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Photos: First Look at Hell in a Handbag Productions' FRANKENSTREISANDby Chloe Rabinowitz - Chicago
(10/03/2022) - The music... the mem’ries... the magic... the dog cloning! This Halloween season, Hell in a Handbag Productions is kicking off its 2022-23 season with the world premiere of FRANKENSTREISAND by Tyler Anthony Smith and directed by Stephanie Shaw, playing September 29 – October 31, 2022 at The Raven Room. See photos here!
Photos: Get a First Look at First Floor Theater's BOTTICELLI IN THE FIREby Chloe Rabinowitz - Chicago
(10/03/2022) - First Floor Theater is launching its Tenth Season with the Chicago premiere of Jordan Tannahill’s Botticelli in the Fire, a hot-blooded queering of Renaissance Italy that questions the value of art at the collapse of society. Get a first look at photos here!
Photos: Go Inside Rehearsals for the Chicago Premiere of 1919 at Steppenwolf Theatre Companyby Chloe Rabinowitz - Chicago
(09/27/2022) - Steppenwolf Theatre Company is presenting the Steppenwolf for Young Adults’ world premiere of 1919, adapted by J. Nicole Brooks from Eve L. Ewing’s collection of luminous and searing poems about the killing of Black teenager Eugene Williams in 1919 off the segregated Chicago lakeshore – and how this tragedy reverberates today. See rehearsal photos!
Photos: First Look at Teatro Vista's ENOUGH TO LET THE LIGHT IN at Steppenwolfby Blair Ingenthron - Chicago
(09/24/2022) - Teatro Vista has released production photos from Enough to Let the Light In, a world premiere drama about love, truth, and the ghosts that won't let us go by Mexican-American actor/playwright/ filmmaker/director Paloma Nozicka.
Photos: First Look at THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE at Idle Muse Theatre Companyby Chloe Rabinowitz - Chicago
(09/23/2022) - Idle Muse Theatre Company is presenting the world premiere production of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, adapted by Idle Muse Company Member Michael Dalberg and directed by Morgan Manasa, now playing through October 23 at The Edge Off-Broadway Theater. Get a first look at photos here!
Photos: Meet the Company of the LES MISERABLES National Tourby Jennifer Broski - Broadway
(09/20/2022) - Cameron Mackintosh's production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg's Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon, LES MISÉRABLES, is about to hit the road. The show will relaunch its tour of North America in October 2022 at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, OH and will play more than 60 week-long and multi-week engagements through the next two years and beyond.
Photos: First Look at BULL at Paramount Theatreby Stephi Wild - Chicago
(09/20/2022) - Bull dealt drugs, got caught, and served his time. After a decade, he is released from prison and returns to an unrecognizable Lakeview. What will it take to really get home? Check out all new photos from Bull here!
Photos: Get a First Look at ST. SEBASTIAN World Premiere Presented by Refracted Theatre Companyby Chloe Rabinowitz - Chicago
(09/19/2022) - Refracted Theatre Company is launching its inaugural Chicago season with the world premiere of Andrew Kramer’s dark comedy St. Sebastian, directed by Artistic Director Graham Miller. This three-hander about a queer white couple that moves into a historically Black neighborhood will be presented September 15 – October 2, 2022. See photos here!
Photos: First Look at Lyric Opera of Chicago's FIDDLER ON THE ROOF with Steven Skybell, Debbie Gravitte, and Moreby Blair Ingenthron - Chicago
(09/17/2022) - Lyric Opera of Chicago will present the North American premiere of a bold new production of the classic musical Fiddler on the Roof, September 17 to October 7, 2022. Check out photos from the production!
Photos: First Look at Shattered Globe Theatre's STEW at Theater Witby Blair Ingenthron - Chicago
(09/17/2022) - Shattered Globe Theatre has launched its 2022-23 season with the Chicago premiere of STEW, Zora Howard’s Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Drama, directed by Malkia Stampley, playing September 9 – October 22, 2022 at Theater Wit. Check out the photos here.
