Chicago Opera Theatre Announces People's Opera Winner MOSCOW, CHERYOMUSHKIJune 16, 2009The winner of Chicago Opera Theater's second annual 'People's Opera' contest is Shostakovich's Moscow, Cheryomushki. Moscow, Cheryomushki maintained the lead spot throughout the competition that kicked off on April 15 and ended Friday, June 15. People voted with their dollars to choose one of the operas to be presented in the 2011 Season - one dollar equaled one vote. The People's Opera raised over $33,000 for Chicago Opera Theater.
Writers' Theatre Extends A MINISTER'S WIFE Through 8/2June 16, 2009Writers' Theatre Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma announce the extension of the World Premiere of A Minister's Wife, a new musical adapted from Candida by George Bernard Shaw, with music by Joshua Schmidt and lyrics by Jan Tranen.
Savion Glover Inaugurates Bleecker Thingz With 'Percussion Discussion' 6/23June 16, 2009SAVION GLOVER will inaugurate BleecKer ThingZ on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 45 Bleecker Street Theatres with 'PERCUsSiOn DISCUsSiOn'. BleecKer ThingZ is a presenting jazz and performance series co-curated and produced by Savion Glover Productions and Pure Projects, Inc. - hosted
by Savion Glover and Solo Performer Marcella Goheen.
3GIRLS3 Sings Bacharach And Manilow At Drury Lane Water Tower 6/30June 15, 2009Just in time for the Taste of Chicago, Drury Lane Water Tower Place is bringing in local Chicago headliners for the first time in over three decades. They are continuing the tradition from the seventies, when the likes of Bennett, Bailey and Fitzgerald rang the walls of the Drury Lane theatre with their musical brilliance.
Orfeo Group Stages SHAKESPEARE ABRIDGED 7/9 Thru 8/2June 15, 2009Orfeo Group, the Elliot Norton Award winning theatre company, is offering discounted and free admission to The Reduced Shakespeare Company's THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED), by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield.
Porchlight Theatre Company Presents Chekhov's THREE SISTERS 6/18 Thru 7/11June 15, 2009Porchlight Theatre Company presents THREE SISTERS By Anton Chekhov June 18 to July 11, directed by Susannah Martin. Torrid love affairs, reckless gambling and drunken revelations...it's just another day in the Russian countryside when Porchlight Theatre Company presents this Chekhov play outdoors.