CHICAGO THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 968

Tony, Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actor John Lithgow offers a touching and humorous reflection on storytelling as the tie that binds humanity when he performs the Chicago area debut of his critically-acclaimed one-man show, "Stories by Heart" at the ECC Arts Center, located in Building H on

Theater Wit and Chicago's own Nora Dunn, actress, comedienne and writer, have announced that Dunn's premiere of her one-woman show, Mythical Proportions, has been extended by popular demand at Theater Wit through October 19, 2013.

Music Box Theatre welcomes the filmmakers and local stars of the new '80s-set comedy Computer Chess for the film's opening weekend in Chicago.

Join a live studio audience on the set of a '70s-style sitcom as The Inconvenience, The New Colony and the University of Chicago's Theater and Performance Studies Program team up to co-produce the world premiere of B-SIDE STUDIO, co-written by Inconvenience Resident Writer Ike Holter and New Colony

Join three of Chicago's favorite, comedic ingenues: Anslee Burns, Casi Maggio and Eliza Morris during this night of cabaret hilarity as they tackle one of the world's biggest mysteries: MEN! On Wednesday October 16th and 23rd, Little Black Book: Bring on the Men will combine Broadway standards, char

Route 66 Theatre Company has announced its 2014 season and its new residency at the Greenhouse Theater Center! Route 66's 2014 features the Chicago Premiere of CICADA by Jerre Dye and the World Premiere of THE DOWNPOUR by Caitlin Parrish, both directed by Associate Artistic Director Erica Weiss.

The laughs will keep emanating from the Royal George Theatre for an additional 12 weeks as OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES announces a new block of tickets on sale for performances through Sunday, February 16, 2014.

Robert Bills Productions will present THE ODD COUPLE (female version), Neil Simon's 1985 adaptation of his Tony Award-winning Broadway comedy, at Greenhouse Theater Center, 2257 N.

AstonRep Theatre Company is pleased to kick-off its 2013-14 season with the Chicago premiere of THE WATER'S EDGE by Theresa Rebeck, directed by Artistic Director Robert Tobin, playing September 26 - October 26, 2013 at its new, larger home at The Raven Theatre (West Stage), 6157 N.

Teatro Luna will be bringing their work home to Chicago on October 4-5, 2013 at Victory Gardens Biograph Theatre, in association with Teatro Vista's Late Night TV.

The Theatre School at DePaul University proudly presents HANSEL & GRETEL, by Moses Goldberg and directed by Ann Wakefield, as the first production of the 2013-2014 Chicago Playworks for Families and Young Audiences Series.

Executive Director Tim Evans and Artistic Director BJ Jones announce a special literary event with author Rich Cohen in celebration of his new release Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football.

Jedlicka Performing Arts Center continues its 2013-14 Season with the comedic thriller ACCOMPLICE by Rupert Holmes, the creator of the Tony Award-winning musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood, with direction by Artistic Director Dante J.

AstonRep Theatre Company is pleased to kick-off its 2013-14 season with the Chicago premiere of THE WATER'S EDGE by Theresa Rebeck, directed by Artistic Director Robert Tobin, playing tonight, September 26 - October 26, 2013 at its new, larger home at The Raven Theatre (West Stage), 6157 N.

With its seventh season, Tympanic introduces you to two outcasts striving to be a part of society in very different ways.

The Chicago Humanities Festival (CHF) announced casting today for two theatrical productions in November: White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, the Iranian absurdist play about isolation co-presented with the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), running Nov.

In a move quite fitting for a play based on a book by one of the most famed novelists of all time, Remy Bumppo Theatre Company is teaming up with Open Books, Ltd.

The Chicago Humanities Festival (CHF) presents Rainpan 43's Elephant Room, a comedic tribute to the world of magic, co-presented with the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Nov.

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Gambit will preview for the press and invited audience on November 7, 2013, at 8:00 pm, and will run November 8, 2013, through November 24, 2013 at Signal Ensemble Theatre, 1802 Berenice Avenue, Chicago.

Porchlight Music Theatre is proud to announce the first production in its new series presenting the 'lost' gems of one particular year in Broadway history, 'Porchlight Revisits.

Another Production Company will produce a staged play reading of Suzan-Lori Parks 'Pulitzer Prize winning play Topdog/Underdog.

Kicking off its 26th Season, Lookingglass Theatre Company presents the World Premiere of Marguerite Duras' The North China Lover, adapted and directed by Ensemble Member Heidi Stillman.

A Red Orchid Theatre's (AROT) Board of Directors and Ensemble, together with Rockit Ranch Productions, announces the 2013 A Red Orchid Gala.

Karen Janes Woditsch reprises her celebrated 2010 off-Loop role of chef, author and TV personality Julia Child in a not-to-be-missed show.