About Face Theatre will present three Chicago premieres in its 2017-18 season, including Joshua Harmon's "Significant Other," which played its last performance on Broadway in April.  …
The Facility Theatre, a new theater collective lead by artistic director Kirk Anderson, announced its inaugural season Wednesday. The collective says it aims to bring veteran and emerging…
The Marriott Theatre announced the cast of "Honeymoon in Vegas" Tuesday. As previously announced, the regional premiere will be lead by the original Broadway team, including director Gary…
The Second City has announced the cast of its 106th mainstage revue. Returning cast member Kelsey Kinney will be joined by Ryan Asher, Tyler Davis, Jeffrey Murdoch, Tien Tran and Nate Varron…
BoHo Theatre announced its 2018 season Wednesday. First up is "Cyrano" (March 3-April 15) by Edmund Rostand, translated by Michael Hollinger and adapted by Hollinger and Aaron Posner. The ni…
Steppenwolf Theatre Company announced fall programming for its multi-genre LookOut Series Monday, including performances part of the previously announced month-long Chicago International …
This week's Showcase video features two football dancers from Cirque du Soleil's "Luzia," now playing to Chicago crowds under the Grand Chapiteau. In the video, Abou Traore and Laura Biondo …
First Floor Theater announced its 2017-18 season featuring three new-to-Chicago plays Thursday. Opening the company's sixth season is Leah Nanako Winkler's "Two Mile Hollow" (Oct. 8-No…
At the beginning of an afternoon class at Dewey School of Excellence in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood, an adult wearing a crayon-colored T-shirt emblazoned with a lanky monkey says to a r…
Montego Glover and Gregory Treco are heading in to the Chicago production of Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit musical "Hamilton," and Daniel Breaker and Karen Olivo are heading out, producer Jeffrey…
Strawdog Theatre Company announced its 30th season Thursday, the first to take place at the company's new home on Berenice Avenue. First up is the previously announced Chicago premiere o…
Theatre at the Center, Northwest Indiana's Equity theater company, announced its 2018 mainstage season Wednesday. Artistic director Linda Fortunato will direct the season opener "Steel M…
Kate Baldwin and Kate Shindle, Broadway stars and alumni of Northwestern University, are both 2017 winners of the The Sarah Siddons Society of Chicago's Actor of the Year Award. Baldwi…
The Neo-Futurists are adding five new members to the ensemble, the first to join since the company launched its new late-night show "The Infinite Wrench," it was announced Wednesday. The…
Broken Nose Theatre's hit remount of "At the Table" is extending again after selling out six weeks of performances, the company announced Monday. Written by Michael Perlman and directed …
The Gift Theatre's 2018 season will include a world premiere from Stacy Amma Osei-Kuffour, a Chicago premiere from the Tony Award-winning playwright David Rabe and a modern take on "Hamlet,"…
Women in Comedy will host the first free interactive conference related to topics concerning visibility and equity for women in the industry, the non-profit group announced Thursday. Titled …
The Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire has cancelled Wednesday night's performance of "The Bridges of Madison County" due to severe flooding. Thursday and Friday performances are also cancelle…
Grammy Award-winning opera singer Thomas Young will join the cast of Steppenwolf Theatre Company's concert reading of "Standup Shakespeare," it was announced Wednesday. Young, who was in…
The New York premiere of Alex Lubischer's "Bobbie Clearly" will open as part of Roundabout Theatre Company's Roundabout Underground season in the spring, it was announced Wednesday. Amer…
Mercury Theater Chicago announced the cast of its upcoming production of "Hair," running July 27-Sept. 17. The '60s rock musical by James Rado and Gerome Ragni, with music by Galt MacDermot,…
Chicago-area native Nick Offerman will bring his stand-up show back home this winter, it was announced Monday. The comedian, writer and woodworker, known from NBC's "Parks and Recreation…
Steep Theatre Company announced its 2017-18 season Monday, including a Chicago premiere from Ayad Akhtar, a world premiere from Calamity West and another collaboration with the Tony Award wi…
Thursday night, the cast of Griffin Theatre Company's "Ragtime" prepared for another show at the Den Theatre in Wicker Park. They knew they would be singing the songs and saying the li…
Lila Neugebauer will direct the New York premiere of Tracy Letts' "Mary Page Marlowe," Second Stage Theater has announced. Letts' play, which received its world premiere in Chicago at St…