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About Face Theatre celebrates its 17th year with a three-ring party of colossal entertainment and excessive elegance at WONKA BALL 2013: CIRCUS MAXIMUS on Friday, April 26,…
Paying homage to one of the greatest movie musicals of all time, What a Glorious Feeling comes to Theatre at the Center April 25 through June 2 at 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, with …
Kokandy Productions proudly announces its first two-show season featuring “Danny and the Deep Blue Sea”, April 12 – 28 at the Athenaeum Theatre, 2636 N. Southport Ave. a…
The Den Theatre is pleased to present its first-ever public dance performance: REPURPOSE by Mary Tarpley, a collection of dance pieces inspired by existing art, playing…
Podcast With RICHARD WHITE from SHOWBIZ CHICAGO on Vimeo. Musical theatre icon Richard White discusses the new production of JEKYLL & HYDE as well as his incredible career including voic…
Degenerate Art Gallery (DAG) has officially launched its campaign on Kickstarter.com to raise funds for its very first physical art show in Chicago. With a goal of $6,000 to be raised in jus…
. RAVINIA ANNOUNCES 2013 SEASON Ravinia President and CEO Welz Kauffman today announced an extensive season of "passions and masterpieces" featuring more than 120 events from June 6 throu…
 The 5th Annual Peace on Earth Film Festival (POEFF), presented by Transcendence Global Media, NFP, in partnership with the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special eve…
Letting go.  At some point we all face this monumental task in order for our lives to move forward.   In Gift Theatre's production of Vigils by Noah Haidle (which I last saw almost …
Following its critically acclaimed Broadway run, AstonRep Theatre Company is pleased to present the Chicago premiere of the Tony Award-nominated Best Play NEXT FALL by Geoffre…
Steppenwolf Theatre Company Artistic Director Martha Lavey announced today the 2013/14 Subscription Season, including two world premieres, an American premiere and two Chicago premiere…
The popular Sound Opinions at the Movies series continues with a screening of Wattstax, the 1973 Mel Stuart documentary chronicling the legendary Stax Records-sponsored Watts Sum…
Artist Doug Ischar will lead a gallery walk-through atThe Renaissance Society on Sunday, March 24, at 12 p.m. Ischar will talk about the current exhibition at the museum, a so…
The 5th Annual Peace on Earth Film Festival (POEFF), presented by Transcendence Global Media, NFP, in partnership with the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special events,…
Victory Gardens Theater announces 2013-14 Season: the Co-World Premiere of Appropriate by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, directed by Gary Griffin, developed, in part, by IGNITION 201…
The largest international improv festival in the world, the 16th annual Chicago Improv Festival,April 1-7, 2013, celebrates the art of improv, showcasing more than 150 acts consisting of …
Reviewed by RUSSELL GOELTENBODT The Neo-Futurists, creators of over 60 original full-length productions, are a collective of wildly productive writer/director/performers who create immediate…
Writers' Theatre Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma and Artistic Director Michael Halberstam announce the two-week extension of Writers' Theatre production of Sweet Charity,…
Gorilla Tango Theatre Bucktown is proud to present numerous off-night performances in March! From DJ Bouncy Castle’s HUMP DAY THUMP DAY spin set on 3/20 and 3/27 to a staged reading of…
With the goal of teaching students how to "Study Funny," Columbia College Chicago's new theatre degree in comedy writing and performance is far from the usual academic fare for students drea…
Continuing its 25th Anniversary Season, Lookingglass Theatre Company presents the World Premiere of Big Lake Big City, written by Keith Huff and directed by Ensemble Member…
 LiveWire Chicago Theatre, in association with Chicago Cultural Center Presents, continues its 2012-13 season with the Chicago premiere of the dysfunctional family drama A PERMANENT IM…
Podcast with Christopher Allen & Laura Rook from SHOWBIZ CHICAGO on Vimeo.
 Christopher Allen and Laura Rook discuss their roles in Short Shakespeare! Romeo & Juliet currently playing at Chicago Shakespeare Theater.  For more information visit www.Chicag…
Suzanne Petri conjures Marlene Dietrich: Chicago's acclaimed Jefferson Award nominated actress and winner of the After Dark Award for "Outstanding Cabaret Artist" and the Chicago Cabaret Pro…