Photos: First Look at Kokandy Productions' SWEENEY TODD at The Chopin Theatreby Chloe Rabinowitz - Chicago
(09/15/2022) - Kokandy Productions is continuing its 10th anniversary season with an intimate, in-the-round revival of Stephen Sondheim’s macabre masterpiece Sweeney Todd, playing through November 6, 2022. Get a first look at photos here!
Photos: First Look at DREAMGIRLS in Performance at Paramount Theatreby Blair Ingenthron - Chicago
(09/10/2022) - The Paramount Theatre launches its 11th Broadway Series with Dreamgirls, August 31-October 16, 2022. Get a first look at the new production photos here!
Photos: First Look at THE MOST SPECTACULARLY LAMENTABLE TRIAL OF MIZ MARTHA WASHINGTON at Steppenwolfby Chloe Rabinowitz - Chicago
(09/09/2022) - Steppenwolf Theatre Company is opening its 47th season with the Chicago premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright James Ijames’ fantastical play The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington, in Steppenwolf’s Downstairs Theater, now through October 9, 2022. Get a first look at photos here!
Photos: First Look at THE NOTEBOOK World Premiere Musical at Chicago Shakespeare Theaterby Chloe Rabinowitz - Broadway
(09/09/2022) - Chicago Shakespeare Theater is presenting the world premiere of The Notebook, a new musical based on the bestselling novel by Nicholas Sparks that inspired the iconic film. Now playing in a limited engagement through October 16, 2022. Get a first look at photos here!
The BUTTCRACKER: A NUTCRACKER BURLESQUE Returns This December At The Greenhouse Theater Centerby A.A. Cristi - Chicago
(09/07/2022) - The Buttcracker: A Nutcracker Burlesque© is proud to announce its return this holiday season with the sixth edition of Chicago’s favorite alternative holiday show, a twist on the original story and a live event not to be missed, directed by Miguel Long and choreographed by Dylan Kerr, December 1 - 31 at the Greenhouse Theater Center, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave.
Review: Blank Theatre Company Delivers a Bittersweet Hedonistic Spectacle with THE WILD PARTYby Kathleen Anwar - Chicago
(09/05/2022) - While the cast and crew did a splendid job with the entire production from top to bottom, The Wild Party is not a show for the faint of heart.
Photos: First Look at Babes with Blades Theatre Company's RICHARD IIIby Blair Ingenthron - Chicago
(09/03/2022) - Babes With Blades Theatre Company (BWBTC) returns to live performances with its 2022 season and its presentation of William Shakespeare’s Richard III, in partnership with the University of Illinois Chicago’s Disability Cultural Center and directed by Richard Costes, August 25 – October 15, at The Edge Theater, with select performances being live streamed. Check out photos from the production!
Photos: First Look at Three Brothers Theatre's THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEEby Chloe Rabinowitz - Chicago
(08/31/2022) - The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is produced by Three Brothers Theatre, performing at Three Brothers Theatre, running Sept 2 - 24, 2022, Fridays and Saturdays, 7:30 p.m. Get a first look at photos here!
Photos: Blank Theatre Company Presents THE WILD PARTY Running Through September 25by A.A. Cristi - Chicago
(08/29/2022) - Blank Theatre Company concludes their 2022 season with the first Chicago revival of Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party in 17 years. See photos from the production!
Photos: Go Inside Rehearsals for Steppenwolf's THE MOST SPECTACULARLY LAMENTABLE TRIAL OF MIZ MARTHA WASHINGTONby Chloe Rabinowitz - Chicago
(08/29/2022) - Steppenwolf Theatre Company is opening its 47th season with the Chicago premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright James Ijames’ fantastical play The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington September 1 – October 9, 2022. Check out rehearsal photos here!
