MOMENTUM '17: City Theatre presents Festival of New Plays
by A.A. Cristi - May 15, 2017 City Theatre is excited to announce the plays and events included in Momentum '17: New Plays at Different Stages, the South Side theater company's annual festival of new play development. The annual festival will run from May 31 - June 4, 2017 and will include three public presentations of plays - p...
Rarely Revived 1974 Best Musical Tony Winner RAISIN Coming To Astoria Performing Arts Center
by Michael Dale - August 29, 2016 RAISIN, adapted from Lorraine Hansberry's groundbreaking drama A RAISIN IN THE SUN, has not been frequently produced since winning the 1974 Tony Award for Best Musical....
Independent Filmmaker Will Adams Debuts New Project at Annual Black Harvest Film Festival
by Caryn Robbins - July 26, 2016 Chicago native and Columbia College Chicago alum Will Adams' latest film, 'A 3rd First,' will premiere Aug. 6 during the 22nd Annual Black Harvest Film Festival at the Gene Siskel Film Center of the Art Institute of Chicago.... 
December Events Announced at the Revival
by A.A. Cristi - November 20, 2017 The Revival, Hyde Park's comedy theater, announces its lineup of shows and events playing in December 2017. Inspired by the legacy of the Compass Players, The Revival brings improvisational comedy back to the same corner where it was invented in 1955! Tickets can be purchased by visiting www.the-re...
Stray Cat Theatre presents NATIVE SON
by A.A. Cristi - February 06, 2017 Stray Cat is purring like crazy to bring this powerhouse new work to the Valley. Suffocating in rat-infested poverty on the South Side of Chicago in the 1930s, 20-year-old Bigger Thomas struggles to find a place for himself in a world whose prejudice has shut him out. After taking a job in a wealthy...
BWW Review: Victory Gardens' World Premiere A WONDER IN MY SOUL Pays Loving Homage to Chicago's South Side and Female Friendship
by Rachel Weinberg - February 22, 2017 In Kurtis Boetcher's set design for Marcus Gardley's world premiere A WONDER IN MY SOUL, the backdrop for the South Side beauty shop where the play is set prominently displays the photographs of black female icons ranging from Diana Ross to Beyonce-and all of course have fabulous hair in the photo...
Second Annual Jaipur Literature Festival at Boulder Celebrates Opening Day
by Liz Cearns - September 23, 2016 The Jaipur Literature Festival at Boulder kicks off its second annual event today, featuring more than 50 sessions with world-renowned authors, speakers and musicians from across the globe. The Festival is set to bring a glimpse of what's been dubbed 'the greatest literary show on Earth' to the Flat... 
VIDEO: First Look - PBS Presents Documentary on A RAISIN IN THE SUN Playwright Lorraine Hansberry
by Caryn Robbins - December 04, 2017 One week after the anniversary of her death, American Masters -- Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart premieres nationwide Friday, January 19 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings) and will stream the following day at pbs.org/americanmasters and PBS apps. Check out the trailer below!...
Photo Flash: First Look at THE GOLD, Coming to New York Musical Festival
by Tyler Peterson - June 10, 2016 The New York Musical Festival and Laura Yosowitz, Vital Arts Collaborative are pleased to announce THE GOLD, a new musical about one man's fight for love, family and country, with book by Andrea Lepcio and Phil Yosowitz, and music and lyrics by Phil Yosowitz. ...
Chicago's Landmark Avalon Regal Theater Goes Hologram
by A.A. Cristi - June 16, 2017 Hologram USA Networks Inc. today announced a partnership with Chicago's historic Avalon Regal Theater to install its patented hologram technology on a permanent basis, allowing live artists to be "beamed" in by telepresence, and for performances by Hologram USA's recreated stars from the past. The... 
New York Undie Rockers The Skivvies to Strip Down at City Theatre in SLEIGH MY NAME
by BWW News Desk - December 15, 2017 City Theatre is unwrapping something special this holiday season with our favorite New York undie-rock duo The Skivvies in the premiere of Sleigh My Name. Broadway performers Nick Cearley and Lauren Molina return to City Theatre for two nights of mashed-up musical fun with some of Pittsburgh's favor...
TRIGGER, BLACK FRIDAY, 13 CLOCKS and More Set for The Revival This November
by BWW News Desk - October 24, 2016 The Revival, a new comedy theater in Hyde Park, announces its lineup of shows and events playing in November 2016. Inspired by the legacy of the Compass Players, The Revival brings improvisational comedy back to the same corner where it was invented in 1955!... 
