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On Saturday Feb. 22, the starry cast of the upcoming Broadway revival of “Of Mice and Men,” currently rehearsing in Chicago, stopped by the Goodman Theatre to take in a performan…
The Chicago Commercial Collective, a young for-profit producing entity, announced on Thursday the next two local productions it will remount: The original Inconvenience staging of “Hit…
An electrical fire at theHarris Theater for Music and Dance (205 E. Randolph St. at Millennium Park)Â has prompted the cancellation of Wednesday night's performance of the Hamburg Ballet'…
The Joffrey Ballet announced its 2014-15 season on Tuesday. The company’s twentieth year in Chicago will feature eight premieres and some familiar Joffrey classics. &n…
"The Lincoln Lodge Comedy Showcase," the 14-year-old weekly stand-up show that was recently displaced by the shuttering of its longtime home, The Lincoln Restaurant, seven weeks ago, has fou…
The Falcon Theatre in Burbank, California — owned by Gary and Kathleen Marshall — will present the West Coast premiere of of “The Last Act of Lilka Kadison” in associ…
The Second City e.t.c. announced the cast and creative team of its 38th revue on Wednesday. Second City Touring Company director Jen Ellison stages her first resident stage show, which will …
Producers of “The Last Ship,” the new musical by Sting having its pre-Broadway tryout in Chicago this summer, announced casting and the show's future Broadway home on Wednesday. …
Tickets for “The Last Ship,” the new Broadway-bound musical with an original score by Sting, will go on sale on Friday, Feb. 14, representatives for Broadway In Chicago announced…
TimeLine Theatre Company has announced eight playwrights for its inaugural Playwrights Collective, representatives for the theater said on Tuesday.
Stage 773 has announced the line-up for the second annual “Chicago Nerd Comedy Festival,” a festival dedicated to the geekier sect of the Chicago funny scene, representatives for…
The Paramount Theatre in Aurora announced the cast of its upcoming production of Jonathan Larson's 1996 musical “Rent” on Thursday.
Collaboraction announced the lineup for its 14th annual Sketchbook festival on Thursday. Titled “SKETCHBOOK 14: 2049,” the collection of 18 world-premiere performance pieces cura…
Northlight Theatre’s upcoming world premiere of Christian O’Reilly’s “Chapatti” will travel to the Galway Arts Festival in Ireland in July 2014, the theater ann…
Writers Theatre's acclaimed production of Henrik Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler" has been extended three weeks through April 6, the theater announced on Wednesday. Kimberly Senior directs the product…
On Monday Writers Theatre announced casting for its upcoming production of August Strindberg’s “The Dance of Death,” the American premiere of playwright Conor McPherson&rsq…
More than 20 theaters and 100 bars and restaurants in the Lakeview neighborhood have come together to form the Belmont Theater District, representatives for the Lakeview and Lakeview East Ch…
The Grammy Award-winning musician Sting will appear at Steppenwolf Theatre Company in a benefit event to support the theater's Artistic Development Fund on Feb. 24, Steppenwolf announced on …
Casting was announced on Tuesday for the world premiere of playwright Mona Mansour's "The Way West," a serio-comic play of frontier tales told by a modern downtrodden California mom, at Step…
Lyric Opera has solved its Maria problem. The Broadway actress Jenn Gambatese ("Tarzan: The Musical"), most recently seen in Chicago as Glinda in the national tour of "Wicked," will play Mar…
Based on a sketch from The Second City e.t.c. revue, "A Clown Car Named Desire," cast members Brooke Breit, Mike Kosinski and Chris Witaske write and star in "Welcome To American Apparel,…
As part of the 2014 Garage Rep, Steppenwolf Theatre Company will bring back Late Night @ Garage Rep, an after-hours rotation of weekly fringe performances beginning on March 6, the company a…
A new Phantom will don the famous mask tonight in Chicago. Previously the title character's understudy, actor Cooper Grodin assumes the role of the Phantom in the national tour of Andrew Llo…
NPR's Joe Frank will bring his one-man show "Murdered by the Mind" to Steppenwolf Theatre Company for one night only on Saturday March 1, the theater announced on Wednesday. …
