Tag Archives: House Theatre of Chicago
Arsht Center’s New Musical ‘Girls vs. Boys’ No Knockout
Give the Arsht Center for the Performing Arts an A for effort for taking on a Herculean task of mounting an original show, and a rock musical for that matter, in times when theater audiences are more apt to settle for My Fair Lady or Fiddler on the Roof. Trouble is, Girls vs. Boys, which is being promoted as high-energy with a “throbbing” and “soul-bearing” score never reaches its potential.
Arsht Bonds with Zoetic, House, U of Miami & Alliance For Theater Up Close Next Season
Theater Up Close, the series co-produced by the Arsht Center, has announced a 2012-2013 season partnering with the home-grown Zoetic Stage, the University of Miami’s theater department, the House Theatre of Chicago and, for the first time, the Alliance Theatre Lab of Miami Lakes.
M Ensemble Postpones, Cappies Gala, 2 From Thinking Cap, New Theatre Gala, House Theatre Workshop, Mom’s Day Stories
The Merry Month of May – Late Additions There are a lot of updates in the calendar and theater-going opportunities for the region. –M Ensemble’s Jar The Floor slated to open May 3 has been postponed until an unspecified date …
Experience Death and Harry Houdini At Arsht Center Before It Disappears
There couldn’t be a more fitting space for The House Theatre of Chicago to bring its production of Death and Harry Houdini to South Florida than the Carnival Studio Theater at the Adrienne Arsht Center. The biographical play/magic show embraces the most famous magician of all time’s mad-as-a-hatter life. It brings to the front that mysterious element of “carny,” taking audiences on the journey from his early career as a card-trickster in a sideshow to a household name.
Arsht and Chicago Company Hope Death & Harry Houdini Mixes Theatrical Magic
The melding of narrative metaphors and stage magic are emblematic of the spectacle infused in the play Death and Harry Houdini, another imagistic work from the House Theatre of Chicago and the Arsht Center for the Performing Arts opening this week. Last year, Arsht vice president Scott Shiller brought the House production of The Sparrow to Miami, notable for its highly stylized brew of acting, video, music, singing, lighting, sound and imaginative staging.