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Showing posts with label residency. Show all posts

Monday, July 23, 2018

Jazz Shows On Our Radar: Shawn Maxwell’s New Tomorrow Residency at Jazz Showcase Thursday, July 26-Sunday, July 29th

Chi IL Live Shows On Our Radar:

SHAWN MAXWELL’S NEW TOMORROW
JULY 26, 2018 
8PM & 10PM
$20/$35 VIP PREFERRED SEATING



Shawn Maxwell’s New Tomorrow will be doing a residency at Jazz Showcase, Thursday, July 26-Sunday, July 29. Check the calendar HERE for specifics.


ALL NIGHTS:
SHAWN MAXWELL – ALTO SAX, FLUTE, CLARINET,VIJAY TELLIS NAYAK – PIANO/RHODES
JUNIUS PAUL – BASS & PHIL BEALE – DRUMS
SPECIAL GUESTS
THU JULY 26 – TRUMPETER VICTOR GARCIA
FRI JULY 27 – VOCALIST DEE ALEXANDER & TRUMPETER CHAD MCCULLOUGH

SAT JULY 28 – TRUMPETER COREY WILKES & VIBRAPHONIST STEPHEN LYNERD
SUN JULY 29 – TRUMPETER CHAD MCCULLOUGH

SHAWN MAXWELL’S NEW TOMORROW IS A QUINTET MADE UP OF FIVE OF CHICAGO’S FINEST MUSICIANS. PERFORMING ALL ORIGINAL MATERIAL, THEY SPECIALIZE IN A STYLE OF JAZZ THAT IS HEAVILY INFLUENCED AND BLENDED WITH SEVERAL OTHER MODERN GENRES. FOCUSING ON COMPOSITION JUST AS MUCH AS IMPROVISATION, THEY REVEAL STUNNING MELODIES HIDDEN WITHIN COMPLEX TIME SIGNATURES. THIS NEW APPROACH IN MAXWELL’S WRITING BRINGS A PERFECT BLEND OF COMPOSITION AND IMPROVISATION FOR A NEW DIRECTION IN JAZZ.




Monday, June 1, 2015

Shawn Maxwell’s Alliance at Jazz Showcase 6/11-6/14/15 #Jazz


Chi, IL Live Shows On Our Radar

Chicago’s Shawn Maxwell’s Alliance will be doing a weekend residency at Jazz Showcase, Thursday, June 11-Sunday, June 14 (four nights of shows at 8pm & 10pm, along with a special 4pm matinee on Sunday). Shows are all ages. 


SAXOPHONIST SHAWN MAXWELL ‘ALLIANCE’
All Ages
$20 - $35
Jazz Showcase
806 S. Plymouth Ct. 
Chicago, IL

Click here for more information.



Thursday, September 5, 2013

Worlds Collide Alert: PigPen Theatre Co. In Residence at Schubas AND Opening The Season at Writers Theatre

These little piggies are all over Chi-town.   Go hog wild and check 'em out at Writers Theatre AND as artists in residence at one of our favorite little venues for live tunes, Schubas.   They'll be rockin' the joint every Monday in October & November.   We'll be there for the press opening of the Writers Theatre's season opener on 9/12 and we'll have a review up shortly.

PigPen Theatre Co. will be in residence at Schubas in Chicago, Monday nights in October & November:


Just announced: in celebration of their upcoming EP release (The Way I'm Running, out October 8) 



The guys are in Chicago performing their full-length production, The Old Man and the Old Moon, at Writers' Theatre through November 10, after which they'll embark on a U.S. concert tour.

AWARD-WINNING INDIE-FOLK BAND PIGPEN THEATRE CO. TO RELEASE NEW EP, THE WAY I’M RUNNING, OCTOBER 8

NEW PRODUCTION OF THE OLD MAN AND THE OLD MOON RUNS SEPTEMBER 3–NOVEMBER 10 AT WRITERS’ THEATRE IN CHICAGO

 “PigPen Theatre Co. is the best kept secret around but that’s not going to last for much longer…”—The Huffington Post

 “Like watching child geniuses at play.”—The New Yorker

On October 8 award-winning, seven-member indie-folk band/theater troupe PigPen Theatre Co. releases The Way I’m Running, a five-song EP of all new material. Recorded in New York City with producer Ron Robinson Jr., the songs were conceived and arranged on the road as the band toured in support of their critically acclaimed debut album, Bremen, named one of the top 10 albums of 2012 by The Huffington Post.

