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For the fourth consecutive year, including the 20th Anniversary production in 2012, Profiles revisited Kern's landmark play, Hellcab, for the holiday season.

The 27th Annual Awards for Excellence in the Arts, held on Monday, November 9th, at the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel, raised funds for scholarships and celebrated talented artists and visionaries who came together in support of Theatre School students.

In 1964, the beloved stop-motion animated television classic, "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," made its network television debut delighting audiences across the country.

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

Bertolt Brecht's masterful drama 'A Life of Galileo,' portraying Galileo's struggle to defend his scientific observations at the risk of personal ruin, will run from tonight, Nov.

Victory Gardens Theater announces the next show of its 41st season, Never the Sinner by John Logan, directed by Gary Griffin.

American Theater Company (ATC), 1909 W.

Foundlings Theatre presents THE EIGHT REINDEER MONOLOGUES by Jeff Goode, directed by Cheryl Snodgrass, running Dec.

Holy High Holidays Batman! Theater Wit's smash hit BAD JEWS has been extended a record eighth time, and will now run through both the Hanukkah and Christmas seasons at Chicago's Royal George Theatre.

The Dolphin Show, America's largest student-produced musical, proudly announces GYPSY as the 74th Annual Dolphin Show.

The Trap Door Theatre is proud to announce a two-week extension for THE FAIRYTALE LIVES OF RUSSIAN GIRLS, written by Meg Miroshnik and drected by Nicole Wiesner.

Goodman Theatre announces a change in its 2015/2016 schedule.

Alban Berg's opera Wozzeck is not the first to swirl with immortal themes like power play, lust, betrayal, and death (far, far from it), but thanks to the circumstances of its composition - further emphasized by Sir David McVicar's new production at the Lyric Opera - it is prominent in its search to

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway.

An uplifting and open-hearted contemporary production of a classic Shakespeare comedy filled with music, song and dance is part of the fall Mainstage season at Northwestern University.

Goodman Theatre announces casting for ANOTHER WORD FOR BEAUTY, a world premiere music-filled work by Academy Award nominee Jose Rivera with music by Grammy Award winner Hector Buitrago.

Mercy Street Theatre kicks off its second season with the world premiere of MERRY CHRISTMAS, MULCH PILE!, written by resident playwright Dakota Parobek.

The House Theatre of Chicago once again brings holiday cheer with its sixth annual return of the all-original, family-friendly The Nutcracker playing at the The Chopin Theatre Upstairs Theatre, 1543 W.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) presents the U.

The Berkshire Room - a craft cocktail lounge from The Fifty/50 Restaurant Group and beverage director Benjamin Schiller located at 15 East Ohio Street inside the ACME Hotel Company in River North - will debut its new winter cocktails at 4pm today.

After the success and popularity of its first NYE event in 2014, modern Spanish restaurant El Tapeo invites guests to ring in 2016 with the 2nd Annual New Year's Eve party on Thursday, December 31.

In Chicago last night (November 9), two-time Tony Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Andre De Shields was honored by The Theatre School at DePaul University with the 2015 Award for Excellence in the Arts.

MadKap Productions will present THE LION IN WINTER by Highland Park native James Goldman, for ten performances at the Skokie Theatre, 7924 Lincoln Ave in Skokie, running now through November 22, 2015.

This season the Chicago Philharmonic explores turning points in the lives and careers of major composers.

The Janus Theatre Company will open its 18th season on November 6th when it presents the Chicago-area premiere of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's King of Shadows.