#chicago theaters

[kodachrome-net]

Village Theater, Chicago, 1990

#theaters #theatres #movie theaters #lost places #chicago theaters #chicago #film photography #1990 #bruce sharp #old town #old town chicago

[beggars-opera]

On April 3rd, 1924, 23 year old Beulah Annan shot her lover, Harry Kalstedt, after an argument in her Chicago apartment, then made a cocktail and played a record on repeat for hours, watching him die.

Over the course of her murder trial, Beulah claimed at various times that she had shot Harry to prevent him raping her, that she had shot him because he became violent when she told him she was pregnant, and that she had narrowly grabbed the loaded gun first as they both lunged for it. Throughout all of this, Beulah's husband nearly bankrupted himself attempting to help her, convinced of her innocence. The day after she was acquitted she told the press that she was getting a divorce because he was "too slow." The baby never materialized.

Also in jail at this time was another murder suspect named Belva Gaertner, who had also shot her lover and claimed to have no memory of the incident because she was drunk when it happened. The two became the poster children for the supposed dangers of nascent jazz culture. Maureen Watkins, a reporter at both of the trials, later wrote both characters into a play called Chicago, which was eventually made into the musical we all know and love.

#history #1920s #chicago #theater #better late than never #hundredth anniversary of the day roxie and velma met in jail

[bestmusicalworldcup]

#best musical world cup #best snubbed musical world cup #musical theater #musical theatre #broadway #best musical #musicals #theater #theatre #polls #falsettos #chicago musical #best snubbed musical world cup finals #kander and ebb

[verystrangehuman]

High school theater is so much fun because literally everyone is unstable as shit, pretty much no one has their schoolwork fully up to date, we’re all exhausted, and there’s usually huge amounts of relationship tattering drama but during performance nights we drop all of that off and if asked, we would all still die for each other. It’s like the pinnacle of non negotiable found family.

#musical theater #theater kid #theater #high school theatre #theatre #backstage theatre #theater tech #tech theatre #techies #stage actor #chicago the musical #ranked musical #hairspray the musical #hadestown #be more chill #something rotten #heathers the musical #six the musical #beetlejuice the musical #anastasia the musical #anastasia #fiddler on the roof #Hamilton #carrie the musical #mama mia

[lordoftheringsmusical]

The Lord of the Rings is back this summer!

The WhatsOnStage Award-winning production of The Lord of the Rings is set to make its US debut this summer. Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s artistic director Edward Hall and executive director Kimberly Motes confirmed the news today that the Watermill Theatre’s new staging will debut at The Yard, running from 19 July to 1 September 2024. The American production will be directed by Paul Hart, who created and helmed the piece here in the UK in 2023.

More information on the theatre's page.

#lord of the rings musical #lotr musical #news #chicago shakespeare theater

[miss-galaxy-turtle]

Roxie Hart, esp movie Roxie, is a girl kisser

Think about it

All the musical numbers on the movie are her imagination trying to cope w the situation, right?

SHE'S the one putting these gorgeous women in sexy outfits

SHE'S the one who imagines a whole ass musical number about Queen Latifah being a sugar mama

That is NOT heterosexual behavior!!!

#roxie hart #chicago #chicago movie #chicago musical #theatre #theater #musicals #musical theatre #musical theater #lgbt headcanons #lesbian headcanon #broadway #renee zellweger #queen latifah #mama morton #cell block tango #when you're good to mama #catherine zeta jones #velma kelly

[gloom-bee]

It wasn’t until I was wiping the blood from my hands I even knew they were ✨DEAD✨

something a little different from what I’ve posted the past few weeks but I was watching Chicago (yet again) and felt inspired, genuinely such an amazing movie

#fanart #artists on tumblr #art #digital art #procreate #chicago #chicago musical #musical theatre #my girl took slayboss too literally #women’s wrongs #broadway #musical theater #velma kelly #all that jazz #catherine zeta jones #gloomdoodles

[browsethestacks]

#Poll #Muppets #The Muppets #Musicals #Film #Victor/Victoria #Rocky Horror Picture Show #Little Shop Of Horrors #Hairspray #Avenue Q #Phantom Of The Opera #Hamilton #Evita #Cats #Chicago #Broadway #Theater

