CHICAGO THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 34

I interviewed WICKED Broadway veteran Talia Suskauer about her leading role as Lucille Frank in the current national tour of Jason Robert Brown's PARADE — a tour staging of the 2023 Broadway revival starring Ben Platt and Michaela Diamond.

A Red Orchid Theatre will open its 33rd season with the world premiere of VEAL, a dystopian dark comedy by Jojo Jones, directed by Ensemble Member dado.

Midsommer Flight will present a one-night-only staged reading of Oh, These Times!, a satirical one-act play by Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, on August 12, 2025 at The Understudy (5531 N Clark St, Chicago).

Olympus Has Fallen (And It Can't Get Up) is an hour-long sketch show that takes audiences on an outrageous journey through the myths, gods, and monsters of ancient Greece.

The American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) and Musica Sacra are launching a new three-year collective bargaining agreement, effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028.

The internationally acclaimed Montréal-based innovator in immersive arts, PHI Studio, will introduce two of its most celebrated immersive expeditions - Horizon of Khufu and Life Chronicles - as the debut installations at EXP, a groundbreaking 26,000-square-foot venue launching in Fall 2025 in Rosem

Refracted Theatre Company has announced that single tickets are now on sale for its sixth season opener, Dream Hou$e by Eliana Pipes, directed by Laura Alcalá Baker.

The Beverly Theatre Guild will hold auditions for its 63rd season opener, Singin' in the Rain.

Single tickets are now on sale for Refracted Theatre Company's next production, Dream Hou$e, written by Eliana Pipes and directed by Laura Alcalá Baker.

Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Black Leadership Arts Collective will present Echoes of Excellence: Celebrating the Legacy of Chicago’s Black Voices.

Stage 773, a key player in Chicago's off-Loop theater history, is set to be demolished for a new residential development.

TWIHARD! A TWILIGHT MUSICAL PARODY should be veritable millennial theater nerd catnip.

Jackalope Theatre Company has revealed the playwrights for the 16th Annual Living Newspaper Festival.

Music of the Baroque will present the return of The Chicago Water Music, an extraordinary outdoor performance staged on the Chicago River.

Redtwist Theatre has revealed the cast and creative team for How to Transcend a Happy Marriage, the launch of its 2025 - 2026 season, “Defiant Femmes.

In Chilina Kennedy, director Marc Bruni and Lauren M.

PlayMakers Laboratory will welcome back its original sketch show That's Weird, Grandma: Summer Vacation! This family-friendly comedy extravaganza returns for six performances only from July 26 – August 10, 2025 at the Neo-Futurist Theater.

The Second City Training Center is inviting Chicagoans to take self-care seriously—and playfully—this summer with a full week of free drop-in improv classes in celebration of International Self-Care Day.

Ruth Page Center for the Arts will host its free semi-annual Open House commemorating the start of the 2025 - 2026 school year in August.

TimeLine Theatre Company will launch its 29th season this fall with the world premiere of Hundreds and Hundreds of Stars, a genre-defying new play written by and starring Sandra Delgado.

Broadway In Chicago has announced casting for the upcoming Chicago engagement of Dungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern, including appearances by special guest stars Anjali Bhimani and Aabria Iyengar.

Porchlight Music Theatre has revealed that multi-award winner Leslie Uggams is the 2025 ICON Award recipient and will attend the signature fundraising event.

Performances are now underway for Billie Jean, running through August 10 in The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare Theater.

Paramount Theatre in Aurora will kick off the fourth season of its BOLD Series with Sam Shepard’s True West, running from July 16 through August 31, 2025, at the intimate Copley Theatre in downtown Aurora.

​​​​​​​The Saint Sebastian Players (SSP) have announced their 44th season, featuring three productions that each explore the supernatural in dramatically different ways.