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Northlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J.

Fox Valley Repertory Performing Arts Academy is proud to announce their Youth Ensemble summer musical, THE WIZARD OF OZ, scheduled to perform at the Pheasant Run Mainstage (4051 East Main St.

Performances of Steppenwolf Theatre Company's season-concluding, Chicago-premiere production of Belleville by Amy Herzog begin June 27.

Based on a poem by Farid ud Din Attar, CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS metaphorically maps out the journey of the human ego and the quest for truth.

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway.

Broadway powerhouse and Glee favorite Idina Menzel - the Tony Award-winning Elphaba from Wicked - is gracing the RiverEdge Park stage during its inaugural season celebration.

THE PRIDE is a sharp, witty portrait of urban gay couples and the punishing consequences of liberation.

Join Bailiwick Chicago Theater for SUIT & TIE: an after work affair tonight, June 12 from 6:30 - 8:30 pm at the swanky Hotel Palomar Chicago, 505 N.

THE BOOK OF MORMON stars, Nic Rouleau and Ben Platt, performed the Chicago Cubs Seventh Inning Stretch at Wrigley Field yesterday evening, June 10, 2013.

First Folio Theatre (Mayslake Peabody Estate, 31st St.

Strawdog Theatre Company and Interim Artistic Director Hank Boland are proud to announce their 2013 - 2014 season.

Due to popular demand, Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co's critically acclaimed production of Tennessee Williams' classic THE GLASS MENAGERIE will add four additional weeks of performances, extending through July 28, 2013 at Theater Wit, 1229 W.

The young writers from Barrel of Monkeys' Chicago Public Schools and after-school programs are honored at the 11th annual 'Celebration of Authors' tonight, June 11 at 7:30 p.

Stage Left Theatre is proud to partner with the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events to present LeapFest 10, Stage Left's annual new-play festival, at the Storefront Theater (66 E Randolph), running tonight, June 11 - 30, 2013.

About Face Theatre kicks off LGBTQ Pride Month with the Chicago premiere of the Olivier Award-winning drama THE PRIDE by Alexi Kaye Campbell, directed by Artistic Director Bonnie Metzgar, playing now through July 13, 2013 at Victory Gardens Richard Christiansen Theater, 2433 N.

Ain't No Crying the Blues (In The Memory of Howlin Wolf), written by Black Ensemble Theater Founder and CEO Jackie Taylor, is directed by Associate Director Rueben Echoles, with assistant director Associate Director Daryl Brooks and musical director Robert Reddrick.

Renee Fleming's inspiration to have Lyric Opera of Chicago mix it up with The Second City resulted in a wildly successful collaborative show, THE SECOND CITY GUIDE TO THE OPERA.

THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS, the provocative and wickedly funny theatrical adaptation of the C.

Sound Opinions co-presents the 3rd annual Music Box Theatre Summer Music Film Festival June 28-July 2 at Music Box Theatre, 3733 N.

The Ruckus Theater is excited to announce its upcoming world premiere of Facing Angela.

This Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award rock opera shakes up the modern musical as we know it as it blazes across our stage.

Slaughter City runs from Today, June 9 through Today, July 14 on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 8pm and Todays at 3pm.

The Fine Print Theatre Company's Citizens Play Festival returns to Stage 773 in its second year, with a new crop of plays in development.

Lookingglass Theatre Company has been selected to receive a 37­-month grant of $155,000 from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Artist Residencies to Build Demand for the Arts Program.

With hundreds of antique phonographs, high quality music boxes, and vintage radios, thousands of rare records from the 1890's to the 1950's and more, the 38th Annual Phonograph and Music Box Show at Donley's Wild West Town will once again bring international acclaim to the village of Union, Illinois