Chicago Theatre Newsroom

Chicago is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Selections for Summer 2024 include The Hot Wing King and more.

Catch the latest update on Jerry Seinfeld's record-breaking Beacon Theatre residency as he adds more shows to his line-up. Learn how to purchase tickets!

Artistic Director Marti Lyons and Remy Bumppo Theatre Company have announced the 2024 - 2025 season. Learn more about the lineup here!

The world premiere play WELLS AND WELLES by Chicago playwright Amy Crider imagines what might have been said in a private meeting between these two pioneers of literature and the arts.

Steep Theatre will be back on stage in 2024 with two new productions that continue the company's tradition of bringing new work to Chicago audiences.

Discover the 2024 - 2025 season at Remy Bumppo Theatre Company. See the full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater will present The Enigmatist, an immersive and captivating experience of illusions, puzzles, and cryptology, written and performed by renowned magician and The New York Timescrossword constructor David Kwong.

 As its 36th anniversary season draws to a close, Chicago Sinfonietta has shared new developments in its Board of Directors.

The Den Theatre has announced upcoming appearances by Chris Redd on Friday, October 4, and Saturday, October 5, at 7:15 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. each night and Eugene Mirman on Friday, November 8 at 7:15 p.m. at The Heath Mainstage.

Through special personal arrangement with renowned producer Cameron Mackintosh, Uptown Music Theater of Highland Park has been granted an exceptional license to produce LES MISERABLES, at the new Deerfield Performing Arts Center.

The Theatre School will offer a Dance Minor beginning in the Fall of 2024, comprised of 24 credit hours.

Get a first look at Paramount Theatre’s production of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.  Before she was the Carole King we know today, she was a young songwriter from Brooklyn trying to make a name for herself. Beautiful tells the inspiring true story of her remarkable rise to stardom with her husband and songwriting partner, Gerry Goffin, and how she went on to become one of the most successful singers, songwriters and musicians in contemporary music history. 

Chicago Dance Health Fund, which supports the health and wellness of Chicago’s professional dance community, has announced the companies performing at Dance for Life 2024, its 33rd annual fundraiser, taking place Saturday, August 10 at 6 p.m. at the Auditorium Theatre.

The Broadway and National Touring Companies of Wicked will hold an open casting call for singers in Chicago this month.

Catch Duality Theatre Company's production of AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, directed by Zoé Soteres, at The Den Theatre in Wicker Park from May 17th to 26th. This student-run company promises a performance that's funny, dramatic, silly, and serious.

BrightSide Theatre reveals its 2024-25 season, 'Spells and Superstitions,' featuring two plays and two musicals including DRACULA, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, and PIPPIN.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company continues its 48th season with the Chicago premiere of Larissa FastHorse’s The Thanksgiving Play, a biting comedy about everything right, wrong and woke in America, directed by Jess McLeod. Get a glimpse inside the production with the new video clip!

New Mexico Actors Lab will open its 2024 season with a pair of thought-provoking, controversial two-character plays, Eleanor Burgess' The Niceties and David Mamet's Oleanna.

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival has revealed the cast for the upcoming production of The Last Five Years. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

The Den Theatre today will present Joel Kim Booster in June. Learn more about the comedian and see how to purchase tickets to the shows!

Experience 10 days of rhythmic nirvana at the 34th annual RHYTHM WORLD in Chicago. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Watch a scene from August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone, extended at The Goodman Theatre through May 19.

Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre's 2024 season of four productions will open with the original musical 1619: THE JOURNEY OF A PEOPLE. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

Get a first look at the World Premiere of DEATH BECOMES HER at Broadway In Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theatre, now on stage for a limited five-week engagement.

The 4th Annual Teen Cohort Showcase and Fundraiser will be hosted by Broadway star Hannah Kato and feature all of our Teen Cohort members. The event is on Monday, May 20, 2024.