Music Box Mommie Dearest photos online now

Photo by Rick Aguilar Studios
We had a fabulous turnout and a wonderful time at the Camp Midnight Mommie Dearest Mothers Day screening. You can view and purchase photos taken with Joan and Christina here! A big Joan thank you to Rick Aguilar at Rick Aguilar Studios for providing the photography.
Remember, the proceeds benefit Season of [...]

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See Merrie Greenfield RAW!

WNEP Theater is proud to present for your viewing pleasure RAW:  The Write Club Sampler.
  TEN SHORT PLAYS • TEN WRITERS • SIX DIRECTORS • FIFTEEN ACTORS
RAW is three evenings of short plays, scenes and monologues written by members of WNEP’s WRITE CLUB, a group of writers that congregate once a month [...]

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From Save Chicago Culture- Imagine a Chicago with no Metro or Double Door or Schuba’s. Imagine a Chicago with no Royal George or Bailiwick or Athenaeum. Imagine a Chicago where local music is only heard in the suburbs and theater is limited to Wicked and Jersey Boys. Read more and comment/sign

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Last nights show started to pick up. We had a nice crowd and they laughed a lot. That’s always nice. We almost didn’t have any show at all. I left work in the afternoon after having an extremely uncomfortable acid reflux attack. Sort of like coke and pop rocks mixed with lava in your stomach. but [...]

My Way of Life- Why I love Cher.

Screw Streisand. I prefer Cher. The woman can do it all.

Mommie Dearest tickets selling quickly!

Tickets for Mommie Dearest at the Music Box Theatre are selling rather briskly so don’t be left out in the cold. Go to Ticketweb to purchase your tickets! Join Dick O’ Day, Hell in a Handbag and The Joans to help celebrate the Mother of all Mothers on Mothers Day.

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Yesterday was a fun show but I have to say the attendance was low. Is it the late start time or the economy or competing with Looptopia? Just kiddingabout Looptopia… Anyway, Brooke Allen house managed and funny always follows Brooke. Apparently a gentleman who looked to be in his 80’s came to the theater with [...]

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The non-equity Jeff nominations were announced today. Congratulations to the Handbag ensemble members Tim Howard, Adrienne Smith and Brigitte Ditmars for being involved in 3 of the Best Musical nominees.

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Be careful what you ask for…
So I was running around the house getting ready for the show last night when I checked my e-mail and did something I should never do before a show- read a new review. It was a rather not good review of DMD in the Chicago Tribune by Miss Nina Metz [...]

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Tonight begins the second week of Die! Mommie, Die! and the reviews are finally in, and they are pretty damn good-even the head scratching one. We got a ‘Highly Recommended’ in The Reader today, which is nice for people who don’t care to spend 90 seconds of their lives to read a review-  the majority [...]