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Young At Heart: In Conversation with Sam Scalamoni
Director of Nickelodeon's new "Storytime Live!" discusses the new age of family entertainment.
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School’s In: Abbie DeSantis Talks ‘A Night for African Education’
Drury Lane Oakbrook producer Abbie DeSantis discusses the Indigenous Education Foundation.
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Marriott’s ‘FIDDLER’ Revels in the Nontraditional
"Fiddler on the Roof" gets a revival- and revision- at the Marriott.
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Oscar in Song: In Conversation with Shirley Jones
Shirley Jones catches up with ShowBiz Chicago in anticipation of her concert, "A Night at the Oscars", at the Paramount Theatre.
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Comedy Tonight: In Conversation with Joan Rivers
Joan Rivers catches up with ShowBiz Chicago in anticipation of her Paramount Theatre performance.
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- She’s Here Again, Damn It: In Conversation with Sandra Bernhard
- The Myth and the Mayhem: Interview with Steppenwolf’s TINA LANDAU
- Bust a Move: Interview Podcasts with stars of Oxygen’s “DANCE YOUR ASS OFF”
- Interview Podcast With Homer Bryant
- The Power of One: Interview Podcast with Broadway’s CHEYENNE JACKSON
- Podcast: Catching Up With Linda Eder
Steppenwolf ensemble member and celebrated stage director Tina Landau splits her time between the Windy City and the island of Manhattan. Likewise, Landau has divided her artistic vision and unique craftmanship among a myriad of theatrical forms and stage stories. Read the rest of this entry »
Oxygen Network held a Chicago casting call for season two of its hit reality show, “Dance Your Ass Off” this past week and ShowBiz Chicago was there to cover all of the day’s events. Sitting down with ShowBiz Chicago was Executive Producer and Judge Lisa Ann Walter, and Season 1 contestants Pinky and Trice. Season two of “Dance Your Ass Off ” will air in 2010. Read the rest of this entry »
[Click Picture To Hear Podcast] Dancer/actor/choreographer extrodinaire Homer Bryant has been a mentor for thousands of children who found their way in life through relying on what they learned from his dance classes. Read the rest of this entry »
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Photo Credit: Karl Simone
Broadway’s estimable leading man Cheyenne Jackson has had quite a blitz-filled career on and off the Great White Way. The multi-talenteed performer has captivated critics and audiences alike in such productions as Encores! Damn Yankees, Xanadu (Drama League, Drama Desk nods), All Shook Up (Drama League, Outer Critics Circle nods), and The Agony & The Agony. Read the rest of this entry »
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Linda Eder’s newest CD “Soundtrack”. Available in stores now.
Linda Eder’s newest CD “Soundtrack”. Available in stores now.
Acclaimed Broadway performer and recording artist Linda Eder returns to ShowBiz Chicago to discuss the release of her most recent CD, “Soundtrack”. Read the rest of this entry »
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Steppenwolf Hosts ‘RED OR WHITE’ Ball for SYA
Posted on 11 March 2010
More than 500 of Chicagoland’s young professionals will gather for a spectacular evening of cocktails, food, music, dancing, a silent auction and raffle prizes at the Steppenwolf Auxiliary Council’s eighth annual Red or White Ball on Friday, April 9, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. The premier event for Chicago’s most influential young philanthropists returns to Chicago’s unique eco-chic Salvage One, [...] Continue Reading
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Next Theatre Presents ‘MAGICAL EXPLODING BOY’
Posted on 11 March 2010
Evanston’s Next Theatre Company continues its 29th season with the second offering in their Dark Night Series. Magical Exploding Boy by Chicago-based writer and performer Dean Evans begins Friday, March 26 at Evanston’s Noyes Cultural Arts Center. Darkly comical and completely wordless this one-person show reaches beyond the limits of language to turn the conventions of Mime and Clown on [...] Continue Reading
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‘THE RING CYCLE’ At The Building Stage Extends
Posted on 11 March 2010
The Building Stage, a Chicago theater company noted for its unique retellings and adaptations of various media to the stage presents their newest and largest endeavor to date: The Ring Cycle. The Ring Cycle is a non-operatic theatrical re-imagining of the famous Richard Wagner opera cycle, The Ring of the Nibelung. Utilizing original music, circus arts and [...] Continue Reading
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Letts, Morton, and Landau Return for Steppenwolf’s 2010-2011 Season
Posted on 10 March 2010
Steppenwolf Theatre Company is pleased to announce its 2010-2011 Subscription Season, exploring the theme of public/private self. Detroit a new play by Lisa D’Amour featuring ensemble members Kate Arrington and Robert Breuler Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? directed by Pam MacKinnon featuring ensemble members Tracy Letts and Amy Morton Sex with Strangers by Laura Eason, directed by associate artist Jessica Thebus featuring ensemble member Sally Murphy with Stephen Louis Grush The Hot L Baltimore [...] Continue Reading
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Look to the Sky: Fuerza Bruta Arrives in Chicago
Posted on 09 March 2010
Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce the Chicago premiere of the international hit FUERZA BRUTA: LOOK UP (from the creators of De La Guarda), a non-stop collision of dynamic music, visceral emotion and kinetic aerial imagery that resembles nothing less than a fantastic mash-up between aerial theater and a late-night dance party. Individual tickets for this [...] Continue Reading
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It Doesn’t Suck to Be Us: ‘AVENUE Q’ Returns to Chicago
Posted on 08 March 2010
Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce the return of AVENUE Q. AVENUE Q is the smash-hit Broadway musical about real life in New York City, as told by a cast of people and puppets through a hilariously irreverent, Tony-winning book and score. The three-time Tony Award winning musical will return to Chicago at the Bank of [...] Continue Reading
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Artistic Home Extends ‘THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH’
Posted on 08 March 2010
The Artistic Home is pleased to announce that it will be extending its production of The Skin of Our Teeth through Sunday, April 11. . What: The Skin Of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder Directed by Jeff Christian NOW EXTENDED THROUGH SUNDAY, APRIL 11 Where: The Artistic Home [...] Continue Reading
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Posted on 08 March 2010
Victory Gardens Theater’s Arts Education Department has opened nominations for two free youth training programs this summer, Sound Off: Your Words/Your Voice, and the Summer Teen Acting Lab. Sound Off is Victory Gardens’ popular high school playwriting program in which talented Chicago-area high school students are selected to work closely with a local professional playwright to [...] Continue Reading
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ISO Presents ‘Happy Hour at the Symphony’
Posted on 08 March 2010
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra will perform its third fun and entertaining one-hour Stella Artois Happy Hour at the Symphony concert of the season when composer, arranger and conductor Steve Hackman takes the podium to conduct symphonic renditions of contemporary hits by John Mayer and Coldplay, plus excerpts from popular classical favorites by Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes [...] Continue Reading
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ISO Announces Much Anticipated 2010-2011 Season
Posted on 05 March 2010
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra announced today its 2010-2011 season of Classical, Pops and Family series concerts and Special Events that will feature some of the great artists of our time, including violin sensations Joshua Bell and Midori, who will perform the Tchaikovsky and Beethoven Concertos, respectively; a one-night-only Opening Night Gala appearance by Itzhak Perlman, [...] Continue Reading
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