Mary zimmerman adapts treasure island for lookingglass. For ticket information, visit see the schedule of theatre productions in the chicago area john olson. Journey to the west, the odyssey goodman theatre regional. Metamorphoses continues through november 18th january 6th at lookingglass theatre, water tower water works, 821 n. Accommodating 240 guests with 60 in the balcony, it is no surprise to anyone who visits this impressive venue that they are the recipient of the 2011 tony award for outstanding regional theater. Called by time the theater event of the year, mary zimmermans metamorphoses brings ovids tales to stunning visual life. Lookingglass intimate 200seat theater is located inside the historic water tower pumping station on michigan avenue. Metamorphoses at the lookingglass theatre the raven. Lookingglass theatre company is the recipient of the 2016 macarthur award for creative and effective institutions. The jungle book, incorporating the disney cartoons songs with elements from the original book by rudyard kipling. Stub this article has been rated as stubclass on the projects quality scale.
Lookingglass theatre company mission statement youtube. Founded in 1988 by graduates of northwestern university, lookingglass theatre. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit or call 3123370665. In the simple beauty of a rippling pool of water, ensemble member mary zimmerman conjures the force of ovids myths into gorgeous imagery and breathtaking storytelling. Lookingglass theatre company announces 20202021 season. Metamorphoses check out tripadvisor members 50,583 candid photos and videos of lookingglass theatre company. In the early 21st century, the poem continues to inspire and be retold through books. An itinerant theater company for years, lookingglass moved into a permanent home on june 14, 2003, with a new theater in the renovated water tower water works on chicago s magnificent mile. Fourteen years ago lookingglass debuted metamorphoses, a play of such grace and power that the memory of it still lingers in the minds of audiences today.
Unlock this jeweladorned music box for the whole family. Sep 12, 2012 preshow lecture for lookingglass theatres metamorphoses. Her adaptation of ovids metamorphoses which originated at northwestern and lookingglass theatre ran on broadway for year and she received the tony award for best direction of a play. Lookingglass theatre company presents the world premiere of metamorphoses at chicagos ivanhoe theater on october 25. Metamorphoses picture of lookingglass theatre company. Lookingglass theatre company will open its 25th anniversary season with metamorphoses, based on the myths of ovid, written and directed by lookingglass ensemble member mary zimmerman. The unlikely adventure of a little tin soldier, brimming with love and unblinking bravery, is infused with zimmermans dazzling blend of storytelling. Lookingglass theatre company presents the world premiere of metamorphoses at chicago s ivanhoe theater on october 25. Chicago on the aisle highly recommended zimmerman s metamorphoses, in its 90minute sweep of vignettes, comprises but a fraction of ovids astonishing 15book narrative poem of collected myths that purported to explain everything about the universe, life and death included.
The criticallyacclaimed, recordbreaking chicago engagement led to a broadway production that garnered mary zimmerman the 2002 tony award for best director and. Lookingglass theatre extends metamorphoses through 1216. Metamorphoses combines several of the elements of other works that put this tony awardwinning company on the map. Mary zimmerman is a writer and director and has worked with lookingglass for more than 25 years. Metamorphoses, the notebooks of leonardo da vinci second stage theatre lookingglass alice new victory theater chicago. Chicagos awardwinning theatre companies choose chicago. From highflying spectacle, to gorgeous storytelling, and provocative reflections on our city, the season begins with the new holiday tradition the steadfast tin soldier, written and directed by ensemble. Heidi stillman sheherhers is an actor, writer, director, ensemble member and artistic director of lookingglass. The steadfast tin soldier, hard times associate, life sucks, and mr. Communications director john white, lookingglass theatre board president nancy timmers and starring actor anthony fleming iii. Elsewhere in chicago, she has designed numerous productions for goodman theatre, steppenwolf theatre company, chicago shakespeare theater, writers theatre, and court theatre.
The cast of treasure island, adapted and directed by mary zimmerman, at lookingglass theatre company. Lookingglass theatre company has announced its complete 20202021 season lineup, with three shows created by lookingglass artists. The stead fast tin soldier plays now through january, 2019 at lookingglass theatre located inside chicagos historic water tower water works, 821 n. Devised more than a decade ago with chicagos lookingglass theatre company where zimmerman is an ensemble member, metamorphosess storied history as a show includes a 2002 tony award for best direction. It was profoundly meaningful in that moment to gather in the same room. Reviews writerdirector mary zimmermans lovely, deeply affecting work. In 1998 the thenitinerant lookingglass theatre company opened a new show, metamorphoses, at the nowdefunct ivanhoe theatre. The arabian nights, argonautika, journey to the west, metamorphoses, the notebooks of leonardo da vinci, the secret in the wings, treasure island, the white snake berkeley repertory theatre. Inspired by hans christian andersens the steadfast tin soldier, ensemble member mary zimmerman metamorphoses, treasure island fashions an extravagant and exhilarating spectacle. Its first production in the new space was an adaptation of studs terkels race, adapted and directed by david schwimmer. Chicago on the aisle highly recommended zimmermans metamorphoses, in its 90minute sweep of vignettes, comprises but a fraction of ovids astonishing 15 book narrative poem of collected myths that purported to explain everything about the universe, life and death included. Chicago shakespeare theater, writers theatre, looking glass theatre, victory gardens theater, drury lane theatre, the hypocrites, timeline theatre, raven theatre, university of illinois at chicago, and. Many of our lookingglass ensemble members including me were performing in metamorphoses at second stage theater after 911.
