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Chicago Humanities Festival presents a fully in-person line-up for 2022 Spring Festival, which will run from May 1-May 22 and feature conversations with headliners like attorney and educator Anita Hill, filmmaker John Waters, comedian Sarah Cooper, Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon, political philos

The Den Theatre presents comedian, actress (Crashing), author and Emmy Award-winning producer (Ted Lasso) Jamie Lee for four stand-up performances April 22 – 23, 2022 on The Heath Mainstage.

Zephyr, an experimental dance company that pushes the art form's boundaries, will present a shared concert, 'Not Dead Yet,' April 21-23 at 7:30 p.

Doug Wright’s GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR, now in its world premiere production at Goodman Theatre, is an engaging play that brings the story of one infamous night in the life of Oscar Levant to the stage.

At the end of April, The Cabaret Project of St.

Raue Center's diva in residence, Lynne Jordan, hits the stage with an evening of songs and stories celebrating freedom in all its forms! See Jordan's special brand of storytelling, raw humor, and performance that has made her a favorite daughter of Chicago for over 30 years on April 23, 2022 at 8 pm

The Illinois Council of Orchestras (ICO) has bestowed a major award upon Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) naming IPO's Christina Salerno as the 2022 Executive Director of the Year.

EXPO CHICAGO, the international exposition of contemporary and modern art, today announced the ninth edition of EXPO ART WEEK, April 4 – 10, 2022.

Citadel Theatre Company's 20th season will close with PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE, Steve Martin's comedy that imagines a meeting between a 23-year-old Pablo Picasso and a 25-year-old Albert Einstein at a real-life artists' hangout in Paris at the dawn of the 20th Century.

Chicago loves Oscar Levant! Six performances have been added of the world premiere of Good Night, Oscar by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Doug Wright (War Paint, I Am My Own Wife), directed by Lisa Peterson.

If the first production at the new Copley Theatre in Aurora is an indication of what the new BOLD series will be, patrons will be riveted to the action on the stage.

Blue Man Group Chicago will welcome the spring season with the launch of two new ticket offers for its spring performances at the Briar Street Theatre (3133 North Halsted).

The season marks the 20th anniversary of the appointments of Music Director Dame Jane Glover and Principal Guest Conductor Nicholas Kraemer and includes the St.

On Saturday, April 2, 2022, dance and theater-arts fans will make their way to House of Hope at 752 E 114th Street in Chicago to witness 'NINE,' the annual theatrical production turned motion picture produced by Praize Productions, Inc.

WHITE is a sharp and genuinely funny critique of the modern art world, the subjectivity of contemporary art, and the question of who should be represented and who has access to the upper echelons of said art world.

Waldos W33kend, presented by Dispensary 33, is taking 420 to the next level with a week of festivities celebrating cannabis culture and community.

The Marriott Theatre, located at 10 Marriott Dr.

Otherworld Theatre, North America's premier fantasy and genre live theatre production company, today announced the main cast for upcoming immersive sci-fi noir MURDER ON HORIZON.

Victory Gardens Theater presents the Ignite Chicago reading of Primary Trust, written by Eboni Booth and directed by Knud Adams.

Irish Theatre of Chicago will return to the Chicago stage with Brian Friel's moving play Molly Sweeney, directed by Ensemble Member Siiri Scott, playing March 31 – May 8, 2022 at The Chopin Studio Theatre, 1543 W.

SHOUT! The Mod Musical is a tribute to the dynamic, independent singers of the '60s at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre April 28 – June 11, 2022.

Chicago sketch comedy writers John Klingle and Paul Brennan bring their anarchic humor back to the stage in Strictly Platonic, a raucous celebration of dysfunctional friendship.

American Blues Theater has announced it will purchase a 17,965 square foot property in Chicago's Lincoln Avenue North Arts District and launch “Our First Home” campaign.

AstonRep Theatre Company will conclude its 2020-21 season with the Chicago premiere of Sarah Treem's courageous drama When We Were Young and Unafraid, directed by Sara Pavlak McGuire*, playing May 13 – June 12, 2022 at The Edge Off-Broadway Theater, 1133 W.

One year after its April 2021 announcement of $3 million in expedited funding, and two years after its April 2020 announcement of nearly $3 million in expedited finding, the Chicago-based Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation (the Foundation) has announced a third wave of support, expediting an a