The new musical based on Sufjan Stevens' acclaimed concept album, Illinois, has announced its full cast.
Ali Louis Bourzgui has been cast as the leading role in The Who’s TOMMY opening on Broadway this spring.
Cast has been announced for BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical including Erich Bergen, Stephen DeRosa, Faith Prince, and Jasmine Amy Rogers as Betty Boop!
World Premiere of the musical adaptation of classic 1992 film, Death Becomes Her, will play in Chicago this spring. The production will star Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard.
New Musical Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by Taylor Mac and Jason Robert Brown, will premiere at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago in 2024. Tony Award winner Rob Ashford will direct, Tanya Birl will choreograph, and Christopher Oram will design the sets.
The musical, scored by Elton John and Shaina Taub, stars Taylor Iman Jones, Beth Leavel, and Javier Muñoz.
Natalie Y. Moore’s play is currently playing at the 16th Street Theater in Chicago.
The musical will have its world premiere in Chicago at the James M. Nederlander Theatre this summer.
The theatre is known for its work engaging with the South Side community and expanding upon traditional or rare works. The annual honor is given to a local theatre and comes with a $25,000 grant.
Theatrely's review of Wife of a Salesman by Eleanor Burgess at the Writers Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. Directed by Jo Bonney, the production stars Kate Fry and Amanda Drinkall.
Paradise Square represents many firsts in the theater industry’s recovery from the pandemic shutdown. It’s the first production to reopen the Nederlander Theatre — a pillar of the Loop theater district — and the first pre-Broadway run of a major new work in Chicago. When it transfers to New York City’s Barrymore Theatre, where it’s slated to begin previews in February of next year, it will be among one of the first new musicals to open on Broadway. A review of the new pre-broadway tryout.
On a deeper note, I Hate It Here from the Goodman Theatre admits that so many horrible things in the world remain unchanged. The show does not suggest things will get better. Yet, if we take a moment to admit how bad things are, maybe we can find some common, solid ground. And that’s a start.
Lyric Opera of Chicago announces The New Classics: Songs from the New Golden Age of Musical Theater, a virtual cabaret starring Broadway’s Gavin Creel, Nikki Renée Daniels, and Norm Lewis, plus Amanda Castro, Jenn Gambatese, Jo Lampert, and Heath Saunders, with David Chase as music director and featuring members of the Lyric Opera Orchestra.
