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Photos: THE TEMPEST Featuring Stacey Lind At Otherworld Theatre

Photos: THE TEMPEST Featuring Stacey Lind At Otherworld Theatre

by BWW News Desk — January 6, 2026
Otherworld Theatre Company will present PROSPERA, a world premiere science-fiction adaptation of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, adapted and directed by Tiffany Keane Schaefer.
Black Ensemble Theater Unveils 50th Anniversary Season

Black Ensemble Theater Unveils 50th Anniversary Season

by BWW News Desk — January 5, 2026
Black Ensemble Theater celebrates 50 years of its mission-based theater with a full season of musicals and special events.
Tickets for Chicago Theatre Week 2026 to go on Sale This Week

Tickets for Chicago Theatre Week 2026 to go on Sale This Week

by BWW News Desk — January 5, 2026
Chicago Theatre Week, an annual celebration of the rich tradition of theatre-going in Chicago during which visitors and residents can access value-priced tickets.
Photos: Pegasus Theatre Chicago's 39th YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL

Photos: Pegasus Theatre Chicago's 39th YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL

by BWW News Desk — January 4, 2026
Check out production photos from Pegasus Theatre Chicago’s 39th Annual Young Playwrights Festival, now playing through January 24 at Chicago Dramatists.
STRANGER WINTER Extends Through End of January at Replay Lincoln Park

STRANGER WINTER Extends Through End of January at Replay Lincoln Park

by BWW News Desk — January 2, 2026
For fans still processing the end of Stranger Things, Replay Lincoln Park is keeping Hawkins alive a little longer.
Short Story Theatre to Present All New Stories About Families This Winter

Short Story Theatre to Present All New Stories About Families This Winter

by BWW News Desk — January 2, 2026
Short Story Theatre will present an evening of five warm, wise and wonderful true stories about families and coping with things that could go wrong.
DESERT ROCK Concert is Coming to Raue Center For The Arts

DESERT ROCK Concert is Coming to Raue Center For The Arts

by BWW News Desk — December 31, 2025
Raue Center For The Arts will welcome DESERT ROCK.
ROCK ’N’ ROLL NEVER FORGETS: BOB SEGER TRIBUTE BAND Will Play Raue Center For The

ROCK ’N’ ROLL NEVER FORGETS: BOB SEGER TRIBUTE BAND Will Play Raue Center For The Arts

by BWW News Desk — December 29, 2025
Raue Center For The Arts will present ROCK ’N’ ROLL NEVER FORGETS: BOB SEGER TRIBUTE BAND, celebrating the music of Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band.
Sci-Fi Reimagining Of The Tempest PROSPERA is Coming to Otherworld Theatre

Sci-Fi Reimagining Of The Tempest PROSPERA is Coming to Otherworld Theatre

by BWW News Desk — December 29, 2025
This winter, the boundaries between magic and machinery dissolve as Otherworld Theatre, Chicago's premier destination for Science Fiction and Fantasy performance, presents the world premiere of PROSPERA.
GREEN CORRIDORS to Open at Trap Door Theatre in January

GREEN CORRIDORS to Open at Trap Door Theatre in January

by BWW News Desk — December 29, 2025
Trap Door Theatre will begin its mainstage work of their 32nd season with a production of Ukrainian Playwright Natalka Vorozhbyt's Green Corridors.
Collaboraction Will Host Free Reading of LAWNDALE KING at the Chicago History Museum

Collaboraction Will Host Free Reading of LAWNDALE KING at the Chicago History Museum

by BWW News Desk — December 29, 2025
Collaboraction Theatre will present a free staged reading of Lawndale King, Willie Round’s powerful new play about Dr.
Last Chance to Vote for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards; RENT Leads Best Musica

Last Chance to Vote for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards; RENT Leads Best Musical!

by BWW Awards — December 29, 2025
This is the last chance to vote for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight.
Full Cast Set for DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS at Lazy Susan Theatre Co.

