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Nominated for five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Rock of Ages is now playing at Paramount Theatre, taking audiences back into the iconic music era of the ‘80s, where rock ‘n’ roll dreamers turn their fantasies into reality.

Get a first look at photos of the cast of Paramount Theatre's ROCK OF AGES on stage.

Get a first look at video from the production of Rock of Ages. A Hollywood love story told through the mind-blowing hits of top '80s rock bands like Journey, Bon Jovi, Styx, Poison and more, Rock of Ages is a show that will have all ages singing 'Here I Go Again' all the way home.

Aurora's Paramount Theatre enters its second decade with today's announcement of the four blockbuster musicals on tap for its 2022-23 Broadway Series.

Nominated for five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Rock of Ages will take Paramount Theatre audiences back into the iconic music era of the ‘80s, where rock ‘n’ roll dreamers turn their fantasies into reality.

Paramount Theatre will cut the ribbon on another live theater venue in Aurora's downtown entertainment district, the newly remodeled Copley Theatre, where it will launch its all-new Bold Series, a four-show subscription series ready to bring a new type of live entertainment to the second largest city in Illinois.  

Nearly 16 months after dimming its famous marquee due to COVID-19, Aurora's Paramount Theatre has started rehearsals for its 10th Anniversary Broadway Series season opener, Kinky Boots, marking a pivotal moment for the second largest subscription house in the nation as it returns to live performances next month.

Today, Paramount confirmed three more blockbuster musicals to follow in Kinky Boots’ big footsteps, taking the company through spring 2022 and marking the 10th Anniversary season for Paramount’s popular Broadway Series:

Paramount Theatre in Aurora announced today the addition of a new staff member and two promotions within the company's artistic department:   Paul-Jordan Jansen, familiar to Paramount audiences for his lead roles in Disney's Beauty and The Beast, The Wizard of Oz and Sweeney Todd, for which he won the Jeff Award for Best Actor-Musical-Large, has joined Paramount as Associate Artistic Producer.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater invites audiences of all ages to return to Neverland with a FREE on-demand streaming performance of Peter Pan – A Musical Adventure beginning today. The newly re-mastered recording of the Theater's 2018 production—directed and choreographed by Amber Mak—was filmed by multiple cameras in front of a live audience, and now gives at-home viewers a front-row seat to the show.

Paramount Theatre in Aurora will launch next month The Inception Project, a new play development initiative designed to create artist driven, courageous, thought provoking new work in a radically inclusive environment. 

Chicago Shakespeare Theater announces today a line-up of exciting programs for the month of December, making the Theater a virtual holiday destination for entertaining delights and enchanting discoveries.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater announces today a line-up of exciting programs for the month of December, making the Theater a virtual holiday destination for entertaining delights and enchanting discoveries. Audiences of all ages are invited to return to Neverland with a FREE on-demand streaming performance of Peter Pan – A Musical Adventure.

The Chicago theatre community will produce a wide variety of online festive plays, musicals, dance and comedy offerings this Holiday season. Theatre venues in Chicago and across the world remain closed due to the COVID 19 pandemic yet the creative spirit remains as bright and optimistic as Scrooge on Christmas morning.

Regional Tony Award-winner Chicago Shakespeare Theater announces its 35th Anniversary Season with a dynamic line-up of artistic offeringsa?"both ina?'person and virtuala?"including plays written and inspired by Shakespeare, new musicals, a timely contemporary opera, and engaging digital content for audiences, students, and teachers.

Singers and dancers will debut works celebrating the common theme a?oefriendship,a?? all created while the artists have been sheltering in place, as part of Paramount Theatre's fifth consecutive Connection Social Media Concert on Saturday, May 2, at 8 p.m. CST.

Paramount School of the Arts in downtown Aurora has launched a free series of live, virtual Master Classes Mondays every Monday from 5 to 6 p.m.

Local singers, storytellers and poets will honor essential workers and healthcare providers with original new works created for Paramount Theatre's next Connection Social Media Concert on Saturday, i??April 18, at 8 p.m. CST.

Tune in to Paramount Theatre's Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ParamountAurora) page Saturday, April 11, at 8 p.m. CST, when the theater's New Works Department will drop its second free online music event in its Connection: A Social Media Concert Series.