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When one generation fails the next, what choice is left? Playwright and Northwestern University theater lecturer Laura Schellhardt's timely and suspenseful play, "Ever in the Glades," follows a group of teenagers making a daring escape from an island in the Florida Everglades.

Court Theatre, under the continuing leadership of Charles Newell, Marilyn F.

Drury Lane Theatre continues its 2018/2019 season with Tennessee Williams' sultry family drama Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, directed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge.

Broken Nose Theatre, recipient of the 2018 Broadway In Chicago Emerging Theatre Award, is pleased to continue its 2018 Season with Sam Chanse's contemplative new drama THE OPPORTUNITIES OF EXTINCTION, directed by company member Jen Poulin*, playing June 2 - 30, 2018 at The Den Theatre (2

In addition to its just-announced "PAC Pride Fest" of five fully-staged plays, the Pride Arts Center will host another five special events and performances.

Thirty of Chicago's statues will continue to chat with visitors and Chicagoans alike through 2020.

Broadway In Chicago is delighted to announce that the seventh annual Illinois High School Musical Theatre Awards will be held at the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place (175 E.

The Chi Phil Chamber Players join spectacular virtuoso Jory Vinikour on May 5 2018 in a harpsichord extravaganza with musical selections from traditional Bach to Chicagoan composer William Ferris to Indiana University Jacobs School of Music professor Juan Orrego Salas.

Firebrand Theatre, the first musical theatre company committed to employing and empowering women by expanding opportunities on and off the stage, is pleased to announce its second season, featuring two fully-produced musicals, including a Chicago premiere.

The Second City will bring diverse new voices to the forefront of the comedy world with a series of events June 6 - 9, 2018.

Flying Elephant Productions is pleased to conclude its inaugural season with the Chicago premiere of DEFACING MICHAEL JACKSON, Aurin Squire's racially-charged comedy about adolescence, sexual discovery and the conflict between community and culture.

Three Brothers Theatre is pleased to present their inaugural musical, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson.

Melissa Young's tour of the LGBTQ movement through song and comedy returns with a little help from Chicago's best Cabaret stars at the Pride Arts Center.

Haven Theatre is pleased to conclude its 2017-18 Season with the world premiere of THE DISPLACED, an electrifying thriller exploring the heartbreak of gentrification and the scars we leave on each other.

The story of visionary architect Daniel H.

Writers Theatre Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M.

If you've ever wanted to rock out in a historic opera house, look no further than JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at Lyric Opera of Chicago.

The Greenhouse Theater Center is pleased to conclude its 2017-18 season with the Chicago premiere of Marc Acito's touching and humorous play BIRDS OF A FEATHER, directed by Artistic Director Jacob Harvey.

The Chicago Philharmonic caps off an innovative and critically acclaimed season with a concert full of family-friendly fun in Hollywood Heroes.

Pride Films and Plays will fill the three months between its 2017-18 season and its already announced 2018-19 season with a five-play summer repertory of fully staged plays, according to an announcement today by company Executive Director David Zak.

Shattered Globe Theatre is pleased to conclude its 2017-18 Season with the Chicago premiere of Will Snider's fast-paced gritty drama HOW TO USE A KNIFE, directed by SGT Producing Artistic Director Sandy Shinner*, playing April 26 - June 9, 2018 at SGT's resident home Theater Wit, 1229 W.

An instant standing ovation and 'Wow! Pure Magic!' via AroundTheTownChicago.

City Winery at the Riverwalk, 11 W.

Hockadoo! Porchlight Music Theatre's MEMPHIS bursts onto the stage with joy and earnest energy.

Windy City Performs, Chicago's fastest-growing professional theatre and school, is pleased to announce the professional, adult cast for its summer Mainstage show, Shrek the Musical.