Archives for April 2019

CHICAGO – Firebrand Theatre is pleased to present the Chicago premiere of QUEEN OF THE MIST, based on the sensational true story of Anna (Annie) Edson Taylor, the first woman to go over Niagara Falls. Featuring book, music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa (The Wild Party, Marie Christine), direction by Elizabeth Margolius and music

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A preliminary list of performers for Pride Films and Plays annual NOMINEE NIGHT concert has been announced by PFP Artistic Associate Robert Ollis, presenting music director for the event. NOMINEE NIGHT, which showcases musical theater performers and productions nominated in the Non-Equity Jeff Awards, will be performed on Monday, May 13 at Sidetrack, 3349 N.

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CHICAGO –  Fresh off its Jeff Award nomination for Little Women the Musical, Brown Paper Box Co. is excited to begin the 2019/2020 season with a new cabaret event. For two nights only, Holding On is a community-focused cabaret at Under the Gun Theater, 956 W Newport Ave, Chicago, coordinated by Artistic Director Kristi Szczepanek,

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CHICAGO – Chicago Goodman Theatre concludes its 2018/2019 Season on a high note with Mary Zimmerman’s major revival of The Music Man—Meredith Willson’s joyous musical masterpiece, hailed as “one of the sunniest musicals ever” that “glows with enjoyment” with “tunes [that] are full of gusto” (The New York Times), based on a story by Willson

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Chicago—Black Ensemble Theater Founder and Executive Director Jackie Taylor announces the 6th year of Soul of a Powerful Woman, a performance to help raise funds for the Black Ensemble Theater to support its mission of eradicating racism through the theater arts.  Co-created by Jackie Taylor, and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, Soul of a Powerful Woman has

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