CHICAGO THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 24

The Black Arts & Culture Alliance of Chicago is going strong after 28 years, with a full slate of events and programs celebrating the rich heritage of the Black arts community in Chicago.

After selling out the 7:30 p.

Santa Fe's celebrated physical theater ensemble, Theater Grottesco, has announced a limited Chicago engagement for Action at a Distance … in 2025.

This widely adored story explores drama surrounding Hollywood’s transition from silent films to talkies while entertaining audiences with Golden Age glamour, tantalizing tap dance, and a love story hopeless romantics can only dream of.

Chicago Repertory Ballet will present the world premiere of The Capulets November 7–16, 2025 at Ruth Page Center for the Arts.

Chicago Philharmonic will perform the world premiere of Stacy Garrop’s Invictus and the Midwest premiere of Damien Geter’s An African American Requiem on October 18, 2025, at the Harris Theater.

The Artistic Home announced it will stage Tracy Letts' Chicago-set SUPERIOR DONUTS for a five-week run.

Dennis Watkins is poised to launch his third year in the custom magic theater in the heart of the Loop by introducing the most robust slate of programming yet at The Magic Parlour.

The National Center for Choreography-Akron will soon come to Chicago to host Making Moves: Chicago book event at the Goodman Theatre.

Chicago's premiere Black dance company, Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, is kicking off its 30th anniversary season with performances November 7-8 at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts on the University of Chicago campus.

Raue Center For The Arts has announced it has been awarded a multi-year $150,000 grant from the Illinois Arts Council (IAC) and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).

This October, the Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University will continue its 30th Anniversary Legacy Season with Saturday afternoon matinees that celebrate local artistry and cultural storytelling.

Get an extended first look at Marriott Theatre's Catch Me If You Can, the delightfully entertaining musical comedy based on the true story about chasing your dreams and not getting caught.

Zombies, vampires, mummies—JD Vance! RuPaul’s Drag Race alum Miz Cracker returns from the dead with a ghoulish Halloween burlesque spectacular about the things that scare her most.

Chicago Opera Theater (COT) will illuminate Shakespeare and Antonio Salieri this fall with a trilogy of performances and events, culminating in the Chicago premiere of Salieri’s Falstaff, ossia Le tre burle (Falstaff, or The Three Tricks) December 3–7, 2025 at the Studebaker Theater.

Open Space Arts will present the Chicago premiere of DORIAN, a modern remix of The Picture of Dorian Gray fused with Oscar Wilde’s prosecution for homosexuality.

Trap Door Theatre will open another Trap Open Series presentation next week, Dutchman, written by Amiri Baraka and directed by Keith Surney.

Head to The Second City for a fast, funny, one-of-a-kind night of comedy.

The Resident Theatre at Edge of the Wood, Chicago, has revealed the company of Inherit the Wind, in their theatre space on the city's northwest side.

Oil Lamp Theater has revealed the cast and creative team for its next production and the final production in its 2025 season, It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play.

The 57th Jeff Awards for Equity theater excellence were recently announced.

ROME SWEET ROME, the latest production from the Q Brothers Collective at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, has a cool concept: JULIUS CAESAR, but make it hip hop.

Paramount Theatre and its Copley Theatre will ring in the fall and holiday season with a powerhouse lineup of comedy.

The Roald Dahl Story Company has revealed its first production in Chicago, the wickedly funny, family musical based on Roald Dahl’s The Enormous Crocodile.

CIRCA-Pintig has revealed the second annual Chicago Filipino American Theatre Festival at the Rizal Community Center and the Hoover-Leppen Theatre.