Tag: Andra Velis Simon
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums and Faculty Bring U.S. Premiere of ‘London Road’ to the Stage of Chicago’s Theatre Wit April 22-June 3
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums, students, and faculty are in the cast and creative team of the U.S. premiere of the experimental and innovative new British musical London Road, presented by Chicago’s Shattered Globe Theatre. The show runs April 22 through June 3 at Theatre Wit, located at 1229 W. Belmont in Chicago’s Belmont…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department’s 2022-23 Mainstage Season Features ‘Bat Boy: The Musical’ at Getz Theatre Center Dec. 1-10
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s 2022-23 Mainstage Season continues with Bat Boy: The Musical, by Keythe Farley, Brian Flemming, and Laurence O’Keefe. The production, featuring an all-student cast and a production team composed of students, alumni, and faculty, runs December 1 through 10 in the Courtyard Theatre of the Getz Theatre Center of Columbia…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Presents Mainstage Musical ‘Head Over Heels’ at Getz Theatre Center in Chicago’s South Loop April 27-May 7
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s 2021-22 Mainstage Season concludes with the musical Head Over Heels, running April 27 through May 7 in the Courtyard Theatre of the Getz Theatre Center of Columbia College, located at 72 E. 11th St. in Chicago’s South Loop. Student discounts are available. For tickets and more information (including COVID-19…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Presents ‘Cabaret’ Feb. 16-19 at Getz Theatre Center
As previously reported in this blog, the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department presents the musical Cabaret February 16 through 19 in the Courtyard Theatre of the Getz Theatre Center of Columbia College, located at 72 E. 11th Street in Chicago’s South Loop. This staged concert reading of the musical is part of the Theatre Department‘s…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department’s Spring 2022 Mainstage Season: ‘Cabaret’ Feb. 16-19, Followed by ‘Hortensia and the Museum of Dreams’ and ‘Head Over Heels’; Live Performances Held at Getz Theatre Center in Chicago’s South Loop
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s 2021-22 Mainstage Season features three productions for the Spring 2022 semester—two musicals, Cabaret and Head Over Heels, and the drama Hortensia and the Museum of Dreams. Cabaret, with a book by Joe Masteroff and songs by composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb, is a musical written in 1966 centering…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums and Faculty Bring ‘Songs for Nobodies’ to Northlight Theatre through Oct. 31
Alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are bringing the musical theatre event Songs for Nobodies to Northlight Theatre, located at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts at 9501 Skokie Boulevard in the Chicago suburb of Skokie. The show, running through October 31, stars former Columbia College Theatre Department student…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre, Music, and Dance Department Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2020 Jeff Awards
Congratulations to the alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, the Columbia College Chicago Music Department, and the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago who have been nominated for 2020 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The Equity “Jeff Awards” honor excellence in Chicago’s Equity theatre during the 2019-2020 theatre season.…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums and Faculty Bring ‘Always . . . Patsy Cline’ to the Stage; Hit Musical Extended Through Jan. 4
The country musical Always . . . Patsy Cline, which features faculty and former students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department in its cast and creative team, has been extended due to popular demand at the Den Theatre in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. The show now runs through the Christmas/New Year’s holidays, with closing…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Directs Chicago Premiere of ‘Sundown, Yellow Moon’ at Raven Theatre – With Special College Night Performance Oct. 3
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Cody Estle ’11, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, directs the opening production of the 2019-2020 season at Chicago’s award-winning Raven Theatre, located at 6157 N. Clark in Chicago’s Edgewater/Andersonville Theatre District. Titled Sundown, Yellow Moon, this drama with music begins its run Thursday, October 3,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre, Music, and Dance Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2019 Joseph Jefferson Awards
Congratulations to the alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, the Columbia College Chicago Music Department, and the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago who have been nominated for 2019 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The list of nominees for this year’s “Equity Jeff Awards,” which honor excellence in Chicago-area…