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People love nostalgia. So one can’t fault playwright Reina Hardy for wanting to put their own twist on the tale of “Beauty and the Beast.” Not all new takes on existing properties pay off, but “Glassheart” does by maintaining the integrity of the characters—even keeping a bit of whimsy.
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 …
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 ...
Players 50 2025: Opera | Newcity Stage
Jan 7, 2025 · Here are Chicago’s Opera Players. Will Liverman Grammy Award-winning baritone Will Liverman made a splash on the opera scene with “The Factotum” (2023) at Lyric Opera of Chicago, with concept, music and lyrics by Liverman in a production that was called “mic-drop fabulous good” by Opera News.
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 ...
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The Second City - Newcity Stage
"The Second City, the world's premier comedy theatre and school of improvisation, specializes in sketch comedy and has been delighting audiences for over 50 years. The Second City has resident companies in Chicago and Toronto consisting of six actors/writers each and three National Touring Companies with five actors each. We have shows seven nights a
Dance One Recommendation: RE|Dance | Newcity Stage
Jan 15, 2025 · A Glimpse Through the Walls Where We Might Find God (Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble) RE|Dance opens their fifteenth season with an exploration of the edges—of our world, our time, the known and unknown.
Players 50 2024: The Producers and Places | Newcity Stage
Jan 9, 2024 · Lawrence Daufenbach Executive Director/Founder, Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture It’s more than just a name change for the former Athenaeum Theatre: Lawrence Daufenbach, executive director and founder of the Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture has overseen a tremendous revitalization of Chicago’s oldest continuously run Off-Loop theater.
A New Path Forward? Exploring the State of Chicago Theater
Jul 7, 2022 · And Chicago theaters are far from out of the woods yet. The House Theatre of Chicago recently announced its closure after twenty-one years. It was a shocking development given the theater’s profile as one Chicago’s biggest twenty-first-century success stories, and its recruitment of new artistic leadership just over a year ago, …