The magic of A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens' classic story of redemption and charity, comes to life as ACT - A Contemporary Theatre presents the timeless tale this year as a radio drama, complete with dialogue, Christmas carols, Adam Stern's musical score and sound effects. Imagine Scrooge, Marley, the Ghosts and all of the characters you know and love… coming to your home for the holidays.
In the age of digital promotion, there is one surefire way to open doors for yourself: having an online presence.
Signature Theatre has announced the full lineup for Signature Theatre’s 2021 Signature Features season, five fully-staged plays and musicals, made exclusively for the screen and professionally filmed in HD on set (multiple safety protocols were employed to ensure artists’ and crew’s safety).
Presented by Open Clasp - the multi-award winning company behind New York Times Critics' pick, Key Change - Sugar is an intimate piece of theatre made for the screen, written by Catrina McHugh MBE, directed by Laura Lindow and devised with women who are homeless, on probation or in prison.
The producers of ELEANOR’S VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS WISH - THE MUSICAL, the family-friendly holiday production available for streaming through December 27, 2020, and Gene & Georgetti, Chicago’s oldest steakhouse, have partnered this holiday season to launch a new Dinner and a Show at HOME experience beginning December 1.
Boom Arts will present A THOUSAND WAYS, a live, interactive theatrical experiment about finding one another through distance and negotiating shared space. This triptych of encounters is designed around social distancing rules to meet participants where they are and when they are.
NAI-NI CHEN DANCE COMPANY has announced The Bridge Virtual Dance Institute of boundary-breaking dance experiences Free One-Hour Company Class on Zoom Open to All Dancers at an Intermediate to Advanced Level Featuring Guest Artists PeiJu Chien-Pott and Juana Cala November 30-December 4, 2020.
Today's top stories: Tick, Tick...Boom! wraps filming, Patti Murin and Colin Donnell's Seth Concert re-airs today, and more!
Today, Friday, November 27th, Patrick Flynn (creator of The Original Cast and playwright) & Beth Amann (Managing Director of Monumental Theatre Company) have released the new podcast, What is Love Actually?
The producers of ELEANOR’S VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS WISH - THE MUSICAL today announced the opening of the 2020 holiday streaming of ELEANOR’S VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS WISH - THE MUSICAL. Based on the heartfelt book of the same name by Chicagoan Denise McGowan Tracy, the family-friendly production is recommended for all ages.
Country music star, Tracy Lawrence, wrapped his 15th Annual Mission:Possible Turkey Fry and Benefit Concert yesterday and was also honored with an official day of recognition, declaring November 24th as 'Tracy Lawrence Day.'
Recently, The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts hosted the Five Days with Step Afrika! virtual presentation as part of the Kravis Classroom Connection. The five online performances highlight the history of stepping, two acts of the full performance, a stepping tutorial and a chance to learn more about the cast members of Step Afrika!
For years, Chicagoan Vicki Quade has been telling stories as a journalist, playwright, theater producer, and performer. So it’s not surprising she has a way of connecting with quirky characters during mundane, everyday occurrences.
This holiday season Berkeley Rep will stream Tony Award winner (and frequent Berkeley Rep collaborator) Mary Zimmerman's The Steadfast Tin Soldier, produced by Lookingglass Theatre Company. Beginning December 1 audiences and their families can experience the beloved classic as the production streams into their homes. Based on Hans Christian Andersen's story about a little tin soldier who never gives up, this production is a gorgeous spectacle of music and movement that is perfect for the whole family.
Black Pumas received three 2021 GRAMMY nominations today, including two in the ceremony’s biggest categories, Album of the Year (for Black Pumas (Deluxe Edition)) and Record of the Year (for “Colors”). “Colors” was additionally nominated for Best American Roots Performance.
Author-turned-songwriter Zoe FitzGerald Carter is pleased to announce the release of her new album, Waterlines, featuring ten original songs and some of the finest musicians in the San Francisco Bay Area.
In Rick Foster's play, Kate: The Unexamined Life of Katharine Hepburn at American Stage, actress Janis Stevens simply is Kate. She channeled the spirit of 92-year-old Katharine and wore her as easily as one puts on a sweater. From the warble in her speech to the essential tremor, wheelchair-bound in an attic of memories, on New Year's Eve 1999, Janis took us on a behind the scenes journey of an unlikely Hollywood star in the 1930s.
Los Angeles based Fairway Film Alliance has acquired worldwide rights to the surrealist science-fiction title Destination Marfa (Tony Todd, Stelio Savante) directed by Andy Stapp, in late news out of the American Film Market.
Six online concerts will replace 20 show in person... but you know with Urban Stages involved, the shows will be good.
In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company has established a new dance institute through Zoom, The Bridge. The Institute's aim is to bring together dancers, choreographers and directors around the world to experience the master teachers of color whose practices are embedded in the community and are focused on advancing the art of dance that transform the personal, environmental and metaphysical spaces.
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