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This September Davenport's Piano Bar and Cabaret will play host to the premiere performance of THE HILARY SHOW, A New Sketch Comedy Hour, written/directed by Hilary Jimenez and Nick Thornton.

Chicago Philharmonic brings Side by Side with the Chicago Philharmonic to Rogers Park for the first time in their final summer 2019 concert of the program, presented in association with Chicago Parks District and Mayor Lori Lightfoot's Night Out in the Parks initiative.

WSRep, McHenry County's only professional theater company, presents Chicagoland premiere of Disney's Freaky Friday! Check out video of the production!

Random Acts has announced Savanna Rae as the company's newest artistic associate.

Single tickets are now available for the Harris Theater's 2019-20 presenting season, featuring exclusive projects, Chicago debuts, and emerging artists from around the world.

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, Juan Pablo Ocasio, Ashley Yates, Sophia Rosado, Po

Lookingglass Theatre Company announces the release of an exclusive, custom wine created in partnership with City Winery, Phantasmagoria.

Victory Gardens Theater kicks-off its 45th Anniversary season with the Chicago Premiere of Tiny Beautiful Things, based on the book by Cheryl Strayed, adapted for the stage by Nia Vardalos and co-conceived by Marshall Heyman, Thomas Kail and Nia Vardalos and directed by Vanessa Stalling.

Captain Sandy Yawn, star of Bravo's hit series Below Deck Mediterranean, will headline an evening of inspiration, entertainment and live music when she brings her 'I Believe Tour' to Chicago on Saturday, August 17.

Following the Chicago Reader-recommended run of Grace, or the Art of Clinging, Brown Paper Box Co.

Dance for Life, which mobilizes Chicago's dance community by raising funds to support dance professionals facing critical health issues, and its parent organization, Chicago Dancers United (CDU), announce the appointment of Kesha M Pate to the position of executive director, effective August 1, 2019

Music Theater Works' 2019 season continues in August with THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (August 17-25), LERNER AND LOEWE'S GREATEST HITS (October 4-13) and JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT (December 21-31).

THROWING SHADE is both a parody of a?oeThe Shadowa?? and a celebration of the heyday of radio serials.

Chicago Magic Lounge, Chicago's home for close-up magic, continues its Artist-In-Residence series with the American debut of magician Carisa Hendrix's newest show Indulgence with Lucy Darling, Wednesdays at 7:30pm starting October 9, 2019.

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble (BTE), the professional Equity company in residence at the McAninch Arts Center, opens its 2019-2020 season with Jeffrey Hatcher's a?oeHolmes and Watson,a?? directed by Ron May, Sept.

The Second City announces casting for The Second City's 108th Mainstage Revue.

Greenhouse Theater Center and Proxy Theatre present the Midwest premiere of MIDSUMMER (A Play with Songs), written by Scottish playwright David Greig, with music by indie-favorite Gordon McIntyre and direction by Randy White.

Historic six-time Tony Award Winner Audra McDonald reunites with Sirius XM Radio star Seth Rudetsky direct from their critically acclaimed performances at Town Hall in New York City this past November and the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco this past January.

Eclipse Theatre Company, the only Midwest theatre company to feature one playwright in one season, will conclude their 2019 Christopher Durang Season this winter with a production of Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them, with Steve Scott directing.

The Momedians of Momedy is a stand-up comedy show featuring Chicago's best comedians a?" who just happen to be moms! Host Kat Herskovic will deliver the laughs along with fellow Momedians Denise Medina, Colleen Brennan, Lia Berman, Michelle Krajecki and Patti Vasquez.

As the bells of Notre Dame's cathedral sound in 15th-century Paris, Quasimodo--a captive bell-ringer--escaped his captor to join the Feast of Fools, and is rejected by every reveler except one.

Raven Theatre announces casting for its Chicago premiere of Rachel Bonds' drama SUNDOWN, YELLOW MOON, featuring music and lyrics by The Bengsons, directed by Artistic Director Cody Estle with music direction by Andra Velis Simon.

Cast and crew for Michael John LaChiusa's HELLO AGAIN, the first show of Theo Ubique's second season on Howard Street in Evanston, have been announced by the show's multi-Jeff award-winning director-choreographer Brenda Didier.

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.