By Quinn Rigg As fireplaces begin to glow and kitchens begin working overtime, people are trying to find footing as they take the next steps forward. The nation is in flux, families are in quarantine and entire communities are still in limbo. And yet, hope sits on the horizon. This holiday season has the same
Compositions
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10 Questions for ‘100 Songs’ (June 1 – Sept. 9) with Beautiful City Project’s David Fiorello
By Quinn Rigg There are around 1000 questions lingering in the minds of every theatregoer, artist, and producer in a pandemic that’s irrevocably unhinged the cultural norm. The Beautiful City Project has created an event to honor and contribute to a recovering artistic community with “The Top 100” — a collaborative musical theatre marathon between
In ‘Year of Chicago Theatre,’ small Chicagoland companies take major steps to be more inclusive, generous and accessible
CHICAGO —In this 2019 Year of Chicago Theatre, small theatres across Chicago are taking major steps to be more inclusive, generous and accessible, reaffirming Chicago’s growing reputation as the epicenter of storefront theatre in the United States. Many small theatres are evolving their company thanks in part to the Chicago-based Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
Underscore, doing what it does best, highlights new works with its Fifth Annual Chicago Musical Theatre Festival, in two locations through Feb. 24
Chicago gets shellacked by ice and freezing cold, but at Underscore Theatre, the show goes on. Shows, plural, actually.
Broad Minded presents, for one night only, ‘Grab ’em by the Midterms’ cabaret, Oct. 30 at Stage 773
With all the necessary logistical information included on the poster above, ChicagolandMusicalTheatre asked some of the event’s participants for added insight on the on the why. Here is what they told us: “We perform funny, heartbreaking, hopeful and defiant songs that pertain to the current political climate and some of the universal paths of womanhood.
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