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Chicago Humanities Festival is announcing a three-part deep dive series curated and hosted by legal scholar Geoffrey Stone (Edward H.

Victory Gardens Theater has announced Ken-Matt Martin as the next Artistic Director in the company's 46-year history, following a nationwide search that began last fall in partnership with Arts Consulting Group.

ComEd is offering grants of up to $10,000 to municipal agencies and nonprofit organizations in northern Illinois for community projects that protect the  environment, enhance public safety, and increase access to the arts.

As the Goodman's stages remain dark, audiences everywhere can experience a beloved past production-or discover one they may have missed-through Encore, an on-demand video streaming opportunity.

Back on stage for the first time since before the pandemic, Grammy-award winner Che Rhymefest joins other Black artists in a virtual cabaret room to ask, “How can we bring color and movement back to our neighborhoods? We do so through the windows of our soul—our smiling eyes.

Raue Center For The Arts has shared a sneak peek of its 2021 – 2022 season! From Grammy Award winners and National Tours to hit tributes and holiday traditions, Raue Center’s upcoming season brings something to the stage for everyone to enjoy in downtown Crystal Lake.

BoHo Theatre, now in its 17th season, will present a series of play readings via Zoom in lieu of in-person live performances, given the continued uncertainty about safety of live performance during the COVID pandemic.

Writers Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M.

The Conspirators have announced the return of the Jesus Christ Superstar Do-It-Yourself Messiah Complex (JCSDIYMC), an evening of variety and sing-along in love and adoration of the ALBUM version (1970) of the Tim Rice/Andrew Lloyd Webber rock opera, one night only, Easter Sunday, April 4 at 7 P.

Chicago Dancemakers Forum is launching a City-Wide Production Residency Pilot Project which matches dance making artists with performance venues (mostly closed to audiences during the COVID-19 pandemic), while promoting new collaborations, paid artistic development, employment for designers an

Broadway In Chicago announced today that JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, previously scheduled for September 14 – 26, 2021, at the Cadillac Palace Theatre, will now play July 19 – 31, 2022.

The critically acclaimed cabaret duo of Barbara and Austin return to the stage! The Virtual stage, that is, in a new show, LIFE, LOVE AND WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE?, presented By MetropolitanZoom.

I’m lucky enough to be studying theatre in a program that, even in normal times, is wonderfully unique.

United States Artists has announced that Deana Haggag will be stepping down as President & CEO to join The Andrew W.

Today, Walder Foundation announced a new virtual performance series called “Chicago Takes 10,” curated by a diverse set of performing arts organizations.

Trap Door Theatre will continue its 27th season with Matei Vişniec's Discourse Without Grammar, fragments from Vişniec's 'Cabaret of Words'.

American Blues Theater has announced the winner of the 2021 Blue Ink Playwriting Award is Refugee Rhapsody by Yussef El Guindi.

Free-to-view webcast, 'Happy Birthday, Bach, to offer livestreamed performances of Baroque chamber music.

MOBY DICK IN THE DARK is performed entirely without visuals, combining recorded sound, live Foley effects, an original musical score, and the human voices of actors, to tell the story.

Two intergalactic trash collectors, both women, one Black, one white, are hurtling through space toward the finish of their anniversary route, ready to celebrate their return to Earth.

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre plans to stage productions this spring and summer under a tent in Arlington Heights.

Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) continues its popular IPO Reimagined virtual season with the orchestra's first-ever solo performance concert series filmed in IPO's beautiful home venue, Ozinga Chapel at Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights, now available to stream through March 31.

Chicago Humanities Festival will host a special one-hour, live streaming event with acclaimed author Joyce Carol Oates on Thursday, March 25th.

Scattered throughout the calendar year, Sideshow will broadcast five readings of plays we love, written by playwrights they love.