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Michael Shannon, the actor known for his roles on HBO's "Boardwalk Empire" and in "Man of Steel" among other screen properties, will return to A Red Orchid Theatre in Old Town next season to…
This week's Showcase is Shoshana Bean and Whitney Bashor from "Beaches," the new musical about friendship at Drury Lane Theatre being billed as a pre-Broadway production.
Three new plays will make up Jackalope Theatre Company's 2015-16 season, a spokesman for the company said Tuesday.
Three new plays will make up Jackalope Theatre Company's 2015-16 season, a spokesman for the company said Tuesday.
"Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience " A Parody by Dan and Jeff" will return to Chicago this winter, Broadway in Chicago said Tuesday.
"Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience - A Parody by Dan and Jeff" will return to Chicago this winter, Broadway in Chicago said Tuesday.
This week's Showcase video is Kenn E. Head from "The Project(s)," the final play written and directed by American Theater Company artistic director PJ Paparelli, who died last month in a car…
Profiles Theatre will perform several new-to-Chicago shows next season.
"Saturday Night Live" writer Katie Rich will perform two shows at iO Chicago this month, the comedy theater said Wednesday.
Theatre at the Center announced the cast of its upcoming production of "All Shook Up," the rock and roll riff on William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," on Tuesday.
Theatre at the Center announced the cast of its upcoming production of "All Shook Up," the rock and roll riff on William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," on Tuesday.
Wednesday night's performance of "Big Fish" at Theatre at the Center in Munster, Ind., will be dedicated to the late actor Bernie Yvon, the theater said Monday.Â
Wednesday night's performance of "Big Fish" at Theatre at the Center in Munster, Indiana will be dedicated to the late actor Bernie Yvon, the theater said Monday.Â
Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre announced its 2015-16 season on Monday. The season includes two musicals and two cabarets.
Victory Gardens Theater has announced the works that will be read as part of its Ignition Festival of New Plays.
Russ Tutterow, the longtime artistic director of the playwrights collective Chicago Dramatists who died earlier this month, will receive a special Jeff Award at the non-Equity ceremony, the …
Chicago theaters will receive over $1 million in grants from the Shubert Foundation, it was announced on Thursday. The local theater receiving the most money is the Goodman Theatre, which wi…
Steppenwolf Theatre Company announced the six new plays in the 10th Annual First Look series on Wednesday.
Theater Wit's production of "Bad Jews," playwright Joshua Harmon's comedy of religious and cultural debate, will transfer to the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie this sum…
Theater Wit's production of "Bad Jews," playwright Joshua Harmon's comedy of religious and cultural debate, will transfer to the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie this sum…
This week's Theater Loop Showcase video is "Melancholy Play: A Chamber Musical," the tuneful new adaptation of Sarah Ruhl's "Melancholy Play" at Piven Theatre Workshop.
This week's Theater Loop Showcase video is "Melancholy Play: A Chamber Musical," the tuneful new adaptation of Sarah Ruhl's "Melancholy Play" at Piven Theatre Workshop.
Here she goes again. "Mamma Mia!," the massively popular ABBA musical comedy, will return to Chicago for a week this fall, Broadway in Chicago said on Monday.
Kokandy Productions announced the cast of its upcoming show "Loving Repeating" on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, the Joyce Foundation announced a new initiative, meant to support the creation of jobs for people of color within local arts organizations.