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2023 Equity Jeff Award nominations announced, with the Goodman at the top of the list
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 10 months agoNominations are in for this year’s 55th anniversary Jeff Awards for Equity Theater, with the Goodman Theatre being the most nominated. The Goodman collected 32 entries on the list from nine ...
Review: ‘MotherFreakingHood!’ offers cocktails and catharsis for exhausted moms at Mercury Theater
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoChicago’s Southport Corridor teems with young moms, their babies and toddlers, and the Mercury Theater is hosting a new commercially produced musical aimed squarely at those very mothers, hopefully ...
Can the show go on? Britain's theatres fear the dark
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBritish theatres are negotiating with energy suppliers, investing in hot water bottles and dusting off generators as they live in dread of blackouts and...
Agnes Moorehead: 12 Facts About the 'Bewitched' Star
Woman's World via Yahoo News· 1 week agoAgnes Moorehead came to her role as Endora on Bewitched with a wealth of acting experience behind her, including on the radio, stage and in film — among...
Eat. Watch. Do. — Boonie’s review, budget-friendly LA travel and pumpkin spice... Malört
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIt’s Thursday, Chicago. If Malört induces your gag reflex, then maybe it’s worth skipping CH...
Review: ‘Young Frankenstein’ comes alive at Mercury Theater, thanks to Igor and the Monster
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThey spent $20 million to open “Young Frankenstein” on Broadway in 2007. But all the money in Bavaria couldn’t avoid comparisons with “The Producers,” the Mel Brooks movie-to-Broadway masterpiece ...
Review: ‘Jersey Boys’ is a jukebox time machine at Mercury — and oh, what a voice!
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe musical “Jersey Boys” has created a few stars in its roughly 20-year history, including John...
Review: In ‘Rock of Ages’ at Mercury Theater, knockout singers bring nothin’ but a good time
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThere are three golden rules for a great production of “Rock of Ages,” the comedic 2009 Broadway musical by Chris D’Arienzo that celebrates the power ballads, guitar-driven romps and heavy-metal ...
Review: ‘Big River’ a musical journey with Jim and Huck Finn at Mercury Theater
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn the mid-1980s, Broadway made an effort to recruit songwriters from Nashville and producers happened on a man named Roger Miller, at that point best known for penning the song “King of the ...
What might a post-retail High Street look like?
BBC via Yahoo News· 4 days agoBestdays Vintage in Colchester was once a clothes shop, but it now sells coffee, vinyl and runs events [BBC] Voters repeatedly tell pollsters that empty...