Fortunato cast Shannon McEldowney, Steven Romero Schaeffer, Andrew Mueller, Sara Geist and Tommy Malouf in the musical revue Almost...
Share a Few Laughs at Metropolis With THE APRIL FEMALE FUNNY FOOLS COMEDY JAM
Comedians Jeanie Doogan, Sally Edwards, Michelle Krajecki, and Katie Meiners share the stage for a night of laughs in The April Female Funny Fools Comedy Jam at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre April 1, 2020....
Denise La Grassa Quartet is Coming to Buddy Guy's Legends With Free Show
Critically-acclaimed Chicagoland singer, songwriter and keyboardist Denise La Grassa will perform her music with her quartet of John Kregor (guitar), Kurt Shelby (bass) and James Sims (drums), at Buddy Guy's Legends, the world's premiere blues club, to commemorate Women's History Month. La Grassa re...
Liz Callaway Brings BROADWAY AND BEYOND to Metropolis
Join Chicago native Liz Callaway as she performs her brand new concert Broadway and Beyond at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre March 26, 2020....
Andrea Hoeschen Named Central Regional Director of Actors' Equity Association
Actors' Equity Association has announced that Andrea Hoeschen has been named the new central regional director/assistant executive director for the union....
16th Street Theater Announces The Rolling World Premiere Of Audrey Cefaly's ALABASTER
16th Street Theater announces the rolling world premiere of Audrey Cefaly's ALABASTER directed by Ann Filmer performing January 30 a?" March 1, 2020 at North Berwyn Park District's 16th Street Theater, 6420 16th Street in Berwyn. Press opening is Thursday, February 6 at 7:30 PM. ...
.jpg?format=auto&width=365)
