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The season will conclude in the summer of 2022 with a 50th Anniversary production of Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak’s musical GODSPELL, directed by the company’s newly appointed Managing and Casting Director Christopher Pazdernik and choreographed by Jeff award-winner Jenna Schoppe (

Based on the popular 'Audience Singalongs' that took place on Sunday and Monday nights during runs in theatres throughout the country, Hershey Felder and his team have created an event, where one can be directly involved and take part with a world-wide audience from home.

Several years ago, Dance Lab New York pioneered its Broadway Choreography Intensive – a unique intensive for early-career choreographers to train specifically in theatrical choreography.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company has announced the final artists selected for its Loft Teen Arts Project.

Chicago Children's Theatre, Chicago's largest professional theater company devoted exclusively to children and young families, will launch its 2021-2022 “Season of Resilience” this fall not with public performances, but in-school ROAR Residencies (Residencies of Arts and Resilience), developed w

Red Tape Theatre announces the first show in its 17th season, MY NAME IS INANNA written by Ezzat Goushegir, directed by Ali-Reza Mirsajadi, featuring Maryam Abdi* as Inanna and Anna Gelman as Video Producer.

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Bring the whole family to your neighborhood Chicago park for Zulema—Grammy Award-nominated Sones de México Ensemble’s electrifying new work with Music Director Victor Pichardo, written by Dolores Díaz and co-directed by Goodman Resident Artistic Associate Henry Godinez and Marcela Muñ

Full casting has been announced for Citadel Theatre's production of Neil Simon's BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS, set to open on Saturday, September 18 following previews on Wednesday, September 15 and Thursday, September 16.

University of Illinois Springfield & Outback Presents has announced the ROB SCHNEIDER: I HAVE ISSUES TOUR.

The Den Theatre will present the Chicago debut of the Off-Broadway hit Jacqueline Novak: Get on Your Knees, an unexpectedly philosophical and high-brow show about blow jobs that's part feminist outcry, part coming-of-age tale of triumph.

Music of the Baroque will kick off its 51st season in September with Baroque in the Park, an open-air performance on the stage of the Pritzker Pavilion on September 10 in association with the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.

Actor, comedian, screenwriter and director ROB SCHNEIDER has announced his I HAVE ISSUES TOUR, kicking off September 24, 2021 in Springfield, IL.

Congo Square Theatre Company (Congo Square), one of the nation’s premier African American theater companies, has announced its 2021-22 season, a robust and dynamic mix of online and in-person programming, running the gamut from laugh-out-loud sketch comedy to an interactive, thought-provoking ‘

Raue Center For The Arts in Crystal Lake gratefully accepts a Mission Grant from The Community Foundation for McHenry County to continue its mission of bringing the Arts to All in the community.

The Den Theatre presents Nick Kroll: Middle-Aged Boy Tour.

Late Nite Catechism reopens September 10 at the Greenhouse Theater Center.

David Sedaris, author of the previous bestsellers Calypso, Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, and regular National Public Radio contributor will be appearing for one night only at the Paramount Theatre, on Monday, November 29 at 7:30 p.

The Chicago Magic Lounge is a true wonder-inducing experience featuring Chicago's own unique brand of magic.

Resilience is an exhibition of 20 works of photographic art – among them 19 never-before shown and one exhibited in London earlier this year – that will be previewed at the NHM Saturday, Sept.

The Music Institute of Chicago will welcome families and music lovers of all ages to Music in the Grove, a free indoor/outdoor block party and birthday bash celebrating 90 years of music-making and teaching.

Porchlight Music Theatre has announced its return to live performance with its 27th season that includes the 2021 – 2022 Mainstage, Porchlight Revisits and New Faces Sing Broadway seasons.

Celebrate the end of summer with the Raue Center as they welcome Philip Hamilton back to Crystal Lake.

Collaboraction, an ethno-diverse social justice organization that uses theater and performance to incite social change in Chicago, announces The Light, a radical new program dedicated to recruiting, mentoring, introducing and inspiring exceptional Chicago youth artists and activists over the course

Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, Chicago's only Equity theatre dedicated to producing new work with women at the core, has announced Denise Yvette Serna as the company's Associate Artistic Director.