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Trap Door Theatre will close its 31st season of repertory and mainstage combined work with a remount of the Trap Door’s hit Mother Courage and her Children.

Lookingglass Theatre Company has announced its 2025–2026 season, featuring two world premieres by Company Members Matthew C.

The Tony Award-winning musical KIMBERLY AKIMBO, is now playing at the CIBC Theatre (18 W.

Chicago, Illinois (June 11, 2025): Sandbox Theatre Collective has announced the cast for their upcoming production of Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov, translated by Paul Schmidt.

Undesirable Secrets, the powerful solo play written and performed by award-winning playwright and performer Rodolfo Alvarado, makes its Chicago premiere at Chicago Solo Show Theatre.

 Chicago Children’s Theatre turns 20 next season.

The final production of the Joffrey Ballet season is Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

WTTW will present An Evening with Ken Burns on Thursday, September 25 at 7:30 p.

The Shakespeare Project of Chicago wraps up its 30th Anniversary Theatrical Reading Season with free performances of Shakespeare's great tragedy King Lear, running June 13 through June 21 at six Chicago-area venues.

Chicago’s Tony-Award winning Lookingglass Theatre Company, has released production photos for the world premiere of Iraq, But Funny, now playing through July 20 in The Joan and Paul Theatre.

Griffin Theatre Company has announced the Midwest premiere of Girls & Boys, a one-woman play by acclaimed British playwright Dennis Kelly, directed by Robin Witt, running July 11 – August 16, 2025, at Bramble Arts Loft (5545 N Clark St, Chicago).

Oil Lamp Theater is presenting The Marvelous Wonderettes, written and created by Roger Bean, with musical arrangements by Brian William Baker, orchestrations by Michael Borth, and vocal arrangements by Roger Bean and Brian William Baker.

AVA: The Secret Conversations, written by and starring Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Emmy Award-nominated actress and Evanston native Elizabeth McGovern, will make its Chicago premiere.

City Lit Theater’s 45th season will open in July with Stephen Adly Guirgis’s JESUS HOPPED THE ‘A’ TRAIN, an explosive contemporary drama about a young Latino charged with murder who is incarcerated in New York City’s infamous Riker’s Island prison.

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The Opera Festival of Chicago will present two pre-show talks featuring WFMT Music Director and host of “Listening to Singers” Oliver Camacho.

TRUNK by Riley Samuel Merritt is coming to Chicago  TRUNK is a one-man, interactive production that delves into the mind of a young artist reckoning with his approaching death.

Get a first look at Chicago Shakespeare Theater's North American premiere of the new musical 42 Balloons in this all-new video.

The paradigm-shifting Polish festival Jazztopad returns to New York City for its ninth edition from June 13–18, 2025, continuing its mission of building bridges between the most adventurous voices in contemporary improvised music.

Fan Halen will perform at the Raue Center for the Arts on Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 7 p.

Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse is now presenting the family-friendly stage production Arthur & Friends Make a Musical!, based on Marc Brown’s beloved book series and the long-running PBS animated show.

Broadway In Chicago will present TINA – The Tina Turner Musical, now playing at the Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 W.

PrideArts has announced a return to a full four-show season for 2025–26, which will also mark the company’s first season in its new home at the Hoover-Leppen Theatre at Center on Halsted.

See Chicago Dance, the dance industry's nonprofit service organization celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2025, kicked off the 12th Annual Chicago Dance Month.

Refracted Theatre Company has revealed the cast and creative team of Dream Hou$e, written by Eliana Pipes and directed by Laura Alcalá Baker.