CHICAGO THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 261

A prince’s valiant quest leads to love at first sight.

Black Button Eyes Productions is welcoming back live audiences this fall with the popular internet musical Dr.

Casting has been announced for the first Mainstage production of the 2021-2022 Mercury Theater Chicago season, Sister Act, based on the 1992 film.

Wisecrackin' hits Judy's Beat Lounge at The Second City in Chicago stage at 8:30 p.

Throughout the song, Harris is joined by Tonny-winning heavyweights such as Kinky Boots and Pippin and literal heavyweight Mike Tyson, who had a one-man show on Broadway in 2012.

Colin Mochrie, the star of the long-running Whose Line Is It, Anyway?, joins forces with Master Hypnotist Asad Mecci, for the return of their hit show HYPROV: Improv Under Hypnosis.

Lookingglass Theatre Company has announced tickets are now on sale for Her Honor Jane Byrne, the national winner of the 2020 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/ American Theatre Critics Association Best New Play Award.

Area students join Metropolis School of the Performing Arts to perform a family-friendly version of the Stephen Sondheim fairytale classic Into the Woods JR.

Victory Gardens Theater presents the Ignite Chicago reading of Mexodus, written by and featuring Brian Quijada and Nygel D.

The Impostors Theatre Company returns this November for their third season with the Chicago premiere of The House of Baba Yaga, by ITC ensemble member Emma Smart and directed by ITC Artistic Director Stefan Roseen.

Broadway in Chicago is back on stage this week as the city welcomes the non-equity 25th Anniversary Tour of RENT back to the CIBC Theatre.

Definition Theatre presents the Chicago premiere of America v.

Season 2 of the online series Cabaret Beat – Music & Conversation, launches on October 10 with eight additional episodes being presented through February 27, 2022.

Happy haunting.

The Beatrix Potter Holiday Tea Party, a seasonal rite of passage for countless Chicago toddlers and their parents, returns to Chicago Children's Theatre November 20-December 24, marking the return of live performances at Chicago's largest professional theater devoted to children and families.

The Den Theatre presents comedian Alex Edelman for five intimate performances October 28 – 31, 2021 at 1331 N.

One year after nearly 2,000 audience members flocked to nine Chicago Parks to experience the power of American civil rights freedom fighter Fannie Lou Hamer, Goodman Theatre produces Fannie (The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer) by Cheryl L.

These are the final weeks to submit nominees for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.

Caveman is a hilariously insightful play about the ways men and women relate.

Trap Door Theatre will continue its 28th season with Dinner With Marx.

Raue Center For The Arts welcomes ABBA Mania to the stage in 2021! The original tribute from London's West End comes to downtown Crystal Lake at 8 p.

Due to popular demand, Court Theatre, under the continuing leadership of Charles Newell, Marilyn F.

Porchlight Music Theatre begins its eighth season of Chicago's “lost” musicals series with Porchlight Revisits Nunsense, book, music and lyrics by Dan Goggin+ with direction by Michelle Lauto*, musical direction by Kailey Rockwell* and choreography by Jenna Schoppe*.

The Ruth Page Center for the Arts presents its Fall 2021 Showcase: The “Expanding Universe” Project, as a part of its 50th Anniversary season.

Visceral Dance Chicago - a contemporary company committed to the progression of diverse artists, programs and community collaborations - announces its Fall Engagement 2021 program.