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RELATED:  SHOWBIZ NATION INTERVIEW WITH CHEYENNE JACKSON RELATED: SHOWBIZ NATION INTERVIEW WITH GENA ROWLANDS & CHEYENNE JACKSON Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts announced …
The Chicago Yacht Club is proud to announce that Wintrust has signed on as the Presenting Sponsor of the 2015 Blind World & International Championship being held September 10-13, for the…
The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago presents Kathryn Andrews: Run for President, the first solo US museum exhibition of the artist’s work. The exhibition features fifteen sculptural…
Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce the Pre-Broadway World Premiere of The SpongeBob Musical will begin performances on Tuesday, June 7 at the Oriental Theatre (24 W. Randolph St., C…
 Pegasus Theatre Chicago is pleased to launch its 2015-16 season with the world premiere drama FOR HER AS A PIANO by Nambi E. Kelley, playwright of the critically acclaimed 20…
What's so great about Seattle? That's what the Internet's premier destination for obsessive pop-culture commentary, The A.V. Club, hopes to find out at the city's annual Bumbershoot festi…
Court Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Charles Newell and Executive Director Stephen J. Albert, presents Nicholas Rudall's world-premiere translation of Aeschylus'Agamemnon…
In conjunction with its October 2015 Fall Culture Guide issue, Chicago magazine will debut the inaugural Culture Festival, an exciting day-long, five-program event that incorporates intimate…
SHOWBIZ NATION LIVE! Interview with Director Andrew Crusse Director Andrew Crusse discusses his upcoming production of MARY POPPINS at the Ocala Civic Theatre. For more information visit Oca…
First Stage's 2015-2016 First Steps series kicks off with the world premiere of SPOOKLEY THE SQUARE PUMPKIN October 10 " November 1, 2015. This fun, interactive performance is designed to in…
The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts announces the Marcus Center Presents and Off Broadway series for the 2015/16 season which is sponsored by Envoy. Flex packages will be available thr…
FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Kyle Jean-Baptiste, the first African American and youngest person to ever play the lead role of Jean Valjean in "Les Misérables" on Broadway died after falling fr…
terraNOVA Collective and The Playground Theater, in association with the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, are pleased to announce the world premiere of …
REDCAT, CalArts downtown center for contemporary arts, presents an ambitious international selection of adventurous contemporary performances in its Fall 2015 season, including visiting arti…
Rehearsals are underway for Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' razor-edged new comedy "Appropriate," opening October 4 and continuing through November 1, 2015, at the Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Fo…
AstonRep Theatre Company is pleased to kick-off its 2015-16 season with the Chicago premiere of Nicky Silver's darkly humorous family drama THE LYONS, directed by Company MemberÅ
The Chicago Public Library Foundation and the Chicago Public Library have announced that the 16th annual Carl Sandburg Literary Award will be presented to legendary composer and lyricist …
New Broadway Acquisitions and Releases for Fall 2015! TRW is proud to announce the acquisition of three new Broadway musicals: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET,SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, and PRISCILLA QUEE…
The Joffrey Ballet opens its 2015-2016 60th Anniversary season with a special mixed repertory program entitled Millennials, showcasing new works by the country's next generation of choreogra…
Everybody’s favorite holiday bitch is back and she's meaner then ever in the return of CHRISTMAS DEAREST, Hell in a Handbag Productions' Joan Crawford-infused parody of A C…
On the heels of its Broadway smash success, Disgraced by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, novelist, screenwriter and actor Ayad Akhtar returns to the city of its birth in a new production …
Center Theatre Group, in collaboration with the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, will present the West Coast premiere of Young Jean Lee‘s newest work, the acclaimed play R…
The Poetry Foundation's fall event season embraces poetry in an array of offerings that range from a salon concert, featuring music by Aaron Copland and Charles Ives, to readings by Joyce Ca…
Goodman Theatre kicks off the 2015/2016 Season in its Owen Theatre with Feathers and Teeth, Charise Castro Smith's bone-chilling dark comedy that brings dysfunctional family drama to scar…
After an overwhelming demand, the two-time Emmy and Grammy Award-winning comedian Kathy Griffin has extended the engagement of her "Like A Boss" Tour at the Center Theatre Group / Mark Taper…