Photo Flash: Behind the Scenes at the Jeff Awards with THE WILD PARTY
The Chicago Non-Equity Jeff Awards were Monday, June 8 at Park West in Chicago. Buzz On Stage and Khaki Pixley Makeup hosted a pre-'Jeff Awards' all-day event of prep and pampering before the ceremony for the ladies of Bailiwick Chicago's 8 time Jeff Award winning show: The Wild Party. Here is exclusive access into the excitement of what goes on before Chicago's biggest night for non-Equity theatre!Makeup by Khaki Pixley Makeup (www.khakipixleymakeup.com) and gift bags provided by Make Up First (www.makeupfirst.com). For more details about the Chicago Non-equity Jeff Awards or Buzz On Stage Chicago visit www.jeffawards.org and www.buzzonstage.com
Photo Flash: First Look at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre's A CHRISTMAS CAROL
In time for the holidays and on select dates only, Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre presents its special one-hour production of the classic Charles Dickens tale, A Christmas Carol. This timeless story is enhanced with music and live on stage through Dec. 20. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
Circle Theatre to Host New Works Festival, 8/10-11
On the heels of Jeff Award success with Best Play winner When the Rain Stops Falling, Circle Theatre and Stage 773 are hosting a festival of New Works first time being heard in Chicago on August 10th and 11th.
Circle Theatre to Stage Midwest Premiere of DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY, 4/20-5/26
Circle Theatre presents the Chicago premiere of DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY, directed by Elizabeth Margolius. A romantic love story, written by a trio of musical theatre greats, Death Takes a Holiday will transport audiences to the post-war Italian countryside. The show feaures music & lyrics by Maury Yeston and book by Peter Stone and Thomas Meehan.
Circle Theatre Stages Midwest Premiere of DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY, Now thru 5/26
Circle Theatre presents the Chicago premiere of DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY, directed by Elizabeth Margolius. A romantic love story, written by a trio of musical theatre greats, Death Takes a Holiday will transport audiences to the post-war Italian countryside. The show feaures music & lyrics by Maury Yeston and book by Peter Stone and Thomas Meehan.
'The Showtune Mosh Pit' for March 6th, 2013
The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. Concerts by Audra McDonald, Sarah Brightman and Chester Gregory, Yeston's 'Death Takes A Holiday' and more from Circle Theatre, all our top current runs, plus the premieres 'Straight Camp,' 'Things Fall Apart' and 'Next Stop!'
Circle Theatre to Stage Midwest Premiere of DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY, 4/20-5/26
Circle Theatre presents the Chicago premiere of DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY, directed by Elizabeth Margolius. A romantic love story, written by a trio of musical theatre greats, Death Takes a Holiday will transport audiences to the post-war Italian countryside. The show feaures music & lyrics by Maury Yeston and book by Peter Stone and Thomas Meehan.
PIPPIN: A Bollywood Spectacular? Why, yes. Yes, it is.
For consistency and boldness of artistic vision, or (more accurately) for auteur singularity of mind in application of a specific lens to the artistic work of another, one need look no further than to Oak Park, Illinois, and the Circle Theatre production of "Pippin," playing now through December 23, 2012 at the Madison Street Theatre.
Circle Theatre Opens PIPPIN: A BOLLYWOOD SPECTACULAR Tonight, 11/14
Meshing Bollywood's bursting colors and rich style with Artistic Director Kevin Bellie's inventive choreography, Stephen Schwartz's classic Pippin explodes on the Circle scene in a brand-new light. PIPPIN has Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and Book by Roger O. Hirson.
'The Showtune Mosh Pit' for April 4th, 2012
The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. Broadway In Chicago's upcoming season, 'The Boy Scout Musical,' 'Faustus,' a rare 'Leader Of The Pack,' death of Etel Billig, a Southside 'Dreamgirls' and much more....