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The Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire, wraps up their sensational 40th Anniversary 2015 Season with one of Broadway's newest holiday comedies, ELF, currently in previews and opening tomorrow, October 28, running through December 31.

The holiday favorite production A Christmas Carol comes to Metropolis Performing Arts Centre November 28 - December 24, 2015.

The Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University presents Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn Saturday, Nov.

The American Writers Museum (AWM) has leased a prime space at 180 North Michigan Avenue, one of Chicago's busiest blocks, for its early 2017 opening.

Newcomers and Chicago favorites are cast in Goodman Theatre's 12th annual NEW STAGES, a festival of new plays designed to give playwrights an opportunity to experience their work with set, lighting, costume and sound elements and to implement audience response.

Chicago's acclaimed Jefferson Award nominated actress and winner of the After Dark Award for 'Outstanding Cabaret Artist' and the Chicago Cabaret Professionals Gold Coast Award, Suzanne Petri brings her brand new show, TORCH, SASS AND SWING!, to Davenport's Cabaret (1383 N Milwaukee Ave).

Three Cat Productions presents the world premiere production of the Barbara Well's DEATH IN A BEULAH BOX at the Chicago Park District's Berger Park Coach House Theater at 6205 N.

THE PLAY ABOUT MY DAD, by Boo Killebrew, which opened at New York's 59E59 Theatres in June 2011, tells of the author's father, a doctor in Gulfport, Mississippi who stayed behind to take care of patients as Hurricane Katrina hit in August 2005.

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The Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire, wraps up their sensational 40th Anniversary 2015 Season with one of Broadway's newest holiday comedies, ELF, currently in previews and opening tomorrow, October 28, running through December 31.

Fear not fans of subversive holiday entertainment.

Following its hit revival of MARVIN'S ROOM, Shattered Globe Theatre is pleased to continue its 25th anniversary season with Pulitzer Prize finalist Rajiv Joseph's uncommon love story ANIMALS OUT OF PAPER, a vibrant and nuanced peek into the creative process that shapes three lives, directed by

Northlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J.

Barrel of Monkeys celebrates the season with THAT'S WEIRD, GRANDMA: The Holiday Special, a line-up of stories old and new inspired by the holidays, winter and the spirit of giving!

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 Nov.

To accommodate demand for tickets, The Gift Theatre has added performances and extended the run of its critically acclaimed new play, Good for Otto, written by Tony Award-winning playwright David Rabe and directed by Gift artistic director Michael Patrick Thornton.

Raven Theatre will welcome Elizabeth Clarke, founder and President of the Juvenile Justice Initiative and one of its board members, Khadine Bennett, staff attorney and Legislative Counsel with the ACLU of Illinois, when they visit the theater to lead a discussion of its critically acclaimed DIRECT F

Just in time for Halloween, Barrel of Monkeys takes a spooky turn this season with THAT'S WEIRD GRANDMA: Stories That Go Bump in the Night, featuring dark and delightful tales of witches, ghosts, haunted houses, magical beings and much more -- cooked up by Chicago Public School students and adapted

ShawChicago's 2015/16 season continues with Noel Coward's Private Lives, a comedy that follows four people and their passion for loving, quarreling and loving again.

Steppenwolf for Young Adults' production of 1984 opens on Collette Pollard's stark, barren set.

Chicago's Eclipse Theatre Company, the Midwest's only theatre company to focus on a single playwright each season, will feature the works of Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis for their 2016 Season.

Shattered Globe Theatre is pleased to open its 25th season with a 25th anniversary production of MARVIN'S ROOM, Chicago playwright Scott McPherson's award-winning, mordantly funny dark comedy about putting family first, directed by Producing Artistic Director Sandy Shinner.

The League of Chicago Theatres continues its free Theatre Showcase series this October and November with performances by five Chicago companies, including Oracle Productions and Red Theater, The Annoyance Theatre, Raven Theatre, Waltzing Mechanics and Windy City Playhouse.

The Chicago League Wrestlers (CLLAW) are flexing their forearms and conjuring up some wicked fall fun at CLLAW-O-WEEN 2 tonight, October 24, 2015 at Logan Square Auditorium, 2539 N.

Haven Theatre Company and Artistic Director Josh Sobel are proud to announce The Director's Haven, an emerging director's showcase, tonight, October 24 - November 4, at Collaboraction, Room 300 in the Flat Iron Arts Building, 1579 N.