Refuge Theatre Project's 2018 - 2019 Season Includes THE LAST SESSION and HANDS ON A HARDBODY
by Stephi Wild - September 05, 2018 Refuge Theater Project has announced its 2018 - 2019 season including The Last Session, October 25 - December 2 and Hands on a Hardbody, March 29 - May 5, 2019. Artistic Director Christopher Pazdernik will direct both productions. Tickets are $30 each and are now on sale at RefugeTheatre.com. Detail...
Dance Entropy Announces Culminating SU-CASA Performances
by Stephi Wild - June 07, 2022 Artistic Director, Valerie Green announced today that Dance Entropy will be presenting free performances throughout the borough of Queens as the culmination of their SU-CASA residency. SU-CASA is an expanded creative aging program for older New Yorkers from the New York City Council, NYC Department ...
AstonRep Theatre Company Announces 2018-19 Season; New Leadership
by Julie Musbach - July 27, 2018 AstonRep Theatre Company, under the new artistic leadership of Derek Bertelsen and Sara Pavlak McGuire, is thrilled to announce its 2018-19 Season, kicking off this fall with Martin McDonagh's dark comedy THE LONESOME WEST directed by Company Member Dana Anderson. This winter, the season continues w...
Death & Pretzels To Present THE BOOK OF MAGGIE
by BWW News Desk - June 16, 2018 Chicagoland theatrical company, Death & Pretzels will produce the Chicago premiere of Brendan Bourque-Sheil's The Book of Maggie, their second show in their new black box studio, Nox Arca Theatre....
Justin Sayre Presents RAVENSWOOD MANOR at Joe's Pub
by Julie Musbach - October 17, 2018 Celebrated cabaret performer and writer Justin Sayre brings his 'Camp-Horror-Soap Opera,' Ravenswood Manor: The BOX Set to Joe's Pub (425 Lafayette Street) on November 17 & 18 at 9:30pm....
The Passage Theatre Announces Second Season
by Stephi Wild - July 07, 2019 The Passage Theatre (TPT) has announced its second season, which consists of two world premiere plays by Chicago playwrights and the introduction of a developmental reading series....
Wayward Sisters Theatre Ensemble Holds Staged Reading Series, Workshopping Women's Voices
by Stephi Wild - June 28, 2019 Wayward Sisters Theatre Ensemble will launch their first summer festival of new plays by female and femme identifying playwrights on Saturday, July 13th with staged readings of Missed Connections by Hallie Palladino at 1:30 p.m., followed by The Calorie Counters by Molly Wagner at 5 p.m. Each play w...
Death And Pretzels Presents A MURDER MOST NOVEL
by Julie Musbach - October 18, 2019 Death & Pretzels presents the world premiere of local playwright, Alex Butschli's A Murder Most Novel, a live radio play, directed by Madison Smith....
BWW Review: 10-MINUTE COMEDY PLAY FESTIVAL at RITZ THEATRE COMPANY Proves Comedy is the Best Medicine
by Amber Kusching - June 03, 2019 It is often said that us artsy folk are perhaps not as quick at math as our non-theatrical brethren, but I have a simple equation: 14 plays divided by 2 performances minus elaborate production elements plus 3 judges equals an exciting weekend of theatre!...
Photo Flash: Take a Look at A MURDER MOST NOVEL at Nox Arca Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 18, 2019 From the case files of the brilliant and handsome detective, Max Forthright comes… A MURDER MOST NOVEL! The legendary gumshoe and his tenacious partner in crime-stopping, Bernadette Hargreaves, will encounter their most dangerous case yet: hosting a dinner party! But this party meant to celebrate th...
Story Jam & Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre Will Collaborate at Artifact Events
by Stephi Wild - July 11, 2022 Story Jam's next storytelling show-in a series of monthly shows at Artifact Events-will take place on Wednesday, July 27th at 7:30 PM at 4325 N. Ravenswood Avenue in Chicago. 'Living Truth: True Stories' is a storytelling collaboration with musicians and dancers from Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre....
Casting Announced for RENT from Possibilities Theater Company
by A.A. Cristi - July 01, 2021 Chicago-based Possibilities Theatre Company announces the cast and production team for their upcoming production of RENT by Jonathan Larson. Learn who is in the cast. ...
Dynasty Typewriter Presents Justin Sayre's DROWSENBERG
by A.A. Cristi - October 13, 2020 Justin Sayre Presents their New Camp Offering, DROWSENBERG. With Drew Droege, Sam Pancake, Randy Harrison, Jenn Harris, Jeff Hiller, Ryan Garcia, Daniele Gaither, Michael Cyril Creighton, and Angela Cristantelo ...
