CHICAGO – Excelsior! Comic book legend Stan Lee’s famous exclamation puts a fine point on the third and final play of Mark Pracht’s FOUR COLOR TRILOGY, “The House of Ideas,” presented by and staged at City Lit Theater in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. For tickets/details, click HOUSE OF IDEAS.
Chopin Theatre
Podtalk: Frank Carr for 8th YippieFest, August 23-25, 2024
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 22, 2024 - 12:18amCHICAGO – YIPPIE YIPPIE YIPPIE Fest it’s back, the 8th annual YippieFest is for the first time at the historic Chopin Theatre in Wicker Park. For three days – August 23rd, 24th and 25th, 2024 – the fest will present an unending variety of acts, plays, sketch and other stage performance arts. Tickets prices are for one day or all three days, so click YiPPIE FEST 2024.
Audio Theater Review: Michael Shannon in Red Orchid’s ‘Turret’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 18, 2024 - 12:09pmCHICAGO – When in the presence of a powerful acting force like Michael Shannon, the depth of performance is emotional and passionately essential. He co-leads with Travis A. Knight in Red Orchid Theatre’s World Premiere of Levi Holloway’s “Turret,” just extended to June 22nd at the Chopin Theatre.
Podtalk: Michael Shannon & Travis A. Knight in Red Orchid’s ‘Turret’ Through June 9, 2024
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 11, 2024 - 11:01amCHICAGO – One of Chicago’s icon theater actors … Michael Shannon … is performing again in town, in the company that he co-founded. Red Orchid Theatre presents Michael Shannon and Travis A. Knight in the World Premiere of “Turret” by Levi Holloway, now at the Chopin Theatre through June 9, 2024.
Theater Review: ‘The SpongeBob Musical’ by Kokandy Productions
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 11, 2023 - 9:52amCHICAGO – What began in Chicago in 2016 … as a preview to its eventual Broadway run … comes back to where it now belongs. The passionate and ebullient Kokandy Productions presents “The SpongeBob Musical,” and yes, it will satisfy fans of the cartoon series with flash, dash, and since it’s under the sea, SPLASH!
Theater News: 5th Chicago Intl. Puppet Fest Through Jan. 29th, 2023
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 18, 2023 - 11:43amCHICAGO – Call me an Ismael puppet. We’ll never know if that was the opening line Herman Melville intended for his classic “Moby Dick,” but the 5th Chicago International Puppet Festival presents their Opening Night marionette version on January 18th, 2023 (7:30p), and the fest runs through January 29th. For tickets and info, click 5TH PUPPET FEST.
The House Theatre Stages Comeback With ‘Rose and the Rime’
Submitted by Alissa Norby on February 25, 2009 - 11:37pm Play Rating: 4.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – While most of America’s eyes were glued to the television screens Sunday night to catch Danny Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire” nab its gold, the celebrated underdog of Chicago theatre companies shyly began to spout its new wings.
