Musical Theatre Archive

Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and student talent is featured in the Chicago premiere of The View Upstairs, running June 22 through July 22 at the Pride Arts Center, 4139 N. Broadway, Chicago. Presented by Circle Theatre Chicago,...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Chester Gregory ’95, HDR ’15, brings his one-man show The Eve of Jackie to Chicago’s DuSable Museum of African American History on Friday, June 22, at 8 PM. Gregory portrays legendary soul singer...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Leah Morrow ’05, a graduate of Columbia College’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, plays Kate Monster in the musical Avenue Q, running June 21 through September 9 at the Mercury Theater Chicago, 3745 N....
Otherworld Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents a new installment of its interactive fantasy combat series Fight Quest, running June 15 through July 7 at Otherworld’s new home base, located...
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulations former Theatre Department student and faculty member David Cromer HDR ’17 on winning the 2018 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical. Cromer — who studied acting and directing at...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and creative team for the musical Hairspray, presented June 8 through 24 by BrightSide Theatre in the Chicago suburb of Naperville. The show’s co-director is Theatre Department alumnus Barry...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and student talent is featured in Porchlight Music Theatre‘s New Faces Sing Broadway 1975, which plays at the Skokie Theatre on Tuesday, June 5, and then at the Arts Club of Chicago on...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Lea Ciastko ’16, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, performs her one-woman show It’s My Cancer and I’ll Laugh If I Want To on Sundays, June 3, 10,...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Jessica Lu ’08, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, costars in the TV series Reverie, which debuts May 30, 2018, on NBC. In this new summer drama, Lu...
Otherworld Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents its 6th Annual Juggernaut Film Festival, a two-day celebration of science fiction and fantasy films and filmmakers from around the world. The festival...