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Nothing Without a Company announces its first season after COVID, featuring innovative performances and new works running from July to December 2024.

International sensation The Choir of Man has announced a second season following the completion of its initial run on May 26, 2024. The Chicago production will return to the Apollo Theater stage in September 2024 to resume performances at the start of Chicago's fall theater season.

Toughest Man Productions and producers Lecy Goranson and Beth Kligerman have announced the world premiere of Royko: The Toughest Man In Chicago at Chopin Theatre.

Overshadowed Theatrical Productions will host its inaugural Season Reveal Event on June 15, 2024, featuring a special presentation, refreshments, and a preview of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. Reservation required.

Black Ensemble Theater has announced the next production in the 2024 Season of Affirmation: Protection – The Salon, written and directed by Michelle Reneé Bester.

A Theater in the Dark has announced its newest audio play – BIO-DAD, by Chicago actor and playwright Julian “joolz” Stroop. This new play is a story of a young person whose journey to understand their late father takes them across galaxies and leads them to a greater understanding of themself as well as their family.

Goodman Theatre opens Sanaz Toossi's Pulitzer Prize-winning play English in a co-production with Guthrie Theater tonight, May 20, 2024, and adds five performances due to high demand for tickets.

What did our critic think of DEATH BECOMES HER at Cadillac Palace?

Combining drag, storytelling, song and physical comedy, NOT AMERICAN is a tour de force performance. In the span of 90 minutes, writer, director and performer Benjamin Larose portrays seven different characters, each one more unhinged than the previous.

Mercury Theater will welcome new cast members to the critically-acclaimed, first built-in Chicago Production of Jersey Boys, the Tony Award-winning story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater announces the cast and creative team for CORDUROY, directed by Amber Mak.

Redtwist Theatre will present The Normal Heart this summer. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

RAIN – A Tribute to the Beatles, is currently playing in Chicago for two nights only at the CIBC Theatre. Learn how to purchase tickets!

Laurie Metcalf returns to Steppenwolf for World Premiere

Paul Robeson: Man of the People is a new jazz poetry opera chronicling the life, artistic legacy, and activism of the most important and iconic figure of the twentieth century. This live, multimedia presentation explores the life, creative ethos, and inclusive social vision of concert artist, stage and film actor, athlete, and activist, Paul Robeson.

A Red Orchid Theatre has announced that World Premiere play TURRET, written and directed by ensemble member Levi Holloway, will extend its run, adding two weeks of performances to a run that sold out in days. P

Midsommer Flight will present a free production of Shakespeare’s ROMEO AND JULIET from June 28 to August 4 in six Chicago parks.

George Civeris and the 'Love Isn't Blind' podcast will be part of The Den Theatre's July 2024 lineup. Enjoy live performances and engaging discussions at this Chicago venue.

Goodman Theatre has revealed 2024/2025 Season updates to the series in the 350-seat flexible Owen Theatre. Learn more about the season.

Blank Theatre’s ON THE 20TH CENTURY makes for a delightful ride through a farcical facsimile of Broadway’s Silver Age, if one can accommodate a few bumps along the way.

Visceral Dance Chicago will present CARMEN.MAQUIA at the Museum of Contemporary Art in June. Learn more about the performance and see how to purchase tickets.

A Chicago original and international hit, Late Nite Catechism turns 31 in the city where it all started. 

GOLDEN GIRLS: THE LAUGHS CONTINUE is now playing at Broadway In Chicago. Learn how to purchase tickets.

 The Den Theatre has announced upcoming June 2024 shows including Beth Stelling and the “I’m Fine, It’s Fine” Podcast with special guest Pinky Patel.

The award recipients of Broadway In Chicago’s 13th Annual Illinois High School Musical Theatre Awards (IHSMTA) were announced and presented, in an award ceremony at Broadway In Chicago’s Broadway Playhouse on Monday May 13.