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(VIDEO) Remembering Composer and Columbia College Chicago Music Department Founder William Russo (June 25, 1928-January 11, 2003)

Posted by Albert Williams

The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department remembers composer, author, and teacher William Russo on the anniversary of his birth. Russo, who founded what is now the Columbia College Chicago Music Department in 1965, was born in Chicago on June...

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A June 23 Birthday Salute to Bob Fosse

Posted by Albert Williams

The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department salutes Bob Fosse ‘HDR ’73 on the anniversary of his birth. The famed Chicago-born director-choreographer received an Honorary Doctor of Arts degree from Columbia College at the college’s commencement ceremony in 1973, the...

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Columbia College Chicago Alums’ Sci-Fi Musical ‘Abduction’ Presented as Benefit for UNICEF at Chicago’s Newport Theatre June 23-July 7

Posted by Albert Williams

Abduction, an original science-fiction musical comedy created by Columbia College Chicago alumni T.J. Pieffer ’18 and Brad Kemp ’12, is being presented in a staged reading as a benefit for UNICEF humanitarian support in response to the war in...

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring ‘Godspell’ to Theo Ubique Theatre June 10-July 31

Posted by Albert Williams

Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the cast and creative team of the musical Godspell, running June 10 through July 31 at Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre in the Chicago suburb of Evanston. The show’s ensemble includes Theatre...

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring ‘Cruel Intentions’ to Chicago’s Chopin Theatre June 9-August 7

Posted by Albert Williams

Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast and creative team of Kokandy Productions’ Chicago storefront premiere of Cruel Intentions: The ’90 Musical, running June 9 through August 7 at the Chopin Theatre, located at...

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Curates ‘Get Happy!’ Exhibit Honoring Judy Garland Centenary June 10-12

Posted by Albert Williams

Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Scott Hedley ’10, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, is the curator and co-producer of Get Happy! 100 Years of Judy Garland, an exhibit marking the centenary of...

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Featured in Music Theater Works’ ‘Little Mermaid’ June 2-26 at North Shore Center for the Performing Arts

Posted by Albert Williams

Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Joselle Reyes ’21, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, has the lead role of Ariel in Disney’s The Little Mermaid, presented by Music Theater Works June 2...

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Featured in Second City’s ‘Queer Eye: The Musical Parody’ Starting June 2

Posted by Albert Williams

Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the cast of Queer Eye: The Musical Parody, beginning June 2 at The Second City comedy theatre’s Up Comedy Club, located at 230 W. North in the Pipers Alley mall in Chicago’s...

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(VIDEO) ‘Tell Me More, Tell Me More’: Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Salutes the 50th Anniversary of the Born-in-Chicago Broadway Hit ‘Grease’

Posted by Albert Williams

The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department warmly congratulates Columbia College Honorary Doctorate of Arts recipient Jim Jacobs HDR ’14 — co-author of the born-in-Chicago hit musical Grease — on the 50th anniversary of the Broadway premiere of Grease in...

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Columbia College Chicago TV/Theatre Alum Devlyn Camp Called ‘The Queer History Teacher We Need Right Now’ for Chronicling LGBTQ History in ‘Give ‘Em Hell, Harry!’ Podcast

Posted by Albert Williams

Columbia College Chicago alum Devlyn Camp ’14 — who graduated with a BA in Television Writing and Producing from what is now the Columbia College Chicago Cinema and Television Arts Department and a Minor in Acting from the Columbia College...

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