Due to popular demand, The House Theatre of Chicago is adding four weeks of performances of Rose And The Rime. The show will continue playing at the Chopin Theatre (1543 W. Division St.) through Saturday, May 9, 2009. Written by the creative team Chris Mathews, Jake Minton and Nathan Allen, this original Midwestern fairy tale has entertained packed houses since its opening on February 22, 2009 with witches, myth and magic. Tickets for the newly added performances are now available for purchase.
- 3/31/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Play Rating: 4.0/5.0 Chicago – While most of America’s eyes were glued to the television screens Sunday night to catch Danny Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire” nab its gold, the celebrated underdog of Chicago theatre companies shyly began to spout its new wings.
In its new fairytale offering, The House Theatre confounds the naysayers that arose from both its fiscal and artistic post-“Sparrow” stumbles. “Rose and the Rime” clearly demonstrates writers Chris Matthews, Jake Minton, and Nathan Allen’s ability to weave a bridge between the realms of visceral authenticity and lavish theatricality.
“Rose and the Rime” spins the familiar tale of a generic Michigan town seeped in with permafrost. Parsimonious in its forgiveness, the bleak winter serves as a baneful gift from the Rime Witch, a seductively demonized creature that bears the key (in the form of a luminous coin) to the town’s sunlit relief. The imprisoning ague leaves...
In its new fairytale offering, The House Theatre confounds the naysayers that arose from both its fiscal and artistic post-“Sparrow” stumbles. “Rose and the Rime” clearly demonstrates writers Chris Matthews, Jake Minton, and Nathan Allen’s ability to weave a bridge between the realms of visceral authenticity and lavish theatricality.
“Rose and the Rime” spins the familiar tale of a generic Michigan town seeped in with permafrost. Parsimonious in its forgiveness, the bleak winter serves as a baneful gift from the Rime Witch, a seductively demonized creature that bears the key (in the form of a luminous coin) to the town’s sunlit relief. The imprisoning ague leaves...
- 2/26/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Enjoy an evening with The House Theatre of Chicago and its newest production, Rose And The Rime. The original Midwestern fairy tale will play the Chopin Theatre (1543 W. Division St.) February 19 to April 11, 2009. Special offers and events are currently available. Rose And The Rime Benefit Night with Peter Sagal House enthusiasts are invited to join Peter Sagal, host of NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me (and House board member) for a panel discussion at 7 p.m. on Saturday, February 28, 2009 at the Chopin Theatre (1534 W. Division St.). A wine and dessert reception will take place prior to the panel and all participants are invited to watch a special performance of Rose And The Rime at 8:30 p.m. Panelists will be Company member and Rose And The Rime cast member Carolyn Defrin (The Sparrow, Dave DaVinci Saves the Universe), director Nathan Allen, lighting designer Lee Keenan and co-writer Chris Matthews. Individual...
- 2/19/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Enjoy an evening with The House Theatre of Chicago and its newest production, Rose And The Rime. The original Midwestern fairy tale will play the Chopin Theatre (1543 W. Division St.) February 19 to April 11, 2009. Special offers and events are currently available. Rose And The Rime Benefit Night with Peter Sagal House enthusiasts are invited to join Peter Sagal, host of NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me (and House board member) for a panel discussion at 7 p.m. on Saturday, February 28, 2009 at the Chopin Theatre (1534 W. Division St.). A wine and dessert reception will take place prior to the panel and all participants are invited to watch a special performance of Rose And The Rime at 8:30 p.m. Panelists will be Company member and Rose And The Rime cast member Carolyn Defrin (The Sparrow, Dave DaVinci Saves the Universe), director Nathan Allen, lighting designer Lee Keenan and co-writer Chris Matthews. Individual...
- 2/13/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
The House Theatre of Chicago invites Chicagoans to be captivated by fairy tale, witches, myth and magic with its newest production Rose And The Rime, written by the creative team Chris Mathews, Jake Minton and Nathan Allen. The original Midwestern fairy tale will play the Chopin Theatre (1543 W. Division St.) February 19 to April 11, 2009. Tickets go on sale Friday, January 30, 2009 at 10 a.m. The tiny Michigan town of Radio Falls has been trapped in perpetual winter for a generation. Snow and ice coat every tree branch and telephone wire, and the constant blizzard surrounding the town means there's no way in or out. The last moment of heated passion brought the town its only remaining youth: a girl named Rose. It is up to her to save Radio Falls from the vicious curse of the Rime Witch. But when she succeeds, Radio Falls discovers the witch's magic coin has two sides.
- 1/28/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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