In addition to touring the U.S. this summer, PigPen spent two weeks in residence at the Williamstown Theatre Festival workshopping the new Chicago production of their Off-Broadway hit The Old Man and The Old Moon. The show, which played more than 100 performances in NYC last fall, will have its Chicago debut in a new production at Writers’ Theatre running September 3–November 10.

The guys of PigPen began creating their unique brand of music, film and theater as students at Carnegie Mellon University in 2008. They went on to become the first group to win top honors at the New York International Fringe Festival two years in a row (2010 and 2011), and their first commercial Off-Broadway production The Old Man and The Old Moon received critical raves, running from September 2012–January 2013 at The Gym at Judson (located in the iconic Judson Memorial Church).

PigPen Theatre Co. has performed at New York’s famous Barrow Street Theatre, Bowery Ballroom, Joe’s Pub, Mercury Lounge, The Irondale Center, The Gym at Judson, the Boston Center for the Arts, and has sold out theaters nationwide with its shows The Nightmare Story, The Mountain Song and The Old Man and the Old Moon. Their work has earned them critics’ picks from The New York Times, Time Out New York, New York Magazine and The Huffington Post, among others, with reviewers ranking their productions among the top ten theatrical events of both 2011 and 2012. The group recently gave a TEDx Talk on storytelling.   


THE WAY I’M RUNNING TRACKLIST
1. Sailor
2. Song from the Stone
3. The Way I’m Running
4. Giant
5. I Crash

Twitter: @PigPenTheatreCo

Writers Theatre opens its 2013-14 season
with PigPen Theatre Co.’s
The Old Man and The Old Moon
A new play with music

September 3-November 10, 2013

Something old... something new...  The Old Man and The Old Moon is a NEW play that starts the NEW season of Writer's Theatre.   This one's high on our must see list.   Book your tickets in advance for the best seats.   Previews are currently running.   We'll be there to review for the press opening night 9/12.   

Click here for our prior coverage and the full scoop on The Old Man and The Old Moon. 

Title:                 The Old Man and The Old Moon
By:                   PigPen Theatre Co.
Directed by:      Associate Artistic Director Stuart Carden and PigPen Theatre Co.
Cast:                PigPen Theatre Co.
Alex Falberg, Ben Ferguson, Curtis Gillen, Ryan Melia, Matt Nuernberger, Arya Shahi and Dan Weschler.
Designers:        Lydia Fine and Bart Cortright; Mikhail Fiksel (sound); Meredith Miller (props master)

                                    Dates:              First performance: September 3, 2013
                                  
                                   Closing performance: November 10, 2013
           
            Schedule:         Tuesdays: 7:30pm
                                    Wednesdays: 7:30pm (with select 2:00pm matinees)
                        Thursdays & Fridays: 8:00pm 
                                    Saturdays: 4:00pm and 8:00pm
                        Sundays: 2:00pm and 6:00pm
             
                        Location:          Writers Theatre, 325 Tudor Court, Glencoe
                        Prices:              Prices for all performances range from $35 -                                                $70
                                               Purchase early for best prices   
           
Box Office:       The Box Office is located at 376 Park Avenue, Glencoe;
                        847-242-6000; www.writerstheatre.org


Find Writers Theatre on Facebook at Facebook.com/WritersTheatre or follow Writers Theatre on Twitter at Twitter.com/WritersTheatre. For more information, visit www.writerstheatre.org.


Wednesday, March 20, 2013

The Heard Photo Recap Congress Theater #showshots #funk




all photos by bonnie kenaz-mara © 2013 chiIL Live Shows  








It was great to finally catch The Heard LIVE at The Congress opening for Slightly Stoopid and Tribal Seeds on 3/9.    They put on a rockin' live show and were fun to shoot.






The band will be celebrating the one-year anniversary of their weekly residency at Alive One on Thursday, March 28.   Come check 'em out!












Thursday March 28th / aliveOne Chicago - aliveOne One Year Anniversary Party! We’ll be celebrating The Heard and aliveOne’s one anniversary with fantastic lights, plenty of special guests, and like always, FREE FUNK!




aliveOne Thursday Residency
Every Thursday at aliveOne, 2683 N. Halsted. 10pm. Never a cover. $3 Three Floyds.  (21+)


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