This summer, The Second City is spotlighting classes designed not only to teach improv and comedy writing, but to encourage personal growth, self-expression, and emotional wellness.
The Second City's touring company will bring sketch comedy, songs, and improv to Paramount's Copley Theatre in downtown Aurora, featuring seven performers from the current Second City Touring Company.
Babes With Blades Theatre Company announced the cast and creative team for yo ho.
Open Space Arts will present SMILEY, a queer romantic comedy by Spanish playwright Guillem Clua, in its North American English-language premiere in Chicago, directed by Jack Dugan Carpenter.
Broadway In Chicago announced its free annual SUMMER CONCERT at Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park, featuring performances from eight productions including THE NOTEBOOK, THE OUTSIDERS, WAITRESS, JERSEY BOYS, and MAYBE HAPPY ENDING.
GOLDEN GIRLS: THE LAUGHS CONTINUE is heading to the UIS Performing Arts Center in Springfield, IL as part of its 2026 US Fall Tour, featuring new storylines with Sophia, Blanche, Rose, and Dorothy.
PrideArts will present a one-night-only cabaret featuring Broadway performers and AMAZING RACE CANADA winners Craig Ramsay and Catherine Wreford at Chicago's Hoover-Leppen Theatre at Center on Halsted.
Arts Judaica and YI Love Jewish will present the Chicago premiere of A People, L.
Kokandy Productions will present HAIR, the American tribal love-rock musical, on The Chopin Theatre Mainstage in Chicago, directed and choreographed by Brennan Urbi with music direction by Kara Olander.
First Floor Theater announced playwright and actor Netta Walker as its 2026 Blueprint Commission recipient.
A rotating-cast production will be presented of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, closing its inaugural Chicago season at Catalyst Ranch, with three actors alternating through all roles each performance.
House of DOV will present the world premiere of Circle of Apathy at the Gorton Center in Lake Forest, IL, featuring live music from Chicago ensemble Family Junket and choreography exploring nature's cycles of growth and disintegration.
Raue Center for the Arts in Crystal Lake, IL will present Teachers' Lounge Comedy, a stand-up showcase headlined by Kenny Mock, winner of the 2023 World Series of Comedy, and award-winning storyteller Bill Gorgo.
Uptown Music Theater in Deerfield, IL will present DISNEY'S THE LITTLE MERMAID this summer, directed by Tor Campbell and featuring a full cast led by Julia Aragon as Ariel, alongside a live 20-piece JAM Orchestra.
William 'Bill' Pullinsi, the director and producer credited with pioneering dinner theatre and founding Chicago's Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, has died at 86.
Music Theater Works announced the cast and creative team for WEST SIDE STORY, directed by Sasha Gerritson with choreography by Clayton Cross and Isa Ramirez, at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie.
Ego Death Theatre Collective will present A DOG'S HOUSE at Greenhouse Theater Center in Chicago, a dark comedy about a couple who become accessories to murder when their Rottweiler kills a neighbor's dog.
Ego Death Theatre Collective will present A DOG'S HOUSE at Greenhouse Theater Center in Chicago, a dark comedy about a couple who become accessories to murder when their Rottweiler kills a neighbor's dog.
Monty Python’s Spamalot is a jubilant and genuinely hilarious touring rendition of the 2023 Broadway revival.
Lookingglass Theatre Company will present Ice Cream Circus! a free, wordless outdoor show combining dance, clown, and circus arts, at neighborhood parks across Chicago and Evanston as part of the Chicago Park District's Night Out in the Parks series.
Arts Capacity will absorb The Wyoming Festival—New Music in the Mountains as a core program, creating a pipeline between new music creation and national prison and community performances.
The Chicago premiere of Spaceman, by Leegrid Stevens and directed by Eric Slater, is now playing at The Edge in Chicago.
This summer, Chicago is offering a wide variety of plays and musicals, as well as comedy, dance, music, and more.
StageMag, the digital show program platform from BroadwayWorld, launched its new PDF Editor to all producers and stage managers using the service.
Tony and Emmy Award-winning comedian Alex Edelman will return to Steppenwolf Theatre with WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO, a new show examining identity, faith, and trauma, for five performances only in Chicago.
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Catch as Catch Can Steppenwolf Theatre Company (6/04-7/12) |
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EWP presents Robbie Fulks & Griffin William Sherry Showcase Raue Center For The Arts (8/07-8/07) |
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch Catalyst Ranch (7/09-7/26) |
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Rotary Rocks The Raue: James Garner's Tribute to Johnny Cash Raue Center For The Arts (10/24-10/24) |
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& Juliet The Auditorium (7/22-8/02) |
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As You Like It Touhy Park (7/31-8/02) |
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OUTDOOR SHOW- The Morgan Wallen Experience BaseCamp Pub (8/22-8/22) |
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Afterlife Music Fest: Story of the Year, Eve 6, The Early November and More! BaseCamp Pub (8/15-8/15) |
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Jonathan Van Ness: Hot & Healed Comedy Tour 2026 Hard Rock Live Rockford (9/12-9/12) |
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Music Theater Works Presents the Beloved Classic “West Side Story,” August 13 - 30 Music Theater Works (8/13-8/30) |
