The Mercury Theater,3745 N. Southport, begins its highly anticipated 2013 season with the exhilarating Broadway musical revue A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING, running from January 16 through March…
Chicago Sinfonietta continues its milestone 25th Anniversary Season with its Annual Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., celebrating the universal lessons of Dr. King with music from the …
In profiling Chinese adoptees in contemporary America, the joyous Somewhere Between illustrates that even the most specific of experiences can be universally relatable. The deeply moving doc…
Sitting through the laborious two hours of Redtwist Theatre's production of Bruce Norris' Purple Heart one ponders the question of how the powers that be thought this haphazard play w…
Big Noise Theatre Company will present Garson Kanin's Born Yesterday as their 2nd production of the company's 2012-13 season.  Performances will be held at the Pra…
As we close another fantastic year in Chicago theatre, here is our top 10 plays and musicals of 2012, including our favorite performance art piece. We at Showbiz Chicago wish you the hap…
If you are going to experience The Den Theatre's intricate remount of Faith Healer, be prepared because it will surely be a test of your physical stamina. Â Timing in at almost three hours…
The Redtwist Theatre will present Purple Heart by Bruce Norris from tonight, December 22 from January 27. In this twisted, dark comedy, company member, KC Karen Hill, and guest artist, Kathl…
BIG FISH, a new musical based on the novel by Daniel Wallace and the 2003 Columbia Pictures film written by John August, will star Norbert Leo Butz as Edward Bloom, and have its pre-Broadway…
Akvavit Theatre presents two Chicago and one United States premieres of the work of Europe’s most-produced living playwright, Norway’s Jon Fosse, under the unified title of Gjeng…
InFusion Theatre Company is proud to announce the world premiere of Mark Mason’s Allotment Annie, directed by InFusion Company Member Bridgette Harney, January 3 – February 3, 20…
The Second National Tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, broke the house record in its first week of performances at the Bank of America Theatre (18…
Broadway In Chicago has announced that I LOVE LUCY LIVE ON STAGE, the brand new hit musical stage show adapted from the longest-running and most beloved television program in history, starri…
Right-wing parents and left-leaning offspring take center stage in Jon Robin Baitz's political potboiler, Other Desert Cities"a Pulitzer Prize finalist and Tony Award-nominated "best new pla…
Every once in a while, a film comes around that is a game changer.  For the movie musical, Les Misérables is that film.  Based on the 1985 Cameron Macintosh produced play, whic…
Art has always mirrored life. Â No more so is that statement true than in the literary world. Â Parceling together Charles Dickens' real relationships with the opposite sex to those in h…
American Theater Company announces the world premiere of the revised version of columbinus, written by Stephen Karam and PJ Paparelli, with dramaturgy by Patricia Hersch, and conceived and d…
Court Theatre Artistic Director Charles Newell and Executive Director Stephen J. Albert present Skylight, written by David Hare, and directed by William Brown. Skylight will run January 10 "…
Oscar Season is in full swing; the big, end-of-year releases are hitting theaters and nominations voting began Monday. From now until the awards ceremony on February 24, the film world is ab…
Writers' Theatre Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma and Artistic Director Michael Halberstam announce the Writers' Theatre production of Sweet Charity, book by Neil Simon with music by Cy …
After seeing one of the last previews of the Broadway production of The Book of Mormon you felt that musical theatre history was being made. Â With the opening of the Chicago production la…
WOOD CHICAGO New Year’s Eve Four Course Prix Fix menu includes a glass of sparkling wine for $65 or for $100 (pairings added at each course). Â Seating Times: 6pm-8pm & 10pm (ti…
Northlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans, continues its 2012-2013 season with Matthew Lopez's The Whipping Man, directed …
The Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Drive in Lincolnshire, will present an all-star cast in the World Premiere of NOW AND FOREVER: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, featuring the legendary com…