Julie Stevens News

MadKap Productions will present THE TALE OF THE ALLERGIST’S WIFE for 13 live performances at the Skokie Theatre, 7924 Lincoln Ave in Downtown Skokie. Learn more about the production here!

Actors who have portrayed Annie and her orphan friends over the years will reunite for a live, online Q&A to benefit The Actors Fund.

Big Noise Theatre Company, a division of Winnetka Theatre, announces the opening of their 2016 season with the play Love, Loss, and What I Wore - an intimate collection of stories written by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron. Nora and Delia are authors of the hit films Sleepless in Seattle, When Harry Met Sally, and You've Got Mail.

Citadel Theatre is proud to present Judith Guest's Ordinary People, adapted for the stage by Nancy Gilsenen and directed by Artistic Director Scott Phelps, September 18 - October 18 at Citadel Theatre, 300 S. Waukegan Rd. Press are invited to final preview Thursday, Sept. 17 at 7:30 p.m. or the opening Friday, Sept. 18 at 8 p.m. The performance schedule is Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. Tickets are $35 Thursdays and Fridays, $37.50 Saturdays and Sundays.  Tickets are available online at www.CitadelTheatre.org or over the phone by calling the Citadel Theatre box office at 847.735.8554. Discounts are available for seniors, students, theatre industry professionals and groups.

It's your last week to vote for the 2014 BroadwayWorld Chicago Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of December 26th. Voting closes at the end of the year, in under one week!

Time is ticking on your last chance to vote for the 2014 BroadwayWorld Chicago Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of December 19th. Voting closes at the end of the year!

Voting has now opened for the 2014 BroadwayWorld Chicago Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of December 4th.

Voting has now opened for the 2014 BroadwayWorld Chicago Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of December 4th.

Voting has now opened for the 2014 BroadwayWorld Chicago Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of November 25th.

BroadwayWorld.com is proud once again to announce the nominations for the BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards, Chicago's only comprehensive, fan-voted theater awards, now in our 5th fantastic year.

Big Noise Theatre Company, celebrating its 14th season of top-notch, live entertainment at the Prairie Lakes Theatre, presents Lawrence Roman's timely comedy, ALONE TOGETHER, as their 2nd production of the company's 2013-14 season. Catherine Davis returns to Big Noise to direct the production.

Big Noise Theatre Company, celebrating its 14th season of top-notch, live entertainment at the Prairie Lakes Theatre, presents Lawrence Roman's timely comedy, ALONE TOGETHER, as their 2nd production of the company's 2013-14 season. Catherine Davis returns to Big Noise to direct the production.

Arielle Tepper Madover isn't just a Tony award winning Broadway producer, she's also a mom. Like all of us, she puts a lot of value on her kids' emotional development, and she recognizes how important self-esteem is, especially for young girls. That's why when Madover decided to bring Annie, the first musical she'd ever seen as a child, back to Broadway, she got to work at reinventing the casting process for child actors, putting the experience of auditioning and a sense of accomplishment ahead of competition and fear of rejection.

Taylor Tracey was a top five finalist in LA's Next Great Stage Star 2010, and one of its youngest. This gal has a truly dazzling voice. She can belt out a big number like 'The Name of the Game' from Mama Mia and deliver ever so gently as with Jason Robert Brown's beautiful 'What It Means To Be a Friend' from 13. On Sunday September 26, Tracey brought the house down @ Sterling's and proved why she made the top five of this year's contest.

On March 20, the production team and cast of Life After Tomorrow held a discussion, performance and signing at Barnes and Noble. Life After Tomorrow, a documentary about the trials and tribulations of several dozen women who were on Broadway and in the road companies of Annie, was co-directed and co-produced by Gil Cates Jr. and Annie alum Julie Stevens. Stevens created the film after starting the website AnnieOrphans.com

On March 20, join the production team and cast of Life After Tomorrow for a discussion, performance and signing at Barnes and Noble. Life After Tomorrow, a documentary about the trials and tribulations of several dozen women who were on Broadway and in the road companies of Annie, was directed and produced by Annie alum Julie Stevens. Stevens created the film after starting the website AnnieOrphans.com, which reunited many of the former child stars. They quickly discovered a sisterhood and many found that their post-Annie lives and experiences could only be understood by their fellow alumni. For some, like Broadway Annie Sarah Jessica Parker (who appears in the film) and touring orphans Alyssa Milano and Molly Ringwald (who do not appear), Annie was a springboard to teen and adult stardom. For others, they found themselves overwhelmed by trying to return to the normalcy of home and school. Over 40 women appear in the film, relaying the perks that came with starring in a cultural phenomenon and the hard knocks of growth spurts, stage mothers and the fear that their careers had peaked before adolescence. The film won Best Documentary and Best Director at the Phoenix Film Festival before debuting on Showtime on Christmas Day. It came out on DVD on February 26, 2008.

On June 7, 2008, Charles Strouse, the award winning composer of Annie, Bye Bye Birdie and some of the most popular music from the last 50 years of Broadway, film and television, turns 80. To mark the occasion, a year-long celebration of events including concerts, international tributes, revivals of popular favorites and premieres of new works will take place across the United States and around the world.

March provides a full roster of music and theater at Barnes & Noble (1972 Broadway at 66th St). All events are free and open to the public.

Enter now to win a copy of Life After Tomorrow, the highly acclaimed documentary film by Julie Stevens and Gil Cates, Jr., which reunites more than 40 women who played orphans in the Broadway show Annie and reveals the highs and lows of their experiences as child actresses in a cultural phenomenon.

BroadwayWorld.com's New and Updated Who's Who Entries for the Week of 8/5/2007. Updates include: Nicole Dominik, Ryan Duncan, Matthew Gumley, Jonathan D. Lovitz, Eric Nelsen, Stephen Patterson, Julie Stevens, Max von Essen.