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Drury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane, will extend THE SOUND OF MUSIC, the Tony Award and Academy Award-winning musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, through January 8, 2012 due to popular demand.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL, a dazzling annual holiday tradition entertaining thousands of children and families each year, will be presented from November 25 through December 20 at Drury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane.

In need of new headshots? Broadway photographer Peter James Zielinski will be shooting in Chicago October 8th through October 13th for a special rate of $250 per person.

The Harris Theater for Music and Dance kicks off the 2011-2012 Hear the Music season with the highly-anticipated Harris Theater debut of Fabio Luisi, recently appointed principal conductor of the Metropolitan Opera.

Goodman Theatre is proud to announce that two of its longtime executive collaborators, Executive Director Roche Schulfer and Director of Development Dorlisa Martin, will be honored with an 'Equality in Action' medal from Vision 2020, a national project working to achieve gender equality.

Returning for a third season to Millennium Park is the theater lab series, In the Works, where audiences have a chance to sit on the stage of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in a climate controlled environment and experience works in development by local theater artists.

Daryl Roth, producer of LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE, has announced that Chicago's own Cindy Gold and Whitney White will join the cast of the Chicago production beginning Oct.

On September 16, 2011, Light Opera Works left its 31-year home at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center in Evanston, and moved to a new administrative office and rehearsal center at 516 4th Street in Wilmette, Illinois.

Nominations are now being accepted for the second annual BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards! Click here to submit the names of the artists, shows and theaters that you feel should be nominated for this year's awards, the Chicago area's only comprehensive fan awards for local and touring theatrical product

Lookingglass Theatre Company presents The Great Fire, a Lookingglass Original written and directed by Ensemble Member John Musial.

Goodman Theatre's Board of Trustees has announced Ruth Ann Gillis, a former Board President, as its new Chairman.

The Chicago Sinfonietta, under the leadership of Music Director Mei-Ann Chen, will present Día de los Muertos at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E.

National Opera Week will take place October 28 - November 6, 2011.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company kicks off its 2011/12 season with Bruce Norris' Pulitzer Prize-winning play Clybourne Park directed by ensemble member Amy Morton, playing through November 6, 2011 in Steppenwolf's Downstairs Theatre, 1650 N.

Strawdog Theatre Company begins their 24th anniversary season with Harold Pinter's Old Times, directed by Kimberly Senior, October 6 - November 12, at the Strawdog Theatre, 3829 N Broadway.

Strawdog Theatre Company begins their 24th anniversary season with Harold Pinter's Old Times, directed by Kimberly Senior, tonight - November 12, at the Strawdog Theatre, 3829 N Broadway.

The Glass Menagerie holds in its shadowed fragility the stamina of success.

THE TRAP DOOR THEATRE presents the North American Premiere of OVERWEIGHT, unimportant: MISSHAPE- A European Supper

The Global Health Initiative (GHI) at Chicago Lake Shore Medical Associates (CLSMA) will host its annual benefit dinner at The Peninsula Chicago on October 6, 2011 from 6 p.

Strawdog Theatre Company and newly named Artistic Director, Brandon Bruce, are pleased to announce their 24th Anniversary Season.

Strawdog Theatre Company and newly named Artistic Director, Brandon Bruce, are pleased to announce their 24th Anniversary Season.

Goodman Theatre's Board of Trustees proudly announces Ruth Ann Gillis, a former Board President, as its new Chairman.

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

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) announced today that its celebrated premiere comedy Murder for Two-A Killer Musical will be extended into its sixth month through November 27, 2011, Upstairs at Chicago Shakespeare.

3Arts today announced this year's twelve recipients of the 3Arts Awards.