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Griffin Theatre Company announced the cast of its upcoming production of Lanford Wilson's "Balm in Gilead" on Wednesday. Director Jonathan Berry's production will include a whopping 27 actor…
Eclipse Theatre Company, the theater that dedicates each season to the work of only one playwright, will produce three plays by Terrence McNally in 2015.
Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook announced the cast of its upcoming production of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's musical "Camelot" on Monday.Â
The Goodman Theatre Playwrights Unit, a yearlong residency program meant to nurture playwrights as they develop new works, will include four participants during the 2014-15 season, the theat…
This week's Theater Loop Showcase is soprano Marina Rebeka from "Don Giovanni," currently in a new production directed by Goodman artistic director Robert Falls at Lyric Opera.
Tony Award-winner Shuler Hensley will play the mean, green Grinch in the national tour of "Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical" at the Chicago Theatre this fall, the venue…
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey will return to the United Center and Allstate Arena in Rosemont in November with "Legends," a melange of traditional circus and mythological beasts, it was…
Rivendell Theatre Ensemble announced its 2014-15 season, the company's twentieth year, on Thursday.
A lineup of Broadway talent including 2014 Tony Award-winner Jessie Mueller will take part in the previously announced Humanities Festival program "A Night at the Tonys," hosted by Rob Lindl…
Theatre at the Center in Munster announced on Wednesday the cast of its upcoming production of "A Christmas Memory," Duane Poole, Larry Grossman and Carol Hall's musical adaptation of the Tr…
Chicago Dramatists announced its 2014-15 season on Tuesday. This is the playwright-centric theater's first roster of work since the 2012-2013 season. Its last show was "Homecoming 1972" in M…
3Arts, the local non-profit organization that supports women artists, artists of color and artists with disabilities, announced the recipients of its 2014 awards at a ceremony at the Museum …
Cirque Dreams has announced that it will return to Chicago with its holiday show, "Cirque Dreams Holidaze."
The Goodman Theatre announced on Thursday the cast of its upcoming collaboration with Second City, "Twist Your Dickens, or Scrooge You!" by Peter Gwinn and Bobby Mort. The show previously pl…
American Blues Theater announced casting for its upcoming productions of "Sideman" and "Yankee Tavern" on Tuesday.
Tympanic Theatre Company has announced its 2014-15 season. The storefront company's eighth year includes two productions.
The Joffrey Ballet announced Thursday that Joffrey dancer Erica Lynette Edwards will become the company's director of community engagement . This new appointment also marks Edwards' retireme…
Lookingglass Theatre Company has announced the cast of its upcoming remount of "Lookingglass Alice," the theater's version of Lewis Carroll's stories "Alice's Adventures In Wonderland" and "…
On Monday Sept. 22, Tony Award-winning actress Jessie Mueller ("Beautiful: The Carole King Musical"), her sister Abby Mueller ("Kinky Boots" on Broadway) and many other local actors took the…
This week's Theater Loop Showcase is "Smokefall," Noah Haidle's acclaimed drama currently being remounted at the Goodman Theatre. The play depicts multiple generations of a family that goes …
The American Theatre Wing in New York announced on Thursday the recipients of the 2014 National Theatre Company Grants. The twelve theaters include two Chicago companies, The House Theatre o…
The Marriott Theatre announced the cast of its upcoming production of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's "The King and I" on Wednesday. Heidi Kettenring, a fixture of Chicago's music…
A memorial celebration will be held for local actress Molly Glynn on Monday, October 6 at 7:30p.m. Glynn died September 6 at the age of 46.
The Goodman Theatre has announced the schedule of its annual New Stages Festival.
The percussion-based performance piece, "Stomp," will return to Chicago for one week in January, Broadway in Chicago announced on Monday.
