Friday, 16 January 2026 12:53
Music Theater Works Announces Cast and Creative Team for CATS, March 5 - 29
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Music Theater Works is proud to announce the cast and creative team for the first production of its 2026 season, CATS, in the North Theatre, at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, 9501 Skokie Blvd, Skokie, March 5 - 29, 2026. CATS, based on “Old Possum’s Book of Practical CATS” by T.S.…
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Friday, 16 January 2026 12:44
Writers Theatre announces cast for Two Sisters and a Piano by Nilo Cruz
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Writers Theatre, under the leadership of Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma and Alexandra C. and John D. Nichols Artistic Director Braden Abraham, continues its 2025/26 Season with Two Sisters and a Piano, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz. Celebrated Chicago director Lisa Portes joins Writers for the first time to direct. Two Sisters and a Piano will run February 26 – March 29, 2026, in…
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Friday, 16 January 2026 12:41
Drury Lane Theatre begins 2026/2027 season with Father of the Bride
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Drury Lane Theatre cordially invites you to the wedding of the season as it opens its 2026/2027 season with Father of the Bride, by Caroline Francke, directed by Michael Heitzman. Heitzman, who last directed Drury Lane's smash-hit production of 42nd Street, helms this heartwarming comedy, running April 8 – May 31, 2026, at Drury Lane Theatre, 100…
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Friday, 16 January 2026 12:35
KITTY AND THE BEANSTALK - Lifeline Theatre - Through March 22nd
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Lifeline Theatre today announced the cast and crew of its upcoming KidSeries production, the World Premiere of KITTY AND THE BEANSTALK, adapted by Ensemble Member Jess Wright Buha in collaboration with Miles & Molly Buha from JACK AND THE BEANSTALK. Directed by Ensemble Member Calvin Adams with music and lyrics by Jess Wright Buha and John Szymanski, the production runs February 15 -…
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Wednesday, 14 January 2026 14:31
Invictus Theatre Company announces its 2026 season
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Invictus Theatre Company, whose summer 2025 production of the two-part epic, ANGELS IN AMERICA, was named top Chicago theatre production of the year and "the best non-Equity production here since before the pandemic" by the CHICAGO TRIBUNE's Chris Jones, has announced programming for its 2026 season. All performances will be…
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Tuesday, 13 January 2026 14:29
Royal Shakespeare Company's HAMNET - Chicago Shakespeare Theatre - Through March 8th 2026
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Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) announces casting for the US tour of the Royal Shakespeare Company's Hamnet, based on the best-selling novel by Maggie O'Farrell, adapted by award-winning playwright Lolita Chakrabarti (Life of Pi, Red Velvet, Hymn), and directed by Erica Whyman. A co-production with the RSC and Neal Street Productions, Hamnet pulls back a curtain on the story of the greatest writer in the English language and…
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Saturday, 10 January 2026 13:21
Echoes in the Opera House: BrightSide's 'Phantom' A Concert Triumph
Written by Kimberly Katz
As a lifelong Phantom of the Opera devotee in every form it takes, I was genuinely delighted to see BrightSide Theatre tackling Phantom in Concert. As the title promises, this version reimagines Gaston Leroux’s classic novel as a sweeping musical experience. With actors reading from scripts accompanied by a full…
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Tuesday, 06 January 2026 14:15
Black Ensemble Theater announces plans for the 50th Anniversary Season
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Black Ensemble Theater celebrates 50 years of its mission-based theater with a full season of musicals and special events. The season opens with the return of one of its biggest national hits The Jackie Wilson Story, followed by Muddy Waters: The Hoochie Coochie Man, the celebration of You Can't Fake the Funk: A Journey Through Funk Music and the…
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Thursday, 08 January 2026 13:10
Porchlight Music Theater Presents Kayla Boye's SHAKE IT AWAY: THE ANN MILLER STORY, March 3 at the Ruth Page Center
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Award-winning Porchlight Music Theatre presents Shake It Away: The Ann Miller Story, written by and starring Kayla Boye, directed by Porchlight Artistic Director Michael Weber, choreographed by Tammy Mader and music directed by Linda Madonia, Tuesday, March 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn St. The running time is 75 minutes with no…
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Wednesday, 07 January 2026 14:05
POT GIRLS - Raven Theatre - Through March 8th 2026
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The Story Theatre closes its critically-acclaimed, sold-out, award-winning Season V with the world premiere production of Pot Girls by Governing Ensemble member Paul Michael Thomson* and directed by Governing Ensemble member Ayanna Bria Bakari*. This new play about the power of women, words and weed will play February 12 – March 1, 2026 on Raven Theatre's Schwartz Stage, 6157…
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Wednesday, 07 January 2026 13:59
TOP GIRLS - Raven Theatre Through March 22nd 2026
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Chicago's Raven Theatre Company today announced the cast and production team for TOP GIRLS, Caryl Churchill's most famous work and regarded as one of the best British plays of the 20th century, directed by Lucky Stiff and running February 18 - March 22, 2026 (previews February 12 - 15). Tickets ($30 - $45) go on sale…
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Monday, 22 December 2025 14:22
Kokandy Productions Announces 2026 Season
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Hot off their record-breaking runs of Jekyll & Hyde and Amélie the Musical, Kokandy Productions is back in 2026 with three full productions, including their first play with music. The season begins with the revolutionary "love-rock" musical HAIR, taking over the Chopin Theater Mainstage for an exhilarating summer of hope and fury. Splashes of tie dye…
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Tuesday, 23 December 2025 14:14
THE DANCE OF DEATH - Steppenwolf Theatre – Through March 22, 2026
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Steppenwolf Theatre Company, the nation's premier ensemble theater company, is pleased to continue its 50th Anniversary Season with August Strindberg's master class in marital warfare The Dance of Death, adapted by Conor McPherson, directed by ensemble member Yasen Peyankov and featuring an all ensemble cast. The Dance of Death will play January 29 – March 22, 2026 in Steppenwolf's Downstairs Theater, 1650 N. Halsted…
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