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Fall 2013 will see Chicago continue to produce some of the most exciting theater in the country. Offerings from the city's more than 200 producing theaters includes a range of special fa…
Profiles Theatre gets back to their gritty roots with playwright Rhett Rossi’s Chicago Premiere of In God’s Hat, firmly directed and creatively staged by Artistic Director Joe Ja…
The Poetry Foundation hosts the Chicago premiere of Dear Elizabeth by acclaimed playwright Sarah Ruhl. OnSeptember 18 and 19, Mary Beth Fisher stars in a staged reading of Dear E…
Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce that TO MASTER THE ART, by William Brown and Doug Frew, has partnered with Sur La Table (900 North Michigan) for an exclusive offer…
 SIGNS OF LIFE, A Tale of Terezin, is thrilled to announce the full cast for its Chicago premiere this fall at the Zacek McVay Theater at Victory Gardens Theater (2433 N Linco…
Black Ensemble Theater announces The Story of Curtis Mayfield: It's All-Right To Have A Good Time produced, written and directed by Black Ensemble Theater Founder and CEO J…
The chic wine lounge ENO, located at Fairmont Chicago, Millennium Park, 200 N. Columbus Drive, will feature an autumn series of "ENOversity" education classes. Perfect for wine novices an…
The world's most beloved Nanny MARY POPPINS drops in to The Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire. Broadway's supercalifragilistic, award-winning hit arrives on stage We…
What's so funny about OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES?  Everything! From birth to death " and everything in between " these Old Jews show the need to laugh at it all. Better yet, they MAKE …
Producers Kevin McCollum, Doug Morris and Berry Gordy are proud to announce"Makin' It Motown," a nationwide open call casting search for African American singers for both t…
Northlight Theatre announces New Year's Eve with Kurt Elling.  This one-night-only concert with the Grammy Award-winning jazz vocalist will run at 8:00pm on December 31, 2013Å
Producing Artistic Director Gwendolyn Whiteside and American Blues Theater, Chicago's second oldest Equity ensemble, are proud to announce the first production in American Blues Theater's…
The producers of ONCE and Broadway In Chicago, winner of eight Tony Awards including Best Musical and winner of the 2013 Grammy Award winner for Best Musical Theater Album, and Broa…
Podcast with NORA DUNN from SHOWBIZ CHICAGO on Vimeo. The many supreme talents of stage, television and film star Nora Dunn are all front an center in her new one woman show, Mythical Propor…
Hollywood Blvd in Woodridge " Saturday, September 7th 2013 Jesus Christ Superstar: 7:30PM (Click here for tickets) Celebrity Guests will be on site to meet you starting one hour before the f…
It always struck me as curious that the tag line for the stage version of The Color Purple is "the musical about love".  I'm not quite sure what marketing genius came up with this, as…
Broadway In Chicago, along with producers Hal Luftig, Scott Sanders Productionsand Troika Entertainment, is thrilled to announce casting for the national tour of the Tony Award Nomi…
Redtwist Theatre announces its complete line-up for 2013-2014 Season, which includes 15 productions, all at its black box, storefront location, in the Bryn Mawr Historic District of…
Goodman Theatre marks its 36th production of A Christmas Carol, "the crown jewel of the holiday season" (Daily Herald), directed by Artistic Associate Henry Wishcamper. Lar…
Chicago Opera Theater (COT) offers more opportunities to look inside its operas through its new initiative, "Viewpoints."  These collaborations with Chicago cultural institutions…
Stage Left Theatre announces the recipients of the Downstage Left Playwright Residencies for Season 32. Residencies are designed to help playwrights take a project from the conceptual…
Top Chicago LGBTQ singers join forces for a benefit concert for the March on Springfield for Marriage Equality on Monday, Sept. 9 at City Winery, 7 p.m., 1200 W. Randolph. The concert is pre…
Rehearsal photographs for the Chicago premiere production of Cheryl L. West’s Pullman Porter Blues directed by Chuck Smith (starting September 14 at the Goodman).  For m…
Judas Redux cast and production team of THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT discusses remounting Stephen Adly Guirgis’ intriguing play. For more information and updates visit jud…
To say that watching Drury Lane's impeccable mounting of Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey's Next To Normal was an emotionally wrenching experience would be an understatement.   It is by f…
