60s Inspired BEA HIVE BASH Returns to The Auditorium In June
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 24, 2025
The Bea Hive Bash at The Auditorium, celebrating the legacy of Beatrice “Bea” Spachner, the patron responsible for rescuing the historic building from being demolished in the 1960's, this year's iteration of The Auditorium's annual summer party is a fab 60's-themed bash paying homage to The Auditorium's triumphant grand re-opening night in 1967.
BERNHARDT/HAMLET Comes To Edge Of The Wood theatre
by Stephi Wild - Mar 17, 2025
The Resident Theatre at Edge of the Wood will present Bernhardt/Hamlet for 12 performances. Directed by Guest Artist Sean Hargadon, the show features a 13-member ensemble of actors from throughout Chicago.
Review: INTO THE BREECHES! at Mainstage Theater
by Kate McCrory - Mar 13, 2025
Into the Breeches! delighted the audience on opening night at the Irving Arts Center. The comedy is set in Irving, Texas, in 1942 at the beginning of World War II. Into the Breeches! uses a familiar trope about a play within a play.
10th Anniversary Run of BOHEMIA Comes to Seattle
by Stephi Wild - Jan 8, 2025
In 2015, Seattle theatre artists Opal Peachey and Mark Siano came together to create the unique musical cabaret hybrid Bohemia, and 10 years later the show is better than ever.
Quintessence Theatre Extends Martin Crimp's CYRANO DE BERGERAC
by Stephi Wild - Oct 11, 2024
Quintessence Theatre just announced it is adding five more performances of Martin Crimp’s diabolically hilarious and heartbreaking adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac, starring Philadelphia’s J Hernandez in the titular role.
TOSCA Comes to the National Theatre in Prague Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Jul 30, 2024
The singer Floria Tosca, who is even invited to the royal court, and the painter Mario Cavaradossi are respected and adored artists, yet their standing does not safeguard them against the malicious police chief Baron Scarpia.
Review: Separated at Birth? Boulanger's VILLE MORTE and Debussy's PELLEAS Fall Similarly on the Ear
by Richard Sasanow - Apr 21, 2024
It’s easy to understand why Neal Goren, founder and artistic director of Catapult Opera, was immediately taken with LA VILLE MORTE. (His program notes say, “Upon receiving the piano-vocal score, I found myself sighing in ecstasy…”) First, the name Nadia Boulanger is magic in 20th century music—in music history in general, for that matter—though not for her own compositions.
Fulton Theatre Presents EQUUS By Peter Shaffer
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 13, 2024
Equus brings the power of passion to Fulton Theatre. Fulton Theatre brings this story about the power of passion to its 4th Floor Tell Studio Theatre as part of the Ellen Arnold Groff Studio Series. Peter Shaffer's controversial play Equus opened on Broadway in 1975 to critical acclaim.