Full Cast Set for DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS at Lazy Susan Theatre Co.

by BWW News Desk — December 28, 2025
Lazy Susan Theatre Co.
Denny Svehla's A NEIL DIAMOND STORY is Coming to Raue Center For The Arts

Denny Svehla's A NEIL DIAMOND STORY is Coming to Raue Center For The Arts

by BWW News Desk — December 23, 2025
Raue Center For The Arts will present a performance of 'A Neil Diamond Story' by Denny Svehla.
Petty Kings to Bring the Hits of Tom Petty to Raue Center

Petty Kings to Bring the Hits of Tom Petty to Raue Center

by BWW News Desk — December 23, 2025
Raue Center For The Arts is inviting audiences to celebrate the enduring legacy of one of America’s most beloved rock icons with PETTY KINGS – A Tribute to Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers.
THE DANCE OF DEATH to be Presented at Steppenwolf Theatre

THE DANCE OF DEATH to be Presented at Steppenwolf Theatre

by BWW News Desk — December 22, 2025
Steppenwolf Theatre Company will continue its 50th Anniversary Season with August Strindberg’s master class in marital warfare The Dance of Death, adapted by Conor McPherson.
Video: Cratchit Asks For Christmas Day Off in A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Goodman Theatre

Video: Cratchit Asks For Christmas Day Off in A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Goodman Theatre

by Joshua Wright — December 22, 2025
Watch as Cratchit asks Scrooge for Christmas Day off in Goodman Theatre's production of A Christmas Carol.
FULLY COMMITTED Comes to the Den Theatre in March

FULLY COMMITTED Comes to the Den Theatre in March

by BWW News Desk — December 22, 2025
Fully Committed, the one actor tour de force comedy by Becky Mode, will play The Den Theatre in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood, March 13 through 28, 2026.
Kokandy Productions Announces 2026 Season; HAIR, more

Kokandy Productions Announces 2026 Season; HAIR, more

by BWW News Desk — December 21, 2025
Hot off their record-breaking runs of Jekyll & Hyde and Amélie the Musical, Kokandy Productions is back in 2026 with three full productions, including their first play with music.
Cast Set for Chicago Shakespeare Theater's SHORT SHAKESPEARE! HAMLET

Cast Set for Chicago Shakespeare Theater's SHORT SHAKESPEARE! HAMLET

by BWW News Desk — December 20, 2025
Chicago Shakespeare Theater announced the cast for Short Shakespeare! Hamlet, an original and accessible 75-minute adaptation directed by CST Artistic Director Edward Hall.
Photos: First Look at Music Theater Works’ ANNIE

Photos: First Look at Music Theater Works’ ANNIE

by BWW News Desk — December 19, 2025
Music Theater Works’ Annie, in the George Van Dusen Theatre, at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, 9501 Skokie Blvd, Skokie, is now playing through January 4, 2026.
Chicago Children’s Theatre Unveils First-Ever Chicago Sensory Theatre Summit

Chicago Children’s Theatre Unveils First-Ever Chicago Sensory Theatre Summit

by BWW News Desk — December 18, 2025
Chicago Children’s Theatre has announced the launch of the Chicago Sensory Theatre Summit, a new international convening focused on sensory-centered and accessible theatre.
Lenin D’Anthony Izquierdo and More to Star in THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO

Lenin D’Anthony Izquierdo and More to Star in THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO at Goodman

by BWW News Desk — December 18, 2025
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is coming to Chicago in a new English-language stage adaptation by Marco Antonio Rodríguez, continuing The Goodman’s Centennial 2025/26 Season
Cast Set for COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA at American Blues Theater

Cast Set for COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA at American Blues Theater

by BWW News Desk — December 18, 2025
American Blues Theater will continue its 40th anniversary season with the reimagined classic Come Back, Little Sheba by William Inge and directed by Associate Artistic Director Elyse Dolan.
Renée Fleming to Return to Lyric Opera of Chicago for One-Night-Only Recital

Renée Fleming to Return to Lyric Opera of Chicago for One-Night-Only Recital

by BWW News Desk — December 18, 2025
Lyric Opera of Chicago will welcome the return of one of the foremost vocal artists of our time when Renée Fleming appears in recital for Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene, inspired by her 2023 Grammy Award–winning Best Classical Vocal Solo album.

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