Photos: Go Inside Rehearsals Of Broadway-Bound THE NOTEBOOK At Chicago Shakespeare Theaterby BWW Staff - Broadway
(08/20/2022) - Chicago Shakespeare Theater has released rehearsal images from the highly anticipated world premiere of The Notebook, a new musical based on the bestselling novel by Nicholas Sparks that inspired the iconic film.
Photos: Get a First Look at DREAMGIRLS at Paramount Theatreby Chloe Rabinowitz - Chicago
(08/16/2022) - Aurora’s beautiful Paramount Theatre is launching its 11th Broadway Series with Dreamgirls, August 31-October 16, 2022. Get a first look at photos here!
Review: FUN HOME at Copley Theatreby Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - Chicago
(08/13/2022) - The third production at the Copley Theatre in Aurora is the 3 time Tony winning musical (2015 Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score) Fun Home. It was adapted from the 2006 memoir of Alison Bechdel. It is the story of Alison's journey discovering her own sexuality and her relationship with her closeted gay father Bruce as she tries to discover the truth about his mysterious life.
Photos: First Look At TimeLine Theatre's World Premiere of CAMPAIGNS, INC.by A.A. Cristi - Chicago
(08/12/2022) - TimeLine Theatre's 26th season opener, the world premiere of Campaigns, Inc., is a hysterical and jaw-dropping inside look at the underbelly of politics through the lens of two of the undeniable founders of “fake news. See photos from the production.
Photos: First Look at Congo Square Theatre Company's Remount of WHAT TO SEND UP WHEN IT GOES DOWNby Chloe Rabinowitz - Chicago
(08/10/2022) - Single tickets are now on sale for Congo Square Theatre Company and Lookingglass Theatre Company's remount of Congo Square’s production of What to Send Up When It Goes Down in residence at Lookingglass Theatre Company’s historic Water Tower Water Works theater. Get a first look at photos below!
Photos: The Cast of THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA Takes Their Opening Night Bowsby Stephi Wild - Broadway
(08/08/2022) - The pre-Broadway run of The Devil Wears Prada, The Musical officially opened last night, August 7 in Chicago. Check out photos of the cast taking their opening bows here!
Photos/Video: First Look at Broadway-Bound THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA in Chicagoby Nicole Rosky - Broadway
(08/05/2022) - The world premiere production of The Devil Wears Prada, The Musical has officially arrived in Chicago! Check out a first look at Tony Award winner Beth Leavel as Miranda Priestly, Taylor Iman Jones as Andy Sachs, Javier Muñoz as Nigel Owens, and more!
Photos: Elton John Visits THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA in Chicagoby Stephi Wild - Broadway
(08/04/2022) - On August 3rd, Elton John attended a performance of The Devil Wears Prada, The Musical at Broadway in Chicago’s James M. Nederlander Theatre. Check out the photos here!
Photos: Get a First Look at The New Coordinates' AMERICAN SIDE EFECTOS at The Den Theatreby Chloe Rabinowitz - Chicago
(07/26/2022) - The New Coordinates, formerly The New Colony, is welcoming back live audiences this summer with a workshop production of Debbie Baños’s bittersweet memoir American Side Efectos, a raucous and ruthless dive into the American Dream directed by Esteban Arévalo Ibáñez. Get a first look at photos here!
Photos: Meet the Cast of Paramount Theatre's FUN HOMEby Stephi Wild - Chicago
(07/21/2022) - Paramount Theatre in downtown Aurora presents the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Fun Home – book and lyrics by Lisa Kron, music by Jeanine Tesori, based on the popular graphic novel by Alison Bechdel – as the third production in its inaugural BOLD Series. Check out photos of the cast here!
Photos: Get a First Look at the Cast of TimeLine Theatre Company's World Premiere of CAMPAIGNS, INC.by Chloe Rabinowitz - Chicago
(07/20/2022) - TimeLine Theatre Company is presenting the world premiere of Campaigns, Inc. Campaigns, Inc. begins previews August 3, 2022. Press Night is Wednesday, August 10 at 7:30 p.m. Opening Night is August 11. Performances run through September 18 at TimeLine Theatre. Get a first look at the cast here!