The Revival Announces THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE IMPROVISED!
by A.A. Cristi - September 25, 2017 The Revival (Hyde Park) is excited to announce the Fall sketch comedy revue THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE IMPROVISED!...
The Revival Announces March Programming
by A.A. Cristi - February 22, 2017 The Revival, Hyde Park's new comedy theater, announces its lineup of shows and events playing in March 2017. Inspired by the legacy of the Compass Players, The Revival brings improvisational comedy back to the same corner where it was invented in 1955! Tickets can be purchased by visiting www.the-r...
MCL Chicago to Revive CHICAGO DOOWOP DREAMS
by Tyler Peterson - April 01, 2016 MCL Chicago Artistic Director Alex Garday is proud to revive the homegrown hit "Chicago DooWop Dreams" (formerly "Oh What A Night") for a six performance engagement, May 14 -29, 2016. The production returns to MCL Chicago to captivate old and new audiences after a wildly successful tour at the Leel...
The Revival Hyde Park Announces May Programming
by A.A. Cristi - April 28, 2017 The Revival, Hyde Park's comedy theater, announces its lineup of shows and events playing in May 2017. Inspired by the legacy of the Compass Players, The Revival brings improvisational comedy back to the same corner where it was invented in 1955! Tickets can be purchased by visiting www.the-revival... 
Terry Burrell to Star in LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR & GRILL at Theatrical Outfit
by Julie Musbach - December 20, 2017 To ring in the new year, Theatrical Outfit proudly stages Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill, a riveting look into one of jazz and blues legend Billie Holiday's final performances, starring Atlanta's own Terry Burrell (Alliance Theatre's Ethel; Broadway's Thoroughly Modern Millie, DreamGirls, Into th...
The Revival to Present TRIGGER This Fall
by BWW News Desk - October 01, 2016 The Revival, Hyde Park's new comedy theater, presents TRIGGER....
Argus Brewery Earns Bronze Medal At World Beer Cup
by Marina Kennedy - May 17, 2016 Argus Brewery's Holsteiner Lager received a bronze medal in the American-Style Amber Lager category at the Brewers Association 2016 World Beer Cup that took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 6, 2016 following the Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America ....
City Theatre Extends SISTER'S EASTER CATECHISM: WILL MY BUNNY GO TO HEAVEN? Through March 20
by BWW News Desk - February 19, 2016 With sales hopping, City Theatre is excited to announce six additional performances of SISTER'S EASTER CATECHISM: WILL MY BUNNY GO TO HEAVEN featuring audience favorite Kimberly Richards as the unforgettable Sister....
Central Piedmont Community College Theatre Announces the Cast of August Wilson's MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM
by BWW News Desk - February 17, 2017 It's 1927 in a rundown studio in Chicago Ma Rainey, The Mother of the Blues, is recording new sides of old favorites. During a tense recording session in Chicago's South Side, August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom exposes the exploitation of African American musicians in the white-dominated comme...
Rarely Revived 1974 Best Musical Tony Winner RAISIN Coming To Astoria Performing Arts Center
by Michael Dale - August 29, 2016 RAISIN, adapted from Lorraine Hansberry's groundbreaking drama A RAISIN IN THE SUN, has not been frequently produced since winning the 1974 Tony Award for Best Musical....
Hyde Park Presents Sketch Comedy Revue THE LAST CIRCUS
by Julie Musbach - March 07, 2017 Step right up! Step right up! The Revival, Hyde Park's new comedy theater, presents THE LAST CIRCUS....
Mike Moore Releases LOVE GOD HATE CHURCH
by Christina Mancuso - March 14, 2016 DALLAS, March 10, 2016 /PRNewswire/ Dallas author Mike Moore is driving a much-needed wedge between the people who love 'church' and those who love God with his new bookLove God Hate Church: Moving Past the 'Dos & Don'ts.'... 
The Revival Announces HYDE YA KIDS, HYDE YA PARK! 1/20/18 - 2/24/18
by A.A. Cristi - December 13, 2017 HYDE YA KIDS, HYDE YA PARK! opens SATURDAY, JANUARY 20TH at 7:30pm and plays every SATURDAY at 7:30pm through FEBRUARY 24TH. Two special previews will be performed on Saturday, January 6th and 13th (7:30pm). Tickets can be purchased at www.the-revival.com.... |
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