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WEBStories on Chicago's performing arts worlds. “Royko: The Toughest Man in Chicago” is mainly, and justifiably, about the public issues confronted and battles fought by a very brave and public writer on an almost daily basis over four decades.
"3320" Brings Decades of Dance Experience to Dovetail Studios …
WEB1 day ago · “3320,” playing October 25-November 3, will loosely be about experienced choreographers given space to play. Read invited veteran dance and performance makers to create short pieces for a two-weekend mini-festival out …
Chicago Theater and Musicals to See: October 2024
WEB6 days ago · 1 Patti LuPone: A Life in Notes (Lyric Opera) The three-time Tony Award-winner sings her life in songs. October 4. 2 Pericles (Chicago Shakespeare) The Royal Shakespeare Company returns to Chicago for the first time in thirty years. Starts October 20. 3 Some Like it Hot (Broadway in Chicago) The Tony and Grammy Award-winner finally gets to Chicago, after the pandemic pushed it out of town.
Review: "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812" at Writers …
WEB11 hours ago · Presented like a rave-adorned Fabergé egg, “Great Comet” is an experience one must see to believe. “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812” runs through November 3 at Writers Theatre, 325 Tudor Court, Glencoe. Showtimes: Wednesday-Friday, 7:30pm; Saturdays, 3pm and 7:30pm; Sundays, 2pm and …
Players 50 2022: The Advocates and Changemakers - Newcity Stage
WEBJan 7, 2022 · Players 50 2022 is written by Brian Hieggelke and Sharon Hoyer with additional contributions from Amanda Finn, Aaron Hunt, Carl Kozlowski, Dennis Polkow and Noel Schecter. All photos by Joe Mazza/brave lux. In the return of the Players 50 list, we tried to honor those who came back, who've already …
Stage Top 5: October 2022 - Newcity Stage
WEBOct 4, 2022 · 1 1919 (Steppenwolf For Young Adults) J. Nicole Brooks adapts Eve L. Ewing’s collection of poems about “the killing of Black teenager Eugene Williams in 1919 off the segregated Chicago lakeshore—and how this tragedy reverberates today.” Starts October 4. 2 Swing State (Goodman Theatre) Now-retired longtime Goodman artistic director Robert Falls helms his sixth collaboration with ...
Stage Top 5: January 2022 | Newcity Stage
WEBDec 23, 2021 · 1 Blues in the Night (Porchlight Music Theatre) Tony Award-nominee Felicia P. Fields headlines this Tony-nominated musical about a fateful 1930s night in a Chicago hotel on the South Side. Opens January 15. 2 Relentless (Timeline Theatre) Ron OJ Parson directs a world premiere by Chicago’s Tyla Abercrumbie about two sisters in Philadelphia in 1918. Opens January 19
Stage Top 5: November 2022 - Newcity Stage
WEBOct 28, 2022 · 1 Trouble in Mind (Timeline Theatre) Ron OJ Parsons directs the groundbreaking Alice Childress masterpiece of backstage drama and interracial dynamics. Starts November 2. 2 Melissa Villaseñor (The Den) The beloved former SNL cast-member brings her “Whoops” standup tour to town for three shows. November 4-5. 3 Don Carlos (Lyric Opera) The first full five-act staging ever at Lyric of Verdi ...
Stage Top 5: January 2024 | Newcity Stage
WEBJan 3, 2024 · 1 Anything Goes (Porchlight Music Theatre) A ninetieth-anniversary production of Cole Porter’s Great American Songbook-filled classic. Starts January 13. 2 Highway Patrol (Goodman Theatre) Emmy winner Dana Delany created and stars in the world premiere of this social media thriller. Starts January 20. 3 Champion (Lyric Opera) Terence Blanchard calls his first opera, based on a true story ...
Stage Top 5: February 2024 | Newcity Stage
WEBJan 31, 2024 · 1 Judy’s Life’s Work (Definition Theatre) Definition debuts its new Hyde Park space with a world premiere by onetime Newcity critic Loy A. Webb. Starts February 2. 2 Richard III (Chicago Shakespeare Theater) Edward Hall directs his first show as Chicago Shakes’ artistic director, starring Tony Award-nominee Katy Sullivan. Starts February 2. 3 a home what howls (or the house what was ...