The PrivateBank Theatre at 18 W. Monroe St. will soon have a new name and marquee, Broadway in Chicago announced Monday. Following a June acquisition, the PrivateBank, where the Chicago prod…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:25AMThe Factory Theater announced its 25th season of world premieres, along with the company’s new co-artistic directors, Thursday. Opening the season is Mike Ooi’s “Captain Steve’s Cari…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:25PM“Spamilton” will end its open run in Chicago Oct. 8, the New York based producers of the hit “Hamilton” parody announced Thursday. The skewering of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Pulitzer Pr…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:30PMDavid McDermott will join Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s leadership team as executive director, the company announced Thursday. McDermott currently serves as the first deputy commissioner …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:50PMThe Gift Theatre announced the cast of its world premiere production of Janine Nabers’ “A Swell in the Ground” Wednesday. The nonlinear look at the lives of four college friends will s…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:50PMKiki Layne, an actress who was named one of the Tribune’s Hot New Faces of Chicago theater in 2016, will play the lead role in Barry Jenkins and Annapurna’s adaptation of James Baldwin�…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:25PMMegan Carney will be About Face Theatre’s new artistic director, the company’s board of directors announced Wednesday. Carney currently serves as the director of the Gender and Sexualit…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:00AMCasting is complete for Tracy Letts’ world premiere drama “The Minutes,” along with upcoming winter productions, Steppenwolf Theatre Company announced Tuesday. Danny McCarthy and Jeff …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:20PMWindy City Playhouse will present a world premiere immersive theater production in February, the company announced Tuesday. “Southern Gothic,” written by Leslie Liautaud and directed by …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:00PMSome people spend their whole lives dreaming about their Broadway debuts. Others make theirs before middle school. Eli Tokash is one of those lucky few. He's a 14-year-old from the Pittsburg…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:00AMPegasus Theatre Chicago announced its 2017-18 season Monday. First up is “Shakin’ the Mess Outta Misery” (Nov. 8-Dec. 10), Shay Youngblood’s coming-of-age tale about a young black gi…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:55PMGoodman Theatre will host a public event honoring the life and legacy of the longtime Chicago actor Howard Witt, the company announced Monday. Witt is known for his Tony-nominated performan…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:20PMTimeLine Theatre Company announced the cast of Sarah Ruhl’s “In the Next Room (or the vibrator play)” Thursday. “In the Next Room,” the second production of TimeLine’s 2017-18 se…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:00PMFour performing arts students have been awarded college scholarships from a fund honoring Bernie G. Yvon, the longtime Chicago actor who died in an automobile accident in 2014. This year’s…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:00PMTheater Wit announced complete casting for its 2017-18 season Wednesday. As previously announced, Alex Weisman, soon to make his Broadway debut in “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” wi…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:00PMUnderscore Theatre Company announced its 2017-18 season Wednesday. “Carrie 2: The Rage (An Unauthorized Musical Parody)” (Oct. 13-Nov. 19), featuring book, music and lyrics by Preston M.…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:00PMEllen Chenoweth has been named the interim director of the Dance Presenting Series at the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, it was announced Tuesday. Chenoweth, who is currently the …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:35PMThe MCL Chicago comedy theater will cease operations effective March 1, management announced Tuesday. Full programming will continue through Jan. 31. MCL Chicago was founded in 2014, when th…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:40PMSteep Theatre announced the cast of Ayad Akhtar’s “The Invisible Hand” Tuesday. The season opener, a political thriller about an American banker taken hostage, will star Owais Ahmed, A…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:10PMThis week's Showcase features a song from the rock musical "Hair," now playing at the Mercury Theater. Michelle Lauto, who stars as the second-semester NYU protestor Sheila, sings "Easy to B…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:16PMNorthwest Indiana’s Theatre at the Center announced the complete cast of “Big River” Friday. James Romney and Jonathan Butler-Duplessis will star as Huck and Jim, respectively. Romne…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:20PMWishes have been granted by a genie and a magic carpet has flown for months at the Cadillac Palace Theatre in Chicago, where the national touring production of Disney’s “Aladdin” has b…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:50PMDrury Lane Theatre announced its 2018-19 season Tuesday. First up is Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical “South Pacific” (April 5-June 17). Next up is Tennessee Wi…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:55PMYour next shot at scoring “Hamilton” tickets is coming up next week. Producer Jeffrey Seller and Broadway In Chicago announced Wednesday that a new block of tickets for the Chicago produ…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:05AMThe Second City’s “She the People: Girlfriends’ Guide to Sisters Doing it for Themselves” will open this fall at UP Comedy Club. The new sketch comedy show, created, designed and per…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:15PMThe Stratford Festival of Canada, a longtime summer favorite of Chicago theater fans, has announced its 2018 season, which will mark Robert Lepage’s Stratford directorial debut with a soci…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:15PMVictory Gardens Theater announced complete casting for four productions in its 2017-18 season Tuesday. As previously announced, “Fun Home” (Sept. 19-Nov. 12), featuring music by Jeanine …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:50PMA Red Orchid Theatre announced a new associate artistic director, development director and audience services manager Friday. Ensemble member Shade Murray will serve as the theater's first as…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:45PMThe Neo-Futurists’ 2017-18 season will include three world premieres by Kirsten Riiber, Trevor Dawkins and Lily Mooney, the company announced Wednesday. The first Prime Time production wil…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:00PMDick Smothers, one part of the famous comedy duo the Smothers Brothers, will appear in iO Theater's Chicago Musical Improv Festival this weekend. Smothers will appear as the guest monologist…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:54PMGoodman Theatre announced the lineup of its 14th annual New Stages Festival Monday. Featuring three weeks of developmental productions and staged readings, the free fest runs Sept. 20-Oct.…
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