Tag: Columbia College Chicago Music Department
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(VIDEO) Remembering Composer and Columbia College Chicago Music Department Founder William Russo (June 25, 1928-January 11, 2003)
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department remembers composer, author, and teacher William Russo on the anniversary of his birth. Russo, who founded what is now the Columbia College Chicago Music Department in 1965, was born in Chicago on June 25, 1928. Internationally recognized for his musical works in jazz, rock, blues, symphonic, and theatrical genres,…
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Columbia College Chicago Alums’ Sci-Fi Musical ‘Abduction’ Presented as Benefit for UNICEF at Chicago’s Newport Theatre June 23-July 7
Abduction, an original science-fiction musical comedy created by Columbia College Chicago alumni T.J. Pieffer ’18 and Brad Kemp ’12, is being presented in a staged reading as a benefit for UNICEF humanitarian support in response to the war in Ukraine. The show will be presented THREE PERFORMANCES ONLY – Thursday, June 23, June 30, and…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alums Bring ‘Hand to God’ to Paramount’s Copley Theatre May 25-July 10
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the Columbia College Chicago Music Department are on the production team of Hand to God, running May 25 through July 10 at the Paramount Theatre‘s Copley Theatre, located at 8 E. Galena Blvd. in downtown Aurora, Illinois. This irreverent, darkly comic puppet play — a 2015…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Mourns Former Faculty Member Estelle Spector
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department mourns the passing of longtime faculty member Estelle Goodman Spector, who passed away quietly at her home in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood on May 7, 2022. She was 91. Estelle‘s funeral service, though private, will be livestreamed Wednesday, May 11, at 2 PM Chicago time. Click here for a…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum’s Musical Receives World Premiere May 10-28
Notes & Letters, a new musical by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Annabelle Lee Revak ’19, who graduated with a double BA in Musical Theatre from the Theatre Department and Music Composition from the Columbia College Chicago Music Department, will receive its world premiere from Underscore Theatre Company May 10 through 28 at the…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alums Bring Artistic Home’s ‘The Pavilion’ to the Den Theatre May 5-June 5
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the Columbia College Chicago Music Department are on the production team of Craig Wright’s drama The Pavilion, presented by The Artistic Home May 5 through June 5. The show runs at the Den Theatre, located at 1331 N. Milwaukee in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. Columbia College…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring 2022 Black Playwrights Festival to Black Ensemble April 26-30
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and production team of the 2022 Black Playwrights Festival, running April 26 through 30 at the Black Ensemble Theatre, located at 4450 N. Clark in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. The event features works by five members of the Black Playwrights Initiative. The plays – a different…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alums Featured in Black Ensemble’s ‘It’s Just Like Coming to Church’ March 12-April 24
Former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department student MJ Rawls is featured in the world premiere of It’s Just Like Coming to Church (Welcome to the Church of YOU), the new musical written and directed by Jackie Taylor at the Black Ensemble Theatre, located at 4450 N. Clark in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. The joyous and uplifting…
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Columbia College Chicago Music Department Founder William Russo Remembered in WBEZ Story About Chicago Free Theater
Longtime Columbia College Chicago faculty member William Russo, founder of the Columbia College Chicago Music Department, is profiled by Chicago’s NPR outlet WBEZ in a podcast and print article posted on March 10, 2022. The “Curious City” story by Adriana Cardona-Maguigad — titled “Chicago’s Free Theater Grappled With Issues Like Civil Rights and the Vietnam…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Faculty Bring Pulitzer Prize-Winning Drama ‘Sweat’ to Paramount March 9-April 24
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty members are on the creative team of Sweat, the first production in the Paramount Theatre‘s new Bold Series. Paramount, located in downtown Aurora, Illinois, is launching the Bold Series as a four-show subscription package dedicated to fearless, unexpected, and thought-provoking intimate drama. For tickets, click here. Sweat, Lynn Nottage’s…