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The Catastrophic Theatre Opens Season With SPIRITS TO ENFORCE By Mickle Maher (Aug 29, 2024)
Review: SPIRITS TO ENFORCE at The Midnight Company (May 9, 2024)
Michigan Premiere of LOVEBIRD JAMBOREE Comes to Planet Ant (Feb 7, 2024)
The Catastrophic Theatre Opens Season With SPIRITS TO ENFORCE By Mickle Maher (Aug 29, 2024)
Review: SPIRITS TO ENFORCE at The Midnight Company (May 9, 2024)
Michigan Premiere of LOVEBIRD JAMBOREE Comes to Planet Ant (Feb 7, 2024)
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The Catastrophic Theatre Opens Season With SPIRITS TO ENFORCE By Mickle Maher
SPIRITS TO ENFORCE runs September 20 - October 12, 2024 at the Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston (MATCH). Tickets are on sale now.
SPIRITS TO ENFORCE runs September 20 - October 12, 2024 at the Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston (MATCH). Tickets are on sale now.
Review: SPIRITS TO ENFORCE at The Midnight Company
A veritable hail-storm of verbal shrapnel, with shreds and shards of Shakespeare, frenzied fund-raising fragments, and a sprightly sprinkle of super-powers.
A veritable hail-storm of verbal shrapnel, with shreds and shards of Shakespeare, frenzied fund-raising fragments, and a sprightly sprinkle of super-powers.
Michigan Premiere of LOVEBIRD JAMBOREE Comes to Planet Ant
Planet Ant will present the Michigan Premiere of LOVEBIRD JAMBOREE: Love Stories From The LGBTQ Community by local Sarah Elisabeth Brown. Learn more about the production and find out how to get tickets here!
Planet Ant will present the Michigan Premiere of LOVEBIRD JAMBOREE: Love Stories From The LGBTQ Community by local Sarah Elisabeth Brown. Learn more about the production and find out how to get tickets here!
Anthea Greco & Friends to Premiere IT IS MAGIC at the Broadwater Black Box in Los Angeles
Join Anthea Greco & Friends for the Los Angeles premiere of 'It Is Magic' at the Broadwater Black Box. Discover the deep, ancient evil lurking beneath the surface of the community theater audition process. Don't miss this hilarious tragedy directed by Jason Markoff. Get your tickets now!
Join Anthea Greco & Friends for the Los Angeles premiere of 'It Is Magic' at the Broadwater Black Box. Discover the deep, ancient evil lurking beneath the surface of the community theater audition process. Don't miss this hilarious tragedy directed by Jason Markoff. Get your tickets now!
Sarah Elisabeth Brown's SASSAFRAS & THE CAPTAIN To Be Revived For The Fresh Fruit Festival
Sarah Elisabeth Brown's send-up of S&M mores, Sassafras & The Captain, is revived for the 2022 Fresh Fruit 'Return to Live' Theatre Festival, Thursday May 5 @ 6:00 p.m.; Friday, May 6 @ 8:45 p.m.; Sunday, May 8 @ 1:00 p.m. at The WILD PROJECT, 195 East 3rd Street, NYC.
Sarah Elisabeth Brown's send-up of S&M mores, Sassafras & The Captain, is revived for the 2022 Fresh Fruit 'Return to Live' Theatre Festival, Thursday May 5 @ 6:00 p.m.; Friday, May 6 @ 8:45 p.m.; Sunday, May 8 @ 1:00 p.m. at The WILD PROJECT, 195 East 3rd Street, NYC.
88 Chicago Theatres Come Together to Support Fellow Artists
The Chicago theater community is banding together to raise funds for The Chicago Theatre Workers Relief Fund, a League of Chicago Theatres initiative that directly assists theatre workers who have lost work as a result of COVID-19 and are facing financial uncertainty.
The Chicago theater community is banding together to raise funds for The Chicago Theatre Workers Relief Fund, a League of Chicago Theatres initiative that directly assists theatre workers who have lost work as a result of COVID-19 and are facing financial uncertainty.
