Celebrate Valentine's Day With The Peppermint Patties At Borelli's Restaurant
by A.A. Cristi - February 10, 2023 Join The Peppermint Patties for dinner and a show as they perform 'Won't You Be My Galentine? An Evening of Love Songs at Borelli's Restaurant....
Hell in a Handbag Productions Announces 2022-23 Season Featuring FRANKENSTREISAND World Premiere & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 15, 2022 Hell in a Handbag Productions has announced its 2022-23 season. The 21st season kicks off with the world premiere of FRANKENSTREISAND, conceived and written by ensemble member Tyler Anthony Smith* and directed by Stephanie Shaw, playing September 29 – October 31, 2022....
Elizabeth McGovern Will Lead AVA: THE SECRET CONVERSATIONS At Geffen Playhouse; Full Cast Announced!
by Stephi Wild - March 08, 2023 Geffen Playhouse has announced the full cast for the U.S. premiere of Ava: The Secret Conversations, written by and featuring Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-nominated Elizabeth McGovern (Once Upon a Time in America, Downton Abbey) as Ava Gardner, and directed by Tony Award-nominated Mori...
Cast Revealed For Cast Theatrical Company's THE BUTLER DID IT
by Stephi Wild - May 18, 2023 Cast Theatrical Company's next theatrical pursuit is Tim Kelly’s The Butler Did It, which will be directed by Karen Lasater. The show opens June 2 and runs through June 18....
Casting Announced For Justin Sayre's RAVENSWOOD MANOR
by A.A. Cristi - September 30, 2019 From the brilliant comedic mind of television writer Justin Sayre comes a camp-horror-soap-opera play, RAVENSWOOD MANOR. With flavors of cult classic a?oeDark Shadowsa?? sprinkled in, this episodic play will bring audiences along for a ride through the gothic and hilarious goings-on of a small New E...
BWW Feature: IS THE RITZ ON THE FRITZ? Ritz Theatre Company Seeks Funding to Keep the Doors Open
by Amber Kusching - September 13, 2019 There is an old adage: the show must go on. And the shows have gone on at Ritz Theatre Company in Haddon Township, NJ for more than three decades now, and the historic theatre has become a staple to the Delaware Valley community. But, a recent post on the Ritz Theatre Company Facebook page has reall...
Bayless Family Foundation's Grant Recipients Announced
by Stephi Wild - January 26, 2023 The Bayless Family Foundation has announced a new contribution of nearly $500,0000 in grant awards to a handful of Chicago theaters companies....
Redline VR Announces 'Beetlejuice: Pop-up Bar For The Recently Deceased'
by Stephi Wild - September 20, 2022 Redline VR, located at 4702 N. Ravenswood, is Chicago's immersive entertainment center and virtual reality arcade bar. This Halloween, Redline VR is welcoming Beetlejuice and other actors to transform the bar into the world of Tim Burton's classic movie. “Beetlejuice: Pop-Up Bar for the Recently Dec...
Redline VR Brings Live, In-Person Halloween Frights With THE RAVEN'S CURSE: A Haunted Ravenswood Experience
by A.A. Cristi - October 04, 2021 Redline VR has announced their 2021 Halloween events, including a brand-new, live, in-person haunted experience, Raven's Curse: A Haunted Ravenswood Experience. Additional experiences include the OsoreVR Haunted House and good ol' fashioned VR Zombie Shooting. All experiences are available Friday, O...
The 2024 Poetry Series At The Helen Borgers Theater Begins This Week
by A.A. Cristi - September 30, 2024 The Helen Borgers Theater has announced its 2024 Poetry Series, featuring a weekend of poetry events including street poets, typewriter crafting, spoken word, and performances by poet Brian Sonia-Wallace....
Valerie Green/Dance Entropy Performs Culminating SU-CASA Performances Across Queens
by Stephi Wild - May 23, 2023 Artistic Director, Valerie Green has announced 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 of...
