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Recent Posts:
- 2017 Equity Jeff Award nominations announced, Drury Lane’s ‘Chicago’ and ‘Smokey Joe’s Cafe’ each with seven
- Next block of ‘Hamilton’ tickets on sale Aug. 29 for performances through April 2018
- Mercury, Hypocrites announce cast for fall production of ‘Dracula
- Metropolis sets ladies-only fundraiser for Oct. 1
- Victory Gardens announces casting for fall ‘Fun Home’ production
- Music Theatre Works presents its Duke Ellington tribute concert in Oct.
- Rothbart and Kapinos seek ‘timely & timeless’ with formation of new Blank Theatre Company, fundraising cabaret set for Sept. 25
- Tickets, deets announced for BiC’s ‘School of Rock’ visit in Nov.
- In Music Theatre Works’ ‘Gypsy,’ Lexis Danca’s Louise sings out, stands out, breaks out
- ColorBox’s ‘High Fidelity’ charmingly throws audiences back to a bygone era
- Writers Theatre’s world premiere of magnificently poignant ‘Trevor’ sings out the need to trump all hate
- Genesis’ ‘Sister Africa’ reaches the depths of humanity
- Got what it takes to be ‘Blue?’ Chicago casting set for Sept. 6
- Touring cast of Webber’s ‘Love Never Dies’ heads to Chicago in Feb.
- Chi Shakes opens Bard’s Yard in Sept. with contortionistic ‘The Toad Knew’
- Cirque du Soleil announces artistic gift to Chicago for the Year of Public Art
- Everything you need to know about Lyric/Joffrey’s ‘Orphée et Eurydice’ but were afraid to ask
- PRIDE’s Monthly variety showcase, ‘PAC THE HOUSE,’ premieres Sept. 17th
- First area-produced staging of Woody Allen’s ‘Bullets Over Broadway’ comes courtesy of NightBlue in Sept.
- Jeff Awards research project enters phase two with survey to all Chicago area theatres
- Court Theatre announces cast and creatives for fall production of ‘Five Guys Named Moe’
- ‘Picture It! A Golden Girls Musical’ is set for the MCL stage Sept. 15 – Oct. 7
- Broadway in Chicago’s individual ‘Wicked’ tickets begin to fly on Aug. 18
- Chicago Scenic Studios completes its move, now at home in new digs
- Naperville’s BrightSide Theatre announces new season, including ‘Bridges’ and ‘Hairspray’
- Black Button Eyes’ ‘Shockheaded Peter’ offers macabre eye candy full of empty calories
- Chicago Children’s Theatre posts fall 2017 line-up of performing arts classes for newborns to young teens
- Chicago Latino Theater Alliance presents inaugural festival ‘Destinos,’ Sept. 29 – Oct. 29
- National touring cast of ‘Waitress’ named, set for Chicago next summer
- Reven opens 35th season with Chicago Premiere of McCraney’s Choir Boy’
- Merit School of Music presents first full musical production, ‘Into the Woods Jr.,’ Aug. 19 and 20
- Broadway in Chicago announces its cast for fall’s ‘Escape to Margaritaville’
- Cast and creatives announced for Raven’s ‘Choir Boy,’ taking the stage this fall
- Casting Auction, Kokandy Productions present annual casting party, Nov. 3, with top bidders to star in ‘Addams Family’
- Steppenwolf and Lucky Plush Productions team to stage ‘Rooming House’ dance show in November
- Metropolis’ ‘Peter and the Starcatcher’ is a delightful escape from any summertime troubles
- The dawning of Mercury Theater’s ‘Hair’ thoughtfully resurrects a Broadway classic for a new age
- MCL’s Premier Premieres winner ‘Dead Boyfriends’ returns for 3-day encore run, Aug. 17-19
- Marriott’s ‘Mamma Mia!’ beltress divas Meghan Murphy, Cassie Slater and Danni Smith take to the Martyrs’ stage, August 7, as ‘We Three’
- Quest Theatre Ensemble announces cast for September production of ‘Love…Perfect…Change’
- Broadway in Chicago bring a cappella show ‘Gobsmacked’ to Chicago in December
- Black Ensemble Theatre’s ‘Last Dancer Standing’ fascinatingly experiments in genre-blending
- Look down! BiC’s ‘Les Mis’ tickets go on sale August 4
- About Face’s world premiere valiantly portrays Riot Grrrl movement in ‘Brave Like Them’
- Broadway in Chicago’s touring ‘American in Paris’ is all about the dance…and Gershwin
- Theo Ubique finds its cast for fall production of William Finn’s ‘A New Brain’
- Cast and creatives announced for Kokandy’s production of ‘Bonnie & Clyde’
- ‘Spamilton’ Chicago welcomes Becca Brown as new female lead
- Broadway in Chicago’s ‘Aladdin’ cast to perform Sidetrack benefit concert July 31
- Goodman partners with off-Loop companies as producing partner
- The Second City announces casting for its 106th mainstage revue
- New company, Theater Faction, debuts with ‘One Thousand Words’ musical at Theatre Wit
- Not enough superlatives in the thesaurus to describe Cirque du Soleil’s orgasmic ‘Luzia’
- BoHo announces season of classic love stories
- Original Broadway team comes to Lincolnshire to helm Marriott’s ‘Honeymoon in Vegas,’ starting Aug. 23
- Ticket sales start for the five days of ‘Motown’ coming in October via Broadway in Chicago
- Brown Paper Box’s Hamlisch/Sager relationship musical ‘They’re Playing Our Song’ brightens summer at Rivendell Theatre
- Sarah Siddons Society honors NU grads Kate Baldwin and Kate Shindle at Sept. 18 fete
- Circle Theatre’s ‘Triassic’ spoof sequel combines comedy with depth
- Chicago Shakes brings families to the pier with summer production of ‘Madagascar’
- Montego Glover takes over as Angelica, Gregory Treco as Burr in coming weeks at BiC’s ‘Hamilton’
- TATC announces 2018 season featuring ‘Plaid,’ ‘Ghost’ and ‘Miracle’ musicals
- Aurora’s Paramount announces casting, creative details for ‘Million Dollar Quartet,’ opening in Sept.
