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

A stirring coming of age story that unspools through poignant lyrics, exhilarating music and soaring voices as 3 young characters find love, lose it and find it again.

The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, in association with First Folio Theatre, will present 'Searching for Peabody's Tomb', an interactive Halloween experience, for the haunting holiday season.

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

Andrew Jessop has just been named Redtwist's Co-Artistic Director.

Drury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane, known for producing acclaimed, innovative and classic musicals and comedies, announces its 2012-2013 season featuring five glorious films brought to new life on stage.

Victory Gardens announces the 2011-12 Fresh Squeezed Series season.

The Chicago Human Rhythm Project (CHRP), the world's first year-round presenter of American tap dance and contemporary percussive arts, hosts JUBALEE, its annual gala benefit supporting performance, education and community programs.

Lookingglass Theatre, Frontera Grill and Silverguy Entertainment present Rick Bayless in Cascabel.

Since 1973, The Abbey has been Chicago's home for live music, good food and great times.

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, the Tony Award® winning musical that has captured the hearts of people all over the world with its universal appeal, is coming to Chicago at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University (50 E.

BoHo Theatre kicks off its 2011/2012 Season with Pippin, Stephen Schwartz (composer of Wicked and Godspell) and Roger O.

Celebrated singer Margaret Stewart debuts her new concert 'Under 50 Need Not Apply' at the Skokie Theatre, 7924 N Lincoln Ave, Skokie, at 8:00pm on Friday, September 30, 2011.

Porchlight Music Theatre, American Musicals.

Seussical will open November 11th and run through December 31st at The Marriott Theatre for Young Audiences, 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire, IL.

'We started with more than 100, and now are down to five,' says PFP Executive Director David Zak.

The Marriott Theatre will present its production of Irving Berlin's WHITE CHRISTMAS.

Lynn Sage Cancer Research Foundation (LSCRF) and Presenting Sponsor Carson Pirie Scott will be among the first to kick off October's National Breast Cancer Awareness Month with its 26th Annual Fall Benefit on Monday, September 19 beginning at 11 a.

A Red Orchid Theatre's Board of Directors will host the Company's annual benefit, Wet Your Whistle While You Water the Orchid on September 19, 2011 at 6:00 p.

Pride Films and Plays hosts a fun special event at Sidetrack on Monday, September 19 from 6:30 to 8:00pm: And the Winner WASN'T - But the Finalists Are! The evening will feature Chicago's best musical theater and cabaret stars performing Oscar-nominated songs that did not win!

Victory Gardens opens its 2011-12 season with the Chicago Premiere of Sarah Ruhl's Tony-nominated play In the Next Room or the vibrator play directed by Associate Artistic Director Sandy Shinner.

The new musical, Facing East will hold a developmental concert performance on October 3, 2011.

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 9/18 for Chicago

André Rieu, the world's most popular classical artist, is launching a contest at his Web site and official Facebook page to select a fan in each market of his 2011 tour to be the 'Official André Rieu Photographer' of that concert.

Broadway In Chicago has announced that MEMPHIS, the 2010 Tony® Award Winner for Best Musical, and the show that's currently blowing the roof off Broadway, opens in Chicago at the Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 W.