FeaturedCatch as Catch Can
Catch as Catch Can, written by Mia Chung and directed by Amy Morton, explores the impact of a prodigal son’s return to his working-class hometown...
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FeaturedEWP presents Robbie Fulks & Griffin William Sherry Showcase
EWP Presents Robbie Fulks & Griffin William Sherry ShowcaseFRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2026 | 7:00 PMTickets are $36,(All-in pricing includes $4 Box Office Fee. An $8...
FeaturedHedwig and the Angry Inch
This production features three performers rotating through the roles each night (billed as the Sun Cast, Moon Cast, and Earth Cast), shattering the idea of...
As You Like It
AS YOU LIKE IT is a vibrant Shakespearean comedy that wittily explores love and gender roles. Banished from court by her uncle, Rosalind escapes to the Forest of...
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Brokeback Mountain, adapted by Ashley Robinson from Annie Proulx's acclaimed short story, explores the complex relationship between two cowboys over the decades. The production features...
Circle of Apathy
Circle of Apathy is a new dance project from House of DOV featuring live music from Family Junket, in which the ensemble explores the cycles...
Club Shush! Speak Easy. Laugh Hard
Club Shush! Speak Easy. Laugh Hard is a decade-hopping comedy created by the Yellow Rose Theatre ensemble, set entirely inside one back room in Chicago...
Festival of Unfinished Work 2026
Bramble Theatre Company's fifth annual Festival features six short scenes from original full-length plays currently in process, written by Chicago-based playwrights. This year’s festival will...
FrequencyHealing.LOVE
FrequencyHealing.LOVE is a 3-dimensional vibracoustic and digital sound bath where sound, human connection, and community healing converge. These gatherings create emotionally restorative environments that serve...
Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Step into a world of music, color, and unforgettable storytelling with Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, running June 26–28!
Little Shop of Horrors
Get ready for a killer night at the theatre with Little Shop of Horrors! This cult classic combines dark comedy, doo-wop tunes, and one very...
Rock of Ages
A wild 1980s rock musical comedy packed with iconic hits, huge laughs, romance, and nonstop energy that transforms the theatre into a full-on rock concert.
Southern Rapture
Tin Drum Theatre Company is proud to announce the cast and creative team for the Chicago premiere of Southern Rapture at Theater Wit, 1229 W....
Talking About Godard
Curious Theatre Branch, launches its 38th Season, with the revival of Talking About Godard, written by Beau O’Reilly and directed by Beau O’Reilly with Briavael...
The Elephant Man
Bernard Pomerance’s The Elephant Man is a play based on the true life story of John Merrick, a severely deformed man in Victorian London who...
The Producers
BrightSide Theatre closes its 14th season with The Producers, Mel Brooks's Tony Award-winning musical comedy adapted from his 1967 film, directed by BrightSide Artistic Director...
Utopia Trip
Utopia Trip, written by Adam Ranđelović, is a staged reading presented as part of Trap Door Theatre's Season 32 playreading series, Sundays Abroad. The play...
Well-Balanced Dads
Join Dick and Dale, two suburban dads and best friends, who take the audience on a camping adventure chockfull of dad jokes, dance moves, partner...
FAME: The Musical
The Beautiful City Project presents FAME: The Musical, a single-night concert production following the final class of New York City's High School for the Performing...
The People's Pot & Pantry
The People's Pot & Pantry is hosted at The House of Belonging on three consecutive Mondays in June, June 15, 22, and 29. Community members...
Amplify Queer Joy!
Amplify Queer Joy!, presented by Chicago Playback Theatre Ensemble, is featured as part of the League of Chicago Theatres' Pride Month LGBTQIA+ programming and events...
BALLATA FEMMENELLA
BALLATA FEMMENELLA at Open Space Arts is featured as part of the League of Chicago Theatres' Pride Month LGBTQIA+ programming and events across the city...
Flip Circus
Flip Circus is a big top entertainment experience created by the Vazquez family of Circus Vazquez fame, featuring world-class performers in a climate-controlled tent with...