[myimaginarymary]

Theatre kids at the end of every performance and rushing to make curtain call

#theatre #theater kid #theatre kids #dc animated series #justice league unlimited #hadestown #anastasia #Hamilton #moulin rouge #wicked #the addams family #six the musical #Chicago #phantom of the opera #mean girls #newsies #west side story #theatre nerd #les miserables #alexander hamilton

[notbecauseofvictories]

I took my aunt to a musical for Christmas, and I would like to thank our very cheerful and slightly booze-soaked crowd for their contributions. Not that the actresses weren't phenomenal, but I honestly think that having a bunch of people around us laugh and clap forced my aunt to loosen up, and accept that yes, it was going to be a little strange to watch two people play and sing all the various roles, but imagination is powerful and so is peer pressure.

#I did realize while walking into the theater that I spent last christmas coaxing my mother #into ''ernest shackleton loves me'' and this christmas coaxing my aunt into ''islander'' #so I seem to get off on dragging my older female relatives to the theater for Vaguely Offbeat Stuff #(it's.....not actually weird. even by chicago standards. but by their standards it is! so it counts.) #celestial emporium of benevolent knowledge

[animentality]

#musical theater #les miserables #hamilton musical #phantom of the opera #chicago #wicked #rent #moulin rouge

[kodachrome-net]

Nortown Theater: NO. Chicago, 1990

#movie palaces #theatres #chicago theatres #nortown theatre #movie theaters #rogers park #bruce sharp #1990 #film photography #original photography #photographers on tumblr #lost chicago #lost places #nortown theater #movie theatres #chicago theaters #theaters #theatre marquees #theater marquees #marquee

[doyouknowthismusical]

#musical theater #do you know this musical #poll #chicago #john kander #fred ebb #kander and ebb #bob fosse #language: english

[bestmusicalworldcup]

#best snubbed musical world cup #best musical world cup #best snubbed musical world cup finals #musical theater #musical theatre #broadway #best musical #musicals #theater #theatre #polls #wicked musical #wicked #chicago musical #stephen schwartz #kander and ebb

[thesongofpurplesummer]

What are some of your controversial opinions about The Tony Awards or Olivier Awards? (Shows/People that should have won)

#musicals #broadway #west end musicals #theatre kid #the tonys #tony awards #musical theatre #broadway musicals #deaf west spring awakening #falsettos #revival #musical review #west end theatre #theater #olivier awards #newsies #hamilton musical #sweeney todd broadway #chicago musical #wicked #six musical #moulin rouge #west side story musical #the phantom of the opera #sweeney todd revival #into the woods #parade musical #jason robert brown #sondheim #andrew lloyd webber

[lordoftheringsmusical]

The Lord of the Rings - Seat Plan, Tickets and Prices

The Lord of the Rings will premiere in the US this summer! The show is scheduled to run at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s The Yard from 19 July to 1 September 2024.

Here's what you need to know:

Dates:

previews from 19 to 25 July 2024

opening night on 26 July 2024

closing night on 1 September 2024

Times:

performances from Tuesdays to Saturdays at 7pm

performances on Sundays at 2pm

additional matinees on Wednesdays (1pm) and Saturdays (2pm)

Special performances:

Open Captioning: 21 August 2024 (both)

ASL Interpretation: 23 August 2024

Audio Description: 25 August 2024

Tickets:

Tickets are on sale NOW and going fast! You can purchase them on the theatre's website. If you need recommendations for seats, you can check out this website.

This is the seat plan, coloured price bands added by me:

red - $68-$125

green - $59-$110

blue - $50-$99

pink - $44-$88

orange - $41-$79

The handling fee per ticket is $6. Ticket prices vary according to the date of the performance. Here are three rules:

Previews are less expensive than performances after opening night.

The first week of performances after opening night is less expensive than the following weeks.

Weekdays are less expensive than weekends.

TICKETS HERE!

#lord of the rings musical #lotr musical #chicago shakespeare theater #news