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City Lit Theater Unveils 2025-26 Season Including New Works

March 17, 2025 City Lit Theater has announced its programming for the 2025-26 season, the company’s 45th. The season will have a strong focus on new works by Chicago-area writers.

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PrideArts to Stage Adult Holiday Panto THROBBIN WOOD Beginning Next Month

October 05, 2024 PrideArts has announced the cast and production team for the adult holiday panto THROBBIN WOOD, running from November 15 to December 15, 2024.

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PrideArts To Open 2024-25 Season With The Musical [TITLE OF SHOW] Beginning Next Month

July 14, 2024 PrideArts has announced it will present the off-Broadway and Broadway hit musical [title of show] to open its fall 2024-25 season from August 23 to September 22, 2024, directed by Jay Españo, with music direction by Robert Ollis.

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Cast Set for City Lit Theater's TWO HOURS IN A BAR

February 14, 2024 City Lit Theater has revealed the full cast and crew for the third production of its 2023-24  season: TWO HOURS IN A BAR. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

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Cast and Production Team Revealed For PrideArts' Chicago Premiere of GAY CARD

July 20, 2023  PrideArts has announced its full cast for its Chicago premiere of the musical GAY CARD. PrideArts’ artistic director Jay Españo will direct the musical, with Robert Ollis providing musical direction and conducting a five-piece band.

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PrideArts Announces Three-Show 2023-24 Season

July 02, 2023 The season will open with the Chicago premiere of the hilarious romantic musical GAY CARD, return to the British tradition of holiday pantomimes with Tom Whalley's very adult SLEEPING WITH BEAUTY, and close with Joe Calarco's all-male present-day re-imagining of ROMEO AND JULIET, SHAKESPEARE'S R & J.

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City Lit Sets 2023-24 Season; Producer/Artistic Director Terry McCabe to Retire

May 15, 2023 City Lit Producer and Artistic Director Terry McCabe announced that the theatre’s 2023-2024 season—its forty-third—will be his last on its staff. 

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Cast Set for AZTEC HUMAN SACRIFICE World Premiere Musical at City Lit Theater

April 17, 2023 City Lit has announced the full cast and creative/production team for the closing production of the company’s 42nd season, the musical AZTEC HUMAN SACRIFICE, with music and lyrics by Kingsley Day and book by Philip LaZebnik and Kingsley Day.

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City Lit Theater Announces 2022-23 Season Featuring Two World Premieres

August 22, 2022 City Lit Theater announced its lineup for the 2022-23 season. The season will begin in October with the world premiere of THE MARK OF KANE, by Mark Pracht, and conclude in late spring with the world premiere of Kingsley Day and Philip LaZebnik’s musical AZTEC HUMAN SACRIFICE.

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Noël Coward's HAY FEVER to Open at City Lit Theater in September

August 16, 2022 Producer and Artistic Director Terry McCabe will direct Noël Coward’s 1924 comedy HAY FEVER as the final production of City Lit Theater’s 41st season. It replaces the previously announced AZTEC HUMAN SACRIFICE, which has been moved to a slot in spring 2023.

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Last Chance To Vote For The BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards; KINKY BOOTS at Pramount Theatre Leads Best Musical!

December 27, 2021 This is the last chance to vote for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.

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Final Weeks To Vote For The BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards; ONU Theatre's STILL Leads Best Musical!

December 20, 2021 Time is running out to vote for for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.

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City Lit Re-Announces Four-Show Season, to Begin in January 2022

June 25, 2021 City Lit Theater has re-announced programming for its 41st year of production, according to Producer and Artistic Director Terry McCabe. The 2021-22 subscription season will open with a world premiere adaptation – THE VIRGINIAN: A HORSEMAN OF THE PLAINS.

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