Black Button Eyes sets 2019-20 season
On Friday, Black Button Eyes Productions announced its 2019-20 Season, featuring two Chicago premiere musicals. The season kicks off this summer with “Ghost Quartet” by Broadway composer Dave Malloy. It...
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Booked It! Chicago casting announcements for Feb. 21
Mercury Theater announced the cast and creative team of “Little Shop of Horrors,” running on the main stage from March 1 through April 28. Under the direction of Walter Stearns,...
John Cameron Mitchell on the shamanic powers of ‘Hedwig,’ contemporary queerness and his favorite nun
I remember the miracle of watching “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” for the first time. I was sitting on a couch in St. Louis with the person I thought I...
Court Theatre announces 2019-20 season, complete with an ‘Oedipus’ complex
On Wednesday, the Court Theatre announced its production lineup for 2019-20, marking its 65th season. Things kick off with a staging of August Wilson’s “King Hedley,” directed by Ron OJ...
Steppenwolf adds longtime stage manager Malcolm Ewen to ensemble
On Friday, Steppenwolf announced the addition of longtime stage manager Malcolm Ewen into its ensemble. He is the first stage manager in Steppenwolf’s history to do so. Ewen has worked...
Booked it! Chicago casting announcements for Feb. 14
Firstly, The House Theatre of Chicago announced their cast for “Pinocchio” at the Chopin Theatre’s upstairs theatre, 1543 W. Division, running March 28–May 19. Inspired by the works of Carlo...
Rick Bayless’ Family Foundation awards 2019 ‘Stepping Stone’ grants to three Chicago theaters
On Wednesday, the Bayless Family foundation announced the winners of its 2019 “Stepping Stone” grants, along with the funding of theater programming in Millennium Park. The grants — $150,000 over...
‘Hamilton: the Exhibition’ delays opening to April 27 on Northerly Island
The world-premiere of “Hamilton: The Exhibition,” scheduled to debut in Chicago on Northerly Island this spring, has announced a new opening, with its first public admissions now set for April...
Booked it! Chicago casting announcements for Feb. 7
Perhaps the biggest casting news of the week lies in the images of the Oriental being physically recast as the Nederlander — a perfect metaphor for the state and direction...
Milwaukee Rep announces 2019-20 season, including ‘West Side Story’ and ‘Hedwig’
On Monday, the Milwaukee Repertory Theater announced its 2019-20 season, marking Mark Clements’ 10th anniversary as artistic director. Kicking things off in the Stackner Cabaret will be “2 Pianos 4...