Northlight Theatre has announced casting for "The City of Conversation," "Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley" and "Faceless," the first three shows in the company's 42nd season. The cast of…
Munster's Theatre at the Center has announced its 2017 season, the first under artistic director Linda Fortunato after William Pullinsi's departure. The season opens with "My Way: A Musical …
Chicago Theatre Workshop, which will begin performances this fall as a resident company at the newly opened Edge Theatre, has announced its inaugural season. The season will open with…
Jackalope Theatre Company announced its 2016-17 season, featuring three area premieres, on Monday. First up is Kristiana Rae Colon's "Octagon" (Oct. 19-Nov. 20), about young slam poets wr…
An adaptation by Althos Low (the pen name for Steve Pickering and creatives from Shanghai Low Theatricals) of Alastair Reynolds sci-fi story "Diamond Dogs" will complete The House Theatre…
This year's Printer's Row Lit Fest will feature a number of events catered toward Chicago theater goers. To tide over "Hamilton" fans before the tour hits Chicago in September, Jeremy McCart…
A Red Orchid Theatre has announced its 2016-17 season, including two Chicago premieres. Opening the season is Harold Pinter's first play, "The Room," to be directed by Dado. Featuring Kir…
What does one do when offered a starring role in "The Untitled Tina Landau Project" during their second year of college? Say yes and dive right in, if you're Ethan Slater. "I applied for an …
The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events will again honor Chicago arts players and institutions at the Fifth Star Awards, now in its third year. The 2016 awards…
Prologue Theatre Company, the Chicago company dedicated to producing "new and forgotten works from under-represented voices," has reached the end of its eight-year run. The company was found…
"Kinky Boots," the best-musical Tony winner that originated in Chicago prior to its Broadway opening, is heading to the Oriental Theatre for one week of performances at the end of August.Â�…
Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre announced its 2016-17 season on Friday. The season begins with "Fly by Night" (Sept. 23-Nov. 6), to be directed by artistic director Fred Anzevino with music d…
Casting is complete for the new musical "War Paint" starring Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole as dueling makeup mavens, Goodman Theatre announced Thursday. Joining the cast are Chicago…
Dexter Bullard and Hallie Gordon will join the 2016-17 season at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, the first under artistic director Anna D. Shapiro, as directors of the season's final production…
Come springtime next year, Drury Lane Theatre will be the first local company to produce "Chicago" in decades, the Oak Brook Terrace-based theater announced Wednesday. Rights for the city's …
Steppenwolf Theatre Company co-founder Terry Kinney will direct Arthur Miller's "The Price" on Broadway next spring, Roundabout Theatre Company announced Wednesday. In Miller's 1968 drama, t…
Casting is complete for The Marriott Theatre's "Man of La Mancha," opening in June in Lincolnshire. Nathaniel Stampley will star as Don Quixote with Richard Ruiz as Sancho and Danni Smith as…
Max McLean will return to Chicago to perform in "C.S. Lewis Onstage: The Most Reluctant Convert," McLean's Fellowship for Performing Arts announced Tuesday. McLean, seen in "Mark's Gospe…
The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago announced its 2016-17 season of contemporary dance on Tuesday. The season opens with a performance of "Fukushima Mon Amour," inspired by the 2011…
Brad Zimmerman's part-stand-up, part-theater production "My Son the Waiter: A Jewish Tragedy" is coming to Chicago. In the 90-minute show, Zimmerman, who worked as a waiter for 29 years, tel…
Casting has been completed for Dashnight Productions "Chops," which will open at Theater Wit this summer. Randy Steinmeyer will star as Walt with Larry Neumann Jr. as Vince, Danny Sullivan a…
Caroline Neff, recently named an ensemble member at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, will return to Steep Theatre to star in Simon Stephens' "Wastwater," it was announced Friday. Neff joins a…
Underscore Theatre Company's third annual Chicago Musical Theatre Festival will feature several premieres, two New York Musical Festival transplants and two workshop productions. The 14-musi…
Buffalo Theatre Ensemble has announced its 2016-17 season, the first to be held at the McAninch Arts Center at the College of DuPage since the company's hiatus in 2014 after a loss of fundin…
A new archive of Chicago theater performances is being created through Actors' Equity and the Chicago Public Library that will allow anyone with a valid photo ID to watch recorded show…