Raven Theatre’s hit production of Dave Malloy’s “Octet,” an a capella musical structured around eight-part vocal harmonies that tells the stories of the members of a technology addiction support group ...

“Why don’t we just wait here for a little while… see what happens?” It was with this eerily ambiguous line, delivered coldly by Kurt Russell’s R.J. MacReady, that John Carpenter’s The Thing ended, in ...

On paper, OCTET, Raven Theatre's first choice for a season musical, shouldn't work. Few of my friends could be convinced to come with me to see an entirely a capella revue about an Internet addiction ...

Dave Malloy’s “Octet” is an a capella musical structured around intricate, eight-part vocal harmonies and a show that would challenge the most experienced of Chicago’s musical houses. But Raven ...

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As for what the show is about, don’t expect jazz hands and high kicks. It follows a group of internet addicts, who gather in a church basement to sing together, bear their souls and find some ...

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Amanda Seyfried, Rachel Zegler and Tramell Tillman are set to join the cast of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s upcoming movie musical “Octet.” Seyfried will play Jessica, Zegler will play Velma and Tillman is ...

This is definitely an internet support group you'll wanna join. Lin-Manuel Miranda has announced the cast of Octet, his upcoming film based on the Dave Malloy musical of the same name. Amanda Seyfried ...

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s forthcoming adaptation of Octet—the 2019 a cappella musical written and composed by Dave Malloy (Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812)—has a cast, and an exceptionally starry ...

After making his feature directorial debut in Tick, Tick… Boom, Lin-Manuel Miranda is heading behind the camera again for Octet. And he’s gathered a gosh darn impressive cast to help bring the musical ...

Octet, the Lin-Manuel Miranda-directed film version of Dave Malloy’s stage musical has announced an eight-person cast that includes Jonathan Groff, Rachel Zegler, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Gaten Matarazzo, ...