Due to popular success, critical praise and a little luck, play additions and extensions offer theater-goers an opportunity to find out what the hoopla is all about.
The acclaimed production Assisted Living—Deirdre O’Connor’s world premiere featuring Shannon Hollander, Layne Manzer, Jordan Stacey and Stacy Stoltz—has been extended through January 15, 2012 at Profiles Theatre’s alternate venue The Second Stage on 3408 North Sheffield in Chicago. Tickets are $35 on Thursdays; and $40 on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Group rates are available. For more information, visit www.profilestheatre.org or call 773-549-1815.
The Jackie Wilson Story at Chicago’s Black Ensemble Theater Cultural Center on 4440 North Clark Street has been extended through Sunday, February 19, 2012. Written, produced and directed by Jackie Taylor, the award-winning musical follows the rise and fall of legendary performer Jackie Wilson. Tickets are $55 on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturday matinees and Sunday evenings; and $65 on Fridays, Saturday evenings, and Sunday matinees. To order, call 773-769-4451 or visit www.ticketmaster.com.
In continued partnership with the National Theatre in London, two new broadcasts have been added to the Theatre and Interpretation Center (TIC) at Northwestern University’s National Theatre Live (NT Live) season. Slated for 2012 in Evanston’s Josephine Louis Theater are Nicholas Wright’s Travelling Light at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, February 28 and Oliver Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, April 24. For details, visit www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/.
The National Theatre Live series is part of a groundbreaking initiative to give Chicago and North Shore audiences onscreen access to highly-praised National Theatre stage productions. TIC is one of only three Illinois venues presenting these exciting high-definition programs, which walk the line between theater and film, and transport audiences to theaters around the globe. “At the first two broadcasts, several patrons came up to me at intermission and talked about National Theatre productions they saw while traveling in London,” said TIC Managing Director Diane Claussen. “They are thrilled to be able to enjoy an entire season of the ‘best of British theater’ without traveling further than our Evanston campus.”
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