Alan Bennett's PEOPLE Screens at Music Box, 4/23 & 28
by Kelsey Denette - April 18, 2013 The Music Box Theatre continues its partnership with the UK's National Theatre Live to exhibit live stage performances beamed to Chicago from the prestigious National Theatre in London. (U.S. showings are time-delayed because of time zone difference). The duo behind the Tony Award-winning The Histor...
BSO Announces 'Music Box Series' for Children Age 6 Months to 3 Years
by Kelsey Denette - February 06, 2013 The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) announces the Music Box Series, a unique new program for young children ages 6 months to three years old and their families....
Music Box Theatre Hosts Sing-A-Long Sound of Music, 11/23-25
by Kelsey Denette - November 07, 2012 Sing-A-Long Sound of Music once again beckons turkey-stuffed friends and families to Chicago's Music Box Theatre for Thanksgiving weekend. The spirited audience-participation event includes a presentation of the 1962 Rogers & Hammerstein movie musical The Sound of Music in glorious Technicolor and f...
Photo Flash: Backstage with the Cast of PIPPIN for First Preview!
by Nicole Rosky - March 25, 2013 Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz's beloved coming-of-age musical comedy Pippin began performances on Saturday, March 23 at the Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street). This all new production is directed by Diane Paulus featuring choreography by Chet Walker in the style of Bob Fosse and circus ...
STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek at Music Box Theater's THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
by Kelsey Denette - April 08, 2013 Music Box Musicals' first production, Stephen Sondheim's Assassins was a huge success, selling out almost every performance and hailed by every local critic as a 'not to be missed theatrical event'. As a follow up to Assassins, Music Box Musicals will present Houston's first professional regional pr...
BWW Blog: Molly Tynes of PIPPIN - First Preview, or The Most Exciting Day Ever!
by Guest Blogger: Molly Tynes - March 26, 2013 I absolutely love springtime in New York City. After months and months of bitter cold and grey skies, those first warm days revive the spirit and warm the heart with the promise of Spring. It was during those early warm days last year that I first began auditioning for "Pippin." I remember traveling...
STAGE TUBE: Behind the Scenes of PIPPIN'S First Preview!
by Nicole Rosky - March 27, 2013 Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz's beloved coming-of-age musical comedy Pippin began performances on Saturday, March 23 at the Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street). This all new production is directed by Diane Paulus featuring choreography by Chet Walker in the style of Bob Fosse and circus ...
Tickets for PIPPIN Go On Sale Today
by Kelsey Denette - January 14, 2013 Tickets go on sale to the general public today for the first Broadway revival of Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz's PIPPIN, directed by Diane Paulus, produced by Barry & Fran Weissler and Howard & Janet Kagan. Tickets are available through www.Telecharge.com, by calling 212-239-6200, and in pers...
Music Box Theatre to Present National Theatre Live's THIS HOUSE, 6/15 & 25
by Tyler Peterson - June 06, 2013 The Music Box Theatre continues its partnership with the UK's National Theatre Live - produced by Northwestern alum David Sabel - to exhibit live stage performances beamed to Chicago from the prestigious National Theatre in London. This month: a backbiting drama between Britain's political partiesin...
THE NUTCRACKER to Play Movie Theaters Nationwide, 12/3
by Contests Broadway - November 29, 2012 The Nutcracker ballet returns to NCM Fathom Events this holiday season in collaboration with More2Screen and EuroArts Music. Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker will be broadcast to movie theatres nationwide on Monday, December 3 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. (local time). And for the first time ever will be ...
Jeff Garlin Stars in DEALIN' WITH IDIOTS at Music Box Theatre, Opening Tonight
by BWW News Desk - July 12, 2013 Curb Your Enthusiasm co-star Jeff Garlin takes the director's chair with his youth baseball comedy Dealin' With Idiots from IFC Films, opening in Chicago tonight, July 12 at Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Avenue....
BWW Blog: Molly Tynes of PIPPIN - In Tech
by Guest Blogger: Molly Tynes - March 22, 2013 Today's blog comes to you from deep in the trenches of tech at the Music Box! For the past week and a half we have been hunkered down at the theater for extremely long hours every day doing everything we need to do to get this show ready for our first preview audiences this weekend. Tech is always p...
Comedian Eddie Pepitone Comes to Music Box, 3/15
by Kelsey Denette - March 08, 2013 "Comedian's comedian" Eddie Pepitone and director Steven Feinartz, a Columbia College alum, return to Chicago for a special one-night showing of their film festival hit The Bitter Buddha. Author and AV Club editor Nathan Rabin moderates a post-screening conversation Friday, March 15, 9:30 p.m. at Mu...
