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Irish Theatre of Chicago has announced its 2016-17 Season, featuring a modern Irish classic, a Midwest premiere and a new staged reading festival of the works of emerging Irish playwrights.

Grippo Stage Company will present a revival of the heartfelt and comedic hit THE GOD OF ISAAC, playwright James Sherman's semi-autobiographical account of a young American Jew searching for his Jewish identity in the wake of the threatened neo-Nazi march in the Chicago suburb of Skokie in 1977.

Disney•Pixar's record-breaking animated feature Finding Dory makes a splash in Disney On Ice presents Follow Your Heart,coming to the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill.

Pegasus Theatre Chicago is proud to announce the authors and plays being presented at the 30th Young Playwrights Festival, January 4 - 29 at Pegasus's resident home Chicago Dramatists, 773 N.

The Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) presents the fourth annual OnEdge, the experimental live performance series, February 23-March 25, 2016.

All the romance, glitz and glamour of the roaring '20s pour into The Marriott Theatre this fall with one of the most beloved and celebrated musicals of all time, SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, playing now through December 31, at 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire.

Ring in the new year with your favorite bride and groom to celebrate Tony n' Tina's Wedding, with two special New Year's Eve performances at Resurrection Church, 3309 North Seminary Ave.

The Music Institute of Chicago kicks off its new songwriting program with a performance by fast-rising pop duo Carly and Martina.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company welcomes internationally acclaimed playwright and director Young Jean Lee this winter as she directs the Chicago premiere of her play, Straight White Men.

Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters makes her Auditorium Theatre debut, and her first Chicago appearance in over 10 years, on March 31 when she joins the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra for a mixed program that features a tribute to George Gershwin and a medley of Broadway hits and classics.

Chicago's Eclipse Theatre Company, the only theatre company in the Midwest to focus on a single playwright each season, announces contemporary American playwright Kia Corthron as the featured playwright for its 2017 Season.

Lookingglass Theatre Company continues its Season with Mr.

Friday, December 23rd, the funkiest band on earth takes the stage at Martyrs'!

Broadway In Chicago has announced that individual tickets go on sale to the general public today, Dec.

Goodman Theatre announces a holiday partnership with the Chicago Blackhawks in two special events this December.

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Shattered Globe Theatre is pleased to continue its 2016-17 season with the Chicago premiere of Meg Miroshnik's drama THE TALL GIRLS, an ensemble piece about five young women in the 1930s rural Midwest who discover a way to escape their crumbling town - by playing basketball.

 About Face Theatre is pleased to continue its 2016-17 Season with the Chicago premiere of THE TEMPERAMENTALS, Jon Marans' Off-Broadway hit about America's first LGBT rights organization.

Barrel of Monkeys celebrates the season with THAT'S WEIRD, GRANDMA: The Holiday Special Returns, a line-up of student-written stories inspired by the holidays, winter, elves, gift-giving and more, playing now through January 2, 2017 (Sunday at 2 pm & Mondays at 8 pm) at the Neo-Futurist Theater, 515

The Music Institute of Chicago invites families to learn about music and options for music lessons and classes by attending one of its Musical Petting Zoo and Registration Days in January, free and open to the public.

Williams Street Repertory brings the ups and downs of dating to the stage at downtown Crystal Lake's Raue Center For The Arts with "First Date.

Lookingglass Theatre Company has been awarded a 2017 Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Continuing its commitment to the development of young artists, DanceWorks Chicago (DWC) will launch a new initiative, Dance360, a holistic approach to dance training and artistic development.

Lyric Unlimited and the Chicago History Museum present Chicago Voices TALK, a series of three panel discussions and live performances commemorating Chicago's colorful vocal history and the pioneers who have contributed to the city's gospel, classical and hip-hop music scene.

In February 2017, Tympanic Theatre Company will present WAITING FOR GODOT by Samuel Beckett.