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Chicago is seen as a particularly fertile launching pad for the stars of tomorrow, whether in acting, comedy, writing or dance.
Players 50 2025: Theater | Newcity Stage
2025年1月7日 · 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 ravine)” (2024) and “¡Bernarda!” (2023) with Teatro ...
Players 50 2025: Comedy | Newcity Stage
2025年1月7日 · The Laughing City: The 312 Comedy Festival Brings Top Comedy Stars to Chicago Chicago’s reputation for comedy has primarily been rooted in having the best improv scene on the planet. But the city has also spawned a rich stand-up history, and the first-ever 312 Comedy Festival will add to it by bringing more than twenty major shows to clubs and theaters throughout the Chicago area.
Players 2025: The 50 People Who Really Perform for Chicago
2025年1月7日 · 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: Dance | Newcity Stage
2025年1月7日 · 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 ...
Players 50 2025: Opera | Newcity Stage
2025年1月7日 · 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.
Stage Top 5: February 2024 | Newcity Stage
2024年1月31日 · Dance Top 5: February 2024 February brings local favorites like the Joffrey and Hubbard Street, along with international stalwarts to Chicago dance stages.
Dance Top 5: June 2024 - Newcity Stage
2024年5月29日 · 1 Joffrey for All (Millennium Park) The Joffrey Ballet reprises last year’s wildly popular free performance in the Pritzker Pavilion, preceded by free dance lessons on the park lawn.
Players 50 2024: The Producers and Places | Newcity Stage
2024年1月9日 · 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 …
Stage Top 5: August 2023 - Newcity Stage
2023年7月31日 · 1 MJ (Broadway in Chicago) Not our MJ, but rather the late king of pop in a song-and-dance extravaganza created by director-choreographer Christopher Wheeldon and playwright Lynn Nottage. Starts August 1. 2 Today, Tonight, Soon (Theatre L’Acadie) A world premiere by Melanie Coffey promises “a mixture of Regency romance and feminist dystopia,” performed on an actual beach.