Theatre Review

Whoopi Goldberg Presents a Provocative New Rock Musical: White Noise

Chicago, IL -- White Noise, the new rock musical directed and choreographed by Broadway’s Sergio Trujillo will play an 8-week limited engagement with previews beginning on April 1, 2011 and opening April 9, 2011. Featuring a cast of nineteen, the production will run at The Royal George Theatre, 1641 North Halsted Street. Tickets will be on sale in early February.

White Noise is produced by Holly Way, Jay Strommen, Tom Leonardis, and Whoopi Goldberg.

Renewal of CHICAGO LIVE!

Straight off its inaugural fall season, the Chicago Tribune, in partnership with The Second City, is thrilled to announce the renewal of CHICAGO LIVE! and welcome The Nielsen Company as a Season Two sponsor. Jam-packed with comedy, musical performances and commentary, CHICAGO LIVE! is a live stage show, taped for WGN Radio, that showcases who and what is making news in Chicago. Featuring topical comedy sketches by members of the award-winning Second City, interviews with front-page newsmakers and athletes, and rare, up-close performances by talent typically headlining theater and music club stages, CHICAGO LIVE! has been confirmed for four six-week seasons at the intimate Chicago Theatre Downstairs, 175 N. State Street, Thursday evenings at 6:30pm beginning February 10 and running through November 17. Following each show will be a “meet and mingle” reception with the cast.

Kid Sister at Profiles Theatre - Chicago, IL

Profiles Theatre opened its 22nd season with the WorldPremiere of Kid Sister by Will Kern, which runs through December 19.

Categorized as a modern "Dime Store Novel" Kid Sister keeps the audience mesmerized by its blunt 4-letter-words and the dangerous and sexual overtones of its cast of dysfunctional characters. But it certainly entertains as the tantalizing activities onstage rapidly evolve.

A Civil War Christmas - Northlight Theatre

Theatre Northlight in Skokie Illinois features its holiday show, *A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration* until December 19.

This family event, part fact and part fiction, is set on a snowy Christmas eve in Washington DC back in 1864. A fugitive from slavery and her young 11-year-old daughter have become separated in the unfamiliar nation's capital. At the same time President Lincoln's wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, is searching for the perfect Christmas tree for the White House. As their paths cross, familiar faces from our nation's history grace the stage accompanied by traditional hymns and music.

Prisoner of Her Past at the Spertus in Chicago

The Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies in Chicago showed a film screening of this heart-wrenching documentary recently. Prisoner of Her Past tells the true-life story of disturbed Holocaust survivor Sonia Reich as her son, Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune jazz critic, tries to unravel the mystery of his mother's strange, distrustful behavior as she ages.