Thursday, March 21, 2019
Lifeline Theatre has announced its 2019-20 season in Rodgers Park, a season of stories including a classic whodunit, an adaptation of National Book Award winner “Middle Passage” and a wo…
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:00PMDance for Life Chicago on Thursday announces the lineup for its 2019 performance at the Auditorium Theatre, including returning companies Giordano Dance Chicago, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago…
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AMWednesday, March 20, 2019
Victory Gardens Theater has released its upcoming 2019-20 season, the 45th for the Chicago theater and a lineup including the Chicago premiere of “Tiny Beautiful Things” by Nia Vardalos …
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:30PMTuesday, March 19, 2019
The North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie has added a lineup of three plays for June and July. The plays, all coming to the northern suburbs via off-Broadway, were announced T…
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:40PMFriday, March 15, 2019
As the story of a night of Chicago theater, this one’s got everything: Heroics, villains, wrestling, cheap drinks and an audience that won't give up on the players. Last weekend on Lincoln…
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:45PMThursday, March 14, 2019
“Pride & Joy — The Marvin Gaye Musical” is coming to the Chicago Theatre in June for nearly a week’s worth of performances. “Pride & Joy” is described as a jukebox musica…
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:30PMSATURDAY "Herland": A young high-school grad helps her neighbor create a D.I.Y. retirement home in her garage. Redtwist Theatre, 1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave.; 773-728-7529 and www.redtwist.org SU…
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 09:00AMThe Pivot Arts Festival in Chicago’s Uptown and Edgewater neighborhoods has announced its lineup of music, theater and dance for this summer's fest, running May 31 to June 9 in various ven…
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AMWednesday, March 13, 2019
The Porchlight Music Theatre of Chicago has announced its 25th anniversary season, kicking off with Hollis Resnik in "Sunset Boulevard" and concluding with the local premiere of "Freaky Frid…
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:00PMMonday, March 11, 2019
Summer is coming: The first draft of a calendar of events for Millennium Park’s 2019 summer season is out now, including concerts, festivals and the Year of Chicago Theatre. The announceme…
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:40PMWednesday, March 6, 2019
A Gary Griffin-directed musical (Sondheim’s “Into the Woods”), a new “Doll’s House,” Lydia R. Diamond’s “Stick Fly” and a work by Chicago’s Manual Cinema are among the si…
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:40PMAmerican Blues Theater has announced its 2019-20 season, including "Five Presidents" by "West Wing" writer Rick Cleveland, a Nambi E. Kelley world premiere and the Green Day musical "America…
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:00AMFriday, March 1, 2019
Tickets for the coming 20th anniversary touring production of "Rent" go on sale next week. According to a Friday announcement from Broadway in Chicago, tickets for the two-week run (May 10-1…
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:40PMThursday, February 28, 2019
Performance artist David Cale's solo memoir play "We're Only Alive For a Short Amount of Time" will have a production at the Public Theater in New York this summer. According to an announcem…
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:30PMWednesday, February 27, 2019
“Mean Girls,” the Broadway musical from last spring adapted from Tina Fey’s 2004 teen movie, is coming to Chicago at the end of this year. The first national tour will play the Nederla…
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:45PMTuesday, February 5, 2019
The Joffrey Ballet announced its 2019-20 season Tuesday, with the Chicago premieres of Cathy Marston’s “Jane Eyre” and a work by Justin Peck, as well as the returns of “Don Quixote…
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:00AMFriday, January 25, 2019
A bit of dazzle for you: Dennis Watkins’ show "The Magic Parlour" is reaching a milestone that few shows reach, even fewer one-man shows reach and vanishingly few magic shows reach — his…
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:15PMWednesday, December 26, 2018
This is our 2018 edition of Save the Seats, the annual Tribune feature we’ve run since 2005 with ticket reservations for Tribune readers for New Year’s Eve. And yes, New Year’s Eve fal…
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:00AMTuesday, October 30, 2018
Chicago magician and performer Neil Tobin’s show “Necromancer: Near Death Experience” will have two final Halloween-season performances at Rosehill Cemetery, 5800 N. Ravenswood Ave. Th…
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:00PMFriday, October 12, 2018
Given it’s in the 30s outside, all the sudden, is it not too soon to talk about the holidays? The city on Friday announced a schedule of holiday events for Millennium Park and the surround…
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:15PMFriday, October 5, 2018
You can get buried alive, chased by a demented clown, get souvenir scare photos, get lost in a graveyard, pay to scare other people, pay to skip the line, get chased by a demented clown with…
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The Steep Theatre on the Far North Side neighborhood of Edgewater has a new cabaret space: The Boxcar. The intimate new venue opens this weekend in 1113 W. Berwyn Ave., an expansion into the…
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00PMFriday, August 10, 2018
Chicago's Amy Morton will direct an all-women “Glengarry Glen Ross” on Broadway, the Tribune reported late Thursday. Morton, of the Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble, has acted a number of ti…
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“Come From Away” will make its first landing in Chicago next summer, Broadway in Chicago announced Thursday. The unlikely musical set in Gander, Newfoundland, will play July 30 to Aug. 1…
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:05PMTuesday, July 10, 2018
Time for more “Memory”: The national tour of “Cats” is coming back to Chicago in July 2019, presenter Broadway in Chicago announced Tuesday. The record-breaker of an Andrew Lloyd Web…
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:40AMThursday, May 3, 2018
Come with your dancing shoes, come barefoot, come as you are, this summer's lineup for Chicago SummerDance begins in June 2018 in Grant Park. The June 28 to Aug. 24 lineup, announced Thursda…
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Want a first look at summer in Chicago? The 2018 summer lineup for Millennium Park has been announced by the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. Expect more detailed calendars…
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:15PMMonday, March 19, 2018
Tickets for “The Cher Show,” the new musical based on the life and six-decade career of the mononymous singer, go on sale first thing Friday, Broadway in Chicago announced. Casting has y…
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:15PMThursday, March 8, 2018
Pivot Arts on Thursday announced the lineup for this summer's Pivot Arts Festival, the sixth year for the fest. It's slated to run June 1-10 in Chicago’s Uptown and Edgewater neighborhoods…
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The lineup was announced Tuesday for the Onion Comedy & Arts Festival in Chicago, running at various venues May 30 to June 3 and celebrating the Onion's 30th anniversary as a publication. Th…
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This is our 2017 edition of Save the Seats, the annual Tribune feature we've run since 2005 with ticket reservations for Tribune readers for New Year's Eve. This year the eve is on Sunday, w…
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