William Ellis News

First Floor Theater will launch its Tenth Season with the Chicago premiere of Jordan Tannahill’s Botticelli in the Fire, a hot-blooded queering of Renaissance Italy that questions the value of art at the collapse of society.

First Floor Theater is launching its Tenth Season with the Chicago premiere of Jordan Tannahill’s Botticelli in the Fire, a hot-blooded queering of Renaissance Italy that questions the value of art at the collapse of society.

Wagner College Theatre continues its 2019-20 Mainstage Season with the charming, romantic musical She Loves Me, with performances November 14-24 in the Main Hall Theatre.

Deadline reports that producer Phillip Rodriguez has acquired the rights to Karl Jacoby's 'The Strange Career of William Ellis: The Texas Slave Who Became a Mexican Millionaire.' 

Ahead of its 60th Birthday, Hampstead Theatre announces Roxana Silbert's inaugural season as Artistic Director.

Emerging Country artist, Corinne Cook, recently released her current single, 'One Box of Tissues,' to radio and digital distribution for online streaming and download platforms. The track is off her 2018 Album, Yes I Can, and currently making a rise on the Music Row Country Breakout Chart. Handling radio promotion is Nashville based Grassroots Radio Promotion. Stream and download “One Box of Tissues” here.

On 'One Box of Tissues,' a spirited post-breakup 'to-do' list from her recently released album,Yes I Can, Nashville resident Corinne Cook delivers her signature 'never let them get to you' attitude with a deceptively sincere intro of the song that evolves into unexpectedly lighthearted vocals.

Join Town Theatre for a special holiday event, Home for the Holidays, featuring classic holiday songs from the funny to the formal.

Join Town Theatre for a special holiday event, Home for the Holidays, featuring classic holiday songs from the funny to the formal.

'Those Few Dreams,' a patriotic power ballad written by Bradley Norgart, is an anthem of hope and fresh dreams for America despite troubled times and a loss of innocence.

Everybody loves a good cheatin' country song. From classics like Hank Williams 'Your Cheatin' Heart' to Carrie Underwood's 'Before He Cheats.' In the new hashtag world of female empowerment, Nashville based contemporary country singer Corinne Cook delivers her gritty country-rock single 'Last Thing To Go.' saying it loud for all those joining the #stopcheating and #cheaters movement.

The GAME comes to an end at Town Theatre, while WOW's latest work premieres and Workshop's comedy takes flight!

Town's murder mystery takes another turn and the Fine Arts Center presents a Disney classic!

It's a busy weekend around the capitol city with an opening at Town, closings at CCT, Chapin, and Trustus, and a limited engagement in the USC Lab!

As part of the Finborough Theatre's celebrations of Canada's 150th birthday, Canadian playwright Jordan Tannahill, 'the hottest name in Canadian theatre', will debut his play, Late Company, at the Finborough Theatre, for a strictly limited season from 25 April - 20 May 2017, with press nights on 27 April/28 April.

Set sail with Wagner College Theatre (WCT) as it continues its 2016-17 Mainstage Season with Cole Porter's Anything Goes, with performances tonight, November 17, through December 4 in the Main Hall Auditorium.  

Set sail with Wagner College Theatre (WCT) as it continues its 2016-17 Mainstage Season with Cole Porter's Anything Goes, with performances November 17 through December 4 in the Main Hall Auditorium.  

The Kitchen and McSweeney's present the long overdue U.S. premiere of New York Times bestselling novelist Sheila Heti's only play All Our Happy Days Are Stupid, which was first commissioned in 2001, but, until last year, never produced. Under the direction of Jordan Tannahill with Erin Brubacher, Heti's writing is brought to life by a cast of 13 multi-disciplinary performers who also sing original songs by Dan Bejar (The New Pornographers, Destroyer).

This Christmas, the Lyric Hammersmith brings one of the most enchanting of all stories to life as Olivier Award-winning Artistic Director Sean Holmes directs his first ever pantomime: Cinderella. Joining the cast alongside West End stars Julie Atherton (Avenue Q, Noel Coward; Sister Act, UK tour) and Steven Webb (Oliver!, London Palladium; The History Boys, Wyndham's) will be celebrated actress, comedian and broadcaster Mel Giedroyc (The Great British Bake-Off, BBC; Eurobeat, West End/UK tour).