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Recent Posts:
- Dastardly, diabolical, delightful: Black Button Eyes’ “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” charms with harm
- Bethany Thomas is second to nobody in Northlight’s ‘Songs for Nobodies’
- Theo Ubique’s ‘Songs’ is sung well, but does it belong to our ‘New World’?
- Going back to live shows, Drury Lane goes to ‘Plaid’
- Lyric Opera pours out an ‘Elixir’ in celebration of togetherness
- Marriott’s ‘World’ brings the songs of Kander and Ebb back ”Round’
- A whirlwind weekend of opera: Lyric’s ‘Macbeth’, COT’s ‘Carmen’, and Third Eye’s STEM double bill
- Stephen Schellhardt to step down as BoHo Theatre’s artistic director at end of 2021 season
- Theatre Wit’s ‘Mr. Burns,’ in return engagement, finds lessons in chaos and ‘Simpsons’ episodes
- BrightSide Theatre announces its 2021-22 Season
- Robert Falls, Goodman Theatre’s artistic director, announces retirement
- This ‘Kinky Boots’ is so Paramount, truly everybody can say, ‘Yeah!”
- PrideArts’s “Things I Could Never Tell Steven” has little new to say
- Music Theatre Works gets back into the groove with “Mamma Mia!”
- Porchlight Music Theatre announces its 2021 – 22 Season
- Metropolis’s “My Way” is a comfortable jaunt down Memory Lane
- Mercury Theater Chicago announces 2021-22 season
- ‘Legends of the 50s and 60s’ is a triumph for Music Theater Works
- Mercury Theater Chicago will hold open house mid-July
- Broadway in Chicago announces ‘Paradise Square’ for fall: A return to form for Garth Drabinsky?
- Suddenly Metropolis is standing before us, open for in-person ‘Little Shop of Horrors’
- Performer’s School in Highland Park: Making the most of quarantine with monumental planning
- Northlight Theatre will reunite original ‘Last Five Years’ players for its twentieth anniversary
- Black Button Eyes Productions Announces 2021-22 Season at The Edge Theater
- Chicago Opera Theater’s ‘Hija de Rappaccini’: an intoxicating promise for site-specific opera?
- Reimagining Remote Theatre in 4 Chairs Theatre’s Island Song
- Mercury Theater Chicago resurrected with new Artistic Director
- Spate of digital musical premieres announced for Chicagoland
- Underscore Theatre Company Names New Executive Director: Sebastian Fabál
- Drury Lane in Oakbrook plans for Fall 2021 reopening
- Chicago Opera Theater’s ‘Taking Up Serpents’ stings (and sings) so good
- Chicago Shakes streams ‘Peter Pan – A Musical Adventure,’ free through Jan. 1
- Hell in a Handbag benefit, ‘The Morning After,’ features first streaming of ‘Poseidon!’ on New Year’s Day
- Strawdog’s streaming Hershel makes the best of a bad situation
- Streaming through the snow, local theatres offer some pandemic holiday cheer
- ‘What will she do next?’ podcast musically celebrates history’s greatest women
- Hell in a Handbag tries to make the home-bound holidays special with ‘Rip Nelson Quarantine’ stream – extended through Jan. 17
- The Beautiful City Project wraps music and charity with ribbon and bow with Project Mistletoe
- Brian Stokes Mitchell to be awarded Actor of the Year by the Sarah Siddons Society, Nov. 29
- Porchlight adds new original productions and collaboration with L.A. Theatre Works to its virtual offerings this Fall
- African American Arts Alliance sponsors unified audition for Black artists in three-day event, Oct. 12, 19 and 26
- Equity Jeff nominees announced, virtual ceremony to take place November 9
- Aurora’s Paramount Theatre, in letter to patrons, announces that 2021-22 is the new 2020-21
- Youth benefit concert to support Chicago theatres will shine on YouTube at 6 pm, Sunday, Aug. 9
- Boho Theatre announces Sana Selemon as its new executive director
- Strawdog Theatre Company Artistic Director Leda Hoffmann to step down, ensemble member Kamille Dawkins named interim AD
- Donterrio Johnson named artistic director for Pride Films and Plays as David Zak steps down, offers apology
- BoHo’s ‘Big Fish’ takes musical honors, Theo’s ‘Hedwig,’ Black Button Eyes’ ‘Ghost Quartet’ and Kokandy’s ‘Head Over Heels’ also lauded at 2020’s non-Equity Jeff Awards
- Annual non-Equity Jeffs to be awarded in broadcast on June 22
- COVID-19 claims another victim: Mercury Theater Chicago to close permanently
- Non-Equity virtual Jeff Awards ceremony, previously set for June 8, postponed, no future date yet named
- Deborah Cox to play Eve/Mama in 2021 Schwartz-led ‘Children of Eden’ production in St. Charles
- 10 Questions for ‘100 Songs’ (June 1 – Sept. 9) with Beautiful City Project’s David Fiorello
- Writers Theatre’s 20-21 new producing model to include musical revue ‘Low Down Dirty Blues’
- Casting announced for 2021 Broadway-scale Chicagoland production of Schwartz’s ‘Children of Eden
- Broadway in Chicago announces rescheduled dates for ‘Six’ at the Broadway Playhouse
- Actual 47h annual non-Equity Jeff Award nominations announced for June’s virtual celebration
- Brown Paper Box Co. announces its10th and final season, featuring a world premiere play and celebration cabaret
- Star-studded ‘Chicago Offstage! Live at Home’ benefit concert for Season of Concern streams Sunday April 19 at 6 pm
- Epitomizing ‘The show must go on,’ non-Equity Jeffs to go virtual on June 8
- Broadway in Chicago announces ‘Around Broadway in 80 Days’ to honor Illinois High School Musical Theatre Awards participants
- Broadway in Chicago updates changes in show schedules
- ‘Idol’-famed Diana De Garmo and husband Ace Young lead The Beautiful City Project’s musical theatre livestream benefit this Thursday, hosted by Lorenzo Rush, Jr.
