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As theater continues to recover from the pandemic interruption, First Folio Theatre has announced its 2022-2023 season.

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The American Writers Museum today announced its full programming schedule for the 2022 American Writers Festival from 10 a.

Conducted by IPO Music Director Stilian Kirov, Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) lowers the curtain on its 44th season with Scheherazade on Saturday, May 14 at 7:30 pm at the stunning 1,100 seat Ozinga Chapel at Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights.

Water People Theater, celebrating 20 years of creating theater, returns to live performances with LORCA, Living the Experience, conceived and directed by Artistic Director Iraida Tapias, a performance combining text and music written and composed by Federico García Lorca.

Today, ARC Music Festival has announced artist additions for its Labor Day Weekend 2022 lineup.

Refracted Theatre Company has announced its inaugural Chicago season, featuring a launch event, a world premiere production and a new play development initiative.

Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre will stage Samm-Art Williams’ HOME – one of the most honored plays exploring the Black experience in America - from June 4 -19.

This spring Porchlight Music Theatre is presenting the winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Spring Awakening, at The Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N Dearborn St.

Sponsored by the African American Arts Alliance will present the second year with several Black dance companies of Chicago partnering for a Black United Audition for dancers and choreographers.

Nominated for five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Rock of Ages is now playing at Paramount Theatre, taking audiences back into the iconic music era of the ‘80s, where rock ‘n’ roll dreamers turn their fantasies into reality.

Broadway In Chicago has announced return engagements this year of two hit musicals: Dear Evan Hansen, the winner of Six Tony Awards including Best Musical and Grammy Award for best musical theater album, and the dazzling musical inspired by the beloved films, Anastasia.

Pivot Arts, a hub for adventurous, multidisciplinary performance, presents the 2022 Pivot Arts Festival, highlighting artists' resilience and ability to “pivot” during the pandemic to film/video works and creatively structured live events.

Shattered Globe Theatre is presenting a revival of Chicago writer Joel Drake Johnson’s Rasheeda Speaking, directed by SGT Associate Artistic Director AmBer D.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company, the nation’s premier ensemble theater company, is opening its stunning new in-the-round Ensemble Theater in Honor of Helen Zell with ensemble member Yasen Peyankov’s extraordinarily funny and lyrical adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s Seagull, April 28–June 12, 2

Showcasing Chicago dancers in a night of music, dance, and laughter, Chicago Dancers United presents Dance Divas 2022, a party and performance Sunday, July 31 at 6 p.

Designer Jonathan Muecke (American, born 1983) challenges and redefines relationships between form and functionality, spatial perception and materiality.

Strawdog Theatre Company, Chicago’s newest free theater, has returned this spring with the world premiere of On The Greenbelt, playing April 22 – May 28, 2022 at Links Hall, 3111 N.

The American Theatre Guild is presenting the Peoria engagement of AN EVENING WITH RENÉE ELISE GOLDSBERRY at the Peoria Civic Center.

Nominated for five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Rock of Ages is taking Paramount Theatre audiences back into the iconic music era of the '80s, where rock 'n' roll dreamers turn their fantasies into reality.

Get a first look at photos of the cast of Paramount Theatre's ROCK OF AGES on stage.

Winifred Haun & Dancers and Banks Performance Project will present a shared dance concert of new works at the Hamilton Park Cultural Center in Englewood on May 27 and 28.

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago has announced a free 24-hour period for audiences all over the world to stream BUSK by Aszure Barton.

The Chicago Firehouse Restaurant, located at 1401 South Michigan Avenue in the South Loop, has unveiled a new spring dinner menu available Tuesday through Saturday.

Oops, we did it again! The best of the 2000s are back and larger than life at Replay Lincoln Park's latest experience, ReplaY2K.