Newly announced for the Mercury Theater Chicago on Southport, the musical “Spamalot,” coming this fall to the theater’s mainstage from Aug. 30 to Nov. 3, 2019. ‘Tis but a scratch. Th…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:00PMFRIDAY "La Havana Madrid": Sandra Delgado's play with music about a legendary Chicago nightclub in the 1960s is back for another run. Den Theatre, 1333 N. Milwaukee Ave.; www.thedentheatre.c…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AMCut a rug, hit the floor, dance like nobody's watching — never mind that you're on an open-air dance floor in downtown Chicago, surrounded by a gazillion people on a summer night in Grant …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:30PMFRIDAY “Rent”: The non-Equity cast has changed, but this 20th anniversary touring production of Jonathan Larson’s musical was last in Chicago at the then-Oriental Theatre in 2017. Nede…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AMCall it advertising or call it art. Three Chicago installations with nighttime projections are coming this month to three different city locations, thanks to the new Cirque du Soleil show "V…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:25PMWindy City Playhouse on Wednesday announced its 2019-2020 season, including Mart Crowley’s just-on-Broadway play, “The Boys in the Band” in the winter of 2020. The three-play season un…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:50PMSteppenwolf’s LookOut Series on Monday announced its summer 2019 lineup, including a reunion reading of The Inconvenience’s “Hit the Wall” by Chicago playwright Ike Holter. Tickets a…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:20PMBuffalo Theatre Ensemble, the Equity theater company in residence at the College of DuPage, has announced its 2019-20 season of three plays, including the close-to-home "Naperville." Subscri…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:00PMFriday "Miracle on South Division Street": Faith and a family legend are called into question in this Chicago-set comedy. Buffalo Theatre Ensemble at McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPag…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AMChicago Children’s Theatre has announced its 2019-20 season in the West Loop, including the Chicago premieres of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and "Me ... Jane: The Dreams & Adventures…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:40PMFRIDAY “Sentimental Journey”: Chicago stage veteran Ross Lehman premieres his own solo show with music about his parents. Citadel Theatre, 300 S. Waukegan Road, Lake Forest; 847-735-8554…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AMSept. 1789: Alexander Hamilton is first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, serving until 1795. March 2008: "In the Heights" opens on Broadway, a musical written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, directed …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00PMSaturday "Othello": Shakespeare through a nontraditional-casting lens. Babes With Blades Theatre Company at Factory Theater, 1623 Howard St.; www.babeswithblades.org Monday "Language Rooms":…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AMTickets for Teatro ZinZanni's "Love, Chaos, & Dinner" go on sale Friday, with first performances beginning July 18 in the newly opened Cambria Hotel Chicago Loop-Theatre District (32 W. …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AMThe Greenhouse Theater Center has announced the fall 2019 season for its history-filled space at 2257 N. Lincoln Ave. in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. There's a "Sons and Lovers" U.…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:47PMThe movie titles are in for this summer’s Millennium Park Summer Film Series: "Black Panther," classics such as "Music Man," 14 movies in all according to the announcement Thursday from DC…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:40PMFRIDAY "Cambodian Rock Band": A play by Lauren Yee with songs by Dengue Fever. A young woman tries to piece together her family history 30 years after her father fled Cambodia. Victory Garde…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AMWhat do you do if you're a Chicago storefront theater and want to stage a 1967 play about confessions? Especially now, when accusations and confessions have become, shall we say, topical? Yo…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AMThe Factory Theater has announced its 2019-2020 season, the 27th for the fun-loving Chicago theater company, which also welcomes Timothy C. Amos as managing director and Anthony Tournis as c…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:10PMTimeLine Theatre Company on Thursday announced its 2019-2020 season, the 23rd for the North Side company — and beginning with J.T. Rogers’ Tony Award-winning "Oslo" at the Broadway Playh…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:55PMChicago playwright Spenser Davis, a company member of Broken Nose Theatre, is the winner of the American Theatre Critics Association's 2019 M. Elizabeth Osborn New Play Award for an emerging…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00PM"The Simon & Garfunkel Story" is coming to Chicago in the fall, a touring jukebox musical about the singer-songwriter duo that hails from London’s West End. It will be at the Broadway …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:00PMThe Chicago dance community is losing a power couple, according to separate announcements Thursday by Dance for Life and See Chicago Dance. Dance for Life Chicago executive director Phil Rey…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AMThe Auditorium Theatre has announced its 2019-20 season in Chicago's Loop, including a visit from Russia’s Bolshoi Ballet with "Swan Lake" and a live Chicago Sinfonietta presentation of Jo…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:00AMSATURDAY “The Watsons Go to Birmingham — 1963”: New adaptation of Christopher Paul Curtis’ book about a family of five from Flint, Mich., who heads to Birmingham, Ala., during the ci…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:00AMLifeline Theatre has announced its 2019-20 season in Rodgers Park, a season of stories including a classic whodunit, an adaptation of National Book Award winner “Middle Passage” and a wo…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:00PMDance for Life Chicago on Thursday announces the lineup for its 2019 performance at the Auditorium Theatre, including returning companies Giordano Dance Chicago, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AMVictory Gardens Theater has released its upcoming 2019-20 season, the 45th for the Chicago theater and a lineup including the Chicago premiere of “Tiny Beautiful Things” by Nia Vardalos …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:30PMThe North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie has added a lineup of three plays for June and July. The plays, all coming to the northern suburbs via off-Broadway, were announced T…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:40PMAs the story of a night of Chicago theater, this one’s got everything: Heroics, villains, wrestling, cheap drinks and an audience that won't give up on the players. Last weekend on Lincoln…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:45PM“Pride & Joy — The Marvin Gaye Musical” is coming to the Chicago Theatre in June for nearly a week’s worth of performances. “Pride & Joy” is described as a jukebox musica…
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