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Playwright Tracey Scott Wilson rips through the pages of history in The Good Negro, a 'powerfully moving' (The New York Times) and 'thunderous new play' (Variety) about the drive for racial equality-and the clash between private ethics and public good.

The Noble Fool Theatricals Performing Arts Academy invites local youth ages 6 - 19 to audition for a role in the Youth Ensemble's summer full-length production of Wizard of Oz at Pheasant Run Resort.

'Celebrity Autobiography,' the New York hit comedy show and winner of the 2009 Drama Desk Award for Best Unique Theatrical Experience, performs its Chicago debut at the Royal George Theatre (1641 N.

The Abbey Pub of Chicago has annouced their music schedule for the next three months.

BoHo Theatre brings the contemplative, sometimes controversial, but not often done musical Hello Again to its cozy venue this spring with verve.

Casting is complete for Goodman Theatre's Chicago-premiere production of Tracey Scott Wilson's The Good Negro, directed by Resident Director Chuck Smith.

Our Lady of the Underpass by Teatro Vista resident playwright Tanya Saracho will be remounted at 16th Street Theater, marking the 5-year anniversary of the Holy sighting under the bridge.

Adventure Stage Chicago (ASC) presents the final production of their 2009-2010 season: the Midwest Premiere of THE GHOSTS OF TREASURE ISLAND, adapted by Eric Schmiedl from Robert Louis Stevenson's classic 1883 adventure novel Treasure Island.

Premiere Theatre & Performance (PTAP) will present its first annual concert reading series in affiliation with foreign consulates throughout the Chicago-land area.

The Theatre School at DePaul University's New Playwrights Series Presents The World Premiere of THE CIVIC by Patrick B.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) on Navy Pier inaugurates the 2010/11 World's Stage Series with the American premiere of Itsoseng, written and performed by Omphile Molusi.

Arts Alliance at Northwestern University presents, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, in the Louis Room of Norris University Center at Northwestern University April 28-30.

Broadway In Chicago is pleased to present the reigning king of one-man show on the Broadway stage, Jackie Mason, in JACKIE MASON: NO HOLDS BARRED.

Cirque Shanghai returns to Chicago's Navy Pier to delight and astonish audiences of all ages for a fifth straight summer season with a new world premiere production, 'Cirque Shanghai: Cloud 9' and single tickets go on-sale Friday, April 30 at 10 a.

The Saint Sebastian Players conclude the 2009-10 season in their church-basement performance space with a fun-loving musical about nuns putting on a show in a church basement-Nunsense, with book, music and lyrics by Dan Goggin.

Whose Live Anyway?, a follow up to the Emmy Award-winning television series 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' brings the funny to The Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University Friday, April 30 at 8 p.

'Celebrity Autobiography,' the New York hit comedy show and winner of the 2009 Drama Desk Award for Best Unique Theatrical Experience, performs its Chicago debut at the Royal George Theatre (1641 N.

Village Players Theatre is proud to present '101 Humiliating Stories', a hilarious one woman show that confronts embarrassing life events head on.

In celebration of the most powerful bond that any man and woman can share (we're looking at you heteros) world famous improv club, iO, is thrilled to announce '1, 2, Fag + Hag!' If you have doubts that this is the most powerful bond throughout history just look at Kathy Griffin and Anderson Cooper,

Feathers fly in Walkabout Theater's site-specific spring farce, The Pigeons, directed by Cassy Sanders.

The Abbey Pub of Chicago has annouced their music schedule for the next three months.

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Lifeline Theatre concludes its 27th anniversary MainStage season with the world premiere adaptation of Neil Gaiman's bestselling 1996 urban fantasy novel Neverwhere, adapted by Lifeline ensemble member Robert Kauzlaric, directed by Lifeline ensemble member Paul S.

The WFMT Radio Network in Chicago, producer of radio programs for the New York Philharmonic, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Wigmore Hall and other major national and international organizations, will produce a new 13-hour series, 'No Song Is Safe From Us,' highlighting the unique and renowned musical progr