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Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire will welcome two of its most popular artists  -  Angela Ingersoll and Heidi Kettenring – for two performances each of their holiday-themed concerts featuring the songs and evoking the musical stylings of some of America's favorite singers of the past decades.

Broken Nose Theatre, one of Chicago's premier Pay-What-You-Can theatre companies, is pleased to continue its tenth season with the world premiere audio drama Primer, a deeply honest look at the prioritization of property over people, written by ensemble member Spenser Davis* and directed by Literary

The Auditorium Theatre has announced its 2022 Student Matinee Series, featuring three diverse shows for students in grades K-12.

It's all fun and games until someone gets a fish in the face! Join Theatre 7 for this hilarious backstage farce brimming with slapstick comedy, slamming doors, falling trousers, and flying sardines!

Sinister and seductive, this brand-new audio experience by Ensemble Member Omer Abbas Salem and directed by Sophiyaa Nayar explores the splendid ache of acceptance and the profound bliss of betrayal.

The Young People's Theatre of Chicago (YPT) is proud to announce its Chicago debut with a workshop reading of an original children's musical, Peabody, The Science Fair Affair on Monday, Oct.

Kokandy Productions presents the Chicago premiere of the bold new musical Hundred Days, featuring music and lyrics by The Bengsons, and book by The Bengsons and Sarah Gancher.

The second American Tap Dance Foundation TAP JAM will take place on Sunday, October 17, 2:30-4pm at The American Tap Dance Center, 154 Christopher Street #2B, Between Washington & Greenwich Streets.

The Chicago Inclusion Project together with Victory Gardens Theater have announced a new season-long collaboration.

Rotary Rocks Raue Center will present “Night Fever” a BeeGees Tribute.

After months of debate, the Board will ask Village Attorney Mark Burkland to draft an ordinance requesting the forgiveness of $1 million in Village loans to the performing arts venue.

American Blues Theater marks its return to live, in-person theater with its 20th Annual Production of It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago! from Frank Capra’s film and directed by Artistic Director Gwendolyn Whiteside with musical direction by Ensemble Member Michael Mahler.

Rivendell Theatre Ensemble (RTE), Chicago's only Equity theatre dedicated to producing new work with women at the core, announces 8:46 (Breathing Room), a new play festival of four commissioned plays each 8 minutes and 46 seconds long, in association with The Breath Project.

Haven will present Science Fiction / Double Feature: A Rocky Horror Picture Party, an immersive Halloween experience that brings to life in vivid technicolor the world of the cult-classic film, directed by Haven's Artistic Director Ian Damont Martin.

Davenport's Piano Bar & Cabaret, 1383 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago's premier location for enjoying music in an intimate setting will host once again musical mentalist Sidney Friedman for BRAINWAVES: Music of the Mind, Thursday, Oct.

You may think you know the story, but you've never seen it like this.

The Den Theatre is pleased to present comedian Janeane Garofalo for four performances on November 19 – 20, 2021 on The Heath Mainstage.

The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago will present Music Talk: Justin Vivian Bond and Jim Hodges, featuring acclaimed singer-songwriter, author, painter, performance artist, and actor Mx.

Broadway In Chicago has announced tickets for THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG will go on sale Wednesday, October 13.

Tony Award Winner and multi-Tony nominee André De Shields will be honored by the Sarah Siddons Society when he is presented the organization’s 66th Annual Actor of the Year Award at their benefit on October 25th in Chicago.

Looking for a school to further your arts education? Look no further than Viterbo University.

Remy Bumppo Theatre Company, under the new artistic leadership of Marti Lyons, will welcome audiences back to the theatre after almost two years with two plays starting in March of 2022.

Shattered Globe Theatre, in association with Interrobang Theatre Project, welcomes back audiences this fall with the Chicago premiere of Chloë Moss’s drama This Wide Night, directed by ITP Artistic Director Georgette Verdin, playing October 8 – November 13, 2021.

Dubbed “New York’s most famous unknown artist,” Ray Johnson was a pioneer of mail art, a groundbreaking figure in the worlds of Fluxus and Conceptual Art, and an early Pop artist whose use of celebrity imagery heralded Andy Warhol’s own appropriation in the 1960s.

This fall and winter, ATC offers performances, a college audition clinic and more for its students, ages 7 to adults 18+.