It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago!
11/21 - 12/28/2025
American Blues Theater celebrates its 24th Annual Production of It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago! from Frank Capra’s film and directed by Executive Artistic ...
American Blues Theater Hosts IT'S A WONDERFUL PARTY! Holiday Benefit
by Stephi Wild - November 21, 2025
American Blues Theater invites the community to kick off the season at It's a Wonderful Party!, the company's annual holiday benefit supporting artists' wages during its milestone 40th Anniversary Season. ...
Cast Set for IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: LIVE IN CHICAGO! at American Blues
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 03, 2025
American Blues Theater will present its 24th Annual Production of It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago! from Frank Capra’s film and directed by Executive Artistic Director Gwendolyn Whiteside....
Tony Award-Nominee Fina Strazza Joins Industry Reading of ONCE ON RUMSPRINGA
by Gillian Blum - November 02, 2025
Tony Award-nominee Fina Strazza joins an invite-only industry reading of Once on Rumspringa by Ellis Stump on November 10 at 4:00pm, at Ripley Grier Studios....
Reading of THE MACHINE Comes to Westport Country Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - October 31, 2025
Westport Country Playhouse will present a Script in Hand playreading of a new play, “The Machine.' The plot focuses on a poet suffering writer’s block, artificial intelligence, and the tricky questions that arise when technology starts writing art. ...
American Blues to Host Halloween Boo Bash to Benefit Artists
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 09, 2025
American Blues Theater will present Halloween Boo Bash, its annual costumed fundraiser benefiting artists’ wages during Season 40. Learn more and see how to attend....
Chicago Theatre Leaders Join Richard Engling For Book Launch Panel At Bramble Arts Loft
by A.A. Cristi - September 23, 2025
A panel discussion and celebration titled Taking the Leap: A Conversation on Bold Moves in Chicago Theater will take place on Thursday, October 2, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. at the Bramble Arts Loft (5545 North Clark Street, 2nd Floor, Chicago).
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Review: THINGS WITH FRIENDS at American Blues Theater
by Rachel Weinberg - September 08, 2025
Kristoffer Diaz’s THINGS WITH FRIENDS is one extremely chaotic, messy dinner party. This world premiere introduces a variety of different flavors that come together for an undercooked meal....
Tickets for 20 to Offer $20 Tickets to Chicago Theatergoers
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 29, 2025
The League of Chicago Theatres is presenting the return of Tickets for a 20. Now through Sunday, September 14, theatregoers can grab $20 tickets to some of Chicagoland’s most exciting shows, exclusively through Hot Tix....
The People's Theatre Reveals 2025 Playwrights Unit Cohort
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 19, 2025
The People's Theatre has seleced three exceptional playwrights for its 2025 Playwrights Unit: Rudy Bamenga, Alyssa Haddad-Chin, and Victoria Lino. Learn more! ...
The People's Theatre Reveals 2025 Playwrights Unit Cohort
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 19, 2025
The People's Theatre has seleced three exceptional playwrights for its 2025 Playwrights Unit: Rudy Bamenga, Alyssa Haddad-Chin, and Victoria Lino. Learn more! ...
Past Shows
Things with Friends
8/25 - 10/4/2025
World Premiere by Tony Award nominee & Artistic Affiliate Kristoffer Diaz, directed by Artistic Affiliate Dexter Bullard. Manhattan. Burt and Adele are hosting a dinner ...
It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago!
11/29 - 12/22/2024
American Blues Theater presents its 23rd annual production of It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago!, adapted from Frank Capra's classic film. Directed by Gwendolyn ...
The Lion
1/15
American Blues Theater, under the continued leadership of Artistic Director Gwendolyn Whiteside, presents the live, online reading of The Lion written and performed by Ensemble ...
It's a Wonderful Life
11/14 - 1/4/2020
As the second longest holiday play in Chicago, the American Blues Ensemble has treated Chicago audiences to a live 1940s radio broadcast of holiday favorite ...
Five Presidents
9/6 - 10/19/2019
Five Presidents features John Carter Brown (George H.W. Bush), Jim Leaming* (Ronald Reagan), Martin LHerault (Jimmy Carter), Tom McElroy (Gerald Ford), Stephen Spencer (Bill Clinton), ...
The Spitfire Grill
7/12 - 8/17/2019
A feisty parolee follows her dreams, based on a page from an old travel book, to a small town in Wisconsin and finds a place ...
The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey
3/29 - 4/27/2019
Ensemble member Joe Foust portrays every character in a small Jersey Shore town as he unravels the story of Leonard Pelkey, a tenaciously optimistic and ...
It's a Wonderful Life
11/16 - 1/5/2019
As the second longest holiday play in Chicago, the American Blues Ensemble has treated Chicago audiences to a live 1940s radio broadcast of holiday favorite ...
Flyin West
10/5 - 11/3/2018
Following the end of the Civil War, many former slaves took advantage of The Homestead Act and went West to build new lives for themselves ...
On Clover Roadd
2/1 - 3/16/2018
At an abandoned motel on a desolate American road, a mother meets with a cult deprogrammer, believing she will be reunited with her runaway daughter. ...
It's A Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago!
11/20 - 12/27/2015
CHICAGO—Producing Artistic Director Gwendolyn Whiteside and American Blues Theater, Chicago’s second oldest Equity ensemble, are proud to announce the return of the critically acclaimed It’s ...
The Rainmaker
8/28 - 9/27/2015
CHICAGO – Producing Artistic Director Gwendolyn Whiteside and American Blues Theater, Chicago’s second oldest Equity ensemble celebrating 30 years of presenting visceral theatrical works while ...
Collected Stories
4/19 - 5/19/2013
Ruth Steiner, a critically acclaimed, seasoned author, takes her student, Lisa, under her wing. What begins as a mentorship flourishes into a deeper maternal friendship. ...
Love Me Some Amnesia
4/13 - 5/13/2012
It's a Wonderful Life: Live at the Biograph!
11/18 - 1/1/2012
Waiting for Lefty
9/2 - 10/2/2011
Ripped: the Living Newspaper Project
9/16 - 9/30/2011
Videos
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Irving Berlin's White Christmas
Paramount Theatre (11/12 - 1/11) | |
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Anthony Rapp: Home for the Holidays
Lookingglass Theatre Company (12/17 - 12/20) | |
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Miracle on South Division Street
Citadel Theatre (11/14 - 12/14)
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Amadeus
Steppenwolf Theatre Company (11/6 - 1/4) | |
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Jingle Belles Comedy
Raue Center For The Arts (12/11 - 12/11) | |
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A Soulful Motown Christmas Holiday Cabaret
Harris Theater (12/13 - 12/13) CONCERT HOLIDAY SHOW | |
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It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago!
American Blues Theater (11/21 - 12/28) | |
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DOM WE NOW OUR GAY APPAREL
The Den Theatre (12/15 - 12/16) | |
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Holiday Brass & Choral Concerts
St. Michael Church in Old Town (12/19 - 12/19) | |
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Dear Evan Hanson
Paramount Theatre (2/4 - 3/22) | |
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Water for Elephants
James M. Nederlander Theatre (6/23 - 7/5) | |
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