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Musical of the Living Dead is coming back for a second bloody year! Billed as a 'Musical Zom-com' (zombie comedy), Musical of the Living Dead is parody of classic zombie films and traditional musical theatre.

Pick Up Performance Co(s), the artistic vehicle for Obie award-winning artists David Gordon and Ain Gordon, performs Dancing Henry Five, featuring Rockford native Karen Graham, ABT and New York City Ballet principal dancer Robert La Fosse and actress Valda Setterfield, presented by The Dance Center

Stage 773 Artistic Director Brian Posen is proud to announce plans to showcase the newly renovated Stage 773, 1225 W.

Due to popular demand, Steppenwolf Theatre Company is adding one additional week of performances to its critically-acclaimed production of Bruce Norris' Pulitzer Prize-winning play Clybourne Park directed by ensemble member Amy Morton

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

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The world's premier Streisand impressionist Steven Bringberg has performed on national TV shows The Rosie O'Donnel Show, Sally Jessy Raphael and at Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, London's Royal Albert Hall (with Elton John and George Michael), as well as touring regularly with symphonies with Os

The Joffrey Ballet's 2011-2012 subscription season, titled New Generation, launches this fall with the World Premiere of Yuri Possokhov's re-imagined Don Quixote.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) will host to a panel of distinguished speakers that includes Tony Award-winning director Anna Shapiro and platinum-selling recording artist Matt Nathanson for Chicago Ideas Week Talk: Creative Process on Saturday, October 15 at 10 a.

The Theatre School at DePaul University will present THE WITCHES, by Roald Dahl, adapted by David Wood, and directed by Ernie Nolan, as the first installment of the 2011-2012 Chicago Playworks for Families and Young Audiences Series.

Court Theatre Artistic Director Charles Newell and Executive Director Stephen J.

Northwestern University, in partnership with Brown and Stanford, has received a $1,420,700 grant from The Andrew W.

Musical of the Living Dead is coming back for a second bloody year! Billed as a 'Musical Zom-com' (zombie comedy), Musical of the Living Dead is parody of classic zombie films and traditional musical theatre.

Jam-packed with comedy, musical performances and commentary, CHICAGO LIVE! returns this fall with its fifth season of headline making interviews and performances.

The Board of Directors of Silk Road Rising and Honorary Gala Chair David Henry Hwang invite the public to attend Threads of Silk: A Gala to Benefit Silk Road Rising.

Off Off Broadzway, the burlesque-inspired all-female sketch comedy troupe, has announced the debut of their sexy new Halloween revue, Trick or Teets!

Abby McEnany brings her one-woman show, 'They're Not All Winners!,' to the United Solo Theatre Festival in New York City on October 30th.

lonesome road productions, in association with Jim Jensen and Lisselan Productions, announces the Chicago arrival of the critically acclaimed the Doyle & Debbie show

Million Dollar Quartet, now in its third year, continues performances through December 31, 2011 as new cast members Brandon Bennett (Elvis Presley), Heather Marie Marsden (Dyanne) Brad Ber (Jay Perkins/Bass player) and Dan Leali (Fluke/Drummer) join Gabe Bowling (Carl Perkins), Lance Lipinsky (Jerry

Steppenwolf for Young Adults launches its 2011/12 season with The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter adapted by Rebecca Gilman, based on the novel by Carson McCullers and directed by Hallie Gordon, playing October 11 - November 4, 2011 in Steppenwolf's Upstairs Theatre, 1650 N.

Erasing the Distance (ETD) has partnered with OCD Chicago for OCD: REAL VOICES - REAL PEOPLE, for a one-night-only event presented during National OCD Awareness Week on Tuesday, Oct.

Steppenwolf for Young Adults launches its 2011/12 season with The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter adapted by Rebecca Gilman, based on the novel by Carson McCullers and directed by Hallie Gordon, playing October 11 - November 4, 2011 in Steppenwolf's Upstairs Theatre, 1650 N.

Fox Valley Rep, in residence at Pheasant Run Resort, announces an exciting line-up for their calendar-year 2012 season, many new to the Fox Valley community, including the comedy behind 'Gone with the Wind' during golden age of Hollywood, Moonlight and Magnolias, the romantic musical featuring Neil

Beer lovers: meet your artistic soulmates! Head to Andersonville for The Neoccasion: 30 Beers for 60 Minutes where local and regional micro-breweries bring their crafted beers to support The Neo-Futurists, one of Chicago's most beloved theatre companies and creators of the longest running show in Ch