Photos: Get a First Look at Open Space Arts' Inaugural Production of THE KRAMER PROJECTby Chloe Rabinowitz - Chicago
(07/18/2022) - Open Space Arts is presenting their inaugural production of THE KRAMER PROJECT directed and adapted by David Zak from Larry Kramer’s (THE NORMAL HEART) watershed speech “The Tragedy of Today’s Gays”. The production runs July 22 - July 31 at Center on Halsted, 3656 N Halsted. Press Opening Friday, July 22 at 7PM. Get a first look at photos here!
Photos: First Look At Walkabout Theater Company's U.S. Premiere of STILL A QUIET AFTERNOONby Grace Cutler - Chicago
(07/16/2022) - Walkabout Theater Company and Steppenwolf’s Look Out Series will present the U.S. premiere of Still a Quiet Afternoon – a mythic, musical tragicomedy about two people observing a multitude of apocalyptic events through their single window.
Photos: First Look At Ken Ludwig's DEAR JACK, DEAR LOUISE At Northlight Theatreby A.A. Cristi - Chicago
(07/15/2022) - See first look photos from Ken Ludwig’s Dear Jack, Dear Louise, directed by Jessica Fisch at Northlight Theatre.
Photos: THE UNAUTHORIZED PETER JOHNSON PARODY Opens In Chicago!by A.A. Cristi - Chicago
(07/15/2022) - Back and better than ever: the reimagined, and unauthorized, “Peter Johnson” Parody splashes back onto the stage after a stellar online debut. “Perseus” has recently arrived at “CAMP!”, after discovering that his father is one of the Greek gods- not just any Greek god either. See first look photos from the production!
Photos: First Look At THE WIZARD OF OZ At Marriott Theatreby A.A. Cristi - Chicago
(07/14/2022) - The Marriott Theatre for Young Audiences returns this summer with THE WIZARD OF OZ! Families will relive this beloved tale of four unlikely friends on the adventure of a lifetime at the Marriott Theatre. See first look photos of the production!
Photos: First Look at Haven's GET OUT ALIVE at The Den Theatreby A.A. Cristi - Chicago
(07/14/2022) - See first look photos of Nikki Lynette’s multidisciplinary afrogoth musical Get Out Alive, co-directed by Roger Ellis and Lucky Stiff, which features the writer and her personal journey with mental health.
Photo/Video: Get A First Listen To The Songs Of THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA; Cast Meets The Press In Chicgoby Alan Henry - Broadway
(07/13/2022) - The Devil Wears Prada, The Musical hosted a welcome press event at Chicago’s James M. Nederlander Theatre ahead of the musical’s world premiere. Check out photos of the cast meeting the press, get a first look at the cast in rehearsal, and listen to Elton John preview songs from the show!
Photos: First Look at American Blues Theater's FENCESby Stephi Wild - Chicago
(07/08/2022) - American Blues Theater, under the continued leadership of Artistic Director Gwendolyn Whiteside, presents August Wilson’s Fences, directed by Monty Cole. Check out photos here!
Review: MY FAIR LADY Ignites Nostalgia at Cadillac Palace Theatreby Kathleen Anwar - Chicago
(07/05/2022) - Though this show at Chicago’s Cadillac Palace brings to life time-honored classics from a sweeping soundtrack such as I Could Have Danced All Night and On the Street Where You Live, its three-hour runtime and dialogue-heavy script can make it a challenging watch for some viewers.
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The Last Word The Last Word (5/28-8/28) |
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Loki: End of the World Tour LifeLine Theatre Company (4/24-6/14) |
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The Poetry Brothel Chicago: LIFE IS A CABARET Chicago Theater Works (6/12-6/12) |
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The Notebook (Chicago) CIBC Theatre (8/04-8/16) |
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