GODSPELL to Take the Bethel College Stage
by BWW News Desk - August 22, 2017 A powerful and timely musical, Godspell, will kick off the 2017-2018 season through the Bethel College Department of Theatre's Studio Series, a program that provides theatre-making opportunities for students, while offering audiences thought-provoking theatre. Godspell will be performed at the Bethe... 
The Great Frederick Fair Announces 2018 Entertainment Line-Up
by Macon Prickett - May 17, 2018 'The Great Frederick Fair continues to bring the best entertainment to Frederick County,' explains Jim Grimes, Chair of the Entertainment Committee. 'This year we are expanding our entertainment to include the sensational Darci Lynne and Friends LIVE and a young female ventriloquist who received mor...
Second Annual Jaipur Literature Festival at Boulder Celebrates Opening Day
by Liz Cearns - September 23, 2016 The Jaipur Literature Festival at Boulder kicks off its second annual event today, featuring more than 50 sessions with world-renowned authors, speakers and musicians from across the globe. The Festival is set to bring a glimpse of what's been dubbed 'the greatest literary show on Earth' to the Flat...
Hit Comedy HAND TO GOD to Open City Theatre's 2016-17 Season
by BWW News Desk - August 29, 2016 Kicking the 2016-17 season off with a bang, City Theatre presents Hand to God by Robert Askins, September 24 - October 16, 2016 on the Main Stage....
MOMENTUM '17: City Theatre presents Festival of New Plays
by A.A. Cristi - May 15, 2017 City Theatre is excited to announce the plays and events included in Momentum '17: New Plays at Different Stages, the South Side theater company's annual festival of new play development. The annual festival will run from May 31 - June 4, 2017 and will include three public presentations of plays - p...
Tamara Tunie to Bring Jazz Act LEGENDS FROM THE 'BURGH to City Theatre
by BWW News Desk - December 09, 2016 City Theatre adds to its season of contemporary plays and exciting CityEvents, announcing Tamara Tunie: Legends from the 'Burgh. Pittsburgh native and Law & Order: SVU star, Tamara Tunie returns to her roots, performing songs by hometown legends. Her band includes Roger Humphries on drums, Jeff Grub... 
December Events Announced at the Revival
by A.A. Cristi - November 20, 2017 The Revival, Hyde Park's comedy theater, announces its lineup of shows and events playing in December 2017. Inspired by the legacy of the Compass Players, The Revival brings improvisational comedy back to the same corner where it was invented in 1955! Tickets can be purchased by visiting www.the-re...
Stray Cat Theatre presents NATIVE SON
by A.A. Cristi - February 06, 2017 Stray Cat is purring like crazy to bring this powerhouse new work to the Valley. Suffocating in rat-infested poverty on the South Side of Chicago in the 1930s, 20-year-old Bigger Thomas struggles to find a place for himself in a world whose prejudice has shut him out. After taking a job in a wealthy...
Tamara Tunie to Bring Jazz Act LEGENDS FROM THE 'BURGH to City Theatre
by BWW News Desk - November 14, 2016 City Theatre adds to its season of contemporary plays and exciting CityEvents, announcing Tamara Tunie: Legends from the 'Burgh. Pittsburgh native and Law & Order: SVU star, Tamara Tunie returns to her roots, performing songs by hometown legends. Her band includes Roger Humphries on drums, Jeff Grub...
Second Annual Jaipur Literature Festival at Boulder Celebrates Opening Day
by Liz Cearns - September 23, 2016 The Jaipur Literature Festival at Boulder kicks off its second annual event today, featuring more than 50 sessions with world-renowned authors, speakers and musicians from across the globe. The Festival is set to bring a glimpse of what's been dubbed 'the greatest literary show on Earth' to the Flat... 
Lyric Opera Hosts EMPOWER an Original Opera from EmpowerYouth
by Julie Musbach - April 19, 2018 Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Chicago Urban League's collaborative program, EmpowerYouth! Igniting Creativity through the Arts, is excited to present Empower, an original opera developed with local African-American high-school students. Tickets are $10-20 and are available here for the one-night-on...
BWW Review: Victory Gardens' World Premiere A WONDER IN MY SOUL Pays Loving Homage to Chicago's South Side and Female Friendship
by Rachel Weinberg - February 22, 2017 In Kurtis Boetcher's set design for Marcus Gardley's world premiere A WONDER IN MY SOUL, the backdrop for the South Side beauty shop where the play is set prominently displays the photographs of black female icons ranging from Diana Ross to Beyonce-and all of course have fabulous hair in the photo...
STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek at the Making of Seattle Rep's A RAISIN IN THE SUN
by Christina Mancuso - October 06, 2016 Seattle Repertory Theatre presents A Raisin in the Sun, a classic Lorraine Hansberry's drama, directed by Timothy McCuen Piggee. A Raisin in the Sun is currently running thru October 30, 2016 in the Bagley Wright Theatre. Tickets are on sale now through the Seattle Rep Box Office at (206) 443-2222 a...
John Grimes, The Revival Hour and More Coming Up This June at The Revival
by BWW News Desk - May 24, 2017 The Revival, Hyde Park's comedy theater, announces its lineup of shows and events playing in June 2017....
Lyric Opera Hosts EMPOWER an Original Opera from EmpowerYouth
by Julie Musbach - April 19, 2018 Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Chicago Urban League's collaborative program, EmpowerYouth! Igniting Creativity through the Arts, is excited to present Empower, an original opera developed with local African-American high-school students. Tickets are $10-20 and are available here for the one-night-on... 
VIDEO: First Look - PBS Presents Documentary on A RAISIN IN THE SUN Playwright Lorraine Hansberry
by Caryn Robbins - December 04, 2017 One week after the anniversary of her death, American Masters -- Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart premieres nationwide Friday, January 19 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings) and will stream the following day at pbs.org/americanmasters and PBS apps. Check out the trailer below!...
VIDEO: First Look - PBS Presents Documentary on A RAISIN IN THE SUN Playwright Lorraine Hansberry
by BWW News Desk - January 19, 2018 One week after the anniversary of her death, American Masters -- Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart premieres nationwide Today, January 19 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings) and will stream the following day at pbs.org/americanmasters and PBS apps. Check out the trailer below!...
Chicago's Landmark Avalon Regal Theater Goes Hologram
by A.A. Cristi - June 16, 2017 Hologram USA Networks Inc. today announced a partnership with Chicago's historic Avalon Regal Theater to install its patented hologram technology on a permanent basis, allowing live artists to be "beamed" in by telepresence, and for performances by Hologram USA's recreated stars from the past. The... 
Court Theatre Welcomes New Director Of Education And Casting Director
by Julie Musbach - April 12, 2018 Court Theatre, under the continuing leadership of Charles Newell, Marilyn F. Vitale Artistic Director, Court Theatre welcomes Patrese D. McClain as Director of Education and Becca McCracken as Casting Director....
A Cappella Musical, BLACK VS ALL, Brings the Black Lives Matter Movement to the Stage
by BWW News Desk - February 09, 2017 Mondisa Monde Productions presents 'Black vs All', which performs February 9th, 11th, 16th, 18th, 22nd, and 25th, alternating at 7pm and 2pm, at Gorilla Tango Theatre (1919 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago IL 60647). Tickets are $20; visit www.gorillatango.com or call 773-598-4549 for tickets and more i...
TRIGGER, BLACK FRIDAY, 13 CLOCKS and More Set for The Revival This November
by BWW News Desk - October 24, 2016 The Revival, a new comedy theater in Hyde Park, announces its lineup of shows and events playing in November 2016. Inspired by the legacy of the Compass Players, The Revival brings improvisational comedy back to the same corner where it was invented in 1955!... 
New York Undie Rockers The Skivvies to Strip Down at City Theatre in SLEIGH MY NAME
by BWW News Desk - December 15, 2017 City Theatre is unwrapping something special this holiday season with our favorite New York undie-rock duo The Skivvies in the premiere of Sleigh My Name. Broadway performers Nick Cearley and Lauren Molina return to City Theatre for two nights of mashed-up musical fun with some of Pittsburgh's favor...
TRIGGER, BLACK FRIDAY, 13 CLOCKS and More Set for The Revival This November
by BWW News Desk - November 04, 2016 The Revival, a new comedy theater in Hyde Park, announces its lineup of shows and events playing in November 2016. Inspired by the legacy of the Compass Players, The Revival brings improvisational comedy back to the same corner where it was invented in 1955!... 
The Revival Announces THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE IMPROVISED!
by A.A. Cristi - September 25, 2017 The Revival (Hyde Park) is excited to announce the Fall sketch comedy revue THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE IMPROVISED!... 
Writer, Comedian and Cancer Survivor Jenny Allen to Speak at City Theatre
by BWW News Desk - September 20, 2017 City Theatre, in partnership with Classic Lines Bookstore, will host writer, comedian, and cancer-survivor Jenny Allen in a one-night-only City Event, Monday, October 2 at 7:00 p.m., with special guest host Kristy Nolen. Allen's latest book, a collection of essays titled Would Everybody Please Stop?... |
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