The criticallyacclaimed, recordbreaking chicago engagement led to a broadway production that garnered mary zimmerman the 2002 tony award for best. The criticallyacclaimed, recordbreaking chicago engagement led to a broadway production that garnered mary zimmerman the 2002 tony award for best director and catapulted lookingglass onto the. Lookingglass theatre company in chicago nightlife frommers. In chicago, the show will be staged at the water tower water works, 821 n. Lookingglass announces casting for metamorphoses remount. It transferred to broadway on 21 february 2002 at the circle in the. Rogers told us when things are hard to look for the helper. Most recently, musial turned his attention to designing the set for lookingglasss february 2009 production of the 1938 classic, our town, directed by jessica thebus and anna d. Zimmerman long ago perfected dazzling theatrical metamorphoses in the arabian nights, mirror of the invisible world, and notebooks of leonardo da vinci. The author of the first major critical and theoretical book on african american studies and. Metamorphoses, entitled six myths, is produced at the theatre and interpretation center of northwestern university. View all hotels near lookingglass theatre company on tripadvisor.
Gerckens is pleased to return to lookingglass where he previously designed blood wedding, treasure island, the old curiosity shop, the arabian nights, the secret in the wings, and metamorphoses. Arenas incarnation, which follows a lookingglass revival, keeps its most famous elementa. Chicago credits include moby dick and peter pan lookingglass, 42nd street and fiddler on the roof paramount theatre, mr. Treasure island will play lookingglass theatre, 821 n. From acclaimed playwright mary zimmerman of chicago s lookingglass theatre comes this dazzling adaptation of ovids classic myths. Oct 01, 2012 metamorphoses continues through november 18th january 6th at lookingglass theatre, water tower water works, 821 n. Gerckens metamorphoses lookingglass theatre company anne militello henry viii chicago shakespeare theater philip s. Making its offbroadway debut, metamorphoses opens at second stage theater on october 9. Lookingglass theatre company in association with dark harbor stories, 2017. Guided by an artistic vision centered on the core values of collaboration, transformation, and invention, lookingglass seeks to capture audiences imaginations leaving them changed, charged and empowered. Year of chicago theatre lookingglass is proud to be part of the 2019 year of chicago theatre, presented by the city of chicago and the league of chicago theatres.
Feel free to edit the article attached to this page, join up at the project page, or contribute to the project discussion. To truly fall in love with chicago, you must go to our theatres. The music man, wonderful town, the jungle book, white snake, candide, pericles, the odyssey, galileo galilei, journey to the west, and the notebooks of leonardo davinci. Lookingglass theatre company 821 n michigan ave, chicago, illinois 60611 rated 4. Metamorphoses circle in the square theatre the boys of winter the samuel j. The play premiered in 1996 as six myths at northwestern university and later the lookingglass theatre company in chicago. Mara is a chicago based freelance costume designer and an ensemble member of lookingglass theatre company, where she has designed over 35 productions. Moby dick at the lookingglass theatre company i on the scene. In the early 21st century, the poem continues to inspire and be retold through books, 56 films 57 and plays. Audiences will journey alongside the adventurers, misfits and. Lookingglass theatre company chicago 2020 all you need. For six years, laura served as the artistic director of lookingglass theatre company of chicago, which won the 2011 regional theatre tony award. Its gods verses mortals and as expected the mortals are.
Lookingglass theatre s holidaytime show lookingglass alice, based on alices adventures in wonderland and other works, is getting better with age. She has also worked with goodman theatre, marriot theatre and chicago childrens theatre, and is. Michigan, with performances wednesdaysfridays at 7. Tony awardnominated for best play, metamorphoses overflows with gorgeous imagery and visionary theatricality. Recipient of the 2011 tony award for outstanding regional theatre, lookingglass has been creating unforgettable theatre in chicago for more than twentyfive years. Mary zimmerman is the recipient of a 1998 macarthur fellowship, the 2002 tony award for best director of a play and numerous jeff awards including best production and best direction. Lookingglass theatre extends metamorphoses through 1216 by bww news desk lookingglass theatre company announces a four week extension of metamorphoses, based on the myths of. Metamorphoses even more potent with age at lookingglass. This article is part of wikiproject theatre, a wikiproject dedicated to coverage of theatre on wikipedia. Preshow lecture for lookingglass theatres metamorphoses wbez. Preshow lecture for lookingglass theatres metamorphoses. Written and directed by mary zimmerman, it was based on a. Chicago theater unveils its latest metamorphosis the new. A post electric play theater wit, dorian house theatre and bat boy.