Story Jam Spotlights Solo Artists and Jazz at Artifact Events
by Stephi Wild - August 09, 2022 On Wednesday, August 31, at Artifact Events, three solo performers will share their true, personal stories, followed by live music in response to each solo performance. Come early to enjoy delicious food, and stay for a beautiful evening of live storytelling....
Sweet Nell Productions Presents The Special Livestream World Premiere Of Justin Sayre's THE DUCKS
by Stephi Wild - April 19, 2020 ...
EDINBURGH 2022: Justin Elizabeth Sayre Guest Blog
by Natalie O'Donoghue - July 21, 2022 Writer Justin Elizabeth Sayre blogs for Broadway World about bringing Lottie Plachett Took A Hatchet to the Fringe, writing a play based on a true crime and the process of turning research and facts into a new and comedic storyline...
Review: LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR at Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre
by Barry Lenny - November 09, 2024 There are only three more performances, so book quickly....
Justin Elizabeth Sayre To Return To Joe's Pub With THE MEETING: THE QUERRTILY REVIEW
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 18, 2024 Justin Elizabeth Sayre returns to Joe's Pub with their long-running comedy/variety show The Meeting: The 'Queertily' Review....
Green Shirt Studio Announces New Leadership, New Location Starting In September
by Julie Musbach - July 30, 2019 Andrew Gallant, owner of Green Shirt Studio, a Meisner-based acting school in Chicago, announces that he has named Jack Schultz as the new managing director of the school, and that Green Shirt Studio will be moving to a new location as of September 1....
Justin Sayre Returns With THE MEETING - Celebrating 10 Years In Cabaret at Joe's Pub
by Stephi Wild - December 02, 2019 Justin Sayre returns to Joe's Pub with another edition of their long-running Queer Variety Show, The Meeting. Sayre is celebrating 10 years since the formation of The Meeting in 2009, the show went on to become the longest running LGBTQ variety show in New York. Sayre will offer stories and songs wi...
Chicago's Bach Week Festival Unveils 2020 Season
by Stephi Wild - March 15, 2020 The Chicago area's 47th annual Bach Week Festival has announced details of its 2020 season of concerts in Chicago and Evanston, Illinois, May 1 to May 30, 2020, including the Baroque music festival's first mainstage period-instrument program and its first concert in Chicago's Ravenswood neighborhood...
Madison Opera Returns To The Stage With Donizetti's LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
by A.A. Cristi - September 30, 2021 Forbidden love, political intrigue, and a soprano gone mad: Madison Opera returns to Overture Hall to open its 61st season with Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor. Performances of this classic bel canto work are Friday, November 5 at 8 PM and Sunday, November 7 at 2:30 PM....
Wildly Successful VAN GOGH FOR ALL Interactive Exhibit Returns August 15
by A.A. Cristi - July 01, 2021 Step into the 19th-century genius of Vincent van Gogh's incredible works this Summer as the exhibit that took Chicago by storm and “Starry Night” travels back into town for a limited-time. Popping up at an all-new location on the bustling Magnificent Mile on the corner of Michigan and Wacker at 333 ...
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...
Jeff Hiller, Josh Sharp, Phillip Taratula, and Ruby McCollister Will Lead MURDER FOR BREAKFAST at Joe's Pub
by Stephi Wild - August 21, 2024 Justin Elizabeth Sayre will return to Joe's Pub with a new play, Murder for Breakfast, a campy noir about murder and the munchies starring Jeff Hiller (Somebody, Somewhere), Josh Sharp (DICKS), Phillip Taratula (The Skin of Our Teeth), and Ruby McCollister (Search Party). ...
New Orleans Opera Closes 81st Season With Operatic Thriller LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
by Stephi Wild - February 28, 2024 The New Orleans Opera Association will close its 81st season with a hair-raising story of marriage, madness, and murder in LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR on March 22nd at 7:30 PM and 24th at 2:30 PM at the Mahalia Jackson Theater. ...
Joel Hall Dancers & Center Reveals New Leadership
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 28, 2024 Joel Hall Dancers & Center has named William Gill as Artistic Director and Joseph Pindelski as Executive Director of the iconic Chicago dance company founded by Joel Hall in 1974. Learn more about the leadership changes.... |