Martin Gutfeldt News

Midsommer Flight's FOURTEEN LINES recording launch party has been moved to Uncommon Ground Edgewater. The event is relocated following abrupt closure of Uptown Underground on Tuesday. The Monday, September 17 benefit party celebrating the release of Midsommer Flight's first stand-alone album of twelve Shakespearean sonnets set to music - originally scheduled to be held at Uptown Underground - has been moved to Uncommon Ground - Edgewater, at 1401 W. Devon Ave.

Midsommer Flight sings Shakespeare in FOURTEEN LINES recording of 12 sonnets set to original music CD launch party Monday September 17 at Uptown Underground With its seventh summer of free Shakespeare performances as an Arts Partner in Chicago Park District parks concluding on August 26, the Chicago theatre company Midsommer Flight is offering audiences another way to enjoy Shakespeare. Building upon its success in creating original music for its productions, Midsommer Flight has developed its first stand-alone album of twelve Shakespearean sonnets set to music composed by Midsommer Flight ensemble members Elizabeth Rentfro and Erick Rivera. Rentfro and Rivera have written original music for many of the company's productions, including its popular music-infused annual Twelfth Night each December.

Midsommer Flight's summer 2017 production - Hamlet, Prince of Denmark - is performed in an abridged 100-minute version that captures the murderous intrigues of the royal family - complete enough for those familiar with the play and accessible for newcomers to it. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Real-life father and daughter Jeff Perry (Scandal) and Zoe Perry (upcoming feature film Cotton) star with Kevin McKidd (Grey's Anatomy) and Mary Mara (Nash Bridges) when Odyssey Theatre Ensemble presents Anna Christie, opening Jan. 24 at the Odyssey Theatre in West L.A. Former Long Wharf associate artistic director Kim Rubinstein directs Eugene O'Neill's 1922 Pulitzer Prize winner.

Celebrate your holiday season with Bus Barn Stage Company as they present a sparkling new holiday show, A CHRISTMAS PUDDING, opening November 20. Created, compiled and adapted by David Birney, A CHRISTMAS PUDDING is a holiday confection told in song, poetry and prose. It runs at the Los Altos venue through December 19.

Celebrate your holiday season with Bus Barn Stage Company as they present a sparkling new holiday show, A CHRISTMAS PUDDING, opening November 20. Created, compiled and adapted by David Birney, A CHRISTMAS PUDDING is a holiday confection told in song, poetry and prose. It runs at the Los Altos venue through December 19.

Celebrate your holiday season with Bus Barn Stage Company as they present a sparkling new holiday show, A CHRISTMAS PUDDING, opening November 20. Created, compiled and adapted by David Birney, A CHRISTMAS PUDDING is a holiday confection told in song, poetry and prose. It runs at the Los Altos venue through December 19.