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Oil Lamp Theater has revealed the cast and creative team for the first production of its 2026 season, The Outsider, written by Paul Slade Smith and directed by Scott Westerman.

Chicago Cabaret Professionals has announced the return of our favorite holiday event: Merry Measures, to be held at The CheckOut on Monday, December 1 and Tuesday, December 2, both shows begin at 7pm.

BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage, Broadway's biggest national competition for high school and college students, returned to reveal the Top 15 performers in both age groups.

Check out official production photos from Irving Berlin's WHITE CHRISTMAS at the Paramount Theatre, running November 12, 2025 through January 11, 2026.

Check out a highlight montage video of A CHRISTMAS CAROL, playing now through December 31 at The Goodman in the 2025 installment of the holiday tradition.

The American Theatre Guild will present the national tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON at the Prairie Home Alliance Theater in Peoria for a limited engagement December 2–3, 2025.

BrightSide Theatre has announced casting for its January 2026 concert staging of PHANTOM, the Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit musical based on The Phantom of the Opera.

See the fresh faces and returning favorites in new photos of the 48th annual A Christmas Carol at Goodman Theatre.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company recently opened Peter Shaffer’s AMADEUS, directed by Tony Award winner Robert Falls, in the Ensemble Theater.

American Blues Theater invites the community to kick off the season at It's a Wonderful Party!, the company's annual holiday benefit supporting artists' wages during its milestone 40th Anniversary Season.

Who will make the Top 15 of BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage? You'lll have to tune in tonight, November 21 (High School: 7pm ET, College: 9pm ET), to find out!

Collaboraction Theatre will offer a preview of its new Humboldt Park home with Sunday Family Magic Matinee with The Magical Myster AJ, running November 30 through December 28.

Voting is now open for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards.

The popular a cappella group Voctave will return to the McAninch Arts Center (MAC) as part of their “It Feels Like Christmas” tour next month.

Performances are underway for Revolution(s), the all-new punk/metal/hip-hop musical by Tom Morello and Zayd Ayers Dohrn, at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago.

A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL has returned to Broadway In Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theatre for a limited engagement through November 30.

Raven Theatre has announced two newly commissioned plays and one play in development for its 2025–26 season.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater has released first-look production photos for MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, directed by Selina Cadell and running through December 21 in the Jentes Family Courtyard Theater.

Lyric Opera of Chicago will present Mozart’s beloved masterpiece Così fan tutte.

TimeLine Theatre Company has confirmed that construction of its new home is more than 75% complete, with sights set on substantial completion of the building in February.

Black Girls Dance, which centers Black and Brown girls in joyful community, will present its fifth annual production of Mary, A Holiday Dansical, choreographed, written, and directed by Founder Erin Barnett.

AMADEUS at Steppenwolf Theatre Company is a lively and sprawling production of Peter Shaffer’s play.

Kokandy Productions’ revival of JEKYLL & HYDE will add eight more performances, extending its run through January 10, 2026 at The Chopin Theatre.

Raue Center School for the Arts will bring a new adaptation of Dickens’ classic to the Crystal Lake stage this November with A CRIPPLE CREEK CHRISTMAS CAROL.

Throughout the holiday season, area performing arts organizations will take up audience collections at productions for Season of Concern, Chicago’s nonprofit dedicated to providing financial assistance to all Chicagoland theater practitioners.