GRINDR The Opera at Pride Films and Plays

Mercury Theater Chicago Announces Cast Of PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT

Mercury Theater Chicago announced today the cast and crew of the spectacular musical comedy PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT, running in the Venus Cabaret Theater from March 20 through June 28.

Hell In A Handbag Rings in the Holidays with BETTE: XMAS AT THE CONTINENTAL BATHS

Hell in a Handbag Productions is pleased to bring back its steamy cabaret sensation a?" with a holiday twist! Handbag diva Caitlin Jackson* recreates Bette Midler's historic concert at New York's Continental Baths in BETTE: XMAS AT THE CONTINENTAL BATHS, playing December 6 a?" 31, 2019 at Mary's Attic, 5400 N. Clark St. in Chicago's Andersonville neighborhood.

IT'S RAINING MEN Fundraiser for Pride Films and Plays Previews New Season

 Pride Films and Plays will celebrate the beginning of summer and the Pride Month of June along with offering patrons a look at the upcoming season when the company hosts its first summer fundraiser on Tuesday, June 11.

AFTERGLOW Announces Additional Extension

Pride Films and Plays' Chicago premiere of AFTERGLOW, S. Asher Gelman's long-running off-Broadway drama, has been extended a second time - this time for an additional eight weeks.

GRINDR THE OPERA To Open June 25 At Pride Arts Center

Pride Films and Plays will mount a fully staged production this summer of GRINDR THE OPERA (An Unauthorized Parody) - the satirical musical about the gay hookup app that changed the landscape of gay relationships. The musical was produced in the UK last year, in an extended, sold-out production at London's Above the Stag Theatre (the UK's only full-time professional LGBT+ theater), and won the 2019 Off West End Award (or OFFIE) for "Best New Musical" this past February. GRINDR THE OPERA, by New York-based composer-lyricist-playwright Erik Ransom, was an entry in the 2018 Chicago Musical Theatre Festival following staged readings in New York in 2015 and 2017 and a full production in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida in fall 2017.