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Hubbard Street Artistic Director Glenn Edgerton and Kathryn Humphreys, Director of the organization's Youth, Education and Community Programs, are delighted to offer a wide range of diverse …
Shakespeare 400 Chicago  announces today the festival line-up for 2016, featuring 850 events on stages and in museums, restaurants, parks, schools and neighborhoods across Chicag…
The Reilly Arts Center, Ocala's premier venue for live entertainment, presents comedian Jim Breuer for one performance only on Tuesday March 8, 2016 at 7:30pm. Tickets are $15-$30 and availa…
Lyric Opera of Chicago continues its 61st season with Romeo and Juliet in a new-to-Chicago production created by Tony Award-winning director Bartlett Sher, Mon. Feb. 22 through Sat. Mar. 19 …
Producer Scott Rudin announces that Bette Midler will  return to Broadway in one of the most cherished shows in musical theater history when she takes on the role of Dolly Gallagher Le…
Highly Recommended Reviewed by Michael J. Roberts Watching director Lauren Warhol Caldwell’s exquisite production of Donald Margulies’ two person drama Collected Stories currentl…
Some of Chicago's best cabaret entertainers will be singing the songs McCarthy didn't want you to hear as they present Blacklisted"A Concert of Songs Made Famous by Blacklisted Artists on Ja…
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For three weeks only, The Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire, Chicagoland's longest-running professional musical theater, will present the ground-breaking musical SPRING AWAKE…
SHOWBIZ NATON LIVE! Interview with Actor BYRON MANN from SHOWBIZ CHICAGO on Vimeo. Michael J. Roberts and Barbara Fitos interview actor Byron Mann who discusses his new film THE BIG SHORT wh…
SHOWBIZ NATON LIVE! Interview with Actor BYRON MANN from SHOWBIZ CHICAGO on Vimeo. Actor Byron Mann discusses his new film THE BIG SHORT which also stars Brad Pitt, Christian Bale and Steve …
Shake off the winter blues and laugh away the stress of the week with Bob Saget! He will be performing at 8 p.m. on January 16, 2016 at Raue Center For The Arts. Saget has starred in many su…
On January 9, 2016 at 8 p.m. Raue Center For The Arts welcomes Lisa Rock and her six-piece band as they pay tribute to the music of Karen and Richard Carpenter in “Close to You: The Mu…
The musical Blood Brothers will be live on stage February 11 through March 6 at Ocala Civic Theatre. "Did you hear the story of the Johnstone twins?" In the inner-city Liverpool slums of the…
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Gotta Dance, the latest Broadway bound musical which opened last night at the Bank of America Theatre, proves with no certain terms that Jerry Mitchell has become musical …
WHAT: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM WHEN: Saturday, February 6, 2016 @ 2 & 7:30 PM WHERE: Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Gainesville, FL TICKETS: 352-392-2787; Phil…
Showbiz Chicago special correspondent Joel Andrew is live on the red carpet opening of GOTTA DANCE at Bank of America Theatre. Broadway In Chicago and producers Dori Berinstein a…
Broadway In Chicago and producers Dori Berinstein and Bill Damaschke are thrilled to announce that Gotta Dance, the new Broadway-bound musical comedy about professional …
Jessica Fellowes, British journalist, New York Times-bestselling author and the niece of "Downton Abbey" creator Julian Fellowes, provides behind-the-scenes insights into the hit PBS series …
On the heels of its hit production of Pocatello, Griffin Theatre Company is pleased to continue its 2015-16 season with the Midwest premiere of John Van Druten's romantic drama LONDON WALL, …
The new year at the Hippodrome brings the award-winning production COLLECTED STORIES, by acclaimed playwright Donald Margulies. COLLECTED STORIES is a riveting and emotionally charged explor…
The drama How I Learned to Drive will be live on stage January 14-24 at Ocala Civic Theatre. In rural 1960s Maryland, Li'l Bit (Rita Proetto) feels like an outsider in her dysfunctional fami…
The Ocala Symphony Orchestra and Dance Alive National Ballet present Peter and the Wolf & Lady Bug-Action Hero, a unique double-bill fit for all ages! The first half of the program…
Cirque du Soleil officially premiered its new arena touring show inspired by James Cameron's record-breaking movie AVATAR, TORUK " The First Flight, on Monday, December 21 at the Be…
Preparing to hibernate for another Chicagoland winter warrants the safest, cleanest environment for a family. Fresh Tech Maids, Chicagoland's leader in healthier, safer home cleaning ser…