Articles filed under Professional Theater
-
'Sky's the limit' for popular Chicago Theatre WeekFeb 06, 2017 5:00 am - For theater lovers anticipating Chicago Theatre Week, which begins Thursday, Feb. 9, there is good news and bad news. The good news is they can select from 125 productio...
-
Play of George Orwell's '1984' coming to Broadway this yearFeb 03, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A new British stage adaptation of George Orwell's chilling dystopic novel "1984" is coming to an America where issues of "newspeak" and surveillance are ...
-
Mozart meets his match: Stage hit 'Amadeus' comes to screenFeb 02, 2017 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - For a play that makes audience members contemplate their own mediocrity, "Amadeus" is quite the crowd-pleaser. Britain's National Theatre has a sold-out hi...
-
First Folio delivers rousing pirate's tale with 'Captain Blood'Feb 01, 2017 10:00 am - A hearty shanty may not be the way swashbucklers typically begin. But when it's accompanied by a rollicking battle, like the one that launches First Folio Theatre's fami...
-
Theater events: Aurora's Paramount revives Sondheim's 'Sweeney Todd'Jan 31, 2017 5:00 am - 'Sweeney' returns Paul-Jordan Jansen plays Sweeney, the former barber Benjamin Barker, who returns home after 15 years in prison vowing revenge on the corrupt judge who ...
-
Libertyville's Phillipa Soo among 'Hamilton' cast to perform at Super BowlJan 27, 2017 12:00 am - NEW YORK - Original cast members of the Tony Award-winning Broadway hit "Hamilton: An American Musical" will sing "America the Beautiful" during pregame festivities at S...
-
Drury Lane's skillfully revamped 'Saturday Night Fever' a feast of 1970s nostalgiaJan 26, 2017 10:00 pm - Drury Lane Theatre's skillfully revamped take on “Saturday Night Fever” opens with an enormous disco mirror ball rising to the rafters. The effect, which pays homage to ...
-
Theater events: Teatro Vista premieres Chicago-set thrillerJan 25, 2017 5:00 am - World premiere Teatro Vista stages the premiere of "The Wolf at the End of the Block" by Chicago playwright Ike Holter ("Hit the Wall," "Sender"). The Chicago-set thrill...
-
Corporate satire 'Gloria' at Goodman takes shocking, provocative turnJan 24, 2017 10:00 pm - How well do you know your co-workers? Beyond sharing office gossip, an occasional lunch or a beer at a colleague's going-away party, what do you really know about the me...
-
Wayne Brady hurts leg during 'Hamilton' in Chicago, returns to stageJan 23, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO - Wayne Brady says he had to abandon a performance of "Hamilton" in Chicago because he hurt his leg during the show. The improv comedian and game show host, who ...