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Chicago Dramatists has announced two new leaders: Vanessa Bamber as managing director and Dana Lynn Formby as interim artistic director. Formby, who has been a resident playwright at Chicago…
Comedy icon Carol Burnett will bring her live show back to Chicago, it was announced Monday. Burnett will take the Chicago Theatre stage June 12 for "An Evening of Laughter and Reflection," …
Need a musical theater break before turkey basting and giving thanks? This week's Showcase features both Billy Elliots from the hit Porchlight Music Theatre production singing that Elton Joh…
Chicago comedy figure and Sketchfest founder Brian Posen has announced he is "stepping down as Creative Director of Stage 773" after a decade at the helm of the Lakeview performance venue. P…
Peninsula Players, Wisconsin's mainstay resident summer theater, announced its 2018 season Thursday. Opening the season is Sean Grennan's "Now and Then" (June 12-July 1), a world premiere ab…
Paramount Theatre's "Sweeney Todd" won top honors at the 49th annual Equity Jeff Awards, a close shave of a competition between this season's union-affiliated theater productions in the Chic…
Cody Estle has been named Raven Theatre's artistic director, effective immediately, the company's board of directors announced Monday. Estle has served as Raven's associate artistic director…
Porchlight Music Theatre's production of "Billy Elliot" is extending through Dec. 31, it was announced Monday. The production, based on the 2000 film about a boy who makes his way from the b…
More than 90 Chicago artists will receive grants Monday at the 10th annual 3Arts Awards, a yearly celebration held by the Chicago-based nonprofit organization that advocates for artists of c…
A Red Orchid Theatre has announced the cast of "Traitor," a world premiere adaptation by Brett Neveu to be directed by Michael Shannon. The production will feature Dado, Kirsten Fitzgerald, …
Chicago musical theater divas E. Faye Butler and Felicia P. Fields will perform together in a new cabaret concert "Lettin' the Good Times Roll," Steve Abrams and Kicky Productions announced …
Griffin Theatre Company announced the cast of "Violet" Wednesday. "Violet," the 1997 Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley musical about a disfigured woman who heads south with hopes of transform…
Tavis Smiley will bring "Death of A King: A Live Theatrical Experience" to Chicago in January, it was announced Tuesday. Based on Smiley's best-selling book, "Death of A King" combines live …
Get out your gloves and grab a hot chocolate. A play about seasonal workers selling Christmas trees will open in December " in an actual Christmas tree lot outside of Uncommon Ground in Edge…
Lin-Manuel Miranda will make an appearance in Chicago at the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture, it was announced Monday. The "Hamilton" creator is slated to speak at 11 a.m. W…
Cast members from the Chicago production of "Hamilton" will "Rise Up for Puerto Rico" this Monday at the Greenhouse Theater Center. Spearheaded by Jose Ramos, a Chicago Academy for the Arts …
The majority of Equity acting jobs across Chicago theaters are going to men, white performers are often paid higher salaries than performers of color, and women are paid less than men on com…
Larry Yando will take his tenth turn as Ebenezer Scrooge in the 40th year of "A Christmas Carol," the Goodman Theatre announced Wednesday. Returning cast members in the Dickens' holiday trad…
Casting is complete for the national tour of the Tony Award-winning play "The Humans," Broadway in Chicago and producers Scott Rudin and Barry Diller announced Tuesday. The production, lead …
Griffin Theatre Company announced its 30th season Monday. First up is "Violet" (Nov. 26-Jan. 13), the rock-folk-gospel-infused musical about a young disfigured woman who boards a bus and hea…
Broadway legend Chita Rivera is coming to Chicago as part of Steppenwolf's LookOut Series, the company announced Monday. Rivera, a two-time Tony winner, will appear in concert with pianist a…
Do you hear Josh Davis sing? This week's Showcase features one of the many ballads from "Les Miserables," now playing at the Cadillac Palace in a 4-star touring production. In the vid…
Munster's Theatre at the Center has announced the cast of "A Wonderful Life: The Musical," based on the 1946 Frank Capra film. David Sajewich and Allison Sill will star as George and Mary Ba…
Paramount Theatre has announced the cast of "Elf," the holiday musical based on the hit 2003 Will Ferrell movie about an oversized elf on a Christmas quest. Kyle Adams will star as Buddy wit…
Strawdog Theatre Company announced the cast for its upcoming production of Henrik Ibsen's "Pillars of the Community" Monday. The production will feature Nicole Bloomsmith, Kamille Dawkins, C…