- COVID-19 causes multiple closings…but check theatre websites for updated information
- Broadway hit ‘Frozen’ comes to Cadillac Palace for 11 weeks beginning in October
- Crystal Lake’s WSRep announces new season at Raue Center, including musicals ‘Always…Patsy Cline’ and ‘Matilda’
- Broadway and Chicago talent lead cast of those dancin’ feet in Lyric’s production of ’42nd Street,’ set for May
- Cadillac Palace to host Broadway in Chicago’s pre-Broadway premiere of ‘Some Like It Hot’ in 2021
- All Chicago cast to present ‘Be More Chill’ at Apollo Theater, beginning April 17
- Black Ensemble’s ambitious musical battle cry ‘Legends’ balances negativity with hope
- Onstage documentary of 1964 concert brings ‘Judy & Liza’ to Chicagoland in 2020
- Ticket sales begin March 6 for return of ‘The Simon & Garfunkle Story’ to Broadway in Chicago in May
- In tribute to Presley, Perkins, Lewis and Cash, Metropolis stages ‘One Night in Memphis’
- TUTA Theatre’s fiery punk ‘Hedda Gabler’ really does end with a bang
- Drury Lane Theatre announces casting for production of Tony Award-winning musical ‘Evita’
- Director Stearns announces cast for Venus Cabaret production of ‘Priscilla,’ beginning March 20
- Drury Lane Theatre for Young Audiences presents ‘Shrek the Musical’ beginning in April
- Success! Paramount is the perfect place to premiere new musical based on beloved Michael J. Fox film
- League of Chicago Theatres and ComEd accepting applications through March 13 for 2020 Powering the Arts grant program
- Tesori musical ‘Fun Home’ among four bold stage productions set for modernized, 165-seat Copley Theatre in Aurora
- Lyric’s ‘Queen of Spades’ is a well-sung, but unevenly staged night at the opera
- Theatre at the Center’s ‘Almost Heaven: John Denver’s America’ is a lovely tribute to the singer-songwriter’s legacy of friendships strengthened through his work
- Mercury Theater’s ‘Shear Mandess’ is a hair-raising romp
- Broadway’s sensational ‘Six’ returns to Chicago, July 8 to Oct. 25
- Marriott Theatre for Young Audiences does with ‘Princess and the Pea’ exactly what it does best
- Jackie Taylor opens ‘Legends’ at Black Ensemble Theatre in Feb., run is through April 12
- Story of the Queen of Disco is partially told in energetic song with Broadway in Chicago’s jukebox musical, ‘Summer’
- Chicago Opera Theater’s terrific production of ‘Freedom Ride’ prepares patrons for Lyric’s and Chicago Shakes’ collaboration on ‘Blue’ in June
- Citadel’s charming production of ‘The Fantasticks’ is a didactic delight
- Lyric Opera of Chicago announces 2020-21 season, Sir Andrew Davis’ final season as music director, tickets on sale Feb. 13
- Hubbard Street Dance Chicago presents ‘DECADANCE/CHICAGO’ on March 12, 14 and 15
- Raven Theatre announces deets for ‘Take Flight’ theatre summer camps for ages 6 – 16
- Emmy winner and Tony nominee returns to Arlington Heights’ Metropolis with ‘Broadway and Beyond’
- Drury Lane’s ‘An American in Paris’ is an eminently graceful swan song to “new musicals” of the Gershwins
- Broadway in Chicago announces ticket sales for April performances of ‘Choir of Man’ to begin Feb. 14
- About Face Theatre announces ‘Wonka Ball: Silver & Gold’ on May 30
- Lyric’s ‘Madama Butterfly’ is well-sung and well-staged, but not without controversy
- Paul Gordon’s ‘Emma’ shines on Navy Pier under direction of Barbary Gaines
- Theatre Evolve to stage rocking premiere of ‘Krugozor!’ this April at Athenaeum
- Underscore Theatre kickstarts the decade with the 6th annual Chicago Musical Theatre Festival
