CHICAGO THEATRE NEWSROOM

Victory Gardens Theater has hired Edward Torres as interim artistic director.

Check out production photos for Jackalope Theatre's world premiere of The Dress-Up Play, running now through March 22 at Broadway Armory Park in Chicago.

Music Theater Works’ production of CATS is now playing through March 29 in the North Theatre at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts.

Asian American Arts will present EVOLUTION: ASIAN AMERICAN ARTS FESTIVAL on May 2 and 3, celebrating Asian American, Pacific Islander, and Native Hawaiian Heritage Month with a diverse lineup of performances and cultural showcases.

The Music Institute of Chicago will introduce a new summer camp program and mark four decades of its renowned Suzuki training method.

BATS Improv is continuing its milestone 40th anniversary season with a lineup of unscripted, laugh-out-loud programming across April, May, and June 2026.

Filament Theatre, the Northwest Side's premier theater for young audiences, will present the world premiere of Farewell Opportunity, commissioned by Filament Theatre in 2019 and written by local Chicago playwright Georgette Kelly.

Open Space Arts has revealed the cast for its Chicago premiere of A Third Way, a sharply funny, deeply compassionate new play that reimagines what love, marriage, and family can look like in the 21st century.

After receiving six Jeff Award Nominations in 2025, The Impostors Theatre Company (ITC) will return this April with the world premiere of Static-Head – a sci-fi thriller written by Ryan Stevens.

The MAC has announced its Summer 2026 programming, which will include the popular Lakeside Pavilion Concerts.

Chicago Children's Theatre will present an immersive production of GOODNIGHT MOON, directed by Mikael Burke, as its 20th season finale from April 11 to June 7.

Porchlight Music Theatre has announced tickets are now on sale for CHICAGO SINGS BROADWAY: BRITISH INVASION, the company’s annual fundraising concert.

Tyler Anthony Smith stars in the solo show OUT, DARN SPOT! at the Chopin Theatre from March 27 to April 12.

Ghostlight Ensemble has revealed the details, including the cast, of their spring mainstage show, The Dover Road by A.

TimeLine Theatre Company has revealed its 2026–27 Inaugural Season in the company’s first permanent home at 5035 N.

Tin Drum Theatre Company announced the cast and creative team for the Chicago premiere of SOUTHERN RAPTURE, set to run from June 11 to 28.

Hamilton is now playing at the CIBC Theatre for a strictly limited engagement.

xSteppenwolf Theatre Company has unveiled its 2026/27 Season.

THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO is a lopsided stage adaptation of Junot Díaz’s 2007 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

The Raue Center for the Arts in Crystal Lake, IL, will present a live performance by the iconic rock band Foreigner, featuring their hit 'Feels Like The First Time', on March 3, 2026.

The original Broadway queens of SIX will reunite for a special one-night-only benefit concert, bringing together fan favorites for a memorable performance.

BrightSide Theatre has revealed the full cast and artistic team for its production of Private Lives, the third mainstage production of the company's 14th season.

Writers Theatre will continue its 2025/26 Season with the Chicago and Midwest premiere of the hit psychological thriller JOB, written by Max Wolf Friedlich and directed by David Esbjornson.

In preparation for the upcoming 52nd anniversary Jeff Awards for Non-Equity Theater, nominees for The Jeff Impresario Award have been revealed.

The Chicago Violin Competition is an international violin competition held online, providing promising young talent an outlet to exhibit their art on the world's stage.