Press release provided by Metropolis Performing Arts Centre. Virtuosity: Chamber Music with Picosa features celebrated masterworks side-by-side with newly discovered gems at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre March 25, 2018. Picosa showcases eclectic programming with its signature orchestral sound and virtuosity. The ensemble features celebrated masterworks side-by-side with newly discovered gems from around the world and … Read more
Press release provided by Chicago Sinfonietta. In conjunction with its Project W initiative which makes bold steps for gender equity in classical music, Chicago Sinfonietta announces performances of Hear Me Roar at Wentz Concert Hall in Naperville, IL (March 11, 2018, 3pm) and at Symphony Center, Chicago (March 12, 2018, 7:30pm). This performance is the fourth of five Main Stage programs throughout the Sinfonietta’s 30th Anniversary Season. Maestro Mei-Ann Chen, who … Read more
Press release provided by the McAninch Arts Center (MAC). ¡Cubanismo! now celebrating its 20th anniversary, brings the sizzling touch of Havana and colorful Latin beats to the McAninch Arts Center (MAC) Sunday, Feb. 18 at 3 p.m. The band’s leader, trumpeter Jesús Alemañy, has been hailed as “a precise and charismatic trumpeter with the regal bearing … Read more
Press release provided by Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre. Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre has scheduled local auditions for the upcoming production of Annie. Beef & Boards is casting the roles of the orphans and the starring title role in its upcoming production of the musical Annie. Girls ages 6-14 are encouraged to attend the … Read more
The Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company will perform Patience; or, Bunthorne’s Bride, a classic satire of vanity, pretension and fads, at the University of Chicago’s Mandel Hall on March 9, 10, and 11. Sparkling satire and wit adorn Gilbert and Sullivan’s masterpiece operetta, a send-up of romantic sex symbols—and the public’s hopeless infatuation with them. But the … Read more
Press release provided by Metropolis Performing Arts Centre. Creole Stomp celebrate the Mardi Gras season with a rollicking mix of contemporary blues, swamp pop, and traditional Cajun and zydeco music at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre March 24, 2018. Creole Stomp has captured the ears and the feet of Louisiana music fans across North America. A … Read more
Press release provided by Hershey Felder Presents. HERSHEY FELDER PRESENTS the Midwest Premiere of Our Great Tchaikovsky, a new play-with-music featuring the compositions of Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Directed by Trevor Hay with a book and performance by Hershey Felder. Following critically acclaimed and record breaking productions at San Diego Rep, Hartford Stage, Los Angeles’ Wallis Annenberg, Theatreworks Silicon Valley and London’s West End, Felder’s newest work … Read more
Press release provided by Metropolis Performing Arts Centre. AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH THE IDES OF MARCH FEATURING JIM PETERIK: SONGS AND STORIES AT METROPOLIS Enjoy Jim Peterik’s catalog of Top 40 hits with An Intimate Evening with the Ides of March featuring Jim Peterik: Songs and Stories at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre March 23, 2018. … Read more
Press release provided by The Second City Training Center. The Second City Training Center in Chicago proudly presents The Mary Scruggs Works By Women Festival 2018. Back for its seventh consecutive year, the annual showcase features a two-day lineup of world premiere sketches and songs written by women of the Second City Training Center, performances … Read more
Press release provided by Theatre at the Center. Cory Goodrich, in the role of M’Lynn, Landree Fleming, as Shelby, and Heidi Kettenring as Truvy, lead the cast of Theatre at the Center’s Steel Magnolias with Joslyn Yvonne Jones as Ouiser, Jeannie Affelder as Clairee and Myesha-Tiara as Annelle. Previews begin February 22 with Opening Night … Read more