Monday, 25 March 2024 14:01
Joffrey Ballet closes season with remount of crowd favorite, Alexander Ekman's "Midsummer Night's Dream"
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The Joffrey Ballet boldly closes its 2023-24 season with the return of Midsummer Night's Dream by internationally renowned Swedish choreographer Alexander Ekman. Premiered by The Joffrey Ballet to North American audiences in 2018 with critical acclaim, Ekman's Midsummer Night's Dream is a mind-bending trip to a surreal realm of unearthly delights. Far from a Shakespearean tale, this…
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Monday, 18 March 2024 13:59
Casting Announced for Drury Lane Theatre's production of Guys and Dolls April 10 – June 9, 2024
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Drury Lane Theatre is thrilled to announce casting for its first show of the 2024/2025 season, Guys and Dolls, making its triumphant return to Chicagoland's professional stage after over a decade! Tony Award-nominated Director and Choreographer Dan Knechtges, who previously directed and choreographed the smash-hit Saturday Night Fever at Drury Lane, is at the helm of the production. "'Guys…
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Artistic Director Braden Abraham and Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma announce Writers Theatre's 2024/25 season. The season launches with the Chicago premiere of the acclaimed musical Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, nominated for 12 Tony Awards, which reunites director/choreographer Katie Spelman and music director Matt Deitchman after their previous collaboration on WT's twice extended sold out run of Once. Kimberly…
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Tuesday, 19 March 2024 13:48
ON YOUR FEET! THE STORY OF EMILIO & GLORIA ESTEFAN Is Now Playing
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Broadway In Chicago is pleased to announce the smash-hit musical, ON YOUR FEET! THE STORY OF EMILIO & GLORIA ESTEFAN is now playing for a strictly limited engagement at the CIBC Theatre through Sunday, March 24, 2024. Ticket prices range from $30.00 to $100.00 with a select number of premium seats available.…
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Wednesday, 20 March 2024 13:37
Five Plays by Spanish Speaking Female Playwrights Selected for Series at Instituto Cervantes
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Instituto Cervantes of Chicago (31 W. Ohio St.), the city's primary non-profit center for Spanish language and cultural exchange, is pleased to present, in collaboration with Water People Theater, the theatrical concert series "Creating Women" | "Mujeres Creando." This series features six new works written by playwrights from Latin America and Spain exploring the theme…
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Red Theater is thrilled to present its second show of the 23/24 season: Shakespeare’s HAMLET, directed by Jeff nominated director Wyatt Kent, running April 26 - May 19, 2024 at The Edge Off Broadway in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. The production features Ashley Fox as Hamlet, Robert Koon as Claudius, Kelly Dupree Levander as Gertrude, Julia Rowley as Ophelia, Zach Bloomfield as Polonius, Reggie Hemphill as Horatio, and Ian Maryfield as Laertes, with…
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Thursday, 14 March 2024 12:50
City Lit announces first season under incoming Executive Artistic Director Brian Pastor
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City Lit Theater has announced its programming for the 2024-25 season, the company’s 44th. The season is the first to be programmed under the leadership of Brian Pastor (they/them), who will assume the position of Executive Artistic Director on July 1, returning to the company they served for over ten…
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Wednesday, 28 February 2024 16:10
Trap Door Theatre presents: Nana, Opening Thursday, April 11th 2024
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Trap Door Theatre is thrilled to close its 30th anniversary season by celebrating the past with a reimagining of our hit production of Nana. Adapted for the stage from Emile Zola's scandalous novel by Olwen Wymark, Nana will be directed by Resident Choreographer Miguel Long, and Nicole Wiesner, who originated the role of Nana in 2002. Nana will play April…
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Tuesday, 12 March 2024 16:04
Steppenwolf Theatre Announces 2024/25 Season
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Steppenwolf Theatre Company, under the leadership of Artistic Directors Glenn Davis and Audrey Francis and Executive Director Brooke Flanagan, today announced its 2024/25 Season, featuring a dynamic line-up of modern masterpieces, Chicago and world premieres. The 49th Season includes five Steppenwolf Membership Series productions that invite audiences to experience the next chapter of Steppenwolf's bold, visceral and muscular…
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Tuesday, 12 March 2024 15:49
Pretty Woman is now playing at CIBC Theatre
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Broadway In Chicago is delighted to announce PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL is now playing at Broadway In Chicago's CIBC Theatre (18 W. Monroe St.). PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL is playing for a limited engagement through March 17. PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL, based on one of Hollywood's most beloved romantic stories of all springs to…
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Tuesday, 05 March 2024 15:55
Pre-Broadway World Premiere DEATH BECOMES HER Announces Complete Casting
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Broadway In Chicago and Universal Theatrical Group announced today complete casting for the world-premiere Chicago production of the drop-dead hilarious new musical comedy, DEATH BECOMES HER. Starring alongside the previously announced Tony Award nominee Megan Hilty as "Madeline Ashton," and Tony Award nominee Jennifer Simard as "Helen Sharp" are Tony Award nominee Christopher Sieber as "Ernest Menville," and Grammy Award…
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Sunday, 03 March 2024 13:21
Skokie Theatre Cast and Creatives for The Lightning Thief: A Percy Jackson Musical
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MadKap Productions is pleased to announce the cast and creative team for The Lightning Thief: a Percy Jackson Musical, a special Theatre for Young Audience presentation which will run for 10 live performances between June 7 and July 28 at the Skokie Theatre, 7924 Lincoln Ave in Downtown Skokie. The Lightning Thief: A…
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Thursday, 29 February 2024 12:30
Tickets go on Sale March 1 for Music Theater Works' 2024 Producers Gala ALL THAT JAZZ, May 11
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Music Theater Works is proud to announce its annual gala, the Producers Gala, All that Jazz, Saturday, May 11 at 6 p.m. All That Jazz, at the Kenilworth Club at 410 Kenilworth Ave., begins at 6 p.m. with a cocktail hour and is followed by a sit-down dinner, the presentation of the third annual Joyce Ruth…
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