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Love is more powerful than hate.

In a dystopian future, a corrupted and crumbling version of the Internet, now called "the Weed," allows human beings to communicate in only the most banal and fragmentary ways.

METHTACULAR!, Steven Strafford's hilarious and harrowing autobiographical account of his three years as a crystal meth addict in Chicago, returns home for two nights only as part of Steppenwolf Theatre's LookOut Series.

Victory Gardens Theater continues its 42st season with the world premiere of Roz and Ray, written by Karen Hartman and directed by Artistic Director Chay Yew.

???????The musical twist on the classic tale of THE NUTCRACKER comes to life for children of all ages at The Marriott Theatre for Young Audiences, 10 Marriott Drive in Lincolnshire, from November 11 through December 30, with a press opening on Saturday, November 19 at 10 a.

Star-Spangled Sitcoms: Huzzah & John Adams is written and produced by Cody Melcher and directed by Otherworld Theatre's director of development/actor Dylan Schaefer.

About Face Theatre is pleased to launch its 2016-17 Season with a reimagining of Doug Wright's I AM MY OWN WIFE, the Tony, Pulitzer Prize and Lambda Literary Award-winning play first developed at AFT back in 2003.

The Chicago theater community will present a wide variety of festive plays, musicals, dance and concert offerings this Holiday season.

Stage 773 asks the question, "Can Santa really get arrested for that?!" Six theatre companies from across the Chicagoland area will change up the holiday classics to create ONE ACT FESTIVAL: YULETIDE GENOCIDE taking placeDecember 1 through December 16.

The Burrowers Theatre Company is proud to present the world premiere of Wyatt Fair's BARBACK, performing November 10, 17, and 18 at 8pm and November 13 at 4pm, at Gorilla Tango Theatre, 1919 N.

A third audience engagement event has been added to the list of special events surrounding Raven Theatre's production of Red Velvet, which details the story of Ira Aldridge, who in 1833 became the first black actor to play Othello on a London stage.

Rehearsals are underway for the Steppenwolf-commissioned world premiere production of Erika Sheffer's The Fundamentals, directed by ensemble member Yasen Peyankov, who also directed Sheffer's Russian Transport at Steppenwolf in 2014.

Brighten your holidays with Lightwire Theater's "A Very Electric Christmas" at Raue Center For The Arts on November 10, 2016 at 7 p.

Rehearsals are underway for the Steppenwolf-commissioned world premiere production of Erika Sheffer's The Fundamentals, directed by ensemble member Yasen Peyankov, who also directed Sheffer's Russian Transport at Steppenwolf in 2014.

Court Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Charles Newell and Executive Director Stephen J.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company announced today the complete cast for Erika Sheffer's The Fundamentals, a smart and searing look at America's corporate culture through the story of a Manhattan hotel maid with higher aspirations.

Abby Mann's stage adaptation of his Oscar-winning drama follows a US-led war crimes tribunal as it weighs the fate of German judges.

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 December 4, 2016 - January 2, 2017.

Black Ensemble Theater Founder and CEO Jackie Taylor continue the 40th Anniversary Season (The Season of Greatest Hits) with the family-friendly, holiday favorite The Other Cinderella, written by Jackie Taylor and directed by Jackie Taylor and Rueben Echoles.

First Floor Theater will kick off their fifth season with DEER AND THE LOVERS, a rollicking and revelatory world premiere farce fromEmily Zemba, directed by Company Member Jesse Roth.

Broadway In Chicago celebrates tonight's opening performance of ANNIE at the Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 W Randolph) for a run through November 13, 2016.

Pivot Arts invites you to decompress from the election on Today, November 9, 2016 as it kicks off its new LIVE TALK series with LIVE TALK: THE DAY AFTER, an evening of quirky election-themed performances, interviews, live music and more.

Broadway In Chicago has announced that individual tickets for the U.

It's December 1968 and Judy Garland is about to make her comeback.

Greenhouse Theater Center will conclude its Solo Celebration! Series with the Chicago premiere of John Walch's savagely funny one-man show CIRCUMFERENCE OF A SQUIRREL, directed by Artistic Director Jacob Harvey and starring Will Allan.