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Chicago's Abbey Pub has been featuring local, regional and national music acts since 1973 and today has announced their upcoming schedule for this fall.

The Neo-Futurists announce the next step in the Hall of Presidents, a portrait of #44 himself, Barack Obama.

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the original children's book by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin, Lifeline Theatre's KidSeries presents a remount of their smash hit musical adaptation of Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type.

Provision Theater Company, a multi-Jeff nominated Equity theater company, will kick off their 2010-2011 season with one of the most popular rock musicals of all time, GODSPELL.

The Harris Theater for Music and Dance opens its seventh season with the return of 'one of the best choreographers in the world' (The New York Times), headlining the acclaimed See the Dance series.

A Red Orchid Theatre opens its 2010-2011 season with Louis Slotin Sonata, written by Paul Mullin and directed by Ensemble Member Karen Kessler.

Signal Ensemble Theatre presents the first show of its eighth season, Tom Stoppard's comedy 'The Real Inspector Hound,' the ensemble's inaugural presentation in their permanent theater space at 1802 W.

Popular with both critics and audiences, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago returns to Jacob's Pillow August 25-29 in a stirring Festival 2010 finale.

It's 1979, and Jon and Leslie are two young, out-of-work, bachelors sharing an apartment together in New York City.

Hailing from Mazatlan, Mexico, dance company Delfos Danza Contemporánea makes its Ravinia debut on Friday, Aug.

Signal Ensemble Theatre presents the first show of its eighth season, Tom Stoppard's comedy 'The Real Inspector Hound,' the ensemble's inaugural presentation in their permanent theater space at 1802 W.

Seventeen screenplays with GLBT themes or characters have been named semifinalists in the first Great Gay Screenplay Contest sponsored by Pride Films and Plays.

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 8/15 for Chicago

Silk Road Theatre Project hosts free staged readings of Michael Najjar's TALIB on Saturday, August 14th at 7:30PM and Sunday, August 15th at 2PM.

Victory Gardens Theater Artistic Director Dennis Zacek, Executive Director Jan Kallish, and Associate Artistic Director and producer of IGNITION Sandy Shinner proudly announce the six new plays selected for the company's 2010 IGNITION Festival.

Lookingglass Theatre Company proudly announces the extension of its popular, family-friendly production, Lookingglass Alice.

Writers' Theatre Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M.

Five additional performances are added to the performance schedule of 'Sweet and Hot: The Songs of Harold Arlen,' produced by Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre in association with Michael James.

Silk Road Theatre Project's Al Kasida Staged Reading Series Presents Michael Najjar's New Play TALIB, featuring Adrienne Curry, Evan Dollard, Susaan Jamshidi, Vincent Mahler, and Diana Simonzadeh, and directed by Michael Najjar.

A Guide For The Perplexed performances begin July 9.

Victory Gardens closes its 2009/10 Season with the world premiere of Ensemble Playwright Joel Drake Johnson's A Guide for the Perplexed, marking the Chicago return of award-winning Broadway actor Kevin Anderson.

Three Cat Productions is excited to announce Three Cat Education and 'A Summer in the Theater' programs that will be offered at Skokie Theatre Music Foundation beginning in June 2010.

The Music Theatre Company presents STATUS- four new fifteen minute musicals written and rehearsed in 48 hours based on facebook statuses chosen at random.

Silk Road Theatre Project hosts free staged readings of Michael Najjar's TALIB on Saturday, August 14th at 7:30PM and Sunday, August 15th at 2PM.

In CAROUSEL, headstrong carnival barker Billy Bigelow falls for the demure young Julie Jordan, and their love story transcends time and death itself.