PRIDE with the Neo-Futurists
PRIDE with the Neo-Futurists is featured as part of the League of Chicago Theatres' Pride Month LGBTQIA+ programming and events across the city during June...
The Golden Girls: The Cheese Pyramid, A Lost Episodes Parody
The Golden Girls: The Cheese Pyramid, A Lost Episodes Parody, presented by Hell in a Handbag Productions, is featured as part of the League of...
American Mavericks
American Mavericks marks the Chicago Philharmonic's debut performance in the new Elie Wiesel Auditorium at the Obama Presidential Center, one of the very first performances...
Red Line Jazz Project - Sox-35th Station
Red Line Jazz Project is a free public arts initiative presented by Mandala South Asian Performing Arts, bringing live jazz performances to Chicago Red Line...
A Little Night Music
A Little Night Music is participating in the League of Chicago Theatres' Thank You 5 summer promotion, offering audiences $5 off already discounted tickets. The...
Latest Chicago Reviews
Review: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS Tour at Broadway In Chicago
The Water for Elephants tour transports audiences to the circus — and has some dazzling aerial tricks up its sleeve. Based on the popular 2006 novel by Sara Gruen, Rick Elice’s book and PigPen Theatre Co.’s score comprise a memory musical: The elderly Mr. Jankowski (Robert Tully) looks back o…
Review: A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC at Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire IL
Jeff award-winning director Nick Bowling and this cast have created a work that reminds us of why Sondheim’s music is special. The orchestra under the direction of Brad Haak fills the theater with the intricate melodies of this musical. Sally Dolembo’s costumes are gorgeous and showcase the turn…
Review: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARS ROVER at Sandbox Theatre Collective
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Review: DESERTED at Redtwist Theatre
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Review: Tin Drum Theatre's SOUTHERN RAPTURE at Theater Wit
When honest artistic integrity meets conservative religious outrage, what follows is escalating frenzy, controlled chaos, and poignant reflections on what it means to produce art and tell the stories where they need to be heard — and the conflicting struggles that come with such intentions. Tin Dr…
Review: UNTITLED VAMPIRE PLAY at Lookingglass Theatre Company
Untitled Vampire Play — a world premiere from Lookingglass ensemble member Kevin Douglas — is a fun, wacky romp. The play doesn’t take itself seriously, and director Devon de Mayo’s cast has plenty of fun with vampire and human antics alike. Douglas’s script draws on all sorts of vampire l…
Review: CATCH AS CATCH CAN at Steppenwolf Theatre Company
I left Catch as Catch Can at Steppenwolf Theatre Company on Sunday night wondering exactly what I had just seen, and what, if anything, I was meant to take from it.…
Review: LEOPOLDSTADT at Writers Theatre
Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt follows multiple generations of an Austrian Jewish family from prosperity to despair — spanning over 50 years from 1899 to 1955. Now in its Chicago-area premiere at Writers Theatre, the late Stoppard’s final play includes a cast of 24 actors and many, many character…
Review: TWO OUT OF THREE FALLS at The Factory Theater
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Review: THE PRODUCERS at BrightSide Theatre
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Catch as Catch Can Steppenwolf Theatre Company (6/04-7/12) |
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EWP presents Robbie Fulks & Griffin William Sherry Showcase Raue Center For The Arts (8/07-8/07) |
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch Catalyst Ranch (7/09-7/26) |
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Iron Maiden & Megadeth Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre (9/22-9/22) |
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Jersey Boys CIBC Theatre (11/11-11/22) |
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Anthem's Grand Illusion: A Tribute to the Music of Styx Raue Center For The Arts (10/30-10/30) |
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The Book of Mormon Cadillac Palace Theatre (10/23-11/01) |
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& Juliet The Auditorium (7/22-8/02) |
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An Evening with Kevin Smith The Hemmens Cultural Center (9/18-9/18) |
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Native Gardens by Karen Zacarías Theatre EVOLVE (6/26-7/18) |