John Mahon News

Hallmark Channel has acquired all eleven seasons and all 264 episodes of 'Frasier' from CBS Television Distribution.

Seanachai proudly announces the company's second season at its permanent home, the 3rd Floor Theatre at the Irish American Heritage Center.

Northlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans, presents the World premiere of The Outgoing Tide written by Bruce Graham, directed by Artistic Director BJ Jones.

Chicago's Steppenwolf THeatre Company has just announced their star-studded 2011-12 season which will feature the talents of CSI's William Petersen, Sally Murphy and John Mahoney. Additionally, Amy Morton, Austin Pendleton, Frank Galati and Anna D. Shapiro are set to direct this season's productions. Check out the full details on Steppenwolf's new season below!

Steppenwolf Theatre Company is pleased to announce its 2011/12 Subscription Season. Season subscriptions go on-sale to the public on Wednesday, March 2 at 11 am.

TimeLine Theatre Company, named the nation's theater 'Company of the Year' for 2010 by Terry Teachout in The Wall Street Journal and 'one of the Chicago theater's most impressive growth stories' by Chris Jones in the Chicago Tribune, announces its four-play 2011-12 season

Chicago actors join the cast of Belarus Free Theatre's (BFT) acclaimed production of Being Harold Pinter for a one-night-only encore benefit performance on February 21 at 7:30pm. Tony-and Emmy Award-winning John Mahoney (Frasier, The Seafarer), Karen Aldridge (The Trinity River Plays, The Cook), Phillip James Brannon (The Brother/Sister Plays, Richard III), Joseph Foronda (Pacific Overtures, Miss Saigon), Ora Jones (Animal Crackers, The Brother/Sister Plays), Sandra Marquez (Boleros for the Disenchanted, Anna in the Tropics) and Teatro Vista Artistic Director Edward F. Torres (Electricidad, Elliot (A Soldier's Fugue)) join the Belarusian company on stage during the moving climactic moments of Being Harold Pinter, concluding an historic theatrical event for the City of Chicago. Two additional Chicago actors are still to be announced.

Chicago actors join the cast of Belarus Free Theatre's (BFT) acclaimed production of Being Harold Pinter for a one-night-only encore benefit performance on February 21 at 7:30pm. Tony-and Emmy Award-winning John Mahoney (Frasier, The Seafarer), Karen Aldridge (The Trinity River Plays, The Cook), Phillip James Brannon (The Brother/Sister Plays, Richard III), Joseph Foronda (Pacific Overtures, Miss Saigon), Ora Jones (Animal Crackers, The Brother/Sister Plays), Sandra Marquez (Boleros for the Disenchanted, Anna in the Tropics) and Teatro Vista Artistic Director Edward F. Torres (Electricidad, Elliot (A Soldier's Fugue)) join the Belarusian company on stage during the moving climactic moments of Being Harold Pinter, concluding an historic theatrical event for the City of Chicago. Two additional Chicago actors are still to be announced.

Hallmark Channel has acquired all eleven seasons and all 264 episodes of 'Frasier' from CBS Television Distribution.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater continues its inaugural season this spring with an unparalleled tribute to one of the nation's greatest living playwrights, Edward Albee.

The Workshops at Bay Street Theatre present RAINDOGS, directed by Andrew MacBean, a new rock musical, based on BALM IN GILEAD by Lanford Wilson, on Saturday, October 16 at 8 pm.

The Workshops at Bay Street Theatre present RAINDOGS, directed by Andrew MacBean, a new rock musical, based on BALM IN GILEAD by Lanford Wilson, on Saturday, October 16 at 8 pm.

VSA (The International Organization on Arts and Disability), an affiliate of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, presents as special abridged version of JACK FROM ABOVE -- a new play performed by Tony Award-winning director Jack Hofsiss (THE ELEPHANT MAN) chronicling his life-changing experiences following a near-fatal diving accident -- for two performances only at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' Family Theatre in Washington, DC (2700 F Street NW) on Thursday, September 30 and Friday, October 1 at 7:30pm.

There was standing room only when the Rock Nation School Tribute to Elton John, featuring three members of the Elton John Band and student musicians, drew hundreds of fans to the famed Canyon Club near Los Angeles on Sunday, September 26.

An upcoming Elton John tribute show produced by Rock Nation School will be as much a tribute to late band member Guy Babylon as to the Rocket Man, himself. Three members of John's band-lead guitarist and music director Davey Johnstone, drummer Nigel Olsson and percussionist John Mahon-will perform 'Goodbye Superman,' a song written in Babylon's memory by his 12-year-old son, Ben Babylon. Johnstone and Mahon will also play Elton John songs with Ben and other student musicians. The concert will take place September 26 at the famed Canyon Club near Los Angeles.

VSA (The International Organization on Arts and Disability), an affiliate of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, presents as special abridged version of JACK FROM ABOVE -- a new play performed by Tony Award-winning director Jack Hofsiss (THE ELEPHANT MAN) chronicling his life-changing experiences following a near-fatal diving accident -- for two performances only at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' Family Theatre in Washington, DC (2700 F Street NW) on Thursday, September 30 and Friday, October 1 at 7:30pm.

An upcoming Elton John tribute show produced by Rock Nation School will be as much a tribute to late band member Guy Babylon as to the Rocket Man, himself. Three members of John's band-lead guitarist and music director Davey Johnstone, drummer Nigel Olsson and percussionist John Mahon-will perform 'Goodbye Superman,' a song written in Babylon's memory by his 12-year-old son, Ben Babylon. Johnstone and Mahon will also play Elton John songs with Ben and other student musicians. The concert will take place September 26 at the famed Canyon Club near Los Angeles.

First Folio's Season of Passion closes with Twelfth Night, Shakespeare's most romantic comedy, performed under the stars at the Mayslake Peabody Estate in Oak Brook. Set during the height of the British Raj, Michael Goldberg's production combines the beauty of 19 th C.India with the glorious elegance of Shakespeare's most romantic comedy.

First Folio's Season of Passion closes with Twelfth Night, Shakespeare's most romantic comedy, performed under the stars at the Mayslake Peabody Estate in Oak Brook. Set during the height of the British Raj, Michael Goldberg's production combines the beauty of 19th C. India with the glorious elegance of Shakespeare's most romantic comedy.

First Folio's Season of Passion closes with Twelfth Night, Shakespeare's most romantic comedy, performed under the stars at the Mayslake Peabody Estate in Oak Brook. Set during the height of the British Raj, Michael Goldberg's production combines the beauty of 19th C. India with the glorious elegance of Shakespeare's most romantic comedy.