Hit Musical Hamilton Begins Tonight in Chicago
The Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical takes its shot in the Windy City.
The Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical takes its shot in the Windy City.
KILLER ROSES AND A HUNCHBACK HORROR As disease follows famine, the 100 Years War succumbed to the War of the Roses. It makes sense that the titles of the two parts of Barbara Gaines' massive…
David Rabe ("Streamers," "Hurlyburly"), a playwright in the midst of a creative resurgence, delivers a heavy but fascinating drama on the futility of understanding human relationships in …
Presented by the original New York producers, in conjunction with Chicago Theater Works, one of Chicago's longest running, smash hit shows, Tony n' Tina's Wedding, returns to the Windy Cityt…
LETTING GO, NOT GIVING UP This is a long and leisurely play that generically examines the leaving of life–as in how, when, why and where to say goodbye. Steppenwolf Theatre Company's w…
FIVE FINGERS, ONE JOKE Unholy rolling, Hand To God is a one-joke coming-of-age comedy, a Twilight Zone episode on steroids. Robert Askins' two-act 2011 travesty treats demonic possession as …
While in the windy city to preside over the rehearsals and previews for the first out-of-town production of his cultural juggernaut, Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda took to the stage at the Lyr…
EXPO CHICAGO, The International Exposition of Contemporary amp Modern Art, and Projectamp present 'An Open Conversation Social Aesthetics Broadway, Culture and Social Impact' with creative t…
WHEN YOU WISH UPON A THEME PARK You just know that the title The Happiest Place on Earth is ironic–or, like Ringling Brothers' "greatest show on earth," bombastic. How could it not be,…
Lin-Manuel Miranda kicked off his shoes (to show off his "Sunday in the Park with George" socks), Chris Jones picked up a mic to beatbox and a few thousand lucky "Hamilton" fans gathered tog…
The Tony Award-nominated Best Play will make its Chicago premiere starring Robert Bathurst.
Mike Daisey, monologist and the creator of "The Trump Card," will perform the piece for one night only in Chicago to kick off the run of Theater Wit's production. Daisey will perform his mon…
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld is set to perform three shows at the Chicago Theatre in December. Seinfeld, who hosts the Emmy-nominated "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee," is scheduled for sets�…
The Joffrey Ballet launches its 2016-2017 season with the return of Polish National Ballet Director [...]
Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) announces the cast and creative team for the Chicago premiere of Mike [...]
Robert Bathurst, known as Sir Anthony Strallan on "Downton Abbey," will star in Chicago Shakespeare Theater's production of "King Charles III," it was announced Thursday. The complete cast f…
“The name on everyone’s lips is gonna be” Veronica Dunne. Broadway’s Chicago is about to get a new Roxie as Disney Channel’s Veronica Dunne joins the …
Chicago Shakespeare TheaterCST announces the cast and creative team for the Chicago premiere of Mike Bartlett's new West End and Broadway sensation King Charles III, directed by Gary Griffin…
Barack and Michelle Obama wave goodbye to their guests, smile at each other, put on their pajamas and yawn. The first lady heads toward bed. But first, the president of the United States pau…
Producer Jeffrey Seller and Broadway In Chicago announced today the addition of 26 more weeks [...]
Producer Jeffrey Seller announced the addition of 26 more weeks for Hamilton at The PrivateBank Theatre.
Chicago Theatre Week (#CTW17), an annual celebration of the rich tradition of theatre-going in Chicago, [...]
Nonstop musical entertainment by many of Chicago’s finest cabaret performers will make “Sentimental Journeys…Musical Tours [...]
The long-running musical revival enlists a new Roxie Hart.
The Disney Channel star will play a limited six-week engagement.