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Archie Powell and the Exports perform at Schubas (3159 N.

There's a new Scrooge in town! 'A-Lister' (Daily Herald) John Judd steps into Ebenezer Scrooge's miserly shoes for the first time in Goodman Theatre's 33rd installment of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.

After a 5+ year stint calling Chicago home, eminent sketch comedy trio Hey You Millionaires is picking up their giant bags of comedy money and saying farewell to Chicago with two final performances at iO and the Annoyance respectively.

Hullarious Productions announced that New York City area jazz vocalist-songwriter Laura Hull will return to Davenport's Piano Bar & Cabaret on Friday, July 30, 2010 with her new show Marquee Melodies: The Music of the Movies.

THE AMERICAN DEMIGODS proudly present the Chicago premiere of THE IRRELEVANT ADVENTURES OF JARVIS MCFADDEN, a coming of age, shaggy dog detective comedy by Rory Leahy

Colombia is in the midst of a revolution and it's ready for the world to listen: to the rawest edge of its experimental urban dance scene, and to its life-affirming Afro-Latin drumbeats handed down over centuries.

Arthur Miller's 1950 adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's 1882 play An Enemy of the People explores personal and political issues that resonate in both playwrights' worlds, with a brave central character against corrupt and hypocritical political systems and social intolerance.

Pride Films & Plays presents their next reading series, THE GREAT PLAYS OF TERRENCE McNALLY, a survey of his works written between 1975 and 2006.

Drury Lane Theatre continues their acclaimed 'Year of the Director' by presenting award-winning director and choreographer David H.

The Ruckus Theater is proud to announce Season 2 in Chicago, following a killer first year of sold-out performances on the storefront theater scene in Chicago.

Lillie's Q, aiming to bring award-winning competition BBQ and elevated Southern favorites to the former Aberdeen space in Bucktown, will open to the public at 5pm Thursday, July 29.

'Not Wanted on the Voyage,' a new musical by Broadway writers Neil Bartram and Brian Hill ('The Story of My Life') featuring a design team including Tony Award-winning designer, Eugene Lee, enters its second weekend of developmental performances this Thursday.

Lifeline Theatre Artistic Director Dorothy Milne and former Live Bait Theater Artistic Director Sharon Evans announce a joint revival, the 14th Annual Fillet of Solo Festival, running July 29-August 21 at multiple Chicago venues.

It's a Big Bright Beautiful day for young faces to 'Party with the Princess,' when Princess Fiona, Gingy and Mama Bear from SHREK THE MUSICAL grace the Fifth Floor of The 900 Shops, located at 900 North Michigan Avenue, for photos and fun on Thursday, July 29 from 11 a.

Every Thursday in July, Drury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane, is hosting 'Girls' Night Out' at the hit musical comedy SUGAR.

Mordine & Company Dance Theater and Natya Dance Theatre, in association with the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, present ENCOUNTERING THE OTHER at Chicago DCA's Storefront Theater July 29 through August 1st.

Promethean Theatre Ensemble is pleased to announce their fifth season: the engrossing Robert Patrick play Kennedy's Children, and the searing drama Bury the Dead by Irwin Shaw.

Faith & Whiskey (1365 W Fullerton Ave), the premier whiskey bar and party spot in Lincoln Park, will throw a 'Catalina Wine Mixer' party on Friday, August 6 that's inspired by the Catalina wine mixer scene from the movie Step Brothers along with mid-70s thru mid-80s nautical decadence.

Don't miss out! Only FOUR more chances to see the World Premiere of ERIKA'S WALL: Friday, July 30 @ 8pm (Post-show talk back with the Creative Team--share your thoughts with us after the performance!) Saturday, July 31 @ 8pm Sunday, August 1 @ 5pm and 8:30pm

The Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical A CHORUS LINE leaps, turns and taps its way to center stage at the Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Drive, previewing September 1, opening Sunday, September 12 at 5 p.

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

The increasingly popular and important playwright Sarah Ruhl, a Chicago native and finalist for the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for "In The Next Room: or the Vibrator Play," traces her theatrical origins, in part at least, to the Piven Theatre Workshop in Evanston, or, more exactly, to its Young People's Co

A Red Orchid Ensemble Member Mierka Girten hosts the 10th annual Mookie Jam on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at Lincoln Hall to benefit artists living and working with Multiple Sclerosis.

Auditions held by appointment July 26-28 from 7-10 p.

American Theater Company proudly announces a partnership with Black Box Acting Studio to present Unplugged, a summer repertory of three new plays.