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Steppenwolf Theatre Company's world-renowned ensemble will join more than 600 members of Chicago's corporate, civic and cultural communities for Gala 2015 on Saturday, May 9, 2015 at Steppenwolf, 1650 N Halsted St.

Lookingglass Theatre Company announces its complete 2015-2016 season.

Pride Films and Plays world premiere production of The Book of Merman will extend past its previously announced closing of April 5th through Spring, the company announced today.

Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co.

Cafe Cabaret invites guests to an electric evening filled with eclectic performers on April 17 at 7:00 p.

First Folio Theatre (Mayslake Peabody Estate, 31st St.

Raven Theatre Company's exploration of Horton Foote will continue with its free reading of Foote's Courtship, the fifth of nine plays in the writer's The Orphans' Home Cycle, a series of plays based on the life of Foote's father between the years 1902 and 1928.

Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co.

Kokandy Productions is pleased to announce its 2016 season -- plus an added holiday production for the 2015 season.

Rehearsals are underway for Steppenwolf Theatre Company's U.

Polarity Ensemble Theatre presents the world premiere of Richard Engling's drama ANNA IN THE AFTERLIFE, a play that explores the issue of suicide and its repercussions beyond the grave, directed by Susan Padveen.

Producing Artistic Director Gwendolyn Whiteside and American Blues Theater, Chicago's second oldest Equity ensemble, are proud to announce the Tony Award-winning Side Man, written by Warren Leight, directed by Jonathan Berry, April 24 - May 24, at the Greenhouse Theater Center, 2257 N.

The Theatre School at DePaul University is pleased to present The Duchess of Malfi, by John Webster, on the Fullerton Stage Theatre at The Theatre School at DePaul University.

When FIRST DATE celebrates its 50th Chicago performance on Thursday, March 26 at 7:30 p.

Aurora's Paramount Theatre, wower of audiences and critics this season with consecutive smash hits CATS, Mary Poppins and The Who's Tommy, is closing its 2014-15 Broadway Series with Les Miserables, one of the greatest musicals of all time, March 18-April 26, 2015.

THE BOOK OF MORMON National Tour is offering an opportunity for the Chicago community to engage with THE BOOK OF MORMON on social media and in person through a citywide scavenger hunt.

First Folio Theatre (Mayslake Peabody Estate, 31st St.

Cirque du Soleil returns to Chicago after four years with its newest touring show, KURIOS - Cabinet of Curiosities, premiering under the iconic blue-and-yellow Big Top beginning August 6, 2015.

On Saturday, March 14th during Dominican University's Trustee Benefit Concert and Gala, Lyric Opera's general director Anthony Freud was given the Bravo Award for his significant and memorable contributions to the arts.

The House Theatre of Chicago's Board of Directors announce the 3rd annual incarnation of The Secret Soiree, which celebrates the company's continuing commitment to amazing feats of storytelling with a one-night-only stage magic performance from Company Member Dennis Watkins (The Magic Parlour, Death

ArtReach Educational Theatre is staging Seussical, the Musical!Shows will be performed on Friday, April 17th at 7:30pm, Saturday, April 18th at 2 and 7:30pm, Friday, April 24th at 7:30pm, Saturday, April 25th at 2 and 7:30pm at The Cutting Hall Theatre located at 150 East Wood Street in Palatine.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company has been named the recipient of a major grant from The Roy Cockrum Foundation, which will provide major support for the world premiere production of Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning ensemble member Tracy Letts's intimate and moving new play, Mary Page Marlowe in the

Following its artistic and popular successes of the past 12 months, which included multiple Jeff nominations for The Playboy of the Western World, praise for the rarely produced Vieux Carre by Tennessee Williams, universal acclaim for All My Sons and the Chicago premiere of Horton Foote's Dividing t

One of musical theater's biggest hits, Anything Goes, the irresistible musical filled with unforgettable music and dazzling dance numbers, continues The Marriott Theatre's spectacular 40th anniversary season.

Duplicity Ensemble announces the first show of its 2nd Season: A Midwinter Night's Tale.