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The Roald Dahl Story Company is presenting Roald Dahl’s The Enormous Crocodile.

Drury Lane Theatre is partnering with Artists Lounge Live to bring to the stage two incredible concert series in 2026.

Ma Rainey and her band return to The Goodman this spring in a major revival—and a reunion of two Chicago theater legends.

The 2026 Lyric Opera Ball: A Modern Masquerade will take place at the Kansas City Marriott Downtown in spring 2026.

Sean Doherty will perform with an ensemble from the Elgin Symphony Orchestra at a Valentine’s-themed dinner event in Wayne, Illinois.

The Saint Sebastian Players will continue their 44th 'supernatural' season with the classic, Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy Harvey by Mary Chase.

Award-winning Porchlight Music Theatre will present Shake It Away: The Ann Miller Story, written by and starring Kayla Boye, directed by Porchlight Artistic Director Michael Weber, choreographed by Tammy Mader and music directed by Linda Madonia.

The Second City has expanded 2026 Fellowship Programming slate, a yearlong commitment to developing, celebrating, and amplifying diverse comedic talent.

Get a glimpse inside rehearsals of Holiday—a brand-new work by Richard Greenberg, the late Tony Award winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist playwright at Goodman Theatre.

As the new year begins, the American Music Institute is marking 20 years of music excellence, inviting students, families, educators, and music lovers to set inspiring musical goals for 2026.

Overshadowed Theatrical Productions will present The Adventures of Tom Saywer.

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble will present Paul Slade Smith's “Unnecessary Farce” directed by BTE Ensemble Member Kurt Naebig, Thursday, Jan.

Widely respected Chicago theater artist Sandy Shinner has announced she is stepping down as Producing Artistic Director of Shattered Globe Theatre.

The Story Theatre will close its Season V with the world premiere production of Pot Girls by Governing Ensemble member Paul Michael Thomson and directed by Governing Ensemble member Ayanna Bria Bakari.

Raven Theatre Company will present Top Girls by Caryl Churchill on the Johnson Stage in Chicago.

Otherworld Theatre Company will present PROSPERA, a world premiere science-fiction adaptation of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, adapted and directed by Tiffany Keane Schaefer.

Black Ensemble Theater celebrates 50 years of its mission-based theater with a full season of musicals and special events.

Chicago Theatre Week, an annual celebration of the rich tradition of theatre-going in Chicago during which visitors and residents can access value-priced tickets.

Check out production photos from Pegasus Theatre Chicago’s 39th Annual Young Playwrights Festival, now playing through January 24 at Chicago Dramatists.

For fans still processing the end of Stranger Things, Replay Lincoln Park is keeping Hawkins alive a little longer.

Short Story Theatre will present an evening of five warm, wise and wonderful true stories about families and coping with things that could go wrong.

Raue Center For The Arts will welcome DESERT ROCK.

Raue Center For The Arts will present ROCK ’N’ ROLL NEVER FORGETS: BOB SEGER TRIBUTE BAND, celebrating the music of Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band.

This winter, the boundaries between magic and machinery dissolve as Otherworld Theatre, Chicago's premier destination for Science Fiction and Fantasy performance, presents the world premiere of PROSPERA.

Trap Door Theatre will begin its mainstage work of their 32nd season with a production of Ukrainian Playwright Natalka Vorozhbyt's Green Corridors.