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19/20 Season Announcement Round-Up

Melissa Schmitz2021-08-05T13:23:17-05:00July 26th, 2019|Latest News, Shows|

While we try to make the summer last as long as possible, we are already excited about the treasure trove of shows lined up in BTD's 19/20 season. Below are just a sample of the productions coming our way very [...]

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5 BTD Shows to See This Summer

Melissa Schmitz2021-08-05T13:19:06-05:00June 13th, 2019|Latest News, Shows|

Things are heating up in the Belmont Theater District! From storytelling to improv to musicals and more, here are just five of many BTD shows to fill your summer nights. For a complete listing of shows playing now and coming [...]

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  • All The Things BTD Dec 2021

All the Things Happening in the BTD: Dec 2021

Melissa Schmitz2021-12-09T10:35:45-05:00December 9th, 2021|BTD Theaters, Shows, Virtual Theater|

After reopening earlier this year, theater finishes 2021 strong in the Belmont Theater District, and we couldn’t be more thrilled. The BTD has something for everyone! Here are the theaters with in-person or virtual events in December!   Annoyance Theatre & [...]

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Annoyance’s SPLATTER Brings the Blood for Over 30 years

Melissa Schmitz2021-08-05T13:28:33-05:00October 28th, 2019|Interviews, Latest News, Shows|

Splatter is a staple of the Chicago Halloween season. I got the 4-11 from Annoyance's Managing Director Charley Carroll who told me all about the fascinating, messy history of this shocker of a show. BTD: Tell us the history of [...]

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August is Hot in the BTD: 5 Shows You’ll Want To See

Melissa Schmitz2021-08-05T13:38:35-05:00August 12th, 2020|Latest News, Shows, Virtual Theater|

Someone turned up the heat in Chicago's 2020 summer, and the temperature is not the only thing that is hot around here. While the houses are still mostly dark in the Belmont Theater District, here are five theaters inviting you to [...]

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Blue is Back – Blue Man Group Reopening

Colton Davis2021-08-06T11:08:45-05:00August 5th, 2021|Latest News, Shows|

Theatrical phenomenon Blue Man Group will resume its Chicago residency at Lakeview’s Briar Street Theatre on Wednesday, August 18. A dynamic combination of art, music, comedy, and technology, Blue Man Group encourages audiences to reconnect with their inner (and outer) [...]

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Celebrate Women’s History Month by Seeing Women of Soul

Colton Davis2022-02-28T17:44:35-05:00February 28th, 2022|BTD, Latest News, Shows|

As recently as this time last year, the Mercury Theater looked to be closed for good. In June 2020, Walter Stearns and Eugene Dizon, the venue’s owners and programmers since 2010, announced they’d be shutting the doors permanently due to [...]

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Chicago Playback Theatre Ensemble Tells You a Wicked Story

Melissa Schmitz2021-08-05T13:35:35-05:00June 8th, 2020|BTD Theaters, Interviews, Latest News, Shows|

Chicago Playback Theatre was founded in 2019 and is one of the youngest companies in the Belmont Theater District. In this video, you'll get a taste of their type of performance and how they're still able to perform during the [...]

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Director Nick Bowling Talks OSLO, TimeLine Theatre’s Exciting Season

Melissa Schmitz2021-08-05T13:27:11-05:00August 30th, 2019|Interviews, Latest News, Shows|

For the first time, TimeLine Theatre takes the stage in the Loop. With a Tony-winning play and a Chicago premiere on the horizon, I asked Associate Artistic Director and director of OSLO Nick Bowling what he's looking forward to this [...]

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Double the Fun: Director Derek Van Barham Talks Multiple BTD Shows

Melissa Schmitz2021-08-05T13:24:20-05:00August 2nd, 2019|Interviews, Latest News, Shows|

As anyone working in the industry knows, theater people often juggle more than one show at once. Kokandy's new Producing Artistic Director Derek Van Barham is doing just that. This summer, he split his time between the larger-than-life HEAD OVER [...]

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Hannah and Christina: A Conversation with Shattered Globe’s Christina Gorman

Melissa Schmitz2021-08-05T13:16:36-05:00May 10th, 2019|Interviews, Latest News, Shows|

Our world moves at an alarming rate in the 21st century. With so much happening every minute, it can be hard to argue for looking back. With its current production of Kate Fodor's Hannah and Martin, Shattered Globe Theatre is doing [...]

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Meet Margaret Kellas, Remy Bumppo’s Wonderstudy in BLOOMSDAY

Melissa Schmitz2021-08-05T13:19:48-05:00June 18th, 2019|Interviews, Latest News, Shows|

Behind every great performance on stage, there is a huge team of support. Part of that team for Remy Bumppo's current run of Steven Dietz's Bloomsday is actress Margaret Kellas who took on the challenge of understudying the role of Caithleen. [...]

