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Wavefront Music Festival returns for its second year to the shores of Lake Michigan at Chicago's beautiful Montrose Beach on Friday, July 5, Saturday, July 6 and Sunday, July 7, 2013.

The Trap Door Theatre presents 'the word progress on my mother's lips doesn't ring true', written by Matei Visniec, translated by Joyce Nettles and directed by Istvan Szabo K, featuring Antonio Brunetti, Malcolm Callan, Simina Contras, Kevin Cox, John Kahara, Beata Pilch and Nicole Wiesner.

LiveWire Chicago Theatre, in association with Chicago Cultural Center Presents, continues its 2012-13 season with the Chicago premiere of the dysfunctional family drama A PERMANENT IMAGE, by Samuel D.

The world-premiere production of Head of Passes by ensemble member Tarell Alvin McCraney, directed by ensemble member Tina Landau in the Downstairs Theatre, runs at Steppenwolf Theatre tonight, April 4 - June 9, 2013.

Direct from their phenomenally successful Broadway engagement, the internationally-acclaimed Beatles concert, 'RAIN: A Tribute to The Beatles,' makes its debut at Rosemont Theatre (5400 N.

Three Cat Productions has announced its sixth annual Bab Fab concert celebrating Barbra Streisand's 71st birthday.

Light Opera Works artistic director Rudy Hogenmiller will star as the Master of Ceremonies in CABARET, August 10-25, at Cahn Auditorium in Evanston.

Big Noise Theatre Company closes their 2012-13 season with DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, directed and choreographed by Zachary L.

Multiple Emmy and Golden Globe winner Ed Asner and Emmy and Golden Globe Nominee Marion Ross (Happy Days, Brothers & Sisters, Gilmore Girls), join an award-winning cast for a limited-time performance of a new sitcom, I've Got a Life in Kalamazoo, produced by the Emmy award-winning team of Teresa L.

Court Theatre has announced its 2013/14 season under the continuing leadership of Artistic Director Charles Newell, Executive Director Stephen J.

ShPIeL-Performing Identity has announced the North Shore theatrical premiere of The Invasion of Skokie, by Steven Peterson and directed by Rachel Edwards Harvith at the theatre in the Mayer Kaplan JCC of the Jewish Community Center of Chicago, 5050 Church Street in Skokie, IL.

Li'l Buds Theatre Company takes you on journey back in time as we bring the Victorian world and imaginative world of Beatrix Potter to life.

Sideshow Theatre Company concludes its 2012/13 season with the world premiere of THE BURDEN OF NOT HAVING A TAIL, by Carrie Barrett, directed by ensemble member Megan Smith, playing June 29 - August 4, 2013 at Chicago Dramatists, 1105 W.

Theo Ubique's warmly-received production of Aspects of Love, the musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black and Charles Hart, will be extended through Sunday, May 19, 2013.

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Dominican University Performing Arts Center and Theatre Arts Department present 'Six Characters in Search of an Author'.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced last week a plan to partner with Redmoon, the large-scale spectacle and public art group, to create a new festival that will culminate in a procession of illuminated floating fiberglass sculptures as well as a fire spectacle on the main branch of the Chicago River.

Profiles Theatre continues its 2012-2013 Season with the Midwest Premiere of The Dream of Burning Boy by West Read, directed by Artistic Director Joe Jahraus.

About Face Theatre celebrates its 17th year with a three-ring party of colossal entertainment at WONKA BALL 2013: CIRCUS MAXIMUS on Friday, April 26, 2013 at 8-11p.

Eclipse Theatre Company (www.

Stage 773, founder and producer of the popular Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, has announced the 2013 Chicago Women's Funny Festival, June 6 - 9.

TimeLine Theatre Company concludes its 2012-13 season with a play that was named among the Top 10 of 2011 by The New York Times.

Stage 773, founder and producer of the popular Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, is proud to announce the 2013 Chicago Women's Funny Festival, June 6 - 9.

The Ensemble of Shattered Globe Theatre will present AN EVENING OF BECKETT starring renowned Beckett protege and San Quentin Drama Workshop founder Rick Cluchey in KRAPP'S LAST TAPE and his own solo piece, SAM AND RICK, in which he shares his personal experiences with the legendary Irish playwright.

The Actors Training Center Repertory Company,1122 Central Ave.