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Lampkin Music Group in association with Scorpio Rising Films, Jackie Frost Films and Reeling: The Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival, announce the One Night Only Chicago screening of Marlo Bernier's transgender tale, Stealth, a 20 minute short film starring Alexandra Billings, Jennife

Lookingglass Theatre Company announces the limited run of Our Future Metropolis: Mr.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company presents the 5th annual First Look Repertory of New Work, featuring three developmental productions of new plays presented in rotation and accompanied by a series of events around the development of new work.

For the fifth consecutive summer, Goodman Theatre welcomes young people from the Chicagoland area as participants in its General Theater Studies program (GTS), a free, six week intensive introduction to the theater arts.

Two of the biggest names in comedy - TBS and Just For Laughs - have lined up a roster of extraordinary comedians for the premiere edition of TBS PRESENTS A 'VERY FUNNY' FESTIVAL: JUST FOR LAUGHS in Chicago, which will run Wednesday, June 17 - Sunday, June 21.

On June 21, 2009 at 7:00pm, the cast of the national tour of Fiddler on the Roof will present Fiddlin' Around, a cabaret benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and Chicago House.

The Johnny Mercer Foundation in association with The American Music Theatre Project at Northwestern University Presents The 4th Annual Johhny Mercer Songwriters Project June 21-27, 2009 The Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project returns to Northwestern University for its fourth year! We are currently se

The Johnny Mercer Foundation and the American Music Theatre Project at Northwestern University are presenting the fourth annual Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project on Northwestern's Evanston, Ill.

500 Clown presents 500 CLOWN AND THE ELEPHANT DEAL, a Visiting Company Initiative by 500 Clown and John Fournier, directed by Leslie Buxbaum Danzig, June 20 through July 11.

Goodman Theatre is proud to present José Rivera's Boleros for the Disenchanted-'an Eden of profound beauty' (Variety) and 'breathtakingly poetic' (The New York Times)-directed by Goodman Resident Artistic Associate Henry Godinez.

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Johnny Mercer, master of the American song, 'A Centennial Celebration of Johnny Mercer' (June 24 to 27) will launch the 2009 Summer Music Theatre Festival at the Theatre and Interpretation Center at Northwestern University.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company concludes its 2008-2009 season, an exploration of the imagination, with Up by Bridget Carpenter, directed by ensemble member Anna D.

Blackbird offers an open rehearsal June 25th at 6pm.

Goodman Theatre's Board of Trustees proudly announces Patricia Cox as the new Chairman-Elect.

To many, modern art means post-1940s abstraction.

The following is Comedy Works Landmark's show calendar.

Mark's Gospel, the acclaimed Chicago premiere production running through June 28 at The Mercury Theater, 3745 N.

500 Clown presents 500 CLOWN AND THE ELEPHANT DEAL, a Visiting Company Initiative by 500 Clown and John Fournier, directed by Leslie Buxbaum Danzig, June 20 through July 11.

'Hooray for Joey Slotnick!' Director Henry Wishcamper has tapped Chicago native Joey Slotnick for the lead role of the African explorer 'Captain Jeffrey T.

Two of the biggest names in comedy - TBS and Just For Laughs - have lined up a roster of extraordinary comedians for the premiere edition of TBS PRESENTS A 'VERY FUNNY' FESTIVAL: JUST FOR LAUGHS in Chicago, which will run Wednesday, June 17 - Sunday, June 21.

Innervation Dance Cooperative (IDC), a Chicago non-profit, hits the stage again with Everyman, the classic rock ballet based on the medieval morality play, set to music by Led Zeppelin (listed below), running June 18-21 at Chicago's Vittum Theater.

Mark's Gospel, the hit Chicago premiere production running through June 28 at The Mercury Theater, 3745 N.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company concludes its 2008-2009 season, an exploration of the imagination, with Up by Bridget Carpenter, directed by ensemble member Anna D.

The Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University (ATRU) is thrilled to present the downtown Chicago premiere of Apple Tree Theatre's Jeff-nominated production 'The Mistress Cycle,' with music by Jenny Giering and lyrics by Beth Blatt.

The incomparable Alexandra Billings reunites with Bailiwick family and friends in a very special concert event CELBRATE BAILIWICK WITH ALEXANDRA BILLINGS AND FRIENDS co-produced by Bailiwick and Lampkin Music Group.