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Profiles Theatre Artistic Directors Darrell W. Cox and Joe Jahraus announce the World premiere of Resident Artist Neil LaBute's revised stage version of In the Company of Men, opening at The…
From the moment you walk into the theatre proper at Chicago Shakes you know are in for a experience like no other. The grand parlor in which David Ives' new adaptation of Molière's The Misa…
Sideshow Theatre Company continues its 2012/13 season with the Chicago premiere of MARIA/STUART by Jason Grote, directed by Marti Lyons, playing March 30 " May 5, 2013 at Theater Wi…
Goodman Theatre announces a special staged reading of Roberto Bolaño's epic novel 2666"co-adapted for the stage and co-directed by Goodman Artistic Director Robert Falls and new Goodman P…
Broadway In Chicago has announced single tickets for the two-time Emmy Award winning and two-time Tony Award nominated production Cathy Rigby is PETER PAN! go on sale to the public today, No…
Five new plays (two fully staged workshop productions performed in repertory plus three staged readings) comprise Goodman Theatre's free 2012 New Stages Amplified in the Owen Theatre, a seri…
Red Tape Theatre is pleased to announce that starting in January 2013, Brooke Allen will become their first playwright in residence as part of the newly revised Fresh Eyes Project. Formed in…
Steep Theatre Company will kick off the new year with the Midwest Premiere of Obie Award-winner Ethan Lipton's Luther. This darkly comic examination of America's uneasy relationship with our…
EVENT: Bizarre Bazaar: A Holiday Special CURATED BY: Philip Elson, Melissa Ganser & Cristina Tadeo SHOW DATES: Friday, December 14 TIMES: 8:30pm TICKETS: $15 regular Online at www.redtap…
THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, is pleased to announce a day-of-show drawing for the Second National Tour, which launches in Chicago on December 11, 20…
Pride Films and Plays is thrilled to announce the Chicago 20th anniversary production of Jonathan Harvey’s acclaimed Beautiful Thing, theheartwarming story of two teenaged boys c…
Oo la la! Champagne corks will pop when the New Philharmonic (NP) and Music Director and Conductor Kirk Muspratt provide a special way to ring out the old with "Viennese Pops New Year’…
About Face Theatre blends classic Christmas tales with queer pop culture for its world premiere holiday production WE THREE LIZAS with book and lyrics by AFT Artistic Associate S…
Following sold-out runs in London (where it received the Olivier Award) and Paris, Roadkill has its American premiere in Chicago. Based on the real life experiences of a young woman t…
Phillip Dawkins has created quite an interesting piece of theatre with his latest piece, Failure: A Love Story. Â Â Set in the 1920's, this Chicago-centric piece tells the story of three…
Sugarward, Sean Graney's new play about the governor of the British Leeward Islands circa 1706, will receive its world premiere January 5, 2013, at 7:30 pm at The Side Project. Sugarwa…
Watching Jeff Garlin weave his way through the material of his new show "Closer Than I Appear" you quickly come to one conclusion; that there is no better stand-up comedian working in the in…
Anthony Freud, general director of Lyric Opera of Chicago, today announced promotions for two senior staff members. Drew Landmesser, Lyric’s production and technical director, will bec…
New Year's Eve at The Crystal Gardens at Navy Pier The Crystal Gardens at Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Monday, Dec. 31st, 2012 9pm-2am 5 Hour Premium Open Bar 9pm-2am Chicago's #1 Party! Joonbug.c…
Buffalo Theatre Ensemble (BTE) presents "The Underpants,” by Carl Sternheim, adapted by Steve Martin, directed by BTE Associate Artistic Director Amelia Barrett*+ and featuring B…
The company that brought you SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DRAG QUEENS, TWINKIE AND THE BEAST and ALEX IN WONDERLAND are premiering something new this holiday season! Giving homage to classic …
For more information visit www.ScroogeandMarleyMovie.com Tracy Baim was executive producer of the award-winning and critically acclaimed lesbian feature film Hannah Free starrin…
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Rocco Landesman announced last week that Steppenwolf Theatre Company is one of 832 non-profit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Wo…
You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch. You really are a heel. You’re as cuddly as a cactus. You’re as charming as an eel.  Mr. Grinch! You’re a bad banana with a greasy…