- Chicago Children’s Theatre opens 12th season with ‘Frog & Toad’ musical
- Brandon Cloyd named new artistic director at Barrel of Monkeys
- Kokandy’s work matches the ever-striving message in the regional premiere of LaChiusa’s ‘Little Fish’
- O Sole Trio’s ‘Bravissimo Broadway’ set for Metropolis on Aug. 27
- Broadway in Chicago’s ‘Something Rotten’ is a sweet smelling musical theatre rose
- Goodman hosts youth auditions for ‘A Christmas Carol on Aug. 12
- Ron Hawking remounts ‘The Men and Their Music’ at the Apollo Theater this fall
- Mercury announces cast for ‘HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical’
- Music Theater Works announces cast and creatives for August’s ‘Gypsy’
- Porchlight launches 23rd season with ‘Chicago Sings: Sinatra and the Rat Pack,’ on Aug. 28 at UP Comedy Club
- ‘Trouble With Dead Boyfriends’ wins MCL fest to introduce new musical comedies—all reviewed here
- PRIDE’s ‘The Nance’ is a gritty, funny, heartbreaking Chicago premiere
- Gorgeously sung ‘Bridges of Madison County’ allows no second thoughts about Marriott Lincolnshire being the place to spend a summertime evening
- Navy Pier’s Ferris Wheel and The Rolling Stones’ Exhibitionism are a package deal
- Taste of Chicago and Eli’s Cheesecake celebrate their 37th birthdays with a magical Cirque du Soleil performance, a happy birthday serenade by Julianna Zobrist and a giant 1500 lb. birthday cheesecake
- Broadway in Chicago celebrates Independence Day with some half price ticket offers
- Goodman brings ‘La Havana Madrid’ to theatre district following sellouts at Steppenwolf and Miracle Center
- Chicago Latino Theater Alliance announces ‘Destinos,’ theatre festival beginning Sept. 29
- Theo’s ‘Jacques Brel’s Lonesome Losers of the Night’ hits all the right, though gloomy, notes
- Writers Theatre announces all details for world premiere musical ‘Trevor’ opening in August
- Lookingglass takes epic novel ‘Moby Dick’ to epic proportions with this whale of a production
- Pride Arts Center to host pre-Pride Parade breakfast and rally on Sunday, June 25
- Chicago Opera Theater welcomes Lidiya Yankovskaya as the company’s new music director
- Tickets for Broadway in Chicago’s Jimmy Buffet musical comedy ‘Escape to Maragaritaville’ go on sale June 20
- Broadway in Chicago’s ‘King and I’ is something wonderful at the Oriental Theatre
- ‘Crystal,’ Cirque du Soleil on ice, coming to the Sears Centre Arena in November
- WWII love story musical ‘Yank!” among the offerings of Pride Films and Plays’ new season
- New York and Chicago musical stars headline Metropolis’ new ‘Artists Lounge Live’ season
- Broadway in Chicago brings ‘The Color Purple’ to town next July, promos the production at this summer’s free concert
- Sara Bareilles’ musical ‘Waitress’ is hitting the Windy City in July 2018, joins ’17 summer concert lineup
- Chicago Opera Theater brings student performances to the Studebaker Theater on June 15
- With an eye toward self-improvement, Jeff Awards announces research project; Taproot + to perform work pro bono
- BrightSide’s ‘Guys & Dolls’ sufficiently rocks the boat in Naperville
- Broadway in Chicago announces winners of the sixth annual Illinois High School Musical Theatre Awards
- ‘My Little Pony’ cult comedy, ‘The Antelope Party,’ ‘Women Laughing Alone With Salad’ and ‘This Way Outta Santaland’ make up Theatre Wit’s 2017-18 season
- Rachel Kraft to exit Lookingglass; company begins search for new artistic director
- 2017’s Non-Equity Jeffs for musicals awarded to Refuge’s ‘High Fidelity,’ Lifeline’s ‘Northanger Abbey,’ Adams, Danielson, Garza, Manni, McGinniss, Nasca, Ramey and Collette Todd x 2