Our Block-Out-Bad-News Pick of the Week: Catastrophic Theatre's THE HUNCHBACK VARIATIONS
Block out the bad news with BroadwayWorld Houston's pick of the week! First, watch Catastrophic Theatre's THE HUNCHBACK VARIATIONS. Then join the playwright Mickle Maher, director and actor Greg Dean, actor Jeff Miller and more for an engaging Q&A talk back, moderated by the director of UH School of Theatre & Dance, Dr. Rob Shimko
Block out the bad news with BroadwayWorld Houston's pick of the week! First, watch Catastrophic Theatre's THE HUNCHBACK VARIATIONS. Then join the playwright Mickle Maher, director and actor Greg Dean, actor Jeff Miller and more for an engaging Q&A talk back, moderated by the director of UH School of Theatre & Dance, Dr. Rob Shimko
Curious Theatre Branch Will Bring BEAU O'REILLY SAVES A BODY PART: THE CABARET to the Stage
Curious Theatre Branch is pleased to present BEAU O'REILLY SAVES A BODY PART: THE CABARET, a benefit to assist Founder Beau O'Reilly with medical costs. The event will be held, Monday, March 2 at 7 pm at Link's Hall, 3111 N. Western Ave. in Chicago. Tickets ($20 or pay-what-you-can) are currently available at curioustheatrebranch.com or dime.io/events/teeth. For additional information, call (773) 508-0666
Curious Theatre Branch is pleased to present BEAU O'REILLY SAVES A BODY PART: THE CABARET, a benefit to assist Founder Beau O'Reilly with medical costs. The event will be held, Monday, March 2 at 7 pm at Link's Hall, 3111 N. Western Ave. in Chicago. Tickets ($20 or pay-what-you-can) are currently available at curioustheatrebranch.com or dime.io/events/teeth. For additional information, call (773) 508-0666
2020 Johnny Mercer Writers Colony At Goodspeed Participants Announced
In what has become an annual ritual, a total of 40 established and emerging composers, lyricists, and librettists will converge on the Goodspeed campus from mid-January through mid-February 2020 to participate in the Johnny Mercer Foundation Writers Colony at Goodspeed Musicals. The writing teams, representing 15 new musicals, will populate the campus, creating a truly exciting environment for discovery and inspiration.
In what has become an annual ritual, a total of 40 established and emerging composers, lyricists, and librettists will converge on the Goodspeed campus from mid-January through mid-February 2020 to participate in the Johnny Mercer Foundation Writers Colony at Goodspeed Musicals. The writing teams, representing 15 new musicals, will populate the campus, creating a truly exciting environment for discovery and inspiration.
Chicago Dramatists Announce Fall Line Up and 20% Discount
Chicago Dramatists is thrilled to announce our Fall line up of courses, including two courses that are completely new to Chicago Dramatists. For a limited time, we are offering a 20% Partnership Discount to Members of Broadway World, on applicable classes. We hope you'll make use of this offer, and join us for an exhilarating Autumn.
Chicago Dramatists is thrilled to announce our Fall line up of courses, including two courses that are completely new to Chicago Dramatists. For a limited time, we are offering a 20% Partnership Discount to Members of Broadway World, on applicable classes. We hope you'll make use of this offer, and join us for an exhilarating Autumn.
More Than 50 Chicago Activists, Artists And Leaders Join The Neo-Futurist's 24-Hour Reading Of The Robert Mueller Report
The Neo-Futurist Theater is proud to host more than 50 Chicago-based activists, artists and leaders to take part of its 24-hour staged reading of the Mueller Report. The report, which is nearly 450 pages, was originally delivered by Special Counsel Robert Mueller on April 18, 2019 and covers subjects ranging from questions about Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election to whether President Donald Trump.
The Neo-Futurist Theater is proud to host more than 50 Chicago-based activists, artists and leaders to take part of its 24-hour staged reading of the Mueller Report. The report, which is nearly 450 pages, was originally delivered by Special Counsel Robert Mueller on April 18, 2019 and covers subjects ranging from questions about Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election to whether President Donald Trump.
The League Of Chicago Theatres Announces Summer Theater Highlights
Celebrating 2019 as the Year of Chicago Theatre, Chicago will continue to produce some of the most exciting work in the country this summer. Offerings from the city's more than 250 producing theaters feature everything from the latest musicals to highly anticipated world premieres.
Celebrating 2019 as the Year of Chicago Theatre, Chicago will continue to produce some of the most exciting work in the country this summer. Offerings from the city's more than 250 producing theaters feature everything from the latest musicals to highly anticipated world premieres.
The Neo-Futurists Announce 30th Anniversary Season: 10,300 Plays And Counting
The Neo-Futurists jubilantly announce their 30th Anniversary Season, rocketing past 10,300 new plays with a schedule of mainstage Neo-Lab commissions, creative festivals and flagship late-night production The Infinite Wrench-all featuring the company's signature theatrical style fusing sport, poetry and living newspaper.
