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Recent Posts:
- The King lives but the book dies in Broadway in Chicago’s ‘Heartbreak Hotel’
- Northwestern hosts world premiere of Knute Rockne-inspired musical, July 20 – Aug. 5
- Black Ensemble Theatre opens ‘Rick Stone the Blues Man’
- Music Theater Works announces cast and creatives for its August production of ‘Anything Goes’
- Broadway in Chicago brings 10-time Tony winner, ‘The Band’s Visit,’ to Cadillac Palace in Sept. 2019
- ‘Quartet,’ ‘Dames,’ ‘Tavern,’ ‘Pajama’ and ‘White Christmas’ announced as new season titles at TATC
- ‘Hamilton: The Exhibition’ sets new opening date of April, 2019 for Northerly Island
- ‘Wasteland: A Night of Mandolin, Happiness and Others’ to open July 19 at The Annoyance Theatre
- Precise design, clever direction, passionate performances highlight struggling premiere of Shakespeare reimagination, ‘Shrew’d,’ at First Folio
- Broadway in Chicago announces digital lottery for $25 tickets to ‘The Color Purple,’ beginning July 16
- Marriott’s merry melee, ‘Murder for Two,’ makes for magnificent mirth
- Goodman Theatre announces Aug. 10 casting call for children’s characters in this years staging of ‘A Christmas Carol’
- Broadway in Chicago brings national tour of acclaimed ‘Come From Away’ to Cadillac Palace in Summer 2019
- ‘Something Wonderful: Heidi Kettenring in Concert’ staged by Arlington Heights’ Metropolis, Aug. 22
- A holiday ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ and Ross Lehman’s one-man ‘Sentimental Journey’ lead Lake Forest’s Citadel Theatre’s new season
- Folks Operetta’s sumptuous ‘Csárdás Princess’ triumphantly takes the crown for comedic escapism
- Angel Ysaguirre to join Court Theatre as executive director, beginning Sept. 4
- Broadway in Chicago bringing Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Cats’ back to Chicago next summer, promo included in Millennium Park concert this Aug. 13
- Saltbox Theatre Collective’s ‘Pirates of Penzance’ is a refreshingly irreverent romp
- Desi Oakley wows audiences in Jessie Mueller’s hometown during ‘Waitress” first national tour stop in Chicago
- Venerable Peter Pan’s new ‘Musical Adventure’ soars over Navy Pier in Chi Shakes annual summer family production
- Mercury’s ‘Avenue Q’ redux is ‘Sesame Street’ hilariously blue
- ‘Tootsie’ tickets available through Broadway in Chicago, beginning July 6
- Producer Cherilyn Sarkisian has some work to do to make ‘Cher Show’ all it ought to be
- Circle Theatre offers a great ‘View’ of how to break down barriers between past and present, fantasy and reality
- Porchlight to open its 24th season with ‘Gypsy’ starring E. Faye Butler in October
- Broadway in Chicago celebrates July 4 with 1776 half-price tickets through the League of Chicago Theatres’ Hot Tix program
- BoHo Theatre announces 2019 season at new home, the Greenhouse Theater Center
- Santino Fontana leads Broadway in Chicago’s pre-Broadway cast of ‘Tootsie,’ coming to the Windy City this fall
- First Folio presents world premiere of ‘Shhrew’d’ new musical beginning in July
- Fiorello and Pazdernik unveil little known musical theatre gems on Mondays in July at Davenport’s
- ‘La Havana Madrid’ remount leads Teatro Vista’s announcement of its newest season
- Troika and Broadway in Chicago have ‘Kinky Boots’ walkin’ back into Chicago in January
- Underscore’s ‘Haymarket’ revival, given space to answer call of the original, sets a high bar for summer musical theatre entertainment
- Set a course for Music Theater Works’ perfectly charming ‘Pirates of Penzance’
- Griffin’s ‘Ragtime,’ Permoveo’s ‘CiviliTy of Albert Cashier’ and Theo’s ‘Sweeney’ leads take 2018’s top musical non-Equity Jeffs
- Broadway in Chicago casts local lasses for summer run of ‘Waitress’
- Good Morning, Naperville! Wake up and let BrightSide’s ‘Hairspray’ welcome you back to the ’60s for an evening of fabulous entertainment
- Let’s do this, bitches: Broadway in Chicago announces lottery for ‘The Cher Show’
- Manual Cinema to self-present Chicago premiere of ‘The End of TV,’ beginning July 19 at Chopin Theatre
- Circle Theatre announces creative team, cast and details for ‘The View Upstairs,’ beginning June 22
- Broadway in Chicago announces full casting for Elvis-inspired ‘Heartbreak Hotel’
- Marriott announces cast for summer production of musical-comedy, ‘Murder for Two,’ opening in July
- Marriott announces deets for summer YA production of ‘Pinkalicious’
- Absence of devils makes Lost and Found’s ‘White City’ a meh dream
- ‘Full Monty,’ ‘Bridges of Madison County’ and ‘Hedwig…’ announced for Theo Ubique’s first season in new Evanston digs
- Mercury Theatre Chicago restaging its ‘Avenue Q’ on Southport for the summer
- Broadway in Chicago announces winners of Illinois High School Music Theatre Awards
- No strings attached: City Lit’s ‘Promotheus Bound’ is a fantastical portrait of a fallen god
- Metropolis brings musical ‘Cinderella’ to the Arlington Heights stage in July
