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Chicago Dance Crash's signature blend of concert and street dance styles paints a colorful picture of life, strife and relationship goals after the end of the world with Booms Day, a two-act, world premiere dance production marking the company's 20th anniversary August 26–September 10, 2022 at the

Britta Johnson's LIFE AFTER is a deeply moving and creative new musical that beautifully probes the complexities of grief and the accompanying anxiety and unanswered questions it brings in its wake.

Tony®, EMMY®, and four-time GRAMMY® Award-nominated singer, songwriter, actor, and philanthropist Josh Groban possesses one of the most outstanding and instantly recognizable voices in music.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company is presenting its new staging of the Tony Award-nominated play Choir Boy by Oscar-winning Steppenwolf ensemble member Tarell Alvin McCraney (Moonlight), in Steppenwolf’s Downstairs Theater now through July 24, 2022.

Congo Square Theatre Company, one of the nation’s premier African American ensemble theater companies, has announced an expanded 2022-23 season.

The Factory Theater has announced its 28th anniversary season of world premieres including Angelina Martinez’s HOA, September 9 – October 22, Shannon O’Neill’s The Kelly Girls, February 17 – April 1, 2023 and Len Foote and Scott OKen’s Lane Call, June 9 – July 22, 2023 and the late nig

Drury Lane's hit summer show Steel Magnolias is playing through August 7.

Refracted Theatre Company is launching its inaugural Chicago season with the world premiere of Andrew Kramer’s dark comedy St.

The Joffrey Ballet presents the world premiere of Rita Finds Home, a family-friendly program and collaborative project between the Joffrey and Miami City Ballet, which will make its debut at the Navy Pier Lake Stage, July 9–10, 2022.

Broadway In Chicago has announced that its free SUMMER CONCERT will return to Millennium Park this August for the first time since 2019.

A combination of nearly twenty Chicago Park Districts and Chicago Public Libraries have partnered up with CircEsteem to host the nonprofit organization's newest iteration of its traveling circus production starting June 29th, 2022 and ending August 19th, 2022.

American Blues Theater, under the continued leadership of Artistic Director Gwendolyn Whiteside, will present a live, online reading of 17 MINUTES by Scott Organ, directed by Michael Cotey as part of “The Room” series.

Writers Theatre Executive Director Kathryn M.

Raven Theatre, Chicago’s newest Equity-affiliated theatre, will open its 40th Anniversary Season with a fresh take on Noël Coward’s iconic 1930 comedy Private Lives, directed by Ian Frank, playing September 29 – November 13, 2022 on Raven’s 85-seat East Stage.

On June 19, 2022, Victory Gardens Theater opened the regional premiere of cullud wattah, written by Erika Dickerson-Despenza and directed by Lili-Anne Brown.

Starting June 24th, 2022, The Neo-Futurists will resume a performance schedule recognizable to long-time fans that will include Friday nights in addition to the current Saturday and Sunday night lineup at the weekly The Infinite Wrench.

THE FORGE: LEMONT QUARRIES, a first-of-its-kind adventure park in Lemont, IL will present The Forge Sings, a live concert celebration of Disney music from film & stage.

Chicago Philharmonic has announced its 22/23 Symphonic Season on the heels of a thrilling 21/22 Season, ending with the sold-out Chicago Premiere of Marvel Studios’ Black Panther in Concert.

What did our critic think? Kokandy Productions' staging of CRUEL INTENTIONS: THE '90S MUSICAL is a fun romp filled with '90s nostalgia and some banging vocals from director Adrian Abel Azevedo's ensemble.

What did our critic think of STEEL MAGNOLIAS at Drury Lane Theatre Oakbrook Terrace, IL? Walking into Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace, the set jumps out immediately.

In cullud wattah, Erika Dickerson-Despenza compellingly weaves the personal and political.

Sideshow Theatre Company announced that its Juneteenth Pride Gala has been postponed until September.

TOMMY ON TOP is a laugh out loud bedroom farce about a closeted hunky actor, Tommy Miller, who is about to become the first gay actor to win an Oscar – if he plays his cards right and keeps his queerness at bay.

The Joffrey Ballet and Action Lines, a video production company founded by Joffrey Artists Xavier Núñez, Dylan Gutierrez, and writer/producer Eric Grant, unveil a bold new video filmed at the FDR Four Freedoms State Park to mark Pride Month.

Open Space Arts announced its inaugural production of THE KRAMER PROJECT directed and adapted by David Zak from Larry Kramer’s (THE NORMAL HEART) watershed speech “The Tragedy of Today’s Gays”.