Musical Theatre Archive

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...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Michael Matthews ’99 is directing the classic musical Cabaret for Los Angeles’ award-winning Celebration Theatre. The show runs May 25 through July 15 at the Lex Theatre, 6760 Lexington, Los Angeles. For tickets,...
Alumni and former students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast of Neverwhere, a theatrical adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s novel running May 25 through July 15 at Lifeline Theatre in Chicago’s Glenwood Avenue Arts District....