Berkshire Theatre Group to Present ONCE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 22, 2022
Running July 1 through 16 at The Colonial Theatre, the audience will be transported to a bustling Irish pub with a stage full of incredibly talented actors singing and playing their own instruments.
Berkshire Theatre Group Announces Casting For Late Summer 2022 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 9, 2022
Berkshire Theatre Group has announced casting for shows in BTG’s Late Summer 2022 Season. The full season will feature B.R.O.K.E.N code B.I.R.D switching, a world premiere play and an award recipient of the GRANTS FOR ARTS PROJECTS from the National Endowment for the Arts; Once, a Tony Award-winning musical; Songs For a New World, the first musical by a Tony Award winner; Dracula, a classic gothic tale of horrors; and Edward Albee's Seascape, a Pulitzer Prize-winning play.
The Beautiful City Project To Present SUMMER ART FEST This Month
by Stephi Wild - Jun 6, 2022
The Beautiful City Project announces the cast of its June fundraising cabaret SUMMER ART PROJECT, with proceeds to benefit Project Onward, an organization that exists to give artists with disabilities a 'visual voice' to tell their stories and change the perceptions of the world.
Davenport's Announces Chicago Cabaret Week and May Performances
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 22, 2022
Davenport’s Piano Bar & Cabaret, Chicago’s premiere location for enjoying music in an intimate setting, will celebrate Chicago Cabaret Week, May 6 - 15, and announces its roster of May performances in its Cabaret and Piano Bar.
BWW Interview: Theatre Life with Bobby Smith
by Elliot Lanes - Mar 15, 2022
Today’s subject Bobby Smith is a prime example of someone living his theatre life to the fullest. Currently he is performing in Signature Theatre’s excellent production of She Loves Me as parfumerie clerk Ladislav Sipos. The production runs through April 24th in Signature's MAX space.
Porchlight Music Theatre Announces Jim Corti As Winner of the 2022 Guy Adkins Award
by Marissa Tomeo - Mar 4, 2022
Porchlight Music Theatre is proud to announce Jim Corti as the recipient of the 2022 Guy Adkins Award for Excellence in the Advancement of Music Theatre. The award will be presented during this year’s annual Chicago Sings fundraising concert, Chicago Sings Stephen Sondheim, Monday, May 23, at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), 220 E. Chicago Ave. This year’s Chicago Sings concert offers two opportunities to experience Chicago’s music theatre and cabaret performers saluting Stephen Sondheim.
VIDEO: Go Inside Rehearsals For Atlanta Opera's THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
by Alan Henry - Feb 25, 2022
Whet your appetite for Atlanta Opera's upcoming production of Rossini's The Barber of Seville as their film studio gets up close and personal with the cast running rehearsals in preparation for this amazing opera buffa! The Barber of Seville runs March 5-13, 2022 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.
VIDEO: Meet The Women Of BLUES IN THE NIGHT At Porchlight Music Theatre
by Alan Henry - Feb 23, 2022
Award-winning Porchlight Music Theatre latest mainstage production the “Best Musical” Tony Award-nominated Blues in the Night, conceived by Sheldon Epps, with the music of Bessie Smith, Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen, Vernon Duke, Gordon Jenkins, Alberta Hunter and others, is now playing through March 13 at The Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn St.
VIDEO: Go Inside Rehearsals For Atlanta Opera's THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
by Alan Henry - Feb 22, 2022
Whet your appetite for Atlanta Opera's upcoming production of Rossini's The Barber of Seville as their film studio gets up close and personal with the cast running rehearsals in preparation for this amazing opera buffa! The Barber of Seville runs March 5-13, 2022 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.
Photos: Porchlight Music Theatre's BLUES IN THE NIGHT Opens Tomorrow
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 10, 2022
Award-winning Porchlight Music Theatre latest mainstage production the “Best Musical” Tony Award-nominated Blues in the Night, conceived by Sheldon Epps, with the music of Bessie Smith, Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen, Vernon Duke, Gordon Jenkins, Alberta Hunter and others, is now playing through March 13 at The Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn St.
LaGuardia High School All-School Musical ALL SHOOK UP Performances To Be Live-Streamed
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 9, 2022
In a triumphant return after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the students of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts will take to the stage this month for the all-school musical performance of 'All Shook Up,' a 2004 Broadway musical that takes the music of Elvis Presley and turns it into a story of inspiration and inclusion.
LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts to Present ALL SHOOK UP
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 8, 2022
After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the students of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts will take to the stage this month for the all-school musical performance of 'All Shook Up,' a 2004 Broadway musical that takes the music of Elvis Presley and turns it into a story of inspiration and inclusion.
Porchlight Music Theatre Announces New Dates For BLUES IN THE NIGHT
by Stephi Wild - Jan 20, 2022
Porchlight Music Theatre announces new dates for Porchlight Revisits Passing Strange, Wednesday, May 18 at 7 p.m. and Thursday, May 19 at 1:30 and 7 p.m. and the staged reading of Paul Oaley Stovall’s+ Clear, A New Musical Experience, Tuesday, May 31 at 7 p.m.
Porchlight Music Theatre Announces New Dates For BLUES IN THE NIGHT; Postpones CLEAR and PASSING STRANGE
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 6, 2022
Due to the current virus surge in Chicago and out of an abundance of caution regarding the public health concerns for artists and audiences, Award-winning Porchlight Music Theatre announces its three events scheduled for January and February 2022: Blues in the Night, Clear, A New Musical Experience and Porchlight Revisits Passing Strange have been rescheduled to later this year, new dates for Blues in the Night are listed below, new dates for Clear, A New Musical Experience and Porchlight Revisits Passing Strange are to be announced.
TAMMANY HALL Off-Broadway Limited Engagement to Close in January
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 16, 2021
Tammany Hall, the new, site-specific, immersive theater experience created and directed by Darren Lee Cole (Fleabag, Killer Joe) and Alexander Wright (The Great Gatsby, the UK’s longest running immersive show) will conclude its limited run at New York’s historic SoHo Playhouse (15 Vandam Street) January 9.