Goodman Theatre to host costume sale
Just in time for Halloween, the Goodman Theatre is hosting a costume sale (the first one in five years) from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 20 at the theater, 170 N. Dearborn.
Prices start at $1. The sale includes items from numerous Goodman productions …
‘Making Noise Quietly’ falls flat at Steep Theatre
In recent seasons, Steep Theatre has served as an unofficial showcase for modern British plays, most notably the work of Simon Stephens. With its current production, “Making Noise Quietly” — a trilogy of plays in which war is something of a catalytic “background event” — …
Alejandro Cerrudo sheds light on Chagall’s “Windows” with Hubbard Street premiere
As he began thinking about how best to celebrate his company’s 35th birthday, Glenn Edgerton, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s artistic director, asked this question: What was happening in the cultural life of Chicago in 1977, the same year that Lou Conte founded the company? As …
Chicago Shakespeare extends ‘Sunday in the Park’
Chicago Shakespeare Theater has announced the extension of its critically-acclaimed production of “Sunday in the Park With George,” now playing through Nov. 11 at the theater, 800 E. Grand, on Navy Pier. Tickets, $48-$78, for the Stephen Sondheim musical directed by Gary Griffin, are available …
The curtain’s up on Cyndi Lauper’s Broadway-bound ‘Kinky Boots’
HEDY WEISS: Cyndi Lauper says she’s telling a very human story in her musical about fetish footwear but heeds the demand of her book writer, Harvey Fierstein: “None of that kumbaya stuff!”
Jerry Mitchell takes the shoe factory tour
The film version of “Kinky Boots” was based on a true story. And as background for staging its musical incarnation, director-choreographer Jerry Mitchell very much wanted to go to the source. So he headed to Earls Barton, the historic village in Northampton, England, that was …
War stories of ‘Black Watch’ are explosively intimate
“No, you do NOT understand,” shouts one of the emotionally battered young soldiers in Gregory Burke’s “Black Watch” who is being interviewed about his service in 2004 in the war in Iraq, where he was part of the fabled Scottish regiment of the title.
He …
‘One Name Only’ sizzles at Black Ensemble Theater
With its wholly sensational world premiere of writer-director Rueben Echoles’ “One Name Only (A Different Kind of Reality Show),” the Black Ensemble Theater (BET) has worked a substantial miracle.
In this single production it has not only managed to hold on to all the best …
‘Pigeon House’ true to Irish theatrical history
Honor Molloy may have left Ireland when she was 8 years old but she has never forgotten her life there. It has influenced her writing from plays such as “In Pigeon House,” about to make its world premiere at Seanachai Theatre and her autobiographical novel …
Filmed theater back in time for fall season
National Theatre Live began in 2009 with a production of “Phedre” that was seen by a worldwide audience of more than 50,000. Now three years later, the series that broadcasts current plays at London’s National Theatre to movie theaters has reached nearly 1 million viewers. …
Chicago Children’s Theatre brings ‘Harold and the Purple Crayon’ to life
Chicago Children’s Theatre is nomadic no longer, kicking off its sixth season with “Harold and the Purple Crayon” in its new, permanent home, the Ruth Page Center for the Arts at 1016 N. Dearborn. A staple in households with children since 1955, “Harold” is Crockett …
The Guide — Theater Listings 10.12.12
OPENING
ASSASSINS. Billy Pacholski presents Stephen Sondheim’s Broadway hit chronicling the narratives of the assassinations and attempted assassinations of U.S. presidents. Directed by Billy Pacholski. Opens Oct. 12. Fri-Sat, 7:30 pm; Sun, 7 pm. $30-$45. To Nov. 10. Viaduct Theatre, 3111 N. Western. (312) 212-3470; …
Bailiwick to ‘auction’ roles in ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’
Bailiwick Chicago Theater is hosting its “Chicago Casting Auction,” where you can win the chance to be cast in their upcoming production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.”
More than 60 roles (including leading and major roles) will be up for bid on Oct. …
‘Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson’ a delightful parody
HEDY WEISS: A lot of brain power is behind Bailiwick’s playful musical that sets the story of our seventh president to a rock beat, “Spring Awakening” style.
Dael Orlandersmith’s ‘Black N Blue Boys’ transcends all races, economic status
A huge part of the problem, as playwright/performer Dael Orlandersmith sees it, was embodied in the man she had to restrain from clocking during an audience talk-back at California’s Berkeley Rep. His question, she recalls, came after a performance of “Black N Blue Boys/Broken Men,” …
