CHICAGO THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 1179

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble (BTE) will kick off their 25th Anniversary Season with Conor McPherson's 'Shining City' directed by BTE Ensemble member Brian Burke at the McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage, located at 425 Fawell Blvd.

American Theater Company (ATC) announces the Chicago Premiere of The Amish Project written by Jessica Dickey and directed by Artistic Director PJ Paparelli, with ATC Ensemble member Sadieh Rifai.

Project 891 Theatre Co today announced the first show of its 2011-2012 season featuring 2 Chicago premiers that ask the question: 'How do we redefine normal after a national tragedy?'

Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co.

'Classical Romance' entices chamber music fans when the nationally recognized and critically acclaimed Orion Ensemble performs Trios by Beethoven and Schubert November 20 at Music Institute of Chicago's Nichols Concert Hall in Evanston, November 27 at Fox Valley Presbyterian Church in Geneva and Nov

Chicago Opera Theater's (COT) Opera For All education initiative begins its 12th year in early October at Lionel Hampton Fine and Performing Arts School, DeWitt Clinton Elementary School, and Reilly Elementary School.

The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, in partnership with the Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture, announces the Spring 2012 Season at both DCA Theater venues-the DCA Storefront Theater, 66 E.

VIVO Restaurant, at 838 W.

Stage Left Theatre announces the addition of two performances to the schedule for our critically acclaimed Chicago premiere of Farragut North written by Beau Willimon and directed by Artistic Director Vance Smith.

Broadway In Chicago continues to make its Facebook page more valuable to its Facebook Fans.

Re-discover both new and classic musical theater numbers as they are turned upside down in Un-Type Cast, a cabaret show performed at Davenport's Piano Bar & Cabaret from October 3-24, 2011.

Steppenwolf for Young Adults launches its 2011/12 season with The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter adapted by Rebecca Gilman, based on the novel by Carson McCullers and directed by Hallie Gordon, playing October 11 - November 4, 2011 in Steppenwolf's Upstairs Theatre, 1650 N.

Strawdog Theatre Company, currently launching its 24th Anniversary Season with Harold Pinter's Old Times, October 9 - November 12, has announced the appointment of its new managing director, Patrick Rybarczyk.

Lifeline Theatre presents a world premiere adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo, by Lifeline Theatre ensemble member Christopher M.

Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co.

A Red Orchid Theatre opens its 2011-2012 Season with Gina Gionfriddo's Becky Shaw, directed by Damon Kiely.

Next Theatre Company will present the Chicago premiere of Jordan Harrison's new play, Maple and Vine, directed by Damon Kiely, October 27 - December 4, at 927 Noyes Street.

The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) today announced that it has received an official endorsement from the American Thoracic Society (ATS) for its upcoming scientific conference, IPF Summit 2011: From Bench to Bedside, taking place on December 1-3, 2011, in Chicago, Illinois.

Vaudezilla is set to present Live Band Burlesque Chicago Burlesque Show on Saturday, November 5 at 10:30pm.

Filled with magic, mystery and live music, The Strange Tree Group brings Chicago's ghosts to life this Halloween season with The Spirit Play.

From September 12 through September 15, the Dramatists Guild of America hosted its second annual Chicago Fellowship Program at Northwestern University led by the Tony Award-winning team of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, creators of Once On This Island, Seussical, and the recent Broadway revival o

Kicking off Chicago's winter season, the McCormick Tribune Ice Rink in Millennium Park will open on Friday, November 18, 2011 and will remain open through Sunday, March 11, 2012, weather permitting.

First Folio Theatre, at Mayslake Peabody Estate, 31st St.

Route 66 Theatre Company (Route 66) announced that Erica Weiss, current Literary Manager and director of the breakout hit A TWIST OF WATER, will be its new Associate Artistic Director.

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