CHICAGO THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 822

A?fter mounting an impressive nine productions in suite 205 of the 4001 N Ravenswood building, Artistic Director Bob Fisher made the decision to close the doors on Zoo Studios in February of 2015­ only to reopen in a familiar place: the basement of 4001 N Ravenswood beginning in May of 2015.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company presents Artistic Director Martha Lavey and Steppenwolf ensemble member Frank Galati in conversation with Carey Perloff on the occasion of Perloff's memoir, Beautiful Chaos: A Life in the Theater, Monday, April 6 at 5pm in the Garage Theater (1624 N Halsted St).

13 world premieres of 6 original adaptations, 4 devised works, 2 homages, and one long running variety show; 3 tour buses with 2 breakdowns; 1 decade and innumerable adventures.

Broadway In Chicago and Emerald City Theatre have announced FANCY NANCY THE MUSICAL, based on the bestselling book series by Jane O'Connor and illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser, will play the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place (175 E.

Barrel of Monkeys will present its annual fundraising soiree, THE BIG WEDDING: Everyone Get Married today, March 28, 2015 at The Drucker Center, 1535 N.

The Hypocrites are pleased to announce their 2015-16 Season, featuring an unprecedented seven productions for Chicago audiences! The season kicks off this summer with the triumphant return engagement of the critically acclaimed ALL OUR TRAGIC, an unparalleled twelve-hour theatrical adaptation that c

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

Court Theatre Artistic Director Charles Newell and Executive Director Stephen J.

Blue Man Group the critically hailed theatrical phenomenon continuing its open run at Chicago's Briar Street Theatre (3133 N.

Continuing its 27th Season, Lookingglass Theatre Company presents the Midwest Premiere of Title and Deed, by Will Eno and directed by Marti Lyons.

The Steppenwolf Auxiliary Council hosts one of Chicago's most exciting spring events, the 2015 Red or White Ball on Friday, April 10, 2015 at 9pm.

Redmoon, Chicago's acclaimed Spectacle company, presents its 2015 Spring event, The Devil's Cabaret, fueled by Lagunitas Brewing Company.

Spartan Theatre Company presents John Kolvenbach's On An Average Day.

Continuing in a tradition of storytelling and music, Hershey Felder announces the star cast for the Chicago stage premiere of Academy Award winning director Taylor Hackford's LOUIS AND KEELY, 'LIVE' AT THE SAHARA.

Griffin Theatre Company has announced its summer 2015 production: the Chicago premiere of the heart-pounding thriller THE BIRDS, adapted by acclaimed Irish playwright Conor McPherson and directed by ensemble member Kevin Kingston.

Continuing its 27th Season, Lookingglass Theatre Company presents the World Premiere of Moby Dick, adapted and directed by ensemble member David Catlin from the book by Herman Melville, produced in association with The Actors Gymnasium.

The Gift Theatre artistic director Michael Patrick Thornton announces the world premiere of smart, exhilarating new play Body & Blood by Gift Co-Founder and playwright, William Nedved and directed by Marti Lyons, who previously directed Bethany last season and recently directed Thornton in Lookinggl

When FIRST DATE celebrates its 50th Chicago performance tonight, March 26 at 7:30 p.

Fox Valley Repertory continues their 2015 theater series with Paul Slade Smith's frantically funny eight-door farce, Unnecessary Farce.

'Creation's Birthday' by Hasan Padamsee is a play about Edwin Hubble and his battle with Albert Einstein.

After his sold out concert Let's Hear it For the Goy last fall, your favorite 'goyfriend' Chicago vocalist Russ Goeltenbodt is back with more music, mishigas, and mayhem.

?Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) Artistic Director Barbara Gaines and Executive Director Criss Henderson announce today the line-up of the 2015/16 Season, including innovative reimaginings of the classical canon, new work developed at CST and the first installment of Gaines' ambitious Shakespeare

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Jackalope Theatre Company, the Edgewater-based theatre company currently in its 7th season, announced today new leadership and redefined roles within the company.

Toss together James Joyce, Vladimir Lenin, and Dadaist poet Tristan Tzara in Zurich in 1917 (where they really were), throw in limericks and lyrics and The Importance of Being Earnest, then shred the whole melange through the mixed-up mind of an aging British civil servant (who has a big grudge agai