Tag: Sheldon Patinkin
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Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance Celebrates ‘Grease’ Creator Jim Jacobs’ Induction into Illinois Rock & Roll Hall of Fame; ‘Grease’ Runs Nov. 13-22 at Getz Theatre Center
The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance was proud to help celebrate Columbia College Chicago Honorary Doctorate of Arts recipient Jim Jacobs HDR ’14 on the occasion of his induction into the Illinois Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on September 14, 2025. Jacobs, who received his Honorary Doctorate when he was the…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring Hit Musical ‘Grease’ to Metropolis Performing Arts Centre – Extended through Oct. 26; Happy Birthday to ‘Grease’ Co-Author Jim Jacobs
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums are in the cast and creative team of a new production of the hit musical Grease, which has been extended through October 26 at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights. Student discounts are available. For tickets, click here. This new production of the born-in-Chicago musical…
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(VIDEO) Birthday Salute to Longtime Columbia College Chicago Theatre Chair Sheldon Patinkin (Aug. 27, 1935-Sept. 21, 2014)
The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance lovingly honors the memory of Sheldon Patinkin – longtime head of the Columbia College Theatre Program, noted director and teacher, and cherished friend and mentor to many in the Chicago theatre community — on the occasion of what would have been his 90th birthday. Sheldon was…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance Performances and Displays Highlight ‘Manifest’ Arts Festival Friday, May 16
Manifest: Imagine, the 2025 edition of Columbia College Chicago‘s annual student-powered Manifest Arts Festival, takes place Friday, May 16, at multiple locations in Chicago’s buzzing South Loop community to celebrate student achievements at the end of the 2024-25 school year. The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance is proudly participating, with free performances…
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Columbia College Chicago to Honor Theatre Alum Joseph Sikora at May 18 Commencement
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alumnus Joseph Sikora ’98, a graduate of the Theatre Program’s BA Program in Acting, will be a featured speaker at Columbia’s commencement ceremony for graduating students majoring in American Sign Language, audio arts, dance, design, fine arts, illustration, interactive arts and media, music, photography, and theatre. The commencement event takes place Sunday, May…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum’s TV Series ‘Moral Orel’ Named ‘Best Stop-Motion Show of All Time’
The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance heartily congratulates film and TV writer-producer Dino Stamatopoulos, an alumnus of Columbia College Chicago‘s Theatre Program, whose 2005-2008 stop-motion-animation TV series Moral Orel has been named the best stop-motion animated TV series in history by the online entertainment news-and-reviews site Collider. Moral Orel, which Stamatopoulos created, wrote,…
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Columbia College Chicago Getz Theatre Center’s 2024-25 Mainstage Season Presents ‘You on the Moors Now’ March 5-15
The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance‘s 2024-25 Mainstage Season at the Getz Theatre Center of Columbia College continues with You on the Moors Now, running March 5 through 15 at the Getz Theatre Center’s Sheldon Patinkin Theatre, located at 72 E. 11th St. in Chicago’s South Loop. Student discount tickets are available.…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Dance Alumni and Faculty Named in Newcity Stage’s ‘Players 2025: The 50 People Who Really Perform for Chicago’
Congratulations to the Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance alumni and faculty cited in Newcity Stage‘s annual new year’s salute to movers and shakers in Chicago’s vibrant performing-arts scene. Among those celebrated in “Players 2025: The 50 People Who Really Perform for Chicago,” posted on Newcity‘s website January 7, 2025, are these Columbia…
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Columbia College Chicago Getz Theatre Center’s 2024-25 Mainstage Season Presents ‘Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine’ Nov. 20-Dec. 7
The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance‘s 2024-25 Mainstage Season at the Getz Theatre Center of Columbia College continues with Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine, by Lynn Nottage. The 2004 play features an all-student cast and a production team composed of faculty, staff, and students, all under the direction of Columbia College…
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(VIDEO) Happy Birthday to ‘Grease’ Co-Author Jim Jacobs!
The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance wishes a happy birthday to actor-playwright-songwriter Jim Jacobs HDR ’14, co-author of the hit musical Grease and benefactor of the Jim Jacobs Musical Theatre Scholarship at Columbia College, who turns 82 on October 7, 2024. Jacobs, who launched his theatrical career in Chicago in the 1960s, established…