Thursday, 14 November 2024 12:30
A Christmas Cabaret: A Magical Night with Thee Ricky Harris!
Written by Wesley David
Get ready to dive into the holiday spirit like never before on December 7th and 8th with A Christmas Cabaret - Thee Ricky Harris Way at the Mercury Theater. Thee Ricky Harris, a true powerhouse in musical theater and host of the beloved online series Places, brings his unmatched charisma…
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Friday, 15 November 2024 11:24
Pegasus Theatre Chicago Announces Dates, Plays and Playwrights for the 38th ANNUAL YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL, Jan. 5 - 26, 2025
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Pegasus Theatre Chicago is proud to announce the authors and plays being presented at the 38th Annual Young Playwrights Festival, January 5 - 26, 2025 at Chicago Dramatists, 798 N. Aberdeen. Previews are Thursday, Jan. 2 - Saturday, Jan. 4 at 7 p.m. with the Opening Ceremony, Sunday, Jan. 5 at 2:30 p.m. The performance schedule is Fridays…
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Wednesday, 13 November 2024 15:58
Music Theater Works Announces its LEGALLY BLONDE: THE MUSICAL Cast and Creative Teams, Dec. 19 - Jan. 19
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Music Theater Works is proud to announce the cast and creative team for the final production of its 2024 season, Legally Blonde: The Musical, in the Center Theatre at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, 9501 Skokie Blvd, Skokie, December 19 - 29. Legally Blonde: The Musical, with music and lyrics by Laurence…
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Wednesday, 13 November 2024 16:55
Northlight to produce world premiere adaptation of Little Women
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Northlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans, continues its 2024–2025 season with Louisa May Alcott's Little Women adapted by Lauren Gunderson from the novel by Louisa May Alcott, directed by Associate Artistic Director Georgette Verdin. Due to early demand a week has been added to the run, which…
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Wednesday, 13 November 2024 15:52
Lookingglass Announces Cast and Creative Team for the World Premiere of CIRCUS QUIXOTE, Jan. 30 - March 30, 2025
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After pausing its operations last year to reorganize and create a new business model, Chicago's Tony-Award winning Lookingglass Theatre Company, in association with The Actors Gymnasium, is proud to announce the cast and creative team for the world premiere of Circus Quixote, January 30 - March 30, 2025, in the Lookingglass' Joan and Paul Theatre at…
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Wednesday, 13 November 2024 10:49
BrightSide Theatre to present JEKYLL AND HYDE IN CONCERT January 17-26, 2025. Full cast announced!
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BrightSide Theatre has announced that it will perform the long-running hit Broadway musical JEKYLL AND HYDE in a concert presentation at North Central College's Madden Hall, for two weekends in January. The lush and romantic score with music by Frank Wildhorn and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse features power ballads like…
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Tuesday, 12 November 2024 17:43
Hell in a Handbag's Rudolph THE RED-HOSED REINDEER Returns December 13, 2024 – January 5, 2025 at Center on Halsted
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Hell in a Handbag Productions is pleased to open its 2024/25 Season with the 25th anniversary edition of Artistic Director David Cerda's* holiday classic Rudolph the Red-Hosed Reindeer (An Unauthorized Musical Parody), directed by Anthony Whitaker, playing December 13, 2024 – January 5, 2025 at Hoover Leppen Theatre at Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted St. in Chicago. Tickets…
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Friday, 08 November 2024 14:14
Sixth performance added! Steppenwolf Theatre Celebrates the Holidays with Jane Lynch's A Swingin' Little Christmas
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Due to popular demand, Steppenwolf Theatre is pleased to announce Jane Lynch's A SWINGIN' LITTLE CHRISTMAS has added a sixth and final performance to its nearly sold-out engagement December 12 - 15, 2024 in Steppenwolf's Downstairs Theater, 1650 N. Halsted St. in Chicago. The newly-added show on Sunday, December 15 at 7:30 is now on sale at steppenwolf.org/christmas or by calling the Box Office…
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Thursday, 07 November 2024 16:38
Lifeline Theatre presents “Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol” for the holiday season, Nov 29 – Dec 22
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Lifeline Theatre brings their first MainStage production of the 2024-25 season to the stage with Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol. Tom Mula's holiday tale is presented as a one-man show, starring Lifeline ensemble member Phil Timberlake. In Dickens' Christmas Carol, Scrooge gets a chance to amend his ways, but we never find out what happened to…
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Thursday, 07 November 2024 16:31
Shucked coming to CIBC Theatre in January
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Individual tickets for SHUCKED, the Tony Award® winning musical comedy The Wall Street Journal calls "flat out hilarious," will go on sale on Friday, November 8. SHUCKED will play Broadway In Chicago's CIBC Theatre (18 W. Monroe St.) for a limited two-week engagement, January 7 - 19. SHUCKED features a "superb book" (New York Post) by…
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Wednesday, 30 October 2024 12:06
Steppenwolf Theatre's LEROY AND LUCY - October 24 – December 15, 2024 - World Premiere!
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Steppenwolf Theatre Company, the nation's premier ensemble theater company, is pleased to continue its 49th season with the world premiere of Ngozi Anyanwu's Leroy and Lucy, a bluesy and seductive play with music, directed by Awoye Timpo, playing October 24 – December 15, 2024 in Steppenwolf's in-the-round Ensemble Theater in Honor of Helen Zell, 1646 N. Halsted St.…
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Monday, 28 October 2024 12:00
American Blues Theater to produce 23rd Annual It's a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago!
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American Blues Theater announces its 23rd Annual Production of It's a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago! from Frank Capra's film and directed by Executive Artistic Director Gwendolyn Whiteside with musical direction by Ensemble Member Michael Mahler. It's a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago! will run November 29-December 22, 2024. The press opening is Sunday, December 1 at 2:00pm. Tickets are on…
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Friday, 25 October 2024 12:53
Teatro ZinZanni Presents: The LiV Warfield Xperience For One Night Only - Nov. 18
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Teatro ZinZanni, Chicago's wildly entertaining cabaret and cirque show, will open up their vintage circus tent, the Spiegeltent, to present The LiV Warfield Xperience on Monday, November 18th. For one night only, LiV Warfield, who stars in the current ZinZanni production, will bring down the house for an electrifying live performance. This is LiV's first public show…
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