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This week's Showcase features a performance from the national tour of "Wicked," now back in Chicago for the first time since 2013. In the video, Chelsea Emma Franko, the tour's Elphaba stand…
Joseph Anthony Byrd, direct from "Kinky Boots" on Broadway, will star as the Emcee in Kander and Ebb's 1966 Broadway musical "Cabaret," Aurora's Paramount Theatre announced Monday. Also star…
This week's Showcase features a performance from Firebrand Theatre's smash hit production of "Lizzie," a punk-rock take on the tale the alleged axe murderess Lizzie Borden. In the video, Jac…
Theatre at the Center announced the cast of Robert Harling's Louisiana beauty shop-set tearjerker "Steel Magnolias" Wednesday. The production will star Cory Goodrich as M'Lynn, Landree Flemi…
The New Colony has announced the company's new artistic directors: Fin Coe and Stephanie Shum. Coe and Shum, who succeed founding members Andrew Hobgood and Evan Linder, were both previously…
Near the end of "Beautiful " The Carole King Musical," after the audience has watched Carole King fall in and out of love, make hits from the sidelines and finally step into a spotlight all …
Firebrand Theatre has announced the cast of "9 to 5," the Dolly Parton-scored Broadway musical based on the eponymous 1980 movie celebrating the working woman. The production is the second a…
Reading all of the year-end lists and wishing there was a way to relive your favorite Chicago theater performances? Here are some of the star turns of 2017, all featured in the Theater Loop'…
Gather your friends, family and good vibes and join in the chorus of this week's Showcase from the national tour of "Beautiful " The Carole King Musical." In the video, former Chicagoan Sara…
Definition Theatre Company announced the cast of the Chicago premiere of "Moon Man Walk" Friday. The production will star Debo Balogun, Isabeau Dornevil, Shadana Patterson and Michael Anthon…
Drury Lane Theatre announced the cast of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" Thursday. Wearing the coat of many colors in the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice biblical Broadway mu…
It's ok if you're not yet feeling the holiday spirit. It's been a dramatic year. Luckily, the annual Theater Loop holiday video has arrived. Prepare to de-Grinch. In this year's video, look …
Casting is complete for Philip Dawkins' world-premiere play "The Gentleman Caller," Raven Theatre announced Tuesday. The drama, based on the true story of the first meeting and following rel…
"Saturday Night Live" veteran and longtime writer and performer Julia Sweeney will make her Second City stand-up debut this January in a brand new workshop production, it was announced Tuesd…
Ensemble members Ron Conner and Anthony Irons will star as Booster and Turnbo in Congo Square Theatre Company's upcoming production of August's Wilson's "Jitney," it was announced Friday. As…
Casting is complete for "Ragtime," the Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens Tony-winning turn-of-the-century musical, the Marriott Theatre announced Thursday. "Ragtime" will star Nathaniel Stamp…
Firebrand Theatre's bloody hit "Lizzie," a rock musical inspired by the alleged axe murderess, will extend with new cast member Ciara Renee, the company announced Thursday. Renee, who appear…
Porchlight Music Theatre announced the cast of the Stephen Sondheim musical "Merrily We Roll Along" Wednesday. The production will star Matt Crowle as Charley Kringas, Jim DeSelm as Franklin…
Casting is complete for the new production of "Hatfield & McCoy," the House Theatre of Chicago announced Tuesday. The Hatfields include: Robert D. Hardaway as Devil Anse Hatfield, Marika Mas…
Rob Lowe will bring the national tour of his one-man show to Chicago for a one-night-only performance in May, Broadway in Chicago announced Monday. "Stories I Only Tell My Friends: Live," in…
Black Ensemble Theater has announced its 2018 season, featuring tributes to Chuck Berry, Patti LaBelle, blues artists and the women of soul. First up is "Hail, Hail Chuck: A Tribute to Chuck…
Casting is complete for "Hinter," a world premiere thriller by Calamity West, Steep Theatre announced Wednesday. The production will feature Aurora Adachi-Winter, Lauren Sivak, Sasha Smith, …
This week's Showcase features Ball-Zee, a three-time winner of the UK Beatbox Championship and the current star of the beatboxing and a capella touring show "Gobsmacked." In the video, Ba…
"The Wizard of Oz" will make a Chicago stop along its yellow brick road, it has been announced by the Madison Square Garden Company. The non-Equity touring production, based on the beloved 1…
A day-of-show drawing for $25 tickets to "Wicked" in Chicago will take place throughout the run of the show, Broadway in Chicago announced Monday. On each performance day, fans eager to revi…
