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Holy Ghost Bingo: God, Goblins, & Games Reopens at the Greenhouse Theater Center For the 2022 Halloween Season October 1 through October 30.

Mercury Theater will present fun experiences for audiences at their upcoming production of the murder mystery comedy Clue, based on the iconic comic movie and the classic board game.

The Den Theatre will welcome back comedian Greg Fitzsimmons for an evening of stand-up on Saturday, October 15 at 9:30 pm on The Heath Mainstage.

City Lit Theater Company, in association with the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom, will again present BOOKS ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK, a celebration of BANNED BOOK WEEK, September 18-22, at various locations in and around Chicago.

​​​​​​​Chicago Shakespeare Theater announces the cast and creative team for the upcoming production of William Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, staged by celebrated director Henry Godinez in the Courtyard Theater, October 21–November 27, 2022.

Raue Center For The Arts in historic downtown Crystal Lake warmly welcomes new staff member Robin Irwin as Director of Education & Cultural Partnerships.

The Auditorium Theatre continues its  2022-23 season of global dance presentations with Asia's leading contemporary dance theater, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, performing its bold and breath-taking evening length work, 13 Tongues for two nights only, Friday and Saturday, October 14 & 15 at

The Art Institute of Chicago has announced Bridget Riley Drawings: From the Artist's Studio, the first and most extensive American museum exhibition dedicated exclusively to Riley's drawings in over half a century.

This October, dare to enter the HOUSE OF THE EXQUISITE CORPSE, a horror peep-show puppet-theater anthology.

The Beverly Theatre Guild has announced the cast for the opening show of its 60th season musical production, Grease.

Navy Pier, Chicago's iconic cultural destination, will have American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters and audio description during Chicago Live! from noon to 9 p.

San Diego-based Siena Marilyn Ledger's National New Play Network rolling world premiere Man and Moon runs October 19-November 13, 2022, at Madison Street Theater.

Hell in a Handbag Productions has announced its 2022-23 season.

The acclaimed Black Ensemble Theater, led by Founder and CEO Jackie Taylor, will celebrate 46 years of theater excellence in Chicago with its Legacy Gala 2022: Rejoice, Restore and Rejuvenate.

Pride Film Fest has announced its first schedule of LGBTQ-themed films since spinning off as a separate entity from PrideArts (previously Pride Films and Plays), where it began in 2012 as the in-person Queer Bits Film Fest.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company will present the Steppenwolf for Young Adults’ world premiere of 1919, adapted by J.

What did our critic think of THE MOST SPECTACULARLY LAMENTABLE TRIAL OF MIZ MARTHA WASHINGTON at Steppenwolf Theatre Company? Steppenwolf’s season opener THE MOST SPECTACULARLY LAMENTABLE TRIAL OF MIZ MARTHA WASHINGTON is a wild fever dream of a play.

Kokandy Productions is continuing its 10th anniversary season with an intimate, in-the-round revival of Stephen Sondheim’s macabre masterpiece Sweeney Todd, playing through November 6, 2022.

The Buttcracker: A Nutcracker Burlesque will return this holiday season with the sixth edition of Chicago's favorite alternative holiday show, a twist on the original story and a live event not to be missed, directed by Miguel Long and choreographed by Dylan Kerr, December 1 - 31 at the Greenhouse T

Shattered Globe Theatre launches its 2022-23 season with the Chicago premiere of STEW, Zora Howard's Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Drama, directed by Malkia Stampley, playing September 9 – October 22, 2022 at Theater Wit, 1229 W.

Following the success of Aszure Barton's BUSK last April, which was streamed in 24 U.

Raue Center For The Arts will welcome Engage Dance Theatre for a co-production as they present “The Nutcracker” on December 17 & 18, 2022.

The Joffrey Ballet has launched its 2022-23 season with Beyond Borders, a mixed repertory program that pays tribute to the Joffrey's maverick legacy with works by artists of its past and present.

Souls Grown Deep Foundation and Community Partnership (SGD) today announced its fall 2022 initiatives, featuring a significant exhibition of recent acquisitions from the Foundation by the National Gallery of Art, as well as the inaugural Gee's Bend Airing of the Quilts Festival inviting the public t

The League of Chicago Theatres Board of Directors announced the selection of Marissa Lynn Ford as the organization’s new Executive Director.