Musical Theatre Archive

Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department were honored with 2017 Black Theater Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards at the BTAA’s annual awards ceremony on Monday, October 23. The event was held at Columbia College Chicago‘s Conaway Center in Chicago’s...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus John David Nelson ’09, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre with a Minor in Playwriting, makes his debut as a credited Broadway producer with the much-anticipated revival of...
  Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department student Davon Suttles, a junior in the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, and Columbia College Chicago Music Department alumnus Tristan Bruns ’09, a graduate of the Music Department’s BA Program in...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni Tyler Anthony Smith ’17, Abigail Phelps ’15, and Carson Schroeder ’16 are featured in the world premiere of Smith’s comedy Mein Comps, running October 23-25 at Strawdog Theatre, 1802 W. Berenice, Chicago. Showtime...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the cast and creative/production team for BoHo Theatre‘s production of the musical drama Marie Christine, by writer-composer Michael John LaChiusa. In previews October 21-27, the show opens October 28 and runs...
Columbia College Chicago will host the 2017 Black Theater Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards on Monday, October 23, at the college’s Conaway Center, 1104 S. Wabash, in Chicago’s South Loop. The evening will begin with a reception at 7 PM followed...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and student talent is featured in the professional Chicago premiere of Lysistrata Jones, running October 20-November 19 at Unity Lutheran Church, 1212 W. Balmoral, in Chicago’s Edgewater Theatre District. Presented by the Refuge...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums and students are participating in Headline Theatre Project: Winter Is Coming Edition, a one-night showcase of new plays inspired by current events, on Saturday, October 21, at 8 PM at The Frontier, Jackalope...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Spencer Meeks ’15, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, appears in That’s Weird, Grandma: Stories on Sunday Afternoons, presented by the Barrel of Monkeys arts education theatre ensemble...
Underscore Theatre Company, a Chicago troupe devoted to presenting new musical theatre works, presents the world premiere of Carrie 2: The Rage (An Unauthorized Musical Parody) October 13-November 19 at The Arkham, located at 4609 N. Clark in Chicago’s Uptown...