Oct 04, 2017 lookingglass theatre company opens its 30 th anniversary season with the return of the awardwinning, circusinfused hard times, adapted and directed by artistic director and ensemble member heidi stillman from the book by charles dickens and in association with the actors gymnasium. For lookingglass, she adapted and directed the odyssey, the secret in the wings, the arabian nights, sm, metamorphoses, eleven rooms of proust coproduction with about face theatre, argonautika and treasure island. Set in and around a large pool of water onstage, metamorphoses juxtaposes the ancient and the contemporary in both language and image to reflect the variety and persistence of narrative in the face of inevitable change. The music man, wonderful town, the jungle book, white snake, candide, pericles, the odyssey, galileo galilei, journey to the west, and the notebooks of. Last season lookingglass took one of its most lushly imaginative pieces, metamorphoses, to broadway and won critical raves and a tony. Oct 06, 2012 in celebration of its 25th anniversary, lookingglass theatre company presents the return of its blockbuster sensation, metamorphoses. Mary is also part of the goodman theatre artistic team where she adapted and. While laura was leading the company, lookingglass completed a successful eight million dollar capital campaign and opened its theater in chicagos historic landmarked water tower water works. Metamorphoses is a play by the american playwright and director mary zimmerman, adapted from the classic ovid poem metamorphoses. Cascabel with tony hernandez and rick bayless, the north china lover, hephaestus with tony hernandez, the brothers karamazov 2009 raven award for excellence in arts and entertainment, hard times five jeff awards.
Chicago tourism chicago hotels chicago bed and breakfast chicago vacation rentals chicago vacation packages. She is an artistic associate of goodman theatre, a member of lookingglass theatre company and a professor of performance studies at northwestern university. Lookingglass theatre presents hard times beginning october 4. Bodies i have in mind and how they can change to assume new shapes, says a narrator in mary zimmermans lookingglass theatre company production of metamorphoses, this great theater. Lookingglass theatre company announces 1920 season showbiz. Lookingglass theatre company announced today that this falls remount of mary zimmermans metamorphoses will include seven members of the original 1998 cast. Lookingglass has earned a national reputation for excellent. Lookingglass theatre and the chicago help initiative mr. Lookingglass alice revisits the stories that inspired the founding of lookingglass theatre company. Preshow lecture for lookingglass theatres me tamorphoses. September 19, 2012 january 6, 20 tony awardwinner for best direction of a play in 1998, lookingglass debuted metamorphoses, a play of such grace and beauty that the memory of it still lingers in the minds of audiences today. Lookingglass theatre company announces the second extension of metamorphoses, based on the myths of ovid from a translation by david slavitt, written.
Mary zimmermans treasure island is most remarkable for what. Recipient of the 2011 tony award for outstanding regional theatre, lookingglass theatre company is located inside the water tower water works building on the magnificent mile in chicago. Low this article has been rated as lowimportance on the projects. Rosenberg julius caesar chicago shakespeare theater.
Mar 28, 2019 lookingglass theatre company announces its complete 20192020 season lineup, with three shows created by lookingglass ensemble members. As lookingglass theatre company has confirmed before, zimmerman couldnt ask for a more inevitable partner than ovid. Photo by michael brosilow, courtesy of lookingglass theatre. Original chicago cast set for metamorphoses at lookingglass. Lookingglass ensemble member, scenic and lighting designer for many lookingglass favorites such as the arabian nights and mary shelleys frankenstein. Written and directed by mary zimmerman, it was based on a work by ovid. The play opened offbroadway in october 2001 at the second stage theatre. Lookingglass ensemble member, costume designer of more than 40 lookingglass productions, including lookingglass alice and metamorphoses. We talked to her by phone about reviving metamorphoses, staging it in new york immediately after 911, and why she loves washington. Chicago, il lookingglass theatre company announces a four week extension of metamorphoses, based on the myths of ovid from a translation by david slavitt, written and. This article is within the scope of wikiproject chicago, which aims to improve all articles or pages related to chicago or the chicago metropolitan area. Extended again thru jan 6th metamorphoses lookingglass. Lookingglass theatre company announces 20192020 season the. Metamorphoses lookingglass theatre company water tower water works, 821 n.
Nov 02, 2012 lookingglass theatre companys redux of metamorphoses in honor of its 25th anniversary speaks to the true hallmark of the theater. From acclaimed playwright mary zimmerman of chicagos lookingglass theatre comes this dazzling adaptation of ovids classic myths. In 1998, mary zimmermans stage adaptation metamorphoses premiered at the lookingglass theatre, and the following year there was an adaptation of tales from ovid by the royal shakespeare company. Administrative offices 875 north michigan ave, suite 30, chicago, il 60611 773. Metamorphoses second stage theater, circle in the square theatre. The steadfast tin soldier lookingglass theatre company. A rippling, onstage pool conjures a magical world where gods and mortals coexist and universal tales of fate, lost love, greed and death are shared. The criticallyacclaimed, recordbreaking chicago engagement led to a broadway production that garnered mary zimmerman the 2002 tony award for best director and catapulted lookingglass onto the national stage. She is a macarthur fellowship recipient, an ensemble member of chicagos lookingglass theatre company, and a manilow resident director at the goodman theatre. Lookingglass theatre extends metamorphoses through 16.