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Stories on Chicago's performing arts worlds. Lifeline Theatre’s production of “Kid Prince and Pablo” is a worthy successor to Twain’s classic story, updated for modern times and modern tastes, with universal truths that are well-worn in prose but are worth repeating.
Review: "Shucked" at Broadway In Chicago’s CIBC Theatre
4 days ago · Omniscient narrators Storytellers 1 and 2 (the adorable and versatile Maya Lagerstam and Tyler Joseph Ellis) get us off to a rollicking start, and introduce us to Maizy (Danielle Wade), the small-town girl, and her aptly named …
Players 50 2025: Theater | Newcity Stage
Jan 7, 2025 · Charin Alvarez Don’t be surprised if you recognize Charin Alvarez, as her extensive career in Chicago theater and film continues to grow. Alvarez has been acting in Chicago since 1996, and it would be simpler to list the companies she hasn’t worked for. Recent credits include the plays “a home what howls (or the house that was …
Review: “Kid Prince and Pablo” at Lifeline Theatre
1 day ago · The music style is reminiscent of 1990s-style rap, with a focus on sparse beats coupled with intricate rhythms and witty turns of phrase. The experienced rappers drop bars making fun of the Prince’s lame lyrics about mundane activities (like his morning routine), and how he begins each new phrase with a gauche “uh, yeah, yuh… .”
Players 2025: The 50 People Who Really Perform for Chicago
Jan 7, 2025 · Chicago stages have been described as petri dishes for talent development, with the city seen as a particularly fertile launching pad for the stars of tomorrow, whether in acting, comedy, writing or dance. And they are that, thanks to an ethos that prioritizes bold experiments over safe choices, that understands failure as a necessary step toward success and, especially, champions community ...
New Theatre Project's Factory-Floor Production of Chekhov's …
2 days ago · “Vanya” is being put on within the bare, echoing confines of the North Side’s Servi-Sure factory, a seriously real-world place that makes titanium anodizing racks for industry. The play will be enacted on an alley-like stage between two sets of folding chairs, with a seating capacity of about thirty-five.
Players 50 2025: Dance | Newcity Stage
Jan 7, 2025 · Sought-after choreographer Aszure Barton was named Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s second-ever resident artist in 2023 and has been adding gems to the company’s wide-ranging repertoire since. Two of Barton’s pieces bookended Hubbard Street’s excellent 2024 fall program with apropos yin and ...
Woke Up: A Review of “Don’t Quit Your Daydream” at The Second …
Jun 27, 2023 · RECOMMENDED. Take this with a grain of salt, because I don’t see every show at The Second City, but the new mainstage revue, “Don’t Quit Your Daydream,” is one of the most consistently funny shows—maybe the funniest—I’ve ever seen on that stage.
Stage Top 5: January 2024 | Newcity Stage
Stage Top 5: January 2023 The new year kicks off with gusto, with opera, performance and theater both local and global.
Stage Top 5: August 2023 - Newcity Stage
Jul 31, 2023 · 1 MJ (Broadway in Chicago) Not our MJ, but rather the late king of pop in a song-and-dance extravaganza created by director-choreographer Christopher Wheeldon and playwright Lynn Nottage. Starts August 1. 2 Today, Tonight, Soon (Theatre L’Acadie) A world premiere by Melanie Coffey promises “a mixture of Regency romance …