Tag: Columbia College Chicago Music Department
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2017 BroadwayWorld Awards
Congratulations to the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, faculty, and former students who have been nominated for BroadwayWorld.com‘s 2017 BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards, which honor Chicago-area theatre productions that opened between October 1, 2016, and September 30, 2017. The nominees were announced November 10. The winners will be chosen by BroadwayWorld readers through online…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Wins 2017 Joseph Jefferson Award for Lighting Design
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Jesse Klug ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Design Program, won a 2017 Joseph Jefferson Award — Chicago’s top theatrical prize — for his lighting design for the musical Sweeney Todd at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora. Klug shared the award with his co-designer, Nick Belley. Klug’s…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Talent Featured in Kids’ Musical ‘The Tiger Who Wore White Gloves’ Through Dec. 23
Columbia College Chicago alumni and students are in the cast and creative team of Nora Brooks Blakely‘s musical The Tiger Who Wore White Gloves, running through December 23 at ETA Creative Arts Foundation, 7553 S. South Chicago, on Chicago’s South Side. The show is adapted by Blakely from a poem by her mother, Pulitzer Prize-winning…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Student and Alumni Talent Featured in Drury Lane Theatre’s ’42nd Street’ Oct. 26-Jan. 7
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 Music with a Concentration in Instrumental Performance, are featured in the musical 42nd Street, running October…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Faculty and Alumni Talent Bring ‘United Flight 232’ to Chopin Theatre Stage Sept. 1-Oct. 21
The House Theatre of Chicago is presenting a return engagement of its acclaimed 2016 production United Flight 232, adapted and directed by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Vanessa Stalling. Based on Laurence Gonzales’ book Flight 232, the show won 2016 Joseph Jefferson Awards for Production of a Play (Midsize) and Ensemble. United Flight 232 runs September 1-October 21…
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Columbia College Chicago Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2017 Jeff Awards
Alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the Columbia College Chicago Music Department have been nominated for 2017 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The list of this year’s “Jeff Award” nominees, announced August 23, includes: Alumna Caroline Neff ’07, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums Launch New Company with Performances Aug. 24-26
LoudMouth Theater, a new company created by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums and students, makes its debut August 24-26 with Mouthing Off, an evening of theatre and music by local artists. LoudMouth Theater is led by its co-founders: Columbia College students Emil Sueck, a senior in the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, and…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alums Present Solo Performance Shows Aug. 13-27
The LIVINGroom, an ensemble of solo writer/performers including alumni and students from the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, will present three nights of new solo performance on Sunday, August 13, 20, and 27, at Stage 773, located at 1225 W. Belmont in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood. Performances start at 7 PM. Tickets are $10, and student tickets…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alums Launch Bittersweet Arts Company with July 29 Show
A group of Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and Columbia College Chicago Music Department alumni have partnered to form the Bittersweet Arts Company, described as “a collective of multi-talented artists whose unique ambitions and spirits are brought together through their love of experimentation and creative expression.” The interdisciplinary group, launched on July 1, will debut…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni ‘Let the Sunshine In’ in ‘Hair’ Through July 1 at Metropolis
Congratulations to the Columbia College Chicago alumni and students in the new production of the classic rock musical Hair, running through July 1 at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in the northern Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights. The show got a rave review from the northwest suburban Daily Herald, which called the show “bold, exuberant and…