Congratulations to the cast and crew for John Patrick Shanley’s DEFIANCE, which was nominated for a Jeff Award for Best Production!
Believe it or not, this is Next Theatre’s first nomination for Best Production in 20 years! That nod came in 1987 for The Normal Heart, and won. Big kudos, too, to Jim Rank, one of the fabulous ensemble members in THE AMERICAN DREAM SONGBOOK, who … Read More >
As most readers of this blog know, every fall, a group of dedicated theater-lovers gather to salute the best plays they’ve seen on professional stages… these are the oft-beloved, oft-criticized Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicagoland’s closest equivalent to New York’s Tony Awards, or London’s Olivier Awards, or LA’s Drama Critics Circle Awards. Next Theatre Company and its artists have been fortunate to receive many of them over the past … Read More >
