David Cromer News

Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn Lipuma announce the second extension of The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard, directed by Michael Halberstam. The production, which opened the Theatre's 20th Season, now runs through December 4, 2011 at Writers' Theatre, 325 Tudor Court in Glencoe.

American Theater Company (ATC) announces a limited-run of Escape, a subscriber-only theatrical event featuring three recently-discovered short plays written by Tennessee Williams and three modern dances choreographed by DanszLoop Chicago Artistic Director Paula Frasz.

This season, along with Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story of Christmas, which runs on the Hubbard Stage, the Alley Theatre will once again present a second holiday production, David Sedaris' The Santaland Diaries on the Neuhaus Stage.

Zoetic Stage and The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County proudly present the world premiere of Christopher Demos-Brown's CAPTIVA, a funny dark comedy about weathering family, November 3 - 20, 2011, in the intimate Carnival Studio Theater (Ziff Ballet Opera House). Following Zoetic Stage's highly acclaimed 2010 debut of South Beach Babylon, this new production launches the company's adventurous 2011-12 season as part of the Arsht Center's Theater Up Close season.

Writers' Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma, continues its 20th Anniversary Season with The Caretaker by Harold Pinter, directed by Ron OJ Parson.

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. Brent Barrett performs at Sidetrack, plus Halloween musicals like dueling 'Rocky's, Wildhorn's 'Dracula,' 'Musical Of The Living Dead' and more, plus the latest shows at the Drury Lane and the Marriott and two events with Seth Rudetsky!

Stage 773 Artistic Director Brian Posen announces the launch of a new musical theatre company, Street Tempo Theatre, debuting at Stage 773, 1225 West Belmont Ave.

Zoetic Stage and The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County proudly present the world premiere of Christopher Demos-Brown's CAPTIVA, a funny dark comedy about weathering family, November 3 - 20, 2011, in the intimate Carnival Studio Theater (Ziff Ballet Opera House). Following Zoetic Stage's highly acclaimed 2010 debut of South Beach Babylon, this new production launches the company's adventurous 2011-12 season as part of the Arsht Center's Theater Up Close season.

Bob Egan Entertainment is proud to present Broadway, film and 'Desperate Housewives' actress Emily Bergl at Bob Egan's Cabaret Supper Club, Friday, October 14 and Saturday October 15 at 8:30 pm. Tickets are $40.

PAGE 73 PRODUCTIONS (Liz Jones & Asher Richelli, Executive Directors), currently presenting the acclaimed New York premiere of Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's Lidless, will present a post-show event on Wednesday, October 12th, The Stress of Guantanamo, featuring Dr. Kate Porterfield, Prof. Ramzi Kassem, and Gitanjali S. Gutierrez and moderated by Michelle Shephard.

Connecticut Repertory Theatre tackles Thornton Wilder's 20th century classic with David Patrick Kelly.

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. Gary Griffin's 'Follies,' David Cromer's 'Rent,' two productions of 'Joseph...' in November, cabaret nights at Stage 773, the 'Footloose' remake and more...

PAGE 73 PRODUCTIONS (Liz Jones & Asher Richelli, Executive Directors), currently presenting the acclaimed New York premiere of Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's Lidless, will present a post-show event on Wednesday, October 12th, The Stress of Guantanamo, featuring Dr. Kate Porterfield, Prof. Ramzi Kassem, and Gitanjali S. Gutierrez and moderated by Michelle Shephard.

Bob Egan Entertainment is proud to present Broadway, film and 'Desperate Housewives' actress Emily Bergl at Bob Egan's Cabaret Supper Club, Friday, October 14 and Saturday October 15 at 8:30 pm. Tickets are $40.

American Theater Company (ATC), together with About Face Theatre, announced today that David Cromer will direct the spring 2012 production of Jonathan Larson's Rent. The co-production is slated to open June 7, 2011 at ATC, 1909 W. Byron, and will close the company's 27th season.

PAGE 73 PRODUCTIONS (Liz Jones & Asher Richelli, Executive Directors) will present the New York premiere of Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's Lidless, recipient of a 'Fringe First' at the 2010 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and winner of the 2009 Yale Drama Series Award and the Keene Prize for Literature (from the University of Texas, Austin). This Off-Broadway limited engagement at WalkerSpace (46 Walker Street) begins Tuesday, September 20th and continues through Saturday, October 15th only. Opening Night is set for Wednesday, September 28th.