CHICAGO THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 1163

Steep Theatre Company and the New York-based Naked Angels will be teaming up this fall to workshop a new play by playwright Sarah Burgess titled Earthsiege: Commence.

Printworks Gallery has announced the opening of Mirror Shards, a one-person show featuring new mixed-media drawings and paintings by one of Chicago's most accomplished artists, Riva Lehrer.

Victory Gardens continues its 2011-12 season with Ameriville, written and performed by Universes, developed with and directed by Artistic Director Chay Yew.

Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce that individual tickets for IN THE HEIGHTS, winner of four 2008 Tony Awards® and the 2008 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Show Album, will go on sale this Friday, Nov.

After the success of last year's critic-acclaimed holiday classic, Fox Valley Repertory brings the radio-style version of the American film, It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, back to life at the Pheasant Run Resort Mainstage (4051 E.

American Theater Company (ATC) presents the tenth anniversary year of the beloved holiday classic, It's a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play adapted from Frank Capra's film and directed by Jason W.

Everyone needs one warm coat.

The House Theatre of Chicago has announced the return of THE NUTCRACKER, a re-imagining of the classic E.

Cabaret returns to Millennium Park this winter with the popular series, Cabaret with a View, where audiences have a chance to sit on the stage of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion to experience music in an intimate setting and a climate controlled environment.

Actors' Equity Association (Equity) announced the appointment of long-time employee Christine Provost to the position of Central Regional Director/Assistant Executive Director, effective January 1, 2012.

Writers' Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M.

Due to popular demand, Steppenwolf Theatre Company is adding one additional week of performances to its critically-acclaimed production of Bruce Norris' Pulitzer Prize-winning play Clybourne Park directed by ensemble member Amy Morton

At the gala 43rd Annual Equity Jeff Awards held at Drury Lane Oakbrook on Monday, November 7, 'The Madness of George III,' from Chicago Shakespeare Theater, took top honors for a play in the Large Theatre tier with a total of 5 awards, including Production - Play, Director Penny Metropulos and Princ

SAM is the comedic all female improv show at Second City's Skybox Theatre.

Immediate Theatre is set to announce the company's return to the city's theatre scene with the Chicago premiere of Adam Bock's touching and hilarious Five Flights, November 10 - December 18, at Red Tape Theatre, 621 W.

As the 2011-2012 season moves into the holiday season, the League of Chicago Theatres continues to support the Chicago theater community, including the creation of promotional materials for the holiday season.

Broadway In Chicago has just announced that COME FLY AWAY is coming to the Bank of America Theatre (18 W.

Commedia Beauregard, has announced that their unique holiday production, A Klingon Christmas Carol, will return to the Greenhouse Theater Center on November 25 and run through December 31, 2011.

A Special Jeff Award will be presented to Sun-Times theatre critic Hedy Weiss at the Jeff Awards Ceremony, November 7, in recognition of her contributions to Chicagoland theatre.

The Harris Theater for Music and Dance kicks off the 2011-2012 Hear the Music season with the highly-anticipated Harris Theater debut of Fabio Luisi, recently appointed principal conductor of the Metropolitan Opera.

The Chicago Human Rhythm Project (CHRP), the world's first year-round presenter of American tap dance and contemporary percussive arts, hosts JUBALEE, its annual gala benefit supporting performance, education and community programs.

The Trap Door Theatre will present the North American Premiere of Matei Visniec's 'the word progress on my mother's lips doesn't ring true,' translated by Joyce Nettles and directed by Istvan Szabo K.

They're not Russian, they don't fly, and they aren't brothers - but what they are is amazing! For over 35 years, The Flying Karamazov Brothers have brought their signature brand of physical humor and entertainment to theaters around the globe.

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 11/06 for Chicago

Broadway In Chicago and Emerald City Theatre are excited to be partnering with Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation for a 'Day of Pink' on Sunday, Nov.