Musical Theatre Archive

Columbia College Chicago Dance and Musical Theatre Students Team Up for Alluvion Dance Chicago Benefit Jan. 16

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Alluvion Dance Chicago, an emerging contemporary dance company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Dance Department student Johnny Huntoon, kicks off its 2016 season with “Introductions,” a benefit event on Saturday, January 16, at the historic Fine Arts...
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Columbia College Chicago Alumni and Student Talent Featured in Rarely-Revived Tennessee Williams Drama at A Red Orchid Theatre Jan. 14-Feb. 28

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and student talent are on board for Tennessee Williams’ rarely-revived drama The Mutilated, running January 14-February 28 at A Red Orchid Theatre, located at 1531 N. Wells in Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood. The...
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Columbia College Chicago Musical Theatre Alumnus Chester Gregory Stars in National Tour of ‘Motown: The Musical’

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Get ready, ’cause here he comes: Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Chester Gregory (BA ’95) is starring in the national touring company of Motown: The Musical. Gregory portrays Berry Gordy, founder of Motown Records, in this hit show....
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Faculty, Alumni, and Students Win Three Cheers for ‘Pinafore’ at Actors Theater of Louisville

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The Hypocrites' "H.M.S. Pinafore"
The Hypocrites, one of Chicago’s most respected and most creative theatre companies, won rave reviews for its production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta H.M.S. Pinafore at the prestigious Actors Theater of Louisville in Kentucky. The production featured the talents...
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Columbia College Chicago Musical Theatre Teacher Linda Fortunato Named Artistic Director of Theatre at the Center

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Linda Fortunato, a faculty member in the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Musical Theatre BA and Musical Theatre Performance BFA programs, has been named artistic director of Theatre at the Center in Munster, Indiana, one of America’s leading regional...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Launch New Web Series ‘Superfreaks’

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna Jessica Curtis (BA ’03) is the co-creator of a new web series, Superfreaks, which debuted November 14 on Youtube. Curtis, who wrote and directed the show’s pilot episode, is a graduate of the...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Faculty, Alumni, and Student Talent Featured in Nov. 7 Benefit for Oak Park’s Open Door Repertory Company

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Several Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department teachers and current or former students are pooling their talents for “Broadway in Oak Park,” a benefit concert to raise money for Open Door Repertory Company in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park....
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Go Vampire-Hunting in ‘Gone Dark’ Oct. 31-Nov. 22

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Otherworld Theatre, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, celebrates Halloween with Gone Dark, a new gothic thriller. Directed by Tiffany Keane (BA ’12), a graduate of the Theatre Department’s theatre directing program, this...
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‘Drowsy Chaperone’ Salutes Jazz Age Musicals at Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department’s Getz Theatre Oct. 28-Nov. 7

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The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department kicks off its 2015-2016 mainstage season with the musical The Drowsy Chaperone, running October 28-November 7 at the Theatre Department’s Getz Theatre, 72 E. 11th St. in Chicago’s South Loop. The Drowsy Chaperone,...
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Columbia College Theatre Alumni Perform with Kristin Chenoweth Oct. 24 at Chicago Theatre

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  Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni Jess Godwin (BA ’05), Mallory Maedke (BFA ’14), and Alex Newkirk (BFA ’11) will be backup vocalists for Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth at Chenoweth’s concert at the landmark Chicago Theatre on Saturday,...
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