Based on the play "The Front Page" by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
From her eight-shows a week commitment as Eudora 'Grandmama' Addams in the pre-Broadway run of THE ADDAMS FAMILY, Jackie Hoffman will sing a different tune each Monday through to December 21 as she stages her own one-woman cabaret show, 'Whining In The Windy City: Holiday Edition' at the Royal George Cabaret in Chicago.
The Chicago Company of JERSEY BOYS will say 'Bye, Bye Baby' to the Windy City on January 10, 2010, after an incredible run of over two years at the Bank of America Theatre. JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, premiered in Chicago initially as a limited engagement on October 5, 2007. After opening to rave reviews, adding additional performance weeks and setting four new box office records, JERSEY BOYS became a resident production on February 27, 2008. The final performance on January 10, 2010, at 2 p.m. will be the Chicago Company's 951st. The final block of tickets for performances from November 24, 2009 - January 10, 2010 will go on sale on Friday, September 11 at 10 a.m.
Windy City Media Group along with Miller Lite and Skyy Vodka present the seventh annual Windy City Gay Idol Finals at Sidetrack, 3349 N. Halsted on Sat., June 13 with doors opening at 1pm
and the show starting at 4pm. Singers Jason Antone and Suzanne Palmer will also perform at the finals.
Windy City Media Group along with Miller Lite and Skyy Vodka present the seventh annual Windy City Gay Idol Finals at Sidetrack, 3349 N. Halsted on Sat., June 13 with doors opening at 1pm
and the show starting at 4pm. Singers Jason Antone and Suzanne Palmer will also perform at the finals.
The Chicago Company of JERSEY BOYS joins a very select group of shows in Chicago to welcome over one million patrons, as it continues to wow audiences in an open run at the Bank of America Theatre.
The Chicago Company of JERSEY BOYS joins a very select group of shows in Chicago to welcome over one million patrons, as it continues to wow audiences in an open run at the Bank of America Theatre.
The Walnut Street Theatre concludes its landmark 200th anniversary season with an all-new production of Mel Brooks' Tony-Award winning masterpiece, The Producers. Directed by Marc Robin and featuring some of the best talent from Philadelphia and abroad, The Producers starts May 12, opens May 20 and runs through July 19 on the Walnut Mainstage.
The record-breaking Chicago Company of JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, is thrilled to celebrate its first anniversary in Chicago this October.
The Walnut Street Theatre opens its landmark 200th anniversary season with STATE FAIR.
The Walnut Street Theatre opens its landmark 200th anniversary season with STATE FAIR.
On the heels of the NYC runs of two of the most heralded productions in recent history (August: Osage County, Adding Machine), Chicago will be delivering yet another completely unique work for the stage in Theater Oobleck's acclaimed production of Mickle Maher's fascinatingly hilarious The Strangerer, marking that play's New York Premiere.
On the heels of the NYC runs of two of the most heralded productions in recent history (August: Osage County, Adding Machine), Chicago will be delivering yet another completely unique work for the stage in Theater Oobleck's acclaimed production of Mickle Maher's fascinatingly hilarious The Strangerer, marking that play's New York Premiere.
The current national tour of the Stephen Sondheim/Hugh Wheeler musical 'Sweeney Todd' blew into the Windy City for a two-week engagement at the Cadillac Palace Theatre this week, revealing that the show is so strong as originally written that almost any style of storytelling will reveal its truths. If this fact doesn't mark the show as a true performing arts masterwork, then I don't know how anything else could. This show, and this metaphor-laden production of it, are miraculous in their revealing of the human condition.
The Paper Mill Playhouse Board of Trustees is proud to announce that Mark S. Hoebee, Paper Mill's Acting Artistic Director since March of 2007 has been promoted to Artistic Director effective immediately.
Devin DeSantis, Brian Crum, Nick Verina, Tyler McGee and Adam Zelasko all give high octane performances in Chicago's latest smash hit.
This July, Theatre Building Chicago (1225 W. Belmont Ave.) will welcome Chicago's acclaimed musical and comedy 'dynamic duo' Amy Armstrong and Freddy Allenas as they take the mainstage for one-weekend only in their summer revue: Amy & Freddy's Big Time Show.
Chicago's company of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will host the final competition at the Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place on Sunday, March 25
WICKED, Chicago's record-breaking musical telling the untold story of the Witches of Oz, celebrates its second WICKED Day in the windy city with a spell of citywide events
In a press conference that only public relations guru Margie Korshak could pull off, the principle cast and creative team of the sure-to-be hit The Pirate Queen moored into the Cadillac Palace Theatre to give a glimpse of the newest musical by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg, creators of Les Miserables and Miss Saigon
On January 25th, Wicked reached it 300th performance in Chicago
A Tale of Two Cities, which is now slated for a December '06 Broadway Run, has found a choreographer and design team
Theatre and opera director Michael Edwards has signed on to stage the Broadway-bound musical A Tale of Two Cities
Frank Galati will helm The Pirate Queen, which will play Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre and then Broadway
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