Archives for February 2019

CHICAGO – Broadway In Chicago is pleased to announce the First National Tour of Mean Girls—the record-breaking new musical comedy produced by Lorne Michaels, Stuart Thompson, Sonia Friedman, and Paramount Pictures based on the hit film—will be coming to Broadway In Chicago’s James M. Nederlander Theatre (24 W. Randolph) for a limited 5-week engagement from

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CHICAGO – Due to popular demand, Haven Theatre, in association with About Face Theatre, is pleased to announce one additional week of performances of is hit Midwest premiere musical THE TOTAL BENT, extending through Sunday, March 17, 2019 at The Den Theatre’s Janet Bookspan Theatre, 1331 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago. Tickets for all performance

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Chicago – Now in its 2nd year, Goodman Theatre selects five Chicagoland elementary schools to participate in the “Disney Musicals in Schools” program–an outreach initiative developed by Disney Theatrical Productions to create sustainable musical theater programs in under-resourced elementary schools. The selected schools include John C. Haines Elementary School (China Town) performing Aladdin KIDS; Jonathan

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CHICAGO – Underscore Theatre Company is pleased to announce the appointment of Whitney Rhodes as its new Artistic Director. Rhodes succeeds Laura Stratford, who co-founded the company in 2011 and has since served as Executive Director, Co-Artistic Director, and most recently, Artistic Director. Comments Whitney Rhodes, “For the majority of my career as a creative

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CHICAGO – Tracy Letts, award winning actor, playwriter and screenwriter will accept the 2019 “Actor of the Year” Award in New York this coming April. Among his many accomplishments in theatre and film, Tracy Letts received the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play August Osage County and a Tony for his portrayal of

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