Lots of behind-the-scenes news in Chicago theater, and some well-deserved plaudits to note as well this week! At the Tony Awards this past Sunday, longtime Chicago sound designer and composer Mikhail Fiksel took home the top prize for his work on Lucas Hnath’s drama Dana H., which ran locally at the Goodman in fall of […]
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Tudor lessons
After starting life at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2017, then getting its North American premiere at Chicago Shakespeare in 2019 before heading off to Broadway, Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’s sassy rock musical (directed by Moss and Jamie Armitage) about the most famous sextet of spouses in history is back for a three-month run […]
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Homecoming queen
An all-new cast of queens begins its reign in Chicago with the return of Six, the musical by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss that transforms the famous wives of King Henry VIII into pop stars. The hit show from the UK had its North American premiere at Chicago Shakespeare Theater in 2019, opened on Broadway […]
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In Six, Henry VIII’s wives come back as pop divas
Divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived—and slaying.
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The Renaissance Society live on your TV
A new partnership between the Renaissance Society and CAN TV brings excellent avant-garde music to the small screen: Tony Conrad, David Moss, Jacques Demierre, and more.
Posted inMusic
The List: May 20-26, 2010
Critics’ Choices and other notable shows: Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Arbouretum, Chainsaw DuPont, Roberto Carlos, Buzzcocks, the Besnard Lakes, and more