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Devlyn Camp Chicago Theatre Reviewer adds production assistant to his credits

February 25, 2012 Comments Off on Devlyn Camp Chicago Theatre Reviewer adds production assistant to his credits

STREET TEMPO THEATRE ANNOUNCES

THE SECOND PRODUCTION OF THEIR INAUGURAL SEASON: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS AT STAGE 773 APRIL 9 – MAY 13

Street Tempo Theatre Presents a New Twist on the Classic Production

CHICAGO –Street Tempo Theatre announces Little Shop of Horrors as the second production for the newly launched musical theatre company. Street Tempo Theatre is committed to creating raw, intimate, thought-provoking musical theatre in Chicago and opened their first season with the 1970’s cult classic Let My People Come. The Company’s production of Little Shop of Horrors is Co-Directed by Street Tempo Theatre Artistic Director Brian Posen and Music Director Kory Danielson. Previews for Little Shop of Horrors are Monday, April 9 and Tuesday, April 10 at 8 p.m. Preview tickets are $15. Opening/Press night is Wednesday, April 11 at 8 p.m. The production runs through Sunday, May 13 with regular performances Thursdays – Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. Tickets are $38 and may be purchased at www.stage773.com, by phone at 773.327.5252 or in person at the Stage 773 box office.  Senior, student and group discounts are available. For more information on Street Tempo Theatre visit www.streettempotheatre.com.

Street Tempo Theatre’s Little Shop of Horrors will take the audience on a journey through the streets of Skid Row to a struggling flower shop where a blood-thirsty plant from another world is anxiously awaiting her next victim. Seductive, tragic, and full of twisted humor, this darkly re-imagined production of Little Shop of Horrors is an onstage homage to b-movie cult films of the 1960’s.

Street Tempo Theatre’s production of Little Shop of Horrors will prove to be a refreshing take on a musical theatre classic. The company’s mission is to showcase work that has never, or rarely, been seen in Chicago and put a fresh spin on old classics – and this production will do just that!,” said Artistic Director Brian Posen and founder of Street Tempo Theatre.

The complete cast and production team for Little Shop of Horrors includes:

CAST:             Erin Creighton (Audrey), John Sessler (Seymour), Candace Edwards (Audrey II, The Plant), Patrick Cannon (Orin), Scott Olson (Mushnik), Will Hoyer (Urchin,) Krystal Metcalfe (Lead Urchin), Sharriese Hamilton (Urchin), Ben Burke (ensemble), Robert Quintanilla (ensemble), Hannah Corneau (ensemble), Allyson Graves (ensemble) and Sasha Smith (ensemble).
CREW:            Brian Posen (Street Tempo Theatre artistic director), Kory Danielson (music director), Evan Lasko (company manager/stage manager), Amy Uhl (choreographer), Katie-Sarah Phillips (costume designer), Dave Ferguson (set designer), Claire Chrzan (lighting designer,) Michael McBride (assistant music director), Danni Parpan (props master), Devlyn Camp (production assistant).

Little Shop of Horrors is the second production of Street Tempo Theatre. Previews for are Monday, April 9 and Tuesday, April 10 at 8 p.m. Preview tickets are $15. Opening/Press night is Wednesday, April 11 at 8 p.m. The production runs through Sunday, May 13 with regular performances Thursdays – Saturdays at 8 p.m and Sundays at 3 p.m. Tickets are $38 and may be purchased at www.stage773.com, by phone at 773.327.5252 or in person at the Stage 773 box office.  Senior, student and group discounts are available. For more information on Street Tempo Theatre visit www.streettempotheatre.com.

 


Loretta Lynn to perform at Drury Lane Oakbrook

February 25, 2012 Comments Off on Loretta Lynn to perform at Drury Lane Oakbrook

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill.— Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award-winning country star Loretta Lynn will perform three concerts from June 22 through 24 at Drury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane. For over 50 years, Lynn has remained one of the most artistically and commercially successful country singer-songwriters in the world.

 

Lynn’s critically acclaimed music has confronted many of the major social issues of her time and has drawn from her compelling journey from the poverty of the Kentucky hills to Nashville superstardom. Lynn has had ten #1 albums and sixteen #1 singles on the country charts and

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is the winner of four Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, eightBroadcast Music Incorporated awards, twelve Academy of Country Music, eight Country Music Association and twenty-six fan-voted Music City News awards. She was also the first woman in country music to receive a certified gold album, for 1967’s Don’t Come Home A’ Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind) and was the first woman honored as “Entertainer of the Year” by the Country Music Association in 1972. She was named “Artist of the Decade” for the 1970s by the Academy of Country Music, and was the first female country artist to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1977. In 1976, Coal Miner’s Daughter, her autobiography (written with journalist George Vescey) became a New York Times Bestseller; in 1980 the book was made into an Academy Award-winning film starring Sissy Spacek and Tommy Lee Jones.

 

Loretta Lynn was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, Country Gospel Music Hall of Fame, and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2001, her most well-known song, Coal Miner’s Daughter, was selected as one of NPR‘s “100 Most Significant Songs of the 20th Century” and in 2003 she received Kennedy Center Honors. In 2010, Lynn received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for her prolific 50 years in country music. Produced by Jack White of The White Stripes, Lynn’s critically acclaimed most recent release, Van Lear Rose, features stunning arrangements and intimate songwriting and has earned Lynn a new generation of fans.

 

The performance schedule is as follows: Friday, June 22 at 8 p.m., Saturday, June 23 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, June 24 at 2 p.m. A 6 p.m. Dinner is available for an additional $19 on Friday, June 22 and Saturday, June 23. On Sunday, June 24 Lunch is available at noon for an additional $19. Concert tickets are $65. Group discounts are available. For reservations, call theDrury Lane Theatre box office at 630.530.0111, or TicketMaster at 800.745.3000. For more information visit www.drurylaneoakbrook.com.