Derrick Sanders is slated to direct August Wilson’s “Seven Guitars” at the University Illinois Chicago Theatre, 1044 W. Harrison St., starting Friday and running through Feb. 19.
Derrick Sanders is slated to direct August Wilson’s “Seven Guitars” at the University Illinois Chicago Theatre, 1044 W. Harrison St., starting Friday and running through Feb. 19.
Sanders became a special student of August Wilson’s at the University of Pittsburgh. He was also an adjunct lecturer in the performing arts and co-founder of the Congo Square Theatre.
BROADWAY IN CHICAGO features a musical based on the book by Studs Terkel beginning Friday at the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place. Secure two tickets for $79 at www.BroadwayinChicago.com and use code 279TIX ; by phone at (800) 775-2000 and mention the code 279TIX; or in person with a special emailed offer to any Broadway in Chicago box.
TONY AWARD-WINNING REVIVAL of “Hair” is slated for the Oriental Theatre, 24 W. Randolph St., at Ford Center for the Performing Arts. The cast features members from the recent Broadway production including Steel Burkhardt, as Berger; Matt DeAngelis as Woolf; Kaitlin Kiyan as Crissy; Darius Nichols as Hud; Paris Remillard as Claude; and Kacie Sheik as Jeanie. Tickets range in price from $27 to $90. A number premium seats are available.
JACKIE TAYLOR, founder and executive director of Chicago’s Black Ensemble Theater, announces a new partnership with the City Colleges of Chicago to co-produce
a trio of shows at Kennedy-King College, 740 W. 63rd St. Tickets are $45 and may be purchased by calling the Black Ensemble Theatre box office at Kennedy-King College theatre. The current hit show is “Sounds So Good, Makes You Wanna Holler (Old School vs. Nu Skool).”
THE JAZZ SHOWCASE, 806 S. Plymouth Court, features show times at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Cover charges are $10 except for the Miles Davis tribute/fundraiser which is $20.
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