Tag: Joseph Kuchey
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums in ‘Anything Goes’ Sept. 19-Nov. 2 at Metropolis
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and faculty talent is featured in the classic Cole Porter musical comedy Anything Goes, running September 19 through November 2 at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights. The show’s cast includes Brandy Miller, a senior in the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni and Students Bring ‘Freaky Friday’ to Raue Arts Center Aug. 2-Sept. 1
Alumni and current students from the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Musical Theatre Program are featured in the Chicago-area premiere of the musical Freaky Friday, presented August 2 through September 1 by Williams Street Repertory at the Raue Center for the Arts, located at 26 N. Williams in Crystal Lake, Illinois. The show’s cast includes…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Talent Bring ‘A Chorus Line’ to Metropolis Performing Arts Centre Sept. 20-Nov. 3
Alumni and former faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast and creative team for Metropolis Performing Arts Centre‘s new production of the landmark musical A Chorus Line, running September 20 through November 3. The Pulitzer Prize-winning show about the lives of Broadway dancers features alumni Madelyne Forrester ’18, Hannah Griffith…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Success Stories of 2017: News from Around the World
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s blog “The Green Room” has chronicled the professional activities of our talented and accomplished alumni, faculty, and students over the past year. We covered news as it poured in not only from Chicago but from New York, Hollywood, around the U.S., and overseas. As we head off for our holiday break,…
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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 Musical Theatre Alums Bring Rock Opera ‘Tonya and Nancy’ to Chicago Nov. 25-Dec. 30
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Courtney Mack ’15, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, stars in the Chicago premiere of Tonya and Nancy: The Rock Opera, running November 25-December 30 at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont, Chicago. Mack plays Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan in this musical by Elizabeth Searle and Michael Teoli,…
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Columbia College Chicago Musical Theatre Alumni Featured in ‘Young Frankenstein’ at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre Sept. 22-Nov. 6
Graduates of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Musical Theatre Program are featured in the musical Young Frankenstein, running September 22-November 6 at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights. In this stage adaptation of the classic Mel Brooks film parody of Frankenstein, alumnus Nathan Cooper ’13 — a graduate of…
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Columbia College Chicago Musical Theatre Alumni and Faculty Bring ‘Spamalot’ to Metropolis Sept. 10-Oct. 25
Spamalot, the fall season opener at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, features the talents of alumni and faculty from the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s BA Program in Musical Theatre. Musical Theatre Dance teacher Christie Kerr is choreographing this popular stage musical based on the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The ensemble includes alumni…
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Columbia College Alumni Featured in Chicago Musical Theatre Festival, Featuring 13 New Works June 30-July 19
Alumni and students from the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, Music Department, and Dance Department are involved in the Underscore Theatre Company‘s second annual Chicago Musical Theatre Festival, running June 30-July 19 at the Den Theatre, 1333 N. Milwaukee, in Chicago’s Wicker Park community. The festival features 13 world-premiere musicals by local artists, selected from…
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Columbia Alumni Make a ‘Wonderful Town’
Columbia College Theatre Department alumnus Jon Martinez, assisted by fellow alumnus Joseph Kuchey, choreographed the dances for Bailiwick Chicago’s “Chicago Casting Audition Production” of the classic musical comedy Wonderful Town, running February 23-28 at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont, Chicago. This production of the 1953 hit (written by Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Joseph Fields, and Jerome…