- Keeley Vasquez to direct, lineup announced for Porchlight’s ‘Chicago Sings,’ Aug. 20
- BoHo Theatre names Stephen Schellhardt as new artistic director
- BoHo subverts Sondheim’s misogynistic tendencies to present a brilliant ‘Little Night’ of glorious music and musical theatre
- Metropolis’ ‘Avenue Q’ provides an R-rated and hilarious adults-only revisit to the ‘Street’
- Len Cariou combines Shakespeare and American musical comedy in one-man ‘Broadway & the Bard’ show at Stage 773, June 6-10
- Director Amber Mak leads the list of creatives, cast for Chicago Shakespeare Theatre’s summer production, ‘Peter Pan’
- Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents ‘GALA 2018’ on June 8 to benefit education and community outreach initiatives
- Alan Palmer’s ‘Fabulous Divas of Hollywood’ to play Pride Arts Center June 8 and 9
- 24-time Jeff winner Strawdog Theatre Company to receive special award at non-Equity Jeff Award ceremony, June 11
- Metropolis announces cast and creatives for summer production of ‘Beehive’
- Goodman and Disney team up to allow 200-plus students from five Chicago schools to perform for classmates
- Broadway in Chicago bringing ‘Anastasia’ to the Windy City in 2019
- Black Ensemble Theatre’s ‘A New Attitude: In Tribute to Patti LaBelle’ proves to be the perfect show to take in with mom
- Lincoln Center production of ‘Falsettos’ coming to Chicago next May
- Pride’s ‘Flies! the Musical’ flies in the face of ‘The Lord of the Flies’ in an unauthorized parody
- ChicagolandMusicalTheatre.com contributor Christopher Thomas nominated for Best Director as BiC announces nominees for 2018 Illinois High School Musical Theatre Awards
- Theatre at the Center’s staid ‘Forever Plaid’ looks and sounds terrific
- Chicago Children’s Theatre announces its full 2018-19 season for all ages
- Zachary Stevenson channels Buddy Holley in American Blues Theatre’s magnificent production of ‘Buddy’
- Chicago Children’s Theatre announces first participants in artistic leadership program, issues call for summer camp registration
- Undderscore announces cast and creative team for summer’s ‘Haymarket’
- Immersive, sensory production of ‘The Little Big Princess’ graces North Park University this weekend only
- For 22nd season, Remy Bumpo Theatre Company announces move to Theatre Wit
- New block of ‘Hamilton’ tickets goes on sale May 8
- Hershey Felder’s Great American Songbook Sing-Along set for May 12 at The Royal George Theatre
- Sixth Annual Pivot Arts Festival offers 10 days of innovative performances, beginning June 1
- Broadway in Chicago announces details for Illinois High School Musical Theatre Awards, June 4
- Companies announced for 27th annual Dance for Life, Aug. 18
- Firebrand Theatre announces ‘Change’ and partnership to open season two
- Everything’s not just fine, but sublime, about Lyric Opera of Chicago’s magnificently insightful production of ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’
- Ovation and Comcast Honor Collaboraction Theatre Company with inaugural Stand for the Arts Award, ceremony May 7 at the Broadway Playhouse
- Saltbox Theatre Collective to open ‘Pirates of Penzance’ at Stage 773 on June 22
- Remounted ‘Striking Out’ swings for the fences and connects for a home run at The Annoyance
- E. Faye Butler lays down the law as Children’s book, ‘Last Stop on Market Street,’ whines to life at Chicago Children’s Theatre
- First regional theatre production of ‘Once’ is absolute gold in Paramount’s cast’s and creatives’ care
- Hock-a-doo not miss Porchlight’s spectacular production of ‘Memphis’
- Theo Ubique’s ‘Last Call’ summer retrospective cabaret cancelled
- Chris’ Birthday Beltfest celebrates its fourth anniversary on May 14 at Uptown Underground
- Kokandy’s dazzling costumes and high energy numbers can’t make up for ‘Grand Hotel’’s weak book
- Brown Paper Box opens season with ‘An Existential Cabaret,’ May 4 and 5 at Mary’s Attic
- Lucky Plush to make Kennedy Center debut with ‘Rooming House’ in May 2019
- Pride Films and Plays announces ‘Nominee Night’ concert to spotlight Jeff Award-nominated musical theatre performers, May 21
- 2018 non-Equity Best Musical Jeff will go to Kokandy’s ‘Bonnie & Clyde,’ BoHo’s ‘Marie Christine,’ Griffin’s ‘Ragtime,’ Theo’s ‘Sweeney Todd’ or Griffin’s ‘Violet’ on June 11
- Chicago Theatre Workshop’s understudies help keep opening night its fully-intentioned ‘Disaster!’
- Marriott’s strong, contemplative ‘Oklahoma!’ is deeper than any fringe-covered surrey
- Patrons must heed Bali Ha’i’s clarion to feel the warm breeze of Drury Lane’s ‘South Pacific’
- Garage rock and kitchen-sink drama converge in Red Orchid’s ’33 to Nothing’
- Broadway in Chicago announces complete casting for ‘The Cher Show’ in its pre-Broadway preview run, starring Stephanie J. Block
- ‘Chorus Line,’ ‘Forum’ and ‘Buddy’ highlight Metropolis’ newly announced season
- Naperville’s BrightSide Theatre announces cast and creative team for summer ‘Hairspray’ production
