On Tuesday, Interrobang Theatre Project announced casting for its 2018-19 season opener, "The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?" by Edward Albee. While the goat in this story is hardly as much fun as …
On Tuesday, Steep Theatre announced that company member Cindy Marker will replace Kendra Thulin as the titular character in its acclaimed production of "Linda." Thulin's last performance wil…
On Monday, the Greenhouse Theater Center announced casting for its world premiere of David Cohen's "Truman and the Birth of Israel," directed by Will Rogers. Catherine Dvorak, Tim Kough, Pet…
On Monday, Paramount Theatre announced casting for its new production of "Legally Blonde," which will bend and snap open its upcoming season. Trent Stork will make his Paramount directorial …
On Thursday, Drury Lane announced the cast for its remount of "Little Shop of Horrors," the camp-classic musical by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman all about blood, botany and bad dentistry. U…
On Thursday, the Auditorium Theatre and American Ballet Theatre unveiled a four-year partnership, beginning with the previously announced "Whipped Cream" performance to be staged in April 20…
On Thursday, it was announced that Stephanie Miller will return to the Athenaeum Theatre with the all-new "Sexy Liberal Blue Wave Tour." A follow-up to Miller's 2017 "Sexy Liberal Resistance…
The Chicago International Latino Theater Festival, known as "Destinos," will return for seven weeks this fall, featuring homegrown work running alongside stories from around the world. Produ…
On Wednesday, New American Folk Theatre announced casting for its world premiere of "Scraps," which tells the story of the Patchwork Girl of Oz after her adventures in the "Oz" books. Writte…
On Tuesday, TimeLine Theatre Company announced casting for its revival of Terrence McNally's Tony-winning show, "Master Class." The show follows opera icon Maria Callas as she teaches a seri…
On Friday, the Goodman Theatre announced that artistic director Robert Falls will direct the world premiere of David Cale's musical memoir, "We're Only Alive for a Short Amount of Time," its…
On Friday, AstonRep Theatre Company announced its 2018-19 Season, under new co-artistic directors Derek Bertelsen and Sara Pavlak McGuire. Starting things off in the fall will be "The Loneso…
On Thursday, the Gift Theatre announced casting for the Midwest premiere of Tony Award-winning playwright and ensemble member David Rabe's "Cosmologies," directed by artistic director Michae…
On Thursday, Collaboraction announced the lineup for its third annual "Peacebook," a citywide festival that uses an array of media to advocate for peace in Chicago. 24 "chapters" from over 2…
Stage 773 has announced the roster for the 7th Annual Women's Funny Festival, running Aug. 23 through 26. The event, which calls itself the "largest of its kind in the nation," will include …
On Tuesday, Promethean Theatre Ensemble announced the lineup of its 2018-19 season, a trio of shows that use the past to illuminate the present. Kicking things off in the fall will be Tom St…
On Monday, Skokie's North Shore Center for the Performing Arts announced its touring production and new musical, "American Girl Live," which will run December 21-30. The all-new musical is s…
For Brigid Murphy, "Milly's Orchid Show" was never about bringing New York to Chicago " it was about giving Chicago the kind of radical vastness that New York's girth allows. That's why her …
On Wednesday, Broken Nose Theatre announced two new leadership appointments. Associate artistic director Elise Marie Davis has been named the company's new artistic director, succeeding foun…
The movement just keeps building: On Wednesday, it was announced that "Haymarket," Underscore's folk musical about the 1886 Chicago battle between cops and labor organizers, will go on an ex…
On Tuesday, Broadway In Chicago announced the Chicago premiere of 10-time Tony Award-winner "The Band's Visit." The show will run for a limited two-week engagement at Cadillac Palace Theatre…
Crime, Russia, sexual depravity " before 2016, Fyodor Dostoyevsky was the cultural figure most associated with this triptych, especially because of his novel "Crime and Punishment." On Tuesd…
On Monday, Theatre at the Center announced the lineup for its 2019 season, with artistic director Linda Fortunato at the helm. The season will kick off with a revival of "Million Dollar Quar…
It's mid-July, the air is heavy with humidity and the best a/c in town is on the CTA " there's no time like the present to fantasize about the winter holidays. On Monday, Cirque Dreams Holid…
On Thursday, Victory Gardens Theater announced casting for several of its upcoming productions. In the fall, Paula Vogel's "Indecent" will be directed by Gary Griffin and will feature David …