CHICAGO THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 591

Rising Chicago actor Kyle Coleman searches for purpose in Lorenzo Blackett's new comedy play, THE BEAUTY IN CHAOS, with two special performances on July 24th and 31st.

Eclectic Full Contact Theatre presents a one-night-only concert performance of 'Ordinary Days,' music and lyrics by Adam Gwon.

"This music is magical.

The 53rd Chicago International Film Festival (Oct.

Mercury Theater Chicago, 3745 N.

American Blues Theater opens its 2017-2018 Season with the Chicago Premiere of Beauty's Daughter by Dael Orlandersmith, directed by Ron OJ Parson, and Artistic Affiliate Wandachristine.

City Winery Chicago, 1200 W.

Following a sold-out engagement at Steppenwolf's 1700 Theatre this spring, actor and magician Brett Schneider's hit one-man show COMMUNION: An Evening of Magic, returns to Chicago for three performances only August 4 - 6, 2017 at The Den Theatre's Bookspan Theatre, 1333 N.

Music Theater Works (formerly Light Opera Works) presents GYPSY, the tale of an ambitious stage mother fighting for her daughters' success, at Cahn Auditorium in Evanston, August 19 through 27.

Chicago Dancers United (CDU), which mobilizes Chicago's dance community by raising funds through dance, hosts a festive gala reception August 19 at the Hilton Chicago, 720 S.

Following their wildly successful Positively Present cabaret at Mary's Attic in Andersonville, Brown Paper Box Co.

Drury Lane recently celebrated the opening of The Gin Game, the Pulitzer-winning play The Gin Game written by D.

Having opened in 1988 and played its final performance in December 2016 as the longest-running show in Chicago history, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind by Greg Allen is an ensemble improvisation in presenting '30 Plays in 60 Minutes.

Greenhouse Theater Center has launched its 2017-18 season with Artistic Director Jacob Harvey and Elizabeth Margolius' bold reimagining of Sophie Treadwell's most celebrated play, MACHINAL.

Broadway In Chicago welcomes the completely original new musical Something Rotten!, directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Casey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon, Aladdin), with music and lyrics by Grammy Award winner and Tony Award nominee Wayne Kirkpatrick and Golden Globe Award and Tony Awar

Idle Muse Theatre Company's season eleven, which features plays exploring women achieving self-definition in a world that tries to define them in relationship to the men around them, concludes with the Midwest premiere of The Veil written by playwright Conor McPherson directed by guest artist Ann Kr

101 never looked so good! Navy Pier, Chicago's mission-driven cultural district, is celebrating its 101st Birthday on Saturday, July 15 with a star-studded bash and full day of free cultural programming in the new Polk Bros Park Performance Lawns from 11 a.

Steep Theatre will introduce another emerging British playwright to Chicago with the U.

Porchlight Music Theatre is proud to announce the 12th Annual Chicago Sings concert; Chicago Sings: Sinatra and the Rat Pack, Monday, Aug.

Hubbard Street Artistic Director Glenn Edgerton and Kathryn Humphreys, the company's Director of Youth, Education, and Community Programs, are proud to announce HS First Steps, a new program that offers full scholarships to Hubbard Street's Youth Dance Program to incoming first graders at Chicago Pu

Hell in a Handbag Productions, now celebrating its 15th Anniversary Season, is pleased to announce casting for the world premiere of BEWILDERED.

Broadway In Chicago has announced that individual tickets for the completely original new musical Something Rotten! will go on sale to the general public Friday, May 12.

Grippo Stage Company is pleased to present a revival of the touching and humorous play THE GOD OF ISAAC, playwright James Sherman's semi-autobiographical account of a young American Jew searching for his Jewish identity in the wake of the threatened neo-Nazi march in the Chicago suburb of Skokie

The Chicago Fringe Festival joins festivals across the globe Tuesday, July 11 to celebrate the inaugural World Fringe Day.

Tickets are selling faster than cheesecake, pussycat! After a month of sell-out performances, Hell in a Handbag Productions is pleased to announce a second extension of its campy world premiere THE GOLDEN GIRLS - THE LOST EPISODES, with added performances through through Saturday, September 16