CHICAGO THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 1350

I have to congratulate local playwright Will Cooper for this truly insightful original work.

Rehearsals will soon be underway for Bailiwick Chicago's next production, F**king Men, penned by Tony-nominated writer Joe DiPietro (Memphis, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change).

it's an art: the songs of Stephen Schwartz will add 2 performances June 6 & 14 at 8 PM, it was announced from the stage at Davenport's Piano Bar & Cabaret on Sunday night.

For those of you who read my column regularly, you know that I love when theatre companies produce original work and take chances.

Pride Films and Plays announces the second reading of THE FIFTH OF JULY for Sunday, May 16, at 7 pm at Theatre Building Chicago, 1225 West Belmont.

The Theatre School at DePaul University's New Playwrights Series Presents The World Premiere of THE CIVIC by Patrick B.

'If one shoe changed Cinderella's life, imagine what a pair of shoes could do!' The slogan on the flyers handed out to family and friends, hints at how a group of local 6 to 9 year-old kids are turning their time in the spotlight into an opportunity to help other kids.

Big Noise Theatre Company presents All Shook Up through May 16 Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.

Chicago Opera Theater (COT) presents the final production of their 2010 Spring Festival Season - Jake Heggie's, THREE DECEMBERS on May 8, 12, 14, and 16 at the Harris Theater in Millennium Park.

Pride Films and Plays, a new not-for-profit, is proud to announce its inaugural activities as an organization.

Discover the thrilling creative output from Stephen Schwartz, composer of Wicked, at the cabaret evening It's An Art, performed at Davenport's Piano Bar & Cabaret from May 2 - 16, 2010.

American Theater Company (ATC) closes its 25th season with the World Premiere of Kristoffer Diaz's Welcome to Arroyo's.

Lawry's The Prime Rib offers a BILLY ELLIOT the Musical Dinner-Theatre package available Sundays, April 25, May 2 and May 16.

Rubicon Theatre Project presents the 3rd Annual KASSI FEST, a short play festival, at Studio BE, 3110 N Sheffield, Chicago, IL 60657 on May 16 and 17, 2010.

Writers' Theatre Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M.

The Ruckus Theater is making some noise with its upcoming world-premiere production of The Gay American by Kristian O'Hare, directed by Ruckus Artistic Director Allison Shoemaker.

With such a strong Chicago showing, Paul Thompson, Trish Vignola, and I thought we'd throw in our 2 cents and predict this year's big 2010 Tony Award winners.

The Chicago Sinfonietta, led by Maestro Freeman and guest conductor John McLaughlin Williams, joins forces with the Harlem Quartet to create a dynamic collection of sounds and styles.

On June 6th, the Skokie Theatre will take a musical journey with the wonderful chanteuse, Pegi Johns, as she touches upon the greatest hits of the World War II era.

The Glenn Miller Orchestra turns back the clock to the 1940s on Saturday, May 15 at 3 p.

Village Players Theater will be finishing this year's New American Classics season on its Mainstage with Christopher Durang's 'The Marriage of Bette and Boo'.

Three Cat Productions brings 'They Say It's Spring: The Musical World of Blossom Dearie' to Skokie Theatre Music Foundation on May 15th, 2010.

Steppenwolf for Young Adults continues its 2009-2010 season with John Knowles' A Separate Peace, adapted by Nancy Gilsenan and directed by Jonathan Berry.

Adventure Stage Chicago (ASC) presents the final production of their 2009-2010 season: the Midwest Premiere of THE GHOSTS OF TREASURE ISLAND, adapted by Eric Schmiedl from Robert Louis Stevenson's classic 1883 adventure novel Treasure Island.

After more than 200 shows gracing the stages at four venues, four long-run companies and eleven pre-Broadway premieres, Broadway In Chicago is turning a decade old.