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Otherworld Theatre Brings the Chills with COUNTESS DRACULA

Melissa Schmitz2021-08-05T13:27:55-05:00October 15th, 2019|Interviews, Latest News, Shows|

We're well into #OctoberMonthOfTheater, and Otherworld Theatre couldn't be more in their element. I caught up with resident playwright Nick Izzo on his adaption Countess Dracula to learn more about how he updated the classic vampire tale for modern audiences. [...]

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Otherworld Theatre premieres Of Dice and Men on YouTube

Melissa Schmitz2021-08-05T13:37:35-05:00July 29th, 2020|Latest News, Shows, Virtual Theater|

Fresh off their three-day streaming spectacular GENRETHON earlier this month, Otherworld Theatre debuts Of Dice and Men - A Play about Dungeons and Dragons, a heartwarming comedy by Cameron McNary. “Of Dice and Men is a heroic tale of friendship, [...]

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Pivoting Toward Digital Programming and Streaming Performances

Melissa Schmitz2021-08-05T13:32:54-05:00April 24th, 2020|Latest News, Shows, Virtual Theater|

The Spring is usually a busy time for most theater companies as they’re usually mounting and running shows and holding fundraisers. But when Broadway went dark on March 12 this year due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in New York, [...]

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Rebecca Jordan Plays a Conflicted Psyche in Shattered Globe’s BE HERE NOW

Melissa Schmitz2021-08-05T13:27:30-05:00September 19th, 2019|Interviews, Latest News, Shows|

Can a play show what it feels like to have a medical condition take over your mind? BE HERE NOW, Shattered Globe's season opener, tackles this daunting question. I spoke with lead actress and company member Rebecca Jordan to learn [...]

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Round Out the Year with Holiday Cheer: 3 Shows in the BTD to Spark the Holiday Spirit

Melissa Schmitz2021-08-05T13:42:02-05:00December 3rd, 2020|Latest News, Shows, Virtual Theater|

2020 was the year that theaters went dark, suddenly and indefinitely. As this tumultuous year comes to a close, here are 3 streaming shows from Belmont Theater District theaters to bring you some light and joy this holiday season.  It’s [...]

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Saint Sebastian Players Breathe Fresh Life into OUR TOWN

Melissa Schmitz2021-08-05T13:29:35-05:00October 29th, 2019|Interviews, Latest News, Shows|

This fall, Thornton Wilder's classic play OUR TOWN gets a fresh interpretation with the Saint Sebastian Players. Director Jim Masini shared why he felt drawn to retelling this foundational script right now. BTD: What has kept this classic play relevant [...]

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Scheming and Streaming: An Interview with Brian Balcom, Director of Teenage Dick

Melissa Schmitz2021-08-05T13:33:56-05:00May 6th, 2020|Interviews, Latest News, Shows, Virtual Theater|

BTD Skyped in with Teenage Dick director Brian Balcom to talk about what it took just to get the play produced, why the story is personal to him, and how streaming options helped give the show a run that almost [...]

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Stefanie M. Senior Builds Worlds with Sound in NON-PLAYER CHARACTER

Melissa Schmitz2021-08-05T13:17:10-05:00May 2nd, 2019|Chicago Theater, Interviews, Latest News, Shows|

How do you put the internet on stage? For as long as our emotional lives have existed online, playwrights have answered the call to explore what that means. In Walt McGough's Non-Player Character, directed by Beth Wolf for Red Theater [...]

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The Tricks are a Treat at Trickery Chicago!

Melissa Schmitz2021-08-05T13:44:22-05:00February 1st, 2021|BTD Theaters, Latest News, Shows|

“For someone who would never go to theater, they’ll love this show. For someone who normally goes to theater, they’ll love this show.” - Aaron Rabkin, Trickery Chicago Right in the heart of Boystown, near the intersection of Halsted and [...]

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Two Medusas: Using Myth to Discuss Womanhood on Stage

Melissa Schmitz2021-08-05T13:15:55-05:00May 17th, 2019|Interviews, Latest News, Shows|

Classic myths often find their way onto the contemporary stage. Two Chicago companies are in the midst of examining the story of Medusa through new work. Otherworld Theatre closes a double-header of Bella Poynton’s Medusa Undone and Elizabeth Ann Michaela [...]

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Latest News

  • Halloween Happenings at the Music Box Theatre
  • Playwright Profile: Hallie Palladino
  • Walk the Red Carpet at the ChiFilmFest Block Party!
  • Celebrate Women’s History Month by Seeing Women of Soul
  • A Little More About Music Box Chicago’s Highs & Lows Series

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