Music Box Announces Oscar-Winning Films Series
by Kelsey Denette - December 21, 2012 Oscar Season is in full swing; the big, end-of-year releases are hitting theaters and nominations voting began Monday. From now until the awards ceremony on February 24, the film world is abuzz with Oscar predictions. The Music Box Theatre takes this opportunity to take a look at some past award win...
Music Box Theatre Screens National Theatre Live's THIS HOUSE Tonight
by BWW News Desk - June 25, 2013 The Music Box Theatre continues its partnership with the UK's National Theatre Live - produced by Northwestern alum David Sabel - to exhibit live stage performances beamed to Chicago from the prestigious National Theatre in London. This month: a backbiting drama between Britain's political partiesin...
Largest Phonograph and Music Box Show Returns to Donley's Wild West Town Today
by BWW News Desk - June 08, 2013 With hundreds of antique phonographs, high quality music boxes, and vintage radios, thousands of rare records from the 1890's to the 1950's and more, the 38th Annual Phonograph and Music Box Show at Donley's Wild West Town will once again bring international acclaim to the village of Union, Illinois...
Music Box Theatre Screens THE MAGISTRATE, Starring John Lithgow, 1/23 & 2/10
by Kelsey Denette - January 14, 2013 The Music Box Theatre continues its partnership with the UK's National Theatre Live - produced by Northwestern University alum David Sabel - to exhibit live stage performances beamed to Chicago from the prestigious National Theatre in London. Academy Award nominee and Tony Award-winner John Lithgow ...
Music Box Theatre to Present Lost Valentino/Gloria Swanson Film BEYOND THE ROCKS, 6/8
by Tyler Peterson - May 31, 2013 Music Box Theatre presents a long lost film from the Hollywood Golden Age when its monthly Silent Cinema Series revives the 1922 Gloria Swanson/Rudolph Valentino treasure Beyond the Rocks. Chicagoans will have the rare opportunity to see this silent romance on the big screen with live musical accom...
Music Box Theatre Announces 70MM FESTIVAL, 2/15-28
by Kelsey Denette - January 10, 2013 An epic format deserves an epic festival. For two weeks in February, Music Box Theatre screens nine movies - more than a half-ton of celluloid - at the Music Box Theatre 70MM Festival. Highlights include a brand new print of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey and the return of Paul Thomas Ander...
Georges Méliès Cine-Concert Comes to Chicago's Music Box Theatre Today, 10/27
by BWW News Desk - October 27, 2012 Recently celebrated in Martin Scorsese's Academy Award-winning adventure Hugo, French filmmaker George Melies is considered the father of cinematic special effects. To celebrate the 150th anniversary of his birth, Melies' family has created a unique "cine-concert" that's touring the world. The tour ...
Music Box Theatre to Screen Verdi Concert as Part of MusicEmotion Series, 6/23
by Tyler Peterson - June 18, 2013 The Music Box shows off the full power of its newly remodeled, state-of-the-art second screening room ("The Mini-Music Box") with MusicEmotion: Syphony in Cinema, a series of captured live musical matinees broadcast from Milan's renowned La Scala opera house for an Old World musical experience in hi...
PIPPIN's Andrea Martin Wins Best Featured Actress, Musical
by Caryn Robbins - June 09, 2013 Andrea Martin has won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Performance by an actress in a featured role in a musical for PIPPIN. Martin stops the show every night at the Music Box Theater with her portrayal of Pippin's grandmother Berthe....
The Music Box Theatre To Present Buster Keaton's Long-Lost Silent Masterpiece, THE CAMERAMAN With Live Organ Accompaniment, 11/10
by Patrick Nugent - October 31, 2012 The silent 1928 Buster Keaton classic THE CAMERAMAN comes to the Music Box as part of its monthly Silent Cinema Series with live pipe organ accompaniment. Second Saturday Silent Cinema presents THE CAMERAMAN on Saturday, November 10, noon, at the Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Avenue....
Music Box Theatre Presents National Theatre Live's THIS HOUSE Today
by BWW News Desk - June 15, 2013 The Music Box Theatre continues its partnership with the UK's National Theatre Live - produced by Northwestern alum David Sabel - to exhibit live stage performances beamed to Chicago from the prestigious National Theatre in London. This month: a backbiting drama between Britain's political partiesin...
THE NUTCRACKER to Play Movie Theaters Nationwide, 12/3
by Contests Broadway - November 29, 2012 The Nutcracker ballet returns to NCM Fathom Events this holiday season in collaboration with More2Screen and EuroArts Music. Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker will be broadcast to movie theatres nationwide on Monday, December 3 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. (local time). And for the first time ever will be ... |
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