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Porchlight Music Theatre announced the cast of the Chicago premiere of "The Scottsboro Boys" Thursday, featuring an expanded number of Equity contracts. The production will feature Stephe…
What happens when the father of a long-running theatrical phenomenon, one dependent upon the personal writing and performances of a large extended theater family, just can't let his baby go?…
Rivendell Theatre Company has announced its 2017 season, including three plays new to Chicago audiences. The season opens in January with Julie Jensen's "Winter," about a woman with a fa…
The Paramount Theatre has announced the cast of the upcoming production the Stephen Sondheim musical "Sweeney Todd." Paul-Jordan Jansen will star as Sweeney with Bri Sudia as Mrs. Lovett, Ma…
Adrian Aguilar will hit the dance floor as Tony Manero in "Saturday Night Fever," Drury Lane Theatre announced. Joining Aguilar is Erica Stephan as Stephanie Mangano, Landree Fleming as Anne…
The Joffrey Ballet will return to New York for the first time in over 20 years. The Chicago-based company will perform Krzysztof Pastor's "Romeo and Juliet" at Lincoln Center's David H. Koch…
Teatro Vista announced the cast of Ike Holter's new play "The Wolf at the End of the Block" on Friday. Ensemble members Sandra Marquez and Gabriel Ruiz, along with Bear Bellinger, James D…
Steep Theatre has announced the cast of the first professional U.S. production of Mike Bartlett's "Earthquakes in London." Bartlett's epic time-spanning play, set as environmental apoc…
"Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" will fly into New York next season, the New York Post reported Thursday. The London hit is expected to open on Broadway in the spring of 2018. Th…
TimeLine Theatre announced the cast of "A Disappearing Number," originally devised by the London-based company Complicite, on Thursday. The production stars Kareem Bandealy as Al Cooper, …
"Burning Bluebeard" will emerge once again from the ashes, The Ruffians announced Wednesday. The ensemble-driven holiday show, inspired by the horrific moment in Chicago history when …
What will the role of theater be in the age of Donald Trump? Following the election earlier this month, free hugs were offered, potlucks were held and doors were opened at Chicago theaters. …
Tiffany Tatreau will get another ride on the cyclone and make her off-Broadway debut. Tatreau, a cast member of the Chicago Shakespeare Theater production of "Ride the Cyclone," is joinin…
Porchlight Music Theatre's production of "In the Heights" has extended for a fourth time, making it one of the longest running shows of the season. The company says the final extensio…
Lookingglass Theatre Company announced two new ensemble members and nine new artistic associates on Monday. Louise Lamson and Kareem Bandealy, who have both appeared in a number of productio…
Refuge Theatre Project announced its third season and the company's new artistic director Friday. Co-founder and former artistic director Ross Egan will be replaced by Christopher Pazdernik,…
Irish Theatre of Chicago announced its 2016-17 season on Friday. Conor McPherson's "The Weir" (Dec. 15-Jan. 22), about the haunting tales shared at an Irish pub, opens the season this winter…
SketchFest is back in Chicago this winter for its 16th annual run of long-form laughter. The 2017 lineup features 160 groups performing 180 shows in 8 days. Headliners include the L…
The Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival will return this January to venues all over Chicago with performances from more than 25 artists from seven different countries. Internati…
Steppenwolf Theatre Company announced casting for the world premiere of Tracy Letts' "Linda Vista," along with changes in the cast of Young Jean Lee's "Straight White Men," on Tuesday. "L…
What if Sarah Koenig did it? That's the question Dave Holstein and Alan Schmuckler are asking in "Wait Wait Don't Kill Me," a project that falls somewhere between a podcast and musical cast …
Black Ensemble Theater has announced casting for its holiday show "The Other Cinderella." Mark J.P. Hood, in his first Black Ensemble appearance since his run on season nine of NBC's "The Vo…
Angela Ingersoll will star in the one-woman show "The 12 Dames of Christmas" this holiday season. Ingersoll, backed by a band, will tackle Christmas classics as Brenda Lee, Eartha Kitt, J…
The Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee announced Monday that the next non-Equity Jeff Awards ceremony will be held at the Athenaeum Theatre. "The Park West has been a terrific host to this aw…
Travis Turner will lead the cast of "Bootycandy" at Windy City Playhouse, the company announced Monday. Written by Robert O'Hara and loosely based on his own experiences, "Bootycandy" …
