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Porchlight Music Theatre continue its 25th Anniversary Season with its a?oelosta?? musicals in staged concert series Porchlight Revisits.

This is the final week to submit nominations for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards, brought to you by TodayTix! Don't miss your chance to make sure your favorite Chicago Theatres are represented!

Following their sold-out run of Come Rain or Come Shine: A Judy Garland Cabaret at Mary's Attic, Brown Paper Box Co.

Raue Center For The Arts is excited to announce VoicePlay is returning for another original, imaginative and ridiculous a capella show! The talented group known for their appearance on season four of NBC's a?oeThe Sing-Offa?? presents a?oeWarm Up: A Holiday Speciala?? at 8 p.

Rehearsals are underway for Lindiwe, Steppenwolf's highly anticipated world premiere production written by ensemble member Eric Simonson and featuring music written and performed by the five-time GRAMMY winning group, Ladysmith Black Mambazo.

PlayMakers Laboratory, formerly Barrel of Monkeys, is pleased to continue its 2019-20 season with THAT'S WEIRD GRANDMA: Travels Through Time, directed by Artistic Director Brandon Cloyd, playing Sundays at 3 pm from January 19 – February 16, 2020 at the Neo-Futurist Theater, 5153 N.

Underscore Theatre Company is pleased to launch its 2019-20 season with the non-Equity world premiere of PROXY by Alexander Sage Oyen, Rachel Franco and Austin Regan, a story of journalistic and personal integrity set to a punk rock score, directed by Stephanie Rohr with music direction by T.

Haven will host In Conversation with Sonia Sanchez, a free post-show discussion with the esteemed writer, poet and activist.

Gaetano Donizetti wrote three bel canto operas about three extraordinary women a?"  passionate Anne Boleyn, proud Mary Stuart, and mighty Queen Elizabeth I.

This November, Chicago Philharmonic celebrates the orchestra's history and bright future with a concert dedicated to Ludwig van Beethoven, featuring a special reunion with David Perry, a favorite Philharmonic son.

This is the final week for Destinos, 3rd Chicago International Latino Theater Festival, closing its sixth week with Andares from México, a co-presentation with Chicago Shakespeare Theater, and the world premiere of Hotel-?' at Repertorio Latino Theater Chicago.

The 16th Century Countess Elizabeth Bathory has been described as a?oethe most vicious female serial killer in all recorded history,a?? and with her penchant for drinking the blood of virgins a?" a a?oebeveragea?? she thought would keep her young a?" she is outrivaled only by Dracula in her fame as

Theatre in the Dark, a new company that focuses on performances staged entirely in complete darkness, will mount as its inaugural production the Chicago premiere of the noir mystery thriller THREE STORIES UP by the Canadian-born Chicago playwright Mackenzie Gordon.

Pride Films and Plays will stage the first Chicago production in more than a decade of A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE, the heartwarming musical created by Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, and Terrence McNally, the team that wrote RAGTIME and ANASTASIA.

Broadway In Chicago, Starvox Entertainment and Potted Productions are delighted to announce the return this holiday season of the hit off-Broadway show, Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Potter Experience a?" A Parody by Dan and Jeff, for a four-week engagement at the Broadway Playhouse at Water

Comedian Jon Dore brings his stand-up tour to The Den Theatre for two performances only December 13 a?" 14, 2019 at 7:30 pm on The Den's Upstairs Main Stage, 1331 N.

Lyric Opera of Chicago announces its latest opera for young people, Earth to Kenzie.

Strawdog Theatre Company continues its 32nd season, a?oeTruth,a?? with the Midwest premiere of C.

Raue Center For The Arts shares a sneak peek at its 2019 - 2020 holiday season.

From Coco Chanel's 1926 Ford dress, Audrey's Breakfast at Tiffany's, Lady Di's revenge dress to Liz Hurley's jaw dropping Versace, the little black dress' silhouette has changed over the years a?" but like the many women who wear them a?" it's capacity for reinvention seems limitless.

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It's the weirdest and wonderful-est time of the year, and TodayTix is here with the best spooky, funky, and festive events and shows to complete your Halloween season.

The Gift Theatre will conclude its 2019 Season with the Chicago premiere of Leah Nanako Winkler's dark comedy KENTUCKY, directed by ensemble member Chika Ike*, playing October 17 – November 16, 2019 at Theater Wit, 1229 W.

3Arts, the Chicago-based nonprofit grantmaking organization, is honored to award 20 Chicago artists with unrestricted grants at the 12th annual 3Arts Awards Celebration, taking place Monday, November 4 at the Museum of Contemporary Art.

Jacob Hoffman makes solo cabaret debut with Kindergarten Thanksgiving Spectacular at The Green Room 42, Thursday, November 7th @ 9:30 pm.