The Neo-Futurists jubilantly announce their 30th Anniversary Season, rocketing past 10,300 new plays with a schedule of mainstage Neo-Lab commissions, creative festivals and flagship late-night production The Infinite Wrench-all featuring the company's signature theatrical style fusing sport, poetry and living newspaper.
Following Smash Hit SMALL BALL Catastrophic Presents Two More Plays By Mickle Maher
Following directly on the heels of The Catastrophic Theatre's smash hit musical SMALL BALL, with book and lyrics by Mickle Maher, the theatre is commemorating its long and prolific relationship with Maher by remounting its lauded 2008 production of his play THE STRANGERER to play in repertory with its spiritual sequel, in an extremely limited run. THE STRANGERER is a darkly hilarious satire of the first debate in the 2004 presidential election between George W. Bush and Jim Kerry, moderated by Jim Lehrer. It will be presented in repertory with JIM LEHRER AND THE THEATRE AND ITS DOUBLE AND JIM LEHRER'S DOUBLE, a sequel to THE STRANGERER about Jim Lehrer, the now retired news anchor and presidential debate moderator, who is visited one evening by his double: Jim Lehrer, the amateur playwright.
Following directly on the heels of The Catastrophic Theatre's smash hit musical SMALL BALL, with book and lyrics by Mickle Maher, the theatre is commemorating its long and prolific relationship with Maher by remounting its lauded 2008 production of his play THE STRANGERER to play in repertory with its spiritual sequel, in an extremely limited run. THE STRANGERER is a darkly hilarious satire of the first debate in the 2004 presidential election between George W. Bush and Jim Kerry, moderated by Jim Lehrer. It will be presented in repertory with JIM LEHRER AND THE THEATRE AND ITS DOUBLE AND JIM LEHRER'S DOUBLE, a sequel to THE STRANGERER about Jim Lehrer, the now retired news anchor and presidential debate moderator, who is visited one evening by his double: Jim Lehrer, the amateur playwright.
Chicago Park District Announces Programming at Theater on the Lake
Today, the Chicago Park District announced the first ever series of events and dates for arts and cultural programming in the winter at the newly renovated Theater on the Lake (TOTL) event space, located at 2401 N. Lake Shore Drive.
Today, the Chicago Park District announced the first ever series of events and dates for arts and cultural programming in the winter at the newly renovated Theater on the Lake (TOTL) event space, located at 2401 N. Lake Shore Drive.
Greenway Arts Alliance to Present THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET
Greenway Arts Alliance will present THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET, adapted for stage by award-winning playwright Amy Ludwig (2006 LA Weekly Theater Award for 'Best Adaptation' of The House on Mango Street) and directed by Alexandra Meda (Artistic Director of Chicago's Teatro Luna).
Greenway Arts Alliance will present THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET, adapted for stage by award-winning playwright Amy Ludwig (2006 LA Weekly Theater Award for 'Best Adaptation' of The House on Mango Street) and directed by Alexandra Meda (Artistic Director of Chicago's Teatro Luna).
EVENING AT THE TALK HOUSE to Open A Red Orchid Theatre's 2017-18 Season
A Red Orchid Theatre opens its 2017-2018 Season with Wallace Shawn's Evening at the Talk House, directed by Ensemble Member Shade Murray.
A Red Orchid Theatre opens its 2017-2018 Season with Wallace Shawn's Evening at the Talk House, directed by Ensemble Member Shade Murray.
EVENING AT THE TALK HOUSE to Open A Red Orchid Theatre's 2017-18 Season
A Red Orchid Theatre opens its 2017-2018 Season with Wallace Shawn's Evening at the Talk House, directed by Ensemble Member Shade Murray.
A Red Orchid Theatre opens its 2017-2018 Season with Wallace Shawn's Evening at the Talk House, directed by Ensemble Member Shade Murray.
Greenway Arts Alliance to Present THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET
Greenway Arts Alliance will present THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET, adapted for stage by award-winning playwright Amy Ludwig (2006 LA Weekly Theater Award for 'Best Adaptation' of The House on Mango Street) and directed by Alexandra Meda (Artistic Director of Chicago's Teatro Luna).
Greenway Arts Alliance will present THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET, adapted for stage by award-winning playwright Amy Ludwig (2006 LA Weekly Theater Award for 'Best Adaptation' of The House on Mango Street) and directed by Alexandra Meda (Artistic Director of Chicago's Teatro Luna).
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