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COME FROM AWAY Extended at Marriott Theatre Through Late October
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 30, 2026

Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire has extended its run of COME FROM AWAY by one week due to popular demand, adding eight performances to the Tony-nominated musical based on the true story of a Newfoundland town that sheltered stranded passengers.

Video: New Song Previews From COME FROM AWAY at Marriott Theatre
by Rachel Stone - Sep 10, 2026

Marriott Theatre shared six musical numbers from its upcoming production of Come From Away, featuring the cast performing songs including Me And The Sky, Welcome To The Rock and Stop The World.

Review: COME FROM AWAY at Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire IL
by Tina St. Angelo - Sep 4, 2026

Next Friday, the Country will pause to remember, mourn and honor those victims of the attacks of September 11, 2001. The town of Gander, Newfoundland, is called the Rock. During the week that followed, it truly was a rock. The current production at Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire is the emotional but uplifting true story Come From Away by Irene Sankoff and David Hein.

COME FROM AWAY is Coming to the Marriott Theatre in August
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 30, 2026

Marriott Theatre will present Come From Away. Come From Away tells the true story of the tiny town that took in 7,000 strangers, and the week that changed them all.

NUNSENSE To Play Drury Lane Theatre
by Marissa Faith Curley - May 3, 2026

Drury Lane Theatre has announced it's upcoming performance in the 2025/26 Season with  Nunsense, featuring book, music and lyrics by David Goggin, directed by E. Faye Butler. The cast of Nunsense includes Aurora Boe and Rachel Carreras.

Review: GOODNIGHT MOON At Chicago Children's Theatre
by Emily Werner - Apr 14, 2026

What did our critic think of REVIEW: GOODNIGHT MOON AT CHICAGO CHILDREN'S THEATRE at Chicago Children's Theatre? The 65-minute performance is filled with music, dance, comedy, acrobatics and puppetry.

Photos: GOODNIGHT MOON at Chicago Children's Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Apr 10, 2026

Chicago Children’s Theatre is presenting Goodnight Moon, the popular musical about a bunny who doesn’t want to go to bed, based on the beloved picture book by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrator Clement Hurd. Check out the photos here!

Chicago Children’s Theatre To Present GOODNIGHT MOON As Immersive 20th Anniversary Finale
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 5, 2026

Chicago Children's Theatre will present an immersive production of GOODNIGHT MOON, directed by Mikael Burke, as its 20th season finale from April 11 to June 7.

Cast Set for PORCHLIGHT SINGS THE SEASON World Premiere
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 16, 2025

Award-winning Porchlight Music Theatre has revealed the cast for the next production in its 31st season, the world premiere of Porchlight Sings the Season. Learn more!

BIG WHITE FOG to be Presented at Court Theatre in September
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 16, 2025

Court Theatre will present Theodore Ward’s Big White Fog, directed by Resident Artist Ron OJ Parson. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets here!

Review: THE COLOR PURPLE at Goodman Theatre
by Rachel Weinberg - Jul 1, 2025

Though THE COLOR PURPLE has a fair share of tragedy, the ending is heartwarming, celebratory, and puts a pin in Celie’s story — and with Brittney Mack at the lead, this musical makes that range of emotions land. 

Photos: Inside The Beautiful City Project's THE GOSPEL TRUTH: SECOND EDITION
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 5, 2025

The Beautiful City Project's February cabaret THE GOSPEL TRUTH: SECOND EDITION, featured an all-Black cast and band, and raised funds and awareness for Sunshine Gospel Ministries, a Chicago organization celebrating its 120th year. See photos here! 

THE GOSPEL TRUTH: SECOND EDITION Celebrates Black History Month
by Stephi Wild - Feb 4, 2025

The Beautiful City Project has announced the cast of THE GOSPEL TRUTH: SECOND EDITION, a Black History Month celebration. Back by popular demand from 2023, the show will feature an All-Black cast and band.

Review: FALSETTOS presented by Court Theatre and TimeLine Theatre Company
by Rachel Weinberg - Nov 25, 2024

FALSETTOS, originally written as two-one act musicals set in 1979 and 1981, respectively, feels simultaneously dated and prescient. In this co-production from Court Theatre and TimeLine Theatre Company, director Nick Bowling leads a first-rate ensemble that preserves the musical as a period piece but also makes it feel utterly alive. Lauren Nichols’s set design evokes a 1970s retro roller rink and Theresa Ham’s costume designs also use extremely ‘70s colors (and each character wears a signature color). But many of the show’s central themes hit now as ahead of their time and eerily relevant. In particular, the musical’s reverence for Jewish culture and tradition and its unabashed embrace of queer love are especially moving at a time when anti-Semitism and homophobia seem tragically on the rise in America.

Cast Set For FALSETTOS at Court Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Oct 9, 2024

Court Theatre and TimeLine Theatre Company will present William Finn and James Lapine’s Falsettos, a tribute to family and its many forms; a playful interrogation of faith and identity; and a celebration of the beauty, complexity, and necessity of love.

FALSETTOS to be Presented by Court Theatre & TimeLine Theatre This November
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 10, 2024

Court Theatre and TimeLine Theatre announced their collaboration on FALSETTOS, set to run this November. The production will bring the Tony Award-winning musical to Chicago audiences.

Paul Williams And Henson Puppeteers Post-Show Talkback This Friday Following EMMET OTTER'S JUG BAND Performance
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 4, 2023

Join legendary composer Paul Williams and the puppeteers of Jim Henson's Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas for a post-show talkback on Friday, December 8 at Chicago's Studebaker Theater.

Review: EMMET OTTER'S JUG-BAND CHRISTMAS IS A GIFT at Studebaker Theater
by Misha Davenport - Nov 21, 2023

What did our critic think of EMMET OTTER'S JUG-BAND CHRISTMAS IS A GIFT at Studebaker Theater?

Photos: JIM HENSON'S EMMET OTTER'S JUG-BAND CHRISTMAS At Studebaker Theater 
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 20, 2023

The live theatrical adaptation of “Jim Henson’s Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas” opens in Chicago on November 20, 2023 and plays through December 31, 2023, at the Studebaker Theater at the historic Fine Arts Building. See photos from the production below!

VIDEO: First Look at THE NACIREMA SOCIETY at Goodman Theatre
by Alan Henry - Sep 28, 2023

Get a first look at Goodman Theatre's production of The Nacirema Society, now on stage through October 15th.