CHICAGO THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 490

Wanna party in the Chicago comedy scene like it's 1999? Tired of underage twinks asking for cigarettes when all you want is to smoke in peace? Looking for what's next after Bey's Coachella act? Bring that twerking booty to our seats and join us for GayCo's PRIDE COMEDY PARTY.

Sideshow Theatre Company is pleased to announce casting for its world premiere of Kristiana Rae Colon's spectacular and fearless indictment TILIKUM, directed by Lili-Anne Brown.

The new Chicago-area theater company Ogorod Productions (whose name is taken from the Russian word for 'vegetable garden') has announced their cast and production team for THE FANTASTICKS, with book & lyrics by Tom Jones and music by Harvey Schmidt.

Ballets with a Twist sizzles on the Long Island shore in Cocktail Hour: The Show at the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center (76 Main Street), on Saturday, August 25, at 8pm.

This summer, Hell in a Handbag Productions is pleased to bring back Dorothy, Rose, Blanche and Sophia for THE GOLDEN GIRLS: The Lost Episodes, Vol.

Summer will SIZZLE as The Chicago League of Lady Arm Wrestlers (CLLAW) presents CLLAW XXX: Dirty Thirty Throwdown on Saturday, July 21, 2018 at Logan Square Auditorium, 2539 N.

John Svoboda, Chairman of the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University's Board of Directors, has announced that CEO Tania Castroverde Moskalenko will be departing the organization at the end of July to join Miami City Ballet as its Executive Director.

Random Acts has announced several additional artists joining comedian Bill Bullock at The #SafeSpace Pride Show! today, June 21st at 8pm.

President Bill Clinton will be in Chicago today, June 21 at 7:30PM for a wide-ranging conversation as he discusses his new novel, The President Is Missing (on sale now).

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Random Acts has announced several artists joining THE #SAFESPACE PRIDE SHOW today, June 21st at 8pm.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company presents the Chicago premiere production of The Roommate by Jen Silverman, directed by Tony Award Winner Phylicia Rashad.

Exit 63 Productions has announced the cast and creative team for the Chicago premiere of TREEFALL by Henry Murray.

Hell in a Handbag Productions is pleased to announce casting for THE ARTIFICIAL JUNGLE, the final play by the legendary master of camp, Charles Ludlam.

TimeLine Theatre Company announces the cast and creative team for the launch of its 22nd season-a revival of A Shayna Maidel, Barbara Lebow's moving family drama about two sisters reunited after years of separation caused by the rise of the Nazis.

Bridget Adams-King is currently taking the stage as Lucy Parsons in Underscore Theatre Company's and The Den Theatre's HAYMARKET.

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

Steppenwolf Theatre Company is pleased to announce the complete casting and directors for the first four shows of its 2018/19 season: Downstate by Pulitzer Prize-winning ensemble member Bruce Norris; Familiar by Danai Gurira; La Ruta by Isaac Gomez; and A Doll's House, Part 2 by Lucas Hnath.

Mind Reader Mark Toland announces tickets on sale through October for his show Mind Reader, now in an open run at The Greenhouse Theater Center, 2257 N.

The Tempel Lipizzans, the world's largest privately-owned herd of Lipizzan horses, welcomes horses and riders from Chile-based Escuela Clasica Lipizzana, Latin America's first and only Lipizzan herd, to participate in Tempel Lipizzans' 60th anniversary celebration.

Black Button Eyes Productions is pleased to announce casting for its world premiere of NIGHTMARES AND NIGHTCAPS: The Stories of John Collier, a non-musical adaption of British author and screenwriter John Collier's phantasmagoric short stories, written and directed by Producing Artistic Director Ed

Commission Theatre (CT) presents CLEARING, a social drama by Beth Hyland.

Williams Street Repertory, McHenry County's growing professional theater company, is bringing a show pulled straight from the iconic songbook of Johnny Cash to the stage in downtown Crystal Lake! "Ring of Fire" opens on July 6 at Raue Center For The Arts and runs select dates through August 12, 2018

Teatro Vista, Chicago's leading professional Latinx theater company for nearly 30 years, announced today its 2018-19 season line-up.

American Blues Theater announces encore performance run of BUDDY - The Buddy Holly Story, written by Alan Janes, directed by Lili-Anne Brown, with musical direction by Ensemble Member Michael Mahler.