Tuesday, 17 February 2026 13:41
Oil Lamp Theater Shares Cast and Creative Team for POOR BEHAVIOR, April 10 - May 10
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Oil Lamp Theater, currently presenting the highly recommended political comedy The Outsider through February 22, is proud to announce the cast and creative team for its next production of its 2026 season, Poor Behavior, written by Theresa Rebeck and directed by Lauren Katz, April 10 - May 10, at Oil Lamp Theater, 1723 Glenview Road. The schedule includes…
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Saturday, 14 February 2026 13:35
Open Space Arts to stage Chicago premiere of A THIRD WAY, April 3 – 19, 2026
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Open Space Arts has announced it will stage the Chicago premiere of A THIRD WAY, from April 3 through 19. A THIRD WAY is a sharply funny, deeply compassionate new play that reimagines what love, marriage, and family can look like in the 21st century. Winner of the Del Shores Foundation Playwriting Award, the…
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Thursday, 12 February 2026 12:37
A Red Orchid Theatre Concludes 33rd Season with World Premiere of THE TARGETED
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A Red Orchid Theatre is pleased to conclude its 33rd Season with the world premiere of Hanna Kime's The Targeted, a tragicomedy about community directed by Grace Dolezal-Ng, playing May 7 – June 14, 2026 at The Chopin Theatre Mainstage, 1543 W. Division St. in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood. Single tickets go on sale Tuesday, March 24, 2026 at aredorchidtheatre.org or by calling…
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Friday, 13 February 2026 12:33
Lookingglass Theatre announces casting for the world premiere of White Rooster Written and directed by Ensemble Member Matthew C. Yee
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Lookingglass Theatre Company, in keeping with its celebrated tradition of bringing to life Ensemble-created new work, presents the world premiere of White Rooster, written and directed by Ensemble Member Matthew C. Yee (Lucy & Charlie's Honeymoon). Drawing from a personal family story rooted in early 1900s China, Yee's inventive and haunting play with…
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Wednesday, 11 February 2026 13:31
Paramount’s smash hit, immersive staging of Million Dollar Quartet returning to rock Aurora’s Stolp Island Theatre, March 4-May 31
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Paramount Theatre’s long-running smash hit musical Million Dollar Quartet has wrapped its winter break, and is rebooting to rock downtown Aurora’s Stolp Island Theatre for three more months, March 4-May 31, 2026. Repeat audiences know, and newcomers really should experience, this new, limited engagement of Paramount’s critically acclaimed, immersive Million Dollar Quartet. Both…
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Wednesday, 11 February 2026 13:20
ANNOUNCING #HAM4HAM LOTTERY IN CHICAGO, IL 40 TICKETS FOR EVERY PERFORMANCE $10 EACH
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Producer Jeffrey Seller and Broadway In Chicago announce a digital lottery for HAMILTON tickets will begin in conjunction with the show’s first performance on March 4, 2026, in Chicago, IL at the CIBC Theatre (18 W. Monroe St.). A limited number of tickets will be available for every performance for $10 each. The lottery will first…
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Wednesday, 11 February 2026 13:16
Idle Muse Theatre Company Announces Cast and Creative team for THE THREE MUSKETEERS, March 26 - April 25
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Idle Muse Theatre Company launches its 20th anniversary season with The Three Musketeers, March 26 - April 25, written by Robert Kauzlaric, directed by Idle Muse Artistic Director Evan Jackson adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas and originally commissioned for the 2010 Illinois Shakespeare Festival, at The Edge Off-Broadway Theater, 1133 W Catalpa Ave. Previews are Thursday, March 26 and…
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Wednesday, 11 February 2026 13:09
DENNIS WATKINS RELEASES A NEW BLOCK OF SPRING/SUMMER TICKETS FOR THE MAGIC PARLOUR
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Demand for Dennis Watkins' The Magic Parlour continues into 2026 following a strong holiday season of sold-out performances and group and event bookings. Now, "Chicago's premiere resident magician" (Chicago Tribune) releases a brand new block of tickets to see audiences into the spring and summer months. Watkins also welcomes Derek Hughes—a "thoroughly entertaining" (New…
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Friday, 06 February 2026 16:03
When art transcends death: What you need to know about El último sueño de Frida y Diego, the new Spanish-language opera at Lyric
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Lyric Opera of Chicago presents Gabriela Lena Frank and Nilo Cruz’s El último sueño de Frida y Diego (The Last Dream of Frida and Diego), on stage March 21 – April 4, 2026. This new opera poses an impossible question: How would you spend a single day reunited with lost love? On the Day of…
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Monday, 09 February 2026 12:43
ALL-CHICAGO CAST SET FOR THEATER OF THE MIND, A NEW ONE-OF-A-KIND IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE CREATED BY DAVID BYRNE AND MALA GAONKAR, PRODUCED AS A CENTERPIECE OF THE GOODMAN’S CENTENNIAL 25/26 SEASON, STARTING MARCH 11
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Goodman Theatre celebrates 100 years and looks to the future with the opening of Chicago’s newest cultural attraction, Theater of the Mind—a one-of-a-kind theatrical immersive experience by Academy, Grammy, and Tony Award-winning artist David Byrne with writer Mala Gaonkar. Today, director Andrew Scoville proudly announces the 11-member, all-Chicago cast who will steward the 75-minute journey of self-reflection,…
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Monday, 02 February 2026 10:41
Lyric Opera reimagines a timeless tragedy: Madama Butterfly, Mar 14
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Lyric Opera of Chicago presents Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, on stage March 14 – April 12, 2026, in a production that dares to ask: what if everything we think we know about this classic opera is only half the story? Director Matthew Ozawa — Lyric's Chief Artistic Officer — reimagines Puccini’s masterpiece by embracing…
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Friday, 30 January 2026 14:31
Chicago Opera Theater presents Chicago Premiere of Kurt Weill's 'Der Silbersee' March 4-8
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Chicago Opera Theater (COT) presents the Chicago premiere of Der Silbersee: Ein Wintermärchen (The Silver Lake – A Winter’s Fairy Tale), a genre-defying theatrical work with music by Kurt Weill and text by Georg Kaiser that was banned by the Nazi regime just weeks after its 1933 premiere. Directed by COT General Director Lawrence Edelson and conducted by James Lowe in his COT debut,…
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Tuesday, 27 January 2026 16:05
The Movement You Need: An Evening with Brendan Hunt comes to Chicago this spring
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Emmy and SAG Award winner Brendan Hunt comes back to his hometown of Chicago this spring to present his one-man autobiographical show The Movement You Need: An Evening with Brendan Hunt. Produced by Tiwary Entertainment Group and Lead Producer Vivek J. Tiwary and directed by Ashley Rodbro, this Broadway-bound, three-week limited engagement runs at Steppenwolf Theatre Company's Downstairs Theater, 1650 N.…
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