Thursday, 18 December 2025 13:14
EXTENDED BY POPULAR DEMAND! Paramount’s Million Dollar Quartet to keep rockin’ through May 2026
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Paramount Theatre’s smash hit musical Million Dollar Quartet has been extended once more due to popular demand. Previously set to run through January 4, 2026, Chicagoland audiences can look forward to Million Dollar Quartet rocking for three more months, March 4-May 31, 2026. See Paramount’s wildly acclaimed, immersive staging of…
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Thursday, 18 December 2025 13:10
Shattered Globe's Morning, Noon, and Night - Theatre Wit - Through March 28th
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Shattered Globe’s 35th season continues with the Midwest Premiere of Morning, Noon, and Night, a mind-bending exploration of teens, family, surveillance, and connection in a post-pandemic world by Obie Award-winning playwright Kirsten Greenidge, directed by SGT Associate Artistic Director AmBer Montgomery. Previews start February 13. Performances run through March 28 at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave.…
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Wednesday, 17 December 2025 13:04
Trial in the Delta: The Murder of Emmett Till - Kimball Arts Center - Through March 15th 2026
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Collaboraction Theatre Company is thrilled to announce its inaugural production at Chicago’s newest live theater space, Collaboraction’s new House of Belonging in Humboldt Park: Trial in the Delta: The Murder of Emmett Till, the company’s award-winning live docudrama, will return in its most fully realized form yet. Featuring a powerhouse ensemble…
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Wednesday, 17 December 2025 13:01
Music Theater Works Announces International Recognized Drag Artist and "RuPaul's Drag Race's" Mrs. Kasha Davis as "Edna Turnblad" in its 2026 Production of HAIRSPRAY
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Producing Artistic Director Kyle Dougan-LeBlanc and Music Theater Works are proud to announce that Mrs. Kasha Davis will star as “Edna Turnblad” in the upcoming production of Hairspray, Dec. 17, 2026 - Jan. 3, 2027, directed by Keely Vasquez, choreographed by Reneisha Jenkins and music directed by Linda Madonia, in the George Van Dusen Theatre, at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts…
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Monday, 15 December 2025 13:49
BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA - A Red Orchid Theatre – Through March 15th 2026
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A Red Orchid Theatre is pleased to continue its 33rd Season with the Chicago premiere of Anna Ouyang Moench's father-daughter drama Birds of North America, directed by Artistic Director Kirsten Fitzgerald*, playing January 15 – February 22, 2026 at 1531 N. Wells St. in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood. Single tickets are now on sale at aredorchidtheatre.org or by calling (312) 943-8722. Season subscriptions are…
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Monday, 15 December 2025 11:24
Review: Couch Penny Ensemble's 'Everybody' at Greenhouse Theater Center
Written by Maddie Burroughs
A quick disclaimer for this review: Couch Penny Ensemble's Everybody, by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, is written with a caveat for anyone who dares to perform it. At the start of each performance, the actors are randomly assigned their roles by lottery, creating 120 possible cast combinations. In other words, the Everybody I…
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Monday, 15 December 2025 11:14
Review: Manual Cinema’s Christmas Carol at Studebaker Theater
Written by Maddie Burroughs
As someone who is ever the cynic about telling the same old stories every year under the guise of tradition, A Christmas Carol rarely draws me in. Manual Cinema’s latest production, however, takes a Christmas classic and makes it new again. Told through the eyes of a narrator who shares…
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Friday, 12 December 2025 14:54
Jane Lynch & Kate Flannery Return to Steppenwolf in THE TROUBLE WITH ANGELS
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Steppenwolf Theatre is pleased to present five-time Emmy Award winner Jane Lynch, the hilariously charming Kate Flannery and The Tony Guerrero Quartet in The Trouble With Angels, a raucous night of comedy, song and unapologetic mischief playing four performances only, April 9 – 11, 2026 in Steppenwolf's Downstairs Theater, 1650 N. Halsted St in Chicago. Tickets cost $79 - $149*. A special Steppenwolf…
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Thursday, 11 December 2025 13:29
Playwrights’ group THE VIVERO granted a three-year residency at City Lit Theater
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Award-winning Porchlight Music Theatre is proud to announce the cast for Porchlight in Concert production Follies, starring (in alphabetical order) Michelle Duffy (Broadway's Leap of Faith, Drury Lane's Sister Act) as "Phyllis Rogers Stone," Alexander Gemignani (Broadway's Assassins and Sweeney Todd) as "Buddy Plummer," Angela Ingersoll (Jeff Award winner for…
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Friday, 12 December 2025 12:21
Porchlight Music Theatre Announces Cast for PORCHLIGHT IN CONCERT FOLLIES, April 25 and 26, 2026
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Award-winning Porchlight Music Theatre is proud to announce the cast for Porchlight in Concert production Follies, starring (in alphabetical order) Michelle Duffy (Broadway's Leap of Faith, Drury Lane's Sister Act) as "Phyllis Rogers Stone," Alexander Gemignani (Broadway's Assassins and Sweeney Todd) as "Buddy Plummer," Angela Ingersoll (Jeff Award winner for…
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Monday, 08 December 2025 12:14
Outrageous, Heartfelt, and Hilarious: Jinkx & DeLa’s Holiday Magic Lands in Chicago
Written by Maddie Burroughs
Now in its eighth year, global drag icons and RuPaul’s Drag Race stars BenDeLaCreme and Jinkx Monsoon are back on tour with The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show – a hilarious, unhinged, and queer production that pushes the boundaries of the holiday spectacle. The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show has touched…
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Monday, 08 December 2025 13:42
Bah Humbug, Here We Go Again! Charles Dickens Begrudgingly Performs “A Christmas Carol” Again at Theater Wit
Written by Ken Payne
At Theater Wit, a Jeff Award–winning solo performance reimagines Charles Dickens with both comic absurdity and aching humanity. The great author, improbably alive more than two centuries after his birth, finds himself trapped in a ritual that has long outlived him: the annual retelling of A Christmas Carol. Since 1853,…
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Saturday, 06 December 2025 13:47
Buffalo Theatre Ensemble’s Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley Charms with Holiday Spirit
Written by Lauren Katz
“Is this what it’s like to have sisters?” I know I personally fall into the category of Jane Austen fans who have been following adaptations and spinoffs of Pride and Prejudice for eons. What happened to the Bennett sisters after the famous events of the classic tale? Did Elizabeth and…
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