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SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:30PMThe recently announced world premiere “Death Becomes Her” is also joined by "Peter Pan" and a return for “Mamma Mia!”
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:22PMAlong with the return of Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical is its #HAM4HAM ticket lottery.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AMThe Tony Award winner will direct “Purpose” by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, about an Illinois family at the center of Black American politics.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00PMCurrent headliners include Nate Bargatze, Russell Peters, John Crist and Nicole Byer.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:30PMNominations are in for this year’s 55th anniversary awards for Chicago-area theater.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:00AMThis follows news last month that the current dinner-and-cirque production Cabaret ZaZou was closing.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:45AMA second night has been added to Jerry Seinfeld and Jim Gaffigan’s comedy tour, coming to Chicago.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 09:00AMCabaret ZaZou will close July 2, the latest iteration of a dinner circus show that has played in the Loop since 2019.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:00PMThe Chicago college will present the degree as part of commencement ceremonies this weekend.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:55PMThe upcoming slate will be performed at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:00PMThe Chicago company’s 68th season also includes, of course, a holiday return for "The Nutcracker."
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:00AMTimeline of the musical "Hamilton," from creator Lin-Manuel Miranda reading Ron Chernow's 2004 book to the recording-breaking Broadway musical. It comes full circle in Chicago in 2019, where…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:30AMThe 2023-24 season includes a world premiere musical with music and lyrics by Gordon Gano of the Violent Femmes.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:15PMChicago's Anthony Norman leads the musical on tour. He once told his agent he didn’t feel right for the role, but in the audition, "something just clicked."
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:02AMThe annual production of the Chicago favorite opens Saturday at the Lyric Opera House and runs through late December.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:17PMValdivia comes to CLATA from the National Museum of Mexican Art, where he served as the director of performing arts.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:21PMThe famed improv comedy institution iO Theater is reopening Nov. 3, according to an announcement Wednesday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:02PMOther musical titles for the upcoming year include the Huckleberry Finn adventure “Big River” and the '80s bash “Rock of Ages."
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:52PMLive stand-up shows can be found most anywhere and everywhere in the Chicago area, we boiled fall down to these 10.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:15AMMSG announced Thursday that it is considering spinning off its theaters and live entertainment business to create a separately-traded company.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:26PMThe tour features Shereen Ahmed as Eliza Doolittle and Laird Mackintosh as Professor Henry Higgins.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AMWriters Theatre in Glencoe has announced a four-title 2022-23 season, including productions of Manual Cinema’s “Christmas Carol” and the musical “Once.”
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00PMThe National Endowment for the Arts has announced 52 grants to Chicago and Illinois organizations, totaling $2,172,510, as part of nationwide grant-making this week.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:15PMChicago Dancers United has announced the lineup for this summer’s Dance for Life, coming to this August to the Auditorium Theatre.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AMMike Birbiglia has some schedule juggling to do — he’s filling in as guest host on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” this week after Kimmel announced Monday he has COVID-19.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:45AMThe fan-favorite musicals “Dear Evan Hansen” and ”Anastasia” are returning to Chicago in 2022, says Broadway in Chicago.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:55PMUpcoming titles include a world premiere musical based on “It Came from Outer Space,” the long-anticipated “The Notebook” and Barbara Gaines leading her final show.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:01PMNorthlight Theatre's coming season kicks off with a blue collar comedy and also includes "Andy Warhol in Iran."
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00PMIn the solo play, Mohegan theater-maker Madeline Sayet travels to England in 2015 to pursue a Ph.D. and finds a country on the eve of the Brexit vote.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:40PMThis will be the first time this musical has played in Chicago and you have less than two weeks to catch it — what exactly is this show again?
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