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Metropolis Performing Arts Centre is presenting Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill through March 12, 2022.

Broken Nose Theatre, one of Chicago’s premier Pay-What-You-Can theatre companies, is pleased to welcome back live audiences this winter with the world premiere of Eric Reyes Loo’s drama This Is Only a Test, directed by Toma Tavares Langston.

Windy City Playhouse presents SONS OF HOLLYWOOD: A PLAY WITH MUSIC by Barry Ball and Carl Menninger, directed by David H.

The Den Theatre will present comedian River Butcher for two stand-up performances on Friday, March 11, 2022 at 7 pm & 9:15 pm on The Heath Mainstage, 1331 N.

Lifeboat Productions will present the world premiere of The Black Knight by Angeli Primlani, on stage at City Lit Theater in Edgewater, from February 26 - April 2.

Remy Bumppo Theatre Company has announced the casting and design team for the first show in its 2022 Season, PASSAGE by Christopher Chen and directed by Kaiser Ahmed.

Chicago Paris announced the program and registration for the next Cabaret Connexion to be held in Chicago.

HAIRSPRAY, Broadway's Tony Award-winning musical comedy phenomenon, is being presented at Chicago's CIBC Theatre through February 13, and Chicago native Brandon Stalling, who plays Seaweed in the musical, just stopped by ABC7 to chat about his role!

Richard Gallion Entertainment is set for an upcoming production titled 1800’s Vs 2020, written by playwright, actor, and producer Richard Gallion.

The influential Chicago theater critic Richard Christiansen has passed away at 90.

Watch as CBS 2 Chicago entertainment reporter Vince Gerasole talks with EVITA director Marcia Milgrom Dodge on her latest production, her recent work on Beauty & The Beast At Olney Theater Center and more.

The Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition's ensemble-in-residence, the Grossman Ensemble, is led by conductor Timothy Weiss in a concert of world premiere works by composers Ingrid Laubrock, Eric Nathan, Daniel Pesca, and Felipe Tovar-Henao.

American Blues Theater, under the continued leadership of Artistic Director Gwendolyn Whiteside, presents a live, online reading of Origin Story by Nathan Alan Davis, directed by Ensemble member Manny Buckley, as part of “The Room” series.

The Fab Four are recreated in an electrifying tribute to the Beatles, starring BritBeat at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre March 26, 2022.

 The Den Theatre will present comedian and former Saturday Night Live cast member Sasheer Zamata for two performances only on Saturday, May 7, 2022 at 7 pm & 9:30 pm on The Heath Mainstage, 1331 N.

Just four months after launching the School For The Arts, Raue Center continues to see record class participation and interest.

Blank Theatre Company announces the cast and creative team for the first show of their 2022 season, the heartwarming romantic comedy 'She Loves Me'.

Award-winning Porchlight Music Theatre latest mainstage production the “Best Musical” Tony Award-nominated Blues in the Night, conceived by Sheldon Epps, with the music of Bessie Smith, Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen, Vernon Duke, Gordon Jenkins, Alberta Hunter and others, is now playing through Ma

Valentine's Day will be in full swing at the Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center (226 N.

The Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Dr.

The League of Chicago Theatres today announces that Executive Director Deb Clapp will step down from her position after leading the service organization for 14 years, effective June 30, 2022.

On Friday, March 4, 2022 at 7:30pm, the Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition's (CCCC) resident Grossman Ensemble will present the world premiere of composer Eric Nathan's In Between at the University of Chicago's Logan Center Performance Hall.

The multi-GRAMMY-nominated Spektral Quartet presents the world premiere of a groundbreaking new multimedia work, ENIGMA, in partnership with the Adler Planetarium for four performances only on April 7 and 8, 2022.

With two major revivals on stage helmed by Artistic Collective members—August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean directed by Resident Director Chuck Smith (through February 27) and Manilow Resident Director Mary Zimmerman's The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (February 11 – March 20)—the Goodman announc

Building upon its successful Dance Education program, Deeply Rooted Dance Theater is adding a new location for new and existing curriculum, in addition to its original location at Ballet Chicago in downtown Chicago.