CHICAGO THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 1191

Chicago Dramatists and About Face Theatre are proud to co-produce the world premiere of THE KID THING by Chicago Dramatists Resident Playwright and About Face Theatre Artistic Associate Sarah Gubbins.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company kicks off its 2011/12 season with Bruce Norris' Pulitzer Prize-winning play Clybourne Park directed by ensemble member Amy Morton, playing September 8 - November 6, 2011 in Steppenwolf's Downstairs Theatre, 1650 N.

Eclipse Theatre Company is proud to present ONE PLAYWRIGHT: A Conversation with Naomi Wallace moderated by Tanya Palmer- Goodman Theatre's Director of New Play Development

Pride Films and Plays hosts a fun special event at Sidetrack on Monday, September 19 from 6:30 to 8:00pm: And the Winner WASN'T - But the Finalists Are! The evening will feature Chicago's best musical theater and cabaret stars performing Oscar-nominated songs that did not win!

Red Tape Theatre Company is pleased to announce its 2011/12 Season.

On Wednesday, August 3, host Jim Caruso and musical director Billy Stritch made their second trip to Chicago's Mayne Stage Theater with 'Cast Party,' the extreme open mic that has been running at Birdland in NYC for the past eight years, as well as on the road in Los Angeles, Orlando, Austin, and Pi

Profiles Theatre opens its 2011-2012 Season with the Midwest premiere of A Behanding in Spokane by Martin McDonagh, directed by Steppenwolf ensemble member Rick Snyder.

'Hallelujah Broadway' showcases the emotional power of some of The Great White Way's most uplifting and powerful songs that have inspired millions of theatergoers.

Greenetree Productions' Artistic Director J.

Dates have been announced for Chicago's return engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons.

Seanachaí Theatre Company opens its 2011/12 season Classic Voices: The Revolutionaries with Sean O'Casey's The Shadow of a Gunman in the 3rd Floor theatre at the Irish American Heritage Center.

Red Tape Theatre Company has announced its 2011/12 Season.

Royal Caribbean Productions is auditioning for HAIRSPRAY in Chicago! Click here for more details.

Join Route 66 on August 15th for our Monthly Reading Series for BETWEEN US By Joe Hortua, directed by the Jeff Nominated Director of Redtwist Theatre's LOBBY HERO, Keira Fromm.

Broadway In Chicago and producers Thomas Schumacher of Disney Theatrical Productions and Cameron Mackintosh announced today that tickets will go on sale to the public for the long-awaited return production of MARY POPPINS on Sunday, August 14, 2011 at 10 a.

Oak Park Festival Theatre will honor Oak Park & River Forest High School rising senior Alexandria Frisch for her outstanding achievement as a finalist in the English-Speaking Union's prestigious National Shakespeare Competition.

The Champaign Urbana Theatre Company announces a revival of our inaugural show The Music Man from August 4-7, 11-14, 2011

About Face Theatre's critically-acclaimed world premiere of THE HOMOSEXUALS by Chicago playwright Philip Dawkins and directed by AFT Artistic Director Bonnie Metzgar will close on August 14, 2011.

Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn Lipuma announce a one-week extension to the World Premiere of The Detective's Wife by Keith Huff, directed by Gary Griffin.

Shattered Globe Theatre will present Educating Rita, the charming comedy with serious questions at its heart, previewing June 21st, opening June 23rd, and running through August 14th at Chicago Dramatists, 1105 W.

ALADDIN closes August 14 at The Marriott Theatre for Young Audiences, 10 Marriott Drive.

The Marriott Theatre's summer audiences will tap, clap and cheer to the sensational sounds of the 60s with a brand new version of the fun-filled musical SHOUT! The production will close on August 14, 2011.

The tour of the smash hit Broadway revival of WEST SIDE STORY will end its run at the Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 W.

Fox Valley Repertory invites you to spend an evening with Denny Diamond, Chicago's favorite Neil Diamond Tribute.

The New Colony, 2011 Broadway in Chicago Emerging Theater Award-recipient, is proud to announce their current production of the world premiere of 5 Lesbians Eating A Quiche, written by company members Andrew Hobgood and Evan Linder and directed by Sarah Gitenstein, has been extended through Saturday