Barrel of Monkeys Hosts Annual CELEBRATION OF AUTHORS
by Julie Musbach - May 14, 2019 Barrel of Monkeys invites you to join student-authors, their classmates, families and educators for the annual CELEBRATION OF AUTHORS, featuring performances of student-written stories created at each of its partner schools and after-school program during the 2018-19 season....
Award Winning Production Of TENDER NAPALM By Philip Ridley Makes its Chicago Premiere
by BWW News Desk - December 15, 2018 Quick + Dirty is excited to introduce Philip Ridley's work to Chicago. Tender Napalm is a force of human spectacle and its virtues were proven when Quick + Dirty swept the 2018 Portland Oregon Theater Awards, honored 6 times for their 2017 production including Best Production, Director, Outstanding ...
Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at This Week's RAVENSWOOD MANOR at the Celebration Theatre
by Stephi Wild - November 07, 2019 Dr. Mahogany Goldstein continues to experiment with her new drug which makes people vote for a conservative agenda despite their common sense, but time is running out for her if she wants to revive the head of Sheridan's Mother, Malfonia Ravenswood. Her experimental drug is being fenced through Scri...
A Dead Whale Productions Announces Cast Of WHERE WE GO TOGETHER OR THE FLASHLIGHT PLAY
by BWW News Desk - August 04, 2018 A Dead Whale Productions starts off its Season of Mischief with Kevin Michael Wesson's Where We Go Together or The Flashlight Play, directed by Daniella Wheelock. Performances begin July 19, 2018 and will run through August 4, 2018. All performances of Where We Go Together or The Flashlight Play wil...
Chicago Area's 49th Annual Bach Week Festival To Bring Baroque Masterworks To Chicago And Evanston
by A.A. Cristi - March 18, 2022 The Chicago area's 49th annual Bach Week Festival will present concerts in Chicago and Evanston, Illinois, from April 24 to May 12, 2022....
BWW Interview: Writer/Performer Justin Sayre Horror-ibly Camps in RAVENSWOOD MANOR
by Gil Kaan - October 15, 2019 Justin Sayre's camp-horror-soap-opera, twelve-episode serial RAVENSWOOD MANOR will take the Celebration Theatre stage beginning October 17, 2019 for a six-week run. Novelist/playwright/TV scripter/performer/host Justin took some time to answer a few of my questioning queries on his various functions...
Exciting New Music & Storytelling Event Series Coming To Artifact Events In Chicago
by A.A. Cristi - May 16, 2022 Story Jam will kick off a new monthly storytelling show at Artifact Events on Wednesday, June 29th at 7:30 PM CDT at 4325 North Ravenswood Avenue in Chicago....
The Passage Theatre's HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARS ROVER Extends Through December 16th
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 02, 2019 Due to popular demand, The Passage Theatre's world premiere of HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARS ROVER will add two additional weeks of performances, extending through December 16, 2019. Directed by Alison Thvedt and written by Preston Choi, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARS ROVER is a morbidly whimsical kaleidoscope of life o...
A Dead Whale Productions To Premiere BOUFF'HONESTLY THOUGH
by BWW News Desk - December 08, 2018 A Dead Whale Productions finishes its Season of Mischief with Bouff'honestly Though: A live bouffon talk show starring Slather & Gibbs, directed by Dane Eissler. Performances begin November 29, 2018 and will run through December 8, 2018. All performances of Bouff'honestly Though! will be held at Nox...
Celebration Presents Fundraising Event CELEBRATING BRUNCH: A QUEER AS FOLK Reunion
by A.A. Cristi - August 14, 2019 CELEBRATION THEATRE presents its fundraising event, a?oeCelebrating Bruncha?? with members of the original cast of the groundbreaking LGBTQ drama, 'Queer As Folk.a?? The event will take place on Sunday, August 25th from 11am until 2pm at Micky's West Hollywood and will be hosted by actor-writer-come...
BWW Feature: ONLINE OPERA VIRTUAL TOUR OCT. 31-NOV 7 at Home Computer Screens
by Maria Nockin - October 31, 2020 This weekend, tenor Frederick Ballentine returns to the L A Opera virtual stage for a spooky Halloween-themed “Living Room Recital.” He partners with mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron and pianist Kunal Lahiry to perform some of opera's most mysterious and scary songs—including the murder scene from Carmen....
Justin Sayre Presents Livestream World Premiere Of 5,6,7,8-DIE
by A.A. Cristi - June 15, 2020 At MorningStar Dance Studio and Modeling in Baffomette Parish, Louisiana, some little girls make their dreams come true, but for some, the nightmare is just beginning. With influences from Dario Argento's Suspiria to Dance Moms! Justin Sayre brings their wild new camp offering, 5,6,7,8 -DIE! to Live... |