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Newsies, the musical that took Broadway by storm, is now playing through October 20 at Paramount Theatre in Aurora.

Double Vision, a new sci-fi comedy musical, makes its Midwest premiere at the 2020 Chicago Musical Theatre Festival.

On October 2nd, 2019 LAUGHING STOCK THEATRE announced the dates and venues for its first full season, bringing the knowledge they gained from a month-long workshop in Italy to Chicago in full force.

ShPIeL Performing Identity a?" a theatre and performance incubator and producer based jointly in Chicago and Louisville, Kentucky a?" will present TEATRON: Chicago's Jewish Theatre Festival from Sunday, November 3 a?" Sunday, November 10, 2019 at Victory Gardens Theater, 2433 N.

Lyric Opera of Chicago opens its 65th season with Gioachino's Rossini's romantic comedy, THE BARBER OF SEVILLE.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater announces the cast and creative team for the Theater's upcoming production of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, staged by Artistic Director Barbara Gaines, October 31a?"December 22, 2019.

Due to popular demand, Victory Gardens Theater announces the extension of its critically acclaimed production of Tiny Beautiful Things, based on the book by Cheryl Strayed, adapted for the stage by Nia Vardalos, co-conceived by Marshall Heyman, Thomas Kail, Nia Vardalos and directed by Van

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Tickets are now on sale for WildClaw Theatre presents the WORLD PREMIERE of Bill Daniel's zombie western HELL FOLLOWED WITH HER directed by WildClaw Artistic Director Josh Zagoren* and starring: Jyreika Guest, Ardarius Blakley, Krista D'Agostino*, Kim Boler, Brittany Ellis, Gregory Madden, Ashley Ya

Nominations are NOW OPEN for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards, brought to you by TodayTix! Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019.

Steep Theatre begins its 19th season and opens its first production as an Equity theatre in October with the U.

Aliens, Immigrants & Other Evildoers, a sci-fi Latino noir solo show about the anti-immigrant hysteria gripping the a?oeUnited States of Amnesia,a?? created by and starring performance artist José Torres-Tama, will receive its Midwest debut later this week as part of Destinos, 3rd Chicago Interna

 Chicago Children's Theatre's launches its 14th season with the Chicago premiere of The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show, a bright new version of Eric Carle's timeless children's book about an insatiable caterpillar that munches its way to become a full-fledged butterfly.

What a night!  It may be a crisp fall North Dakota evening, but Nashville Recording  Star DOUG  ALLEN NASH will heat up the EMPIRE ARTS CENTER on SATURDAY  evening, OCTOBER 19, 2019 at 7:30 PM with his critically acclaimed a?oeJOHNNY  CASH & NEIL DIAMOND TRIBUTE SHOW.

New American Folk Theatre presents the world premiere musical MY LIFE IS A COUNTRY SONG by Co-Artistic Director Anthony Whitaker, the story of a woman starting her life over after a failed and abusive marriage in early 1980s South Carolina.

AstonRep Theatre Company launches its 2019-20 season with Peter Shaffer's psychological thriller EQUUS, directed by Co-Artistic Director Derek Bertelsen*, playing September 27 – October 27, 2019 at AstonRep's new home, The Edge Theater, 5451 N.

ACE Universe, the globally recognized live experience and media company, has partnered with Community Gaming New York (CGNY), New York's largest esports community and the homebase for gamers, to showcase unique and unforgettable gaming experience to all attendees at the upcoming ACE Comic Con Midwes

After charming audiences last winter, Strawdog Theatre Company's holiday hit HERSHEL AND THE HANUKKAH GOBLINS returns December 7 a?" 29, 2019

Hundo4U Productions has announced its two-night engagement of Eric Bogosian's POUNDING NAILS IN THE FLOOR WITH MY FOREHEAD, a modern classic from New York's underground scene that will be making its Chicago premiere in this production.

Broadway In Chicago announces its off-season specials including KATHLEEN TURNER: FINDING MY VOICE; RIVERDANCE 25THANNIVERSARY SHOW; MEN ARE FROM MARS - WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS LIVE!; ROBERT DUBAC'S THE BOOK OF MORON; THE CHOIR OF MAN; THE OFFICE! A MUSICAL PARODY; WAITRESS and LISA LAMPANELLI'S LOSIN'

The historic Auditorium Theatre hosts 'Jesus Is King: A Kanye West Experience' tonight, September 28, 2019.

(sub)version productions has announced the cast and creative team of the return of their hit show, THE BUTTCRACKER: A NUTCRACKER BURLESQUE, written and created by Jaq Seifert.

Rossini's popular comedic masterpiece, The Barber of Seville, will open Lyric Opera of Chicago's 65th season on Saturday, September 28 at 6pm.

Prop Thtr is pleased to continue its 2019-20 season with the world premiere of I AM GOING TO DIE ALONE AND I AM NOT AFRAID, a new play exploring modern oppression through the legacy of the Holocaust, devised by The Ensemble, directed by Anna H.

a?oeIt's a jolly holiday witha??a?? Drury Lane Theatre's production of Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's Mary Poppins.