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Due to popular demand, Random Acts and Greenhouse Theater Center are pleased to announce a five-week extension of the sell-out world premiere STRANGEST THINGS! THE MUSICAL by Bryan Renaud and Emily Schmidt and directed by Tommy Rivera-Vega.

Raue Center will welcome beloved radio host and acclaimed humorist Garrison Keillor to the stage at 8 p.

The Chicago Humanities Festival has announced its slate of Summer CHFNow events featuring Gabourey Sidibe, Roxane Gay, Laura Kipnis, and Arundhati Roy.

The Orion Ensemble, winner of the prestigious Chamber Music America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, welcomes back guest violist Stephen Boe for a program of 'Wit and Passion' to conclude its 24th season.

Highland Park Players' 'Triple Threat' is a four-week comprehensive musical theater workshop program for children, building and coordinating in acting, singing and dance.

In Iran, the Persian New Year is called Nowruz; now meaning new, and ruz meaning day.

Pivot Arts has announced its 5th annual PIVOT ARTS FESTIVAL, a celebration of innovative performances and multi-disciplinary works throughout Chicago's Uptown and Edgewater neighborhoods from June 1 - June 11, 2017.

923816Gorilla Tango Originals presents its newest offering: 'GoldiSocks and Her Three Bears' Fabulous Fairy Tales of Drag,' written by Heather Branham Green, directed by Chris McGriff, which performs Fridays at 9:30pm, April 7 - May 26, 2017, at Gorilla Tango Theatre (1919 N.

Citadel Theatre's 2016-17 season concludes with Christopher Durang's Tony Award®-winning Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.

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Don't miss the best party in town! Raue Center For The Arts is excited to announce two new dates for The Irish House Party.

Remy Bumppo and Silk Road Rising are pleased to announce that they are joining artistic forces to bring the American premiere of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, adapted by Tanika Gupta, to Chicago.

Locked Into Vacancy Entertainment will host their spring fundraiser party, Fool's Ball, on Saturday, April 1st, 2016, at 7:00 p.

The PLT brings to the stage one of Shakespeare's most popular romantic comedies, A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Broadway In Chicago has announced that individual tickets for the Chicago premiere of The Lincoln Center Theater Production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's THE KING AND I will go on sale Friday, March 31, 2017.

What began as a 1970s rock opera concept album became a global stage phenomenon that captured seven Tony Award nominations and countless awards overseas in its 40-plus years.

The 3rd annual TEST DRIVE has begun!

Genesis Will Present Staged Readings Of 4 Of The Newest Plays Currently Available.

Cabaret, one of the great Broadway musicals of all time, begins previews at Theatre at the Center (TATC) in Munster on May 4 and opens on May 7 for a run that continues through June 4.

New Philharmonic, under the direction of music director and conductor Kirk Muspratt, has been named recipient of the Illinois Council of Orchestras' 2017 ICO Award for Professional Orchestra of the Year.

Has this administration got you down? Tired of folks telling you which bathroom to use? LGBTQ friends rejoice - this show lets you exercise your rights as patriots to resist, stand up, and be counted (while looking fabulous doing it)!

The Theatre School at DePaul University is pleased to present Wig Out! by Tarell Alvin McCraney, and directed by Nathan Singh on the Fullerton Stage at The Theatre School at DePaul University.

Strawdog Theatre Company is proud to announce the third and final production in its 2016 - 2017 season, Rebecca Lenkiewicz's The Night Season, May 12  - June 24, directed by Elly Green, at The Factory Theater, 1623 W.

2017 is the first full year produced by Erasing the Distance's expanded leadership team.

"Beyond Belief: a superhero story" will invite audiences to look for the extraordinary within themselves, when the 86th annual Waa-Mu Show opens April 28 at Northwestern University.