Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Female-centered classics dominate Drury Lane's upcoming seasonSep 05, 2019 1:00 am - Female-centered favorites of the musical and comedy variety will dominate Drury Lane Theatre's 2020-2021 season, the Oakbrook Terrace theater announced Thursday. "From ...
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Broadway secret: A frequent flyer program for theater fansSep 04, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - This past spring, dance teacher Donna Cory and one of her students took in the new "Oklahoma!" revival on Broadway. They thought the musical was bold and...
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Spotlight: Broadway favorites with a twist at Steel Beam; First Folio honors first respondersSep 04, 2019 6:47 am - 'Gender benders' Steel Beam Theatre kicks off its season-long examination of women's lives with the musical revue "Broadway Gender Benders." Conceived and directed by Do...
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Full list: 2019 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award nomineesSep 03, 2019 12:01 am - The 2019 Equity Joseph Jefferson Awards will be given out Oct. 21. Production - Play - Large "Downstate" - Steppenwolf Theatre Company "Indecent" - Victory Gardens ...
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Paramount's 'The Producers' leads 2019 equity Jeff nominationsSep 03, 2019 12:00 am - The Paramount Theatre in Aurora on Tuesday received 16 Joseph Jefferson Award nominations, more than any other suburban theater. That includes nine, more than any other ...
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Chicago musicians making their mark in touring cast of 'The Band's Visit'Sep 01, 2019 7:00 am - Scheduling conflicts prevented Oak Lawn native Ronnie Malley from starring in the initial New York runs of “The Band's Visit” in 2016 and 2017. But Malley is making up f...
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Israeli actor takes 'The Band's Visit' role from film to Broadway to ChicagoAug 31, 2019 7:30 am - Isn't it rich: Sasson Gabay, star of the 2007 Israeli movie "The Band's Visit," had such a heady, surreal experience playing the same role in the Broadway musical last y...
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Theater events: Premieres dominate Greenhouse, Steppenwolf, 16th Street fall theater schedulesAug 29, 2019 11:00 pm - • Previews begin Friday, Aug. 30, for Mercury Theater Chicago's revival of "Monty Python's Spamalot," a musical sendup of the King Arthur and Knights of the Round Table ...
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Spotlight: Paramount Theatre launches season with musical 'Newsies'Aug 28, 2019 6:00 am - Read all about it Paramount Theatre opens its Broadway season with "Newsies," the stage adaptation of the 1992 Disney film about the New York City newsboy strike of 1899...
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Writers Theatre's 'Into the Woods' casts emotional, enchanting spellAug 24, 2019 7:00 am - “Into the Woods” - ★ ★ ★ ★ Late in Writers Theatre's enchanting, emotionally satisfying revival of “Into the Woods,” the fairy tale characters blame each other for their...