CHICAGO THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 796

The national tour of KINKY BOOTS returns to Chicago with all the energy, heart and soul of the original pre-Broadway tryout in tact.

The New Colony is pleased to conclude its 2015 season with the world premiere dark comedy THE TERRIBLE by Morgan McNaught, directed by Jesse Roth, playing October 16 - November 21, 2015 at its resident home, The Den Theatre's Main Stage, 1333 N.

Genesis Theatrical Productions will present the Chicago premiere of Zelda at the Oasis by Pat Lin beginning August 6 and running to August 23, 2015.

Duplicity Ensemble's new musical, Marble, GA, is being performed as part of the second annual Chicago Musical Theatre Festival produced by Underscore Theatre.

CHICAGO: Tickets are now on sale for The Brown Paper Box Co.

Following their hit holiday show A Klingon Christmas Carol, Commedia Beauregard is pleased to present the return of its wildly popular dark comedy BARD FICTION, a Shakespearean retelling of Quentin Tarantino's cult film classic Pulp Fiction, written by Ben Tallen, Aaron Greer, Brian Watson-Jones and

Seigel Productions presents the world premiere of Batty Old Biddies, written and directed by Marty Seigel, playing at the Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N.

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

The Boy From Oz, presented by Pride Films and Plays, will be directed by David Zak, with musical direction by Robert Ollis and choreography by Cameron Turner.

Even after 50 years, Americans still question who shot JFK and why.

The Agency Theater collective will produce their fourth world premiere play with Truth in Context, written and directed by company member Cody Lucas.

Windy City Playhouse, Chicago's newest Equity theater, announces the cast for its third production, the riotous Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight: A Comedy in Three Beds from Peter Ackerman, co-author of 20th Century Fox's hit animated film Ice Age.

Siblings Vanya (Ross Lehman) and Sonia (Janet Ulrich Brooks) have spent their adult years trapped in mundane lives at their family's cottage, caring for their ailing parents.

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway.

Polarity Ensemble Theatre presents its annual DIONYSOS CUP FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAYS tonight, July 9, through July 19 featuring workshop readings of four new full-length plays by Chicago-area playwrights as a part of a six-month long development process.

Steep Company Member Robin Witt is back in the director's chair for the final show of Steep's 14th season, the U.

the side project will close its historic 15thseason with the World Premiere of Whatever, a new play by Robert Tenges that, like his plays Elsewhere and Strangers Knocking, is concerned with struggling adolescents, a niche for which the side project has been praised in the past.

GORILLA TANGO THEATRE presents the premiere of WAR OF THE WORLDS by Robert Eric Shoemaker, tonight, July 9th 2015 at 7pm, at Gorilla Tango Theatre, 1919 N.

Metropolis kicks off its 15th Anniversary Season with Ken Ludwig's comedy Moon Over Buffalo presented by Eclectic Full Contact Theatre tonight, July 9 - August 16, 2015.

The Chicago Humanities Festival (CHF) and the Humanities Without Walls (HWW) consortium will launch an ambitious three-week workshop for PhD students in the humanities, focused on professional opportunities in the public humanities.

Siblings Vanya (Ross Lehman) and Sonia (Janet Ulrich Brooks) have spent their adult years trapped in mundane lives at their family's cottage, caring for their ailing parents.

Halcyon Theatre announces casting for In Love and Warcraft by Madhuri Shekar; Joanie Schultz to direct Estrella Cruz (the junkyard queen).

Fox Valley Rep, in residence at Pheasant Run Resort, is proud to announce the appointment of Patrick Stinson as Managing Director.

Provision Theater Company's Theater for Young Audiences will present the adaptation of the literary classic Anne of Green Gables.