Stage Notes: The Ingersolls team up for concert; ‘Steady Rain’ tours Midwest
THE INGERSOLLS TEAM UP: Michael and Angela Ingersoll are a dynamic show biz duo who also happen to be husband and wife. HE is best known to Chicago audiences for his long-running turn in the Chicago production of “The Jersey Boys,” and in the PBS …
Goodman’s Latino Festival in transition
The Goodman Theatre’s Latino Theater Festival has had five biennial seasons to date (the last one was in 2010), all of them scheduled during the summer months. Now, the plan is to stage the festival during the school year when its offerings can reach student …
‘Pirates’ literally sets sail in Chicago
Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Pirates of Penzance” is literally being sent out to sea. Tall Ship Adventures of Chicago has announced its first-ever, fully-staged theatrical production of the popular Victorian ear operetta aboard the Tall Ship Windy on Navy Pier. Presented by co-directors Emma Couling and …
Theater at the Center plans riff on ‘Rain’ for 2013 season lineup
Theatre at the Center, the Munster, Indiana-based company, has announced the lineup for its 2013 season. It will include: — “The Fox on the Fairway” (Feb. 14-March 24, 2013): This homage to classic farces, by Ken Ludwig (author of “Lend Me a Tenor”), spins a …
Congo Square turns to Walter Mosley for staging
Congo Square Theatre Company, one of Chicago’s most established black companies, will be turning to Walter Mosley, one of this country’s best-read black novelists, for the second of its two productions for the 2012-2013 season. Kicking off the season (at the Beacon Street Theater Building, …
Henry Wishcamper named Goodman artistic associate
Henry Wishcamper, whose directing credits at the Goodman Theatre have included Horton Foote’s “Talking Pictures” and the reimagined Marx Brothers musical “Animal Crackers,” has been named a new resident artistic associate of the Goodman Theatre’s Artistic Collective, the diverse group of American theater directors, playwrights …
Stage Notes — Sean Palmer set for “Rain” here; GriffinTheatre flips Rattigan plays; River North adds new feet
“SEX AND THE CITY” ACTOR CAST IN DRURY LANE SHOW: Sean Palmer, familiar to TV audiences as Marcus in “Sex and the City,” has been cast in the role of Don Lockwood in director Bill Jenkins’ production of “Singin’ in the Rain,” which will run …
‘Chicago’s Weird, Grandma’ to draw from area theater companies
Chicago’s Barrel of Monkeys is launching into its 15th season with a new cross-disciplinary production featuring company members from Steppenwolf Theatre, BONEdanse, Noah Ginex Puppet Company, Lookingglass Theatre, House Theatre of Chicago, The Hypocrites, Factory Theater and more. The show, “Chicago’s Weird, Grandma,” will bring …
ACT II: A second look at area stages — 2 shows start season early
Chicago’s 2012 fall theater season is about to get under way with two productions — “Dreamgirls,” at the Marriott Theatre, and “33 Variations” by TimeLine Theatre — that are jumping the gun by opening shortly before Labor Day. Meanwhile, that unalloyed hit “Million Dollar Quartet” …
‘True Blood’s’ Nelsan Ellis to direct ‘HooDoo’ here
The Collective Theatre, a new African-American company set to make its debut in Chicago in September, is getting quite a high-profile collaborator for its inaugural production.
Nelsan Ellis, who stars as Lafayette Reynolds in the hit HBO vampire series, “True Blood,” will direct the troupe’s …
‘Chronicle’ galvanizes second stage of Dancing Festival
Great art is embedded with a potent survival mechanism. Among the very best proofs of this principle is the enduring work of Martha Graham, the godmother of modern dance — a visionary whose striking, highly theatrical, supremely individualistic dances continue to hold audiences in their …
Thodos Dance Chicago to create Helen Keller work
Chicago choreographer Melissa Thodos is teaming up again with Broadway legend Ann Reinking to create a work for Thodos Dance Chicago. It will be based on the life of Helen Keller, the remarkable deaf-blind woman who became a writer and activist. Thodos and Reinking, who …
Chicago Opera Theater gets Mellon grant for American works
Chicago Opera Theater has received a $500,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that will be used over three seasons to support the work of American composers. In 2013, the grant will help underwrite COT’s production of “The Fall of the House of Usher,” …
On the edge — Chicago’s Fringe Festival showcases ‘organized chaos’
Where to begin? At first glance, the third annual edition of the Chicago Fringe Festival — the elaborate exercise in organized chaos and on-the-edge expression running Aug. 30-Sept. 9, at multiple venues in the Pilsen neighborhood — seems overwhelming. Not only will it showcase 49 …
The Guide — Theater Listings 08.24.12
OPENING DREAMGIRLS. Marriott Theatre presents the Tony Award winning musical-turned-hit film. Directed by. Previews Aug. 24-28. Opens Aug. 29. Wed, 1, 8 pm; Thu-Fri, 8 pm; Sat, 4:30, 8 pm; Sun, 1, 5 pm. $41-$49. To Nov. 4. Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Dr., Lincolnshire. (847) …
