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Sideshow Theatre Company is proud to announce its 2011-2012 season, featuring three productions that examine the role of personal identity in society.

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American Theater Company (ATC) announces the Chicago Premiere of The Amish Project written by Jessica Dickey and directed by Artistic Director PJ Paparelli, featuring ATC Ensemble member Sadieh Rifai.

Local author Roberta Markbreit published her first book titled 'On The Street Where I Lived: Autobiography of a Child'.

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.

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

New burlesque classeswill be offered for ladies & gents on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays at Vaudezilla Studios

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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Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co.

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

Broadway legend Mandy Patinkin and opera superstar Nathan Gunn combine their vocal talents to create a unique and powerful evening at 8 p.

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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.

Artistic Director Chay Yew and Executive Director Jan Kallish announce 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.

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.

Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre announces cast and crew for the first production of its 2011/12 season, 'Starting Here, Starting Now,' opening Sunday, September 25 and running through November 6.

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.

The Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, Illinois, north of Chicago, has an enormous subscription base, deep pockets, a talented and experienced in-house design team and a film property to adapt that touches on a number of important, stage-worthy themes (military patriotism, family, nostalgia, a timely

For its seventh season, Polarity Ensemble Theatre will further increase its significant commitment to the development of new work with its World Premiere of Kabulitis and its sixth annual Dionysos Cup Festival of New Plays, as well as local and regional premieres of new adaptations of literary class

From their first hit song in 1925 through their final showstopper in 1943, the prolific team of Rodgers & Hart continually redefined the musical theater with their wit, freshness and intelligence in such shows as 'Pal Joey,' 'Babes in Arms,' 'The Boys from Syracuse,' 'I Married an Angel,' and 'By Ju

Daryl Roth, producer of LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE, has announced that the Chicago production, which kicks off the show's first national tour, is adding six more weeks to its premiere engagement now extending through Dec.

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.

Saranello's, a new Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises (LEYE) restaurant, will open as a casual Italian restaurant this fall, located in the Westin Chicago North Shore, (601 N.