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Preview: Plays Both Classic and Contemporary Will Be Featured This Summer at Wisconsin’s American Players Theatre

This year’s season at American Players Theatre in Spring Green, Wisconsin, is dedicated to actor and director Jonathan Smoots, a Shorewood, Wisconsin, resident who died earlier this year. Perhaps no […]

  • Anne Siegel
  • May 13, 2025
    • Preview , Stages , Theater Festival

    Preview: The Puppets Are Coming to Tell Their Stories at the 7th Chicago Puppet Theater Festival

    It’s time for the 7th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival! Every year, the puppets brighten our January and remind us of the amazing joy and ingenuity of puppetry storytelling. The performers […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • January 9, 2025
    • Preview , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Preview: The Underground Society for Music Portrays a World Where Music Is Banned

    “The Underground Society for Music is a play with music about a group of musicians fighting to keep their artform alive. In spite of constant threats from government actors to stop […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • July 3, 2024
    • Preview , Stages , Theater

    Review: Black Ensemble Theater Gives the People What They Want in The Salon

    Black Ensemble Theater (BET) has been a mainstay of Black theater for almost 50 years. That takes grit which is a step above determination. It takes vision, talent, and fearlessness—the […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • June 18, 2024
    • Broadway , Preview , Stages , Theater

    On the Road: A Look at Some Tony Award Contenders

    On the eve of Sunday’s Tony Awards broadcast, here’s a look at four productions that will be vying for recognition in various categories. All four of them are musicals, and […]

  • Anne Siegel
  • June 15, 2024
    • Preview , Stages , Theater , Theater Festival

    Preview: Classics, Contemporary Plays and a World Premiere at Wisconsin’s American Players Theatre

    With summer temperatures beckoning us, Chicago theatergoers may start thinking about an escape to the lush, green countryside of Spring Green, Wisconsin, home of American Players Theatre. For nearly half […]

  • Anne Siegel
  • June 12, 2024
    • Broadway , Preview , Stages , Theater

    Preview: See Theater in the Parks This Summer With Midsommer Flight, Chicago Shakes and Porchlight Music

    We can look forward to theater in public parks all over Chicago this summer—and all free. Midsommer Flight will stage Shakespeare’s Cymbeline from July 7 to August 13. Chicago Shakespeare […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • June 22, 2023
    • Preview , Stages , Theater Festival

    Preview: Get Ready for 12 Straight Days of Puppetry From Chicago and the World at the 5th Annual International Puppet Festival

    The 5th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, the largest of its kind in North America, begins next Wednesday, January 18, and runs through Sunday, January 29, at venues large and […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • January 13, 2023
    • Dance , Preview , Stages

    Preview: Mary—A Holiday Dansical by Erin Barnett and Black Girls Dance Ensemble

    The story goes that almost anybody Black from the South Side of Chicago either went to Mayfair Academy or knew someone who went there. The academy closed in 2021 after […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • December 13, 2022
    • Dance , Preview , Stages

    Preview: A Fresh and Fun Nutcracker Is Coming to Hyde Park

    I have always loved the Hyde Park neighborhood for its vivacity and artistic sensibilities. So I was really pumped about getting to preview the Hyde Park School of Dance (HPSD) […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • December 7, 2022
    • Preview , Stages , Theater

    Preview: Workshopped Play Rectitude Shows a Glimmer of Brilliance in Its Character Study of Two Catholics

    In the talkback after watching a workshopped version of a new play titled Rectitude, I heard a term—cradle Catholic—that was new to me. It’s a person baptized as an infant into […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • August 24, 2022
    • Preview , Stages , Talk show , Theater

    Dialogs: Two Artists Discuss Developing The Notebook for Chicago Shakespeare in American Writers Museum Event

    It may seem a daunting task to take on developing the stage version of a beloved book and film, with thousands of fans. Singer/songwriter Ingrid Michaelson and playwright/screenwriter Bekah Brunstetter […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • August 19, 2022
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