Monday, 19 February 2024 12:45
What you need to know about Mozart's Requiem
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Lyric Opera of Chicago will present two performances of Mozart's Requiem for the first time in the company's history on March 22 and 24, 2024. These special events also represent a first for Lyric Music Director Enrique Mazzola, who will be conducting his first Mozart work for North American audiences. The creation of this…
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Monday, 19 February 2024 13:12
BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL is Coming to Chicago
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Lead producer Colin Ingram together with Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, the creators of the Back to the Future film trilogy, and Broadway In Chicago are thrilled to announce the 2022 Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical, BACK TO THE FUTURE: The Musical will come to Chicago as part of its upcoming season package. The Broadway and West End hit…
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Monday, 19 February 2024 13:08
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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Wednesday, 14 February 2024 12:37
Cirque Du Soleil’s first-ever acrobatic performance on ice, CRYSTAL, returns to Chicagoland area
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Cirque du Soleil's CRYSTAL – a one-of-a-kind production that brings the circus arts to the ice for the very first time, returns to NOW Arena (5333 Prairie Stone Parkway, Hoffman Estates) from March 22-24, 2024. Tickets are available for purchase online at cirquedusoleil.com/crystal. With seven jaw-dropping traditional circus acts all thrillingly adapted for Cirque du Soleil's…
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Thursday, 15 February 2024 12:31
Congo Square's HOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED is On Sale
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Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce that individual tickets for the Chicago premiere of Congo Square Theatre Company's HOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED, August Wilson's autobiographical show will go on sale tomorrow, Friday, February 16. Ticket prices will range from $45.00 to $65.00 with a select number of premium…
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Monday, 12 February 2024 17:49
AN EVENING WITH LESLIE ODOM, JR. coming to Chicago for One Night Only
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CHICAGO (February 12, 2024) – Broadway In Chicago is excited to announce that LESLIE ODOM, JR. will be returning to Chicago for one night only in concert at the CIBC Theatre (18 W. Monroe) on Saturday, April 20 at 7:30 pm. Ticket prices will range from $60 - $115, with a select…
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Thursday, 01 February 2024 08:53
World Premiere of DEATH BECOMES HER is On Sale
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Tickets for the Chicago world premiere of DEATH BECOMES HER go on sale tomorrow and will run for a limited five-week engagement, April 30 – June 2, 2024, at Broadway In Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 West Randolph Street, Chicago, IL). Ticket prices will range from $33.00 to $113.00 with a select…
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Tuesday, 30 January 2024 14:13
Porchlight announces Cast and Creative Teams for PORCHLIGHT IN CONCERT: SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE, May 11 and 12
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Award-winning Porchlight Music Theatre is proud to announce the cast and production team for Porchlight in Concert: Sunday in the Park with George, starring Tony Award-nominated Sean Allan Krill and Broadway’s Kathy Voytko, Saturday, May 11 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, May 12 at 2 p.m., at the Studebaker Theater, 410 S. Michigan Ave. This concert performance includes music and lyrics by Stephen…
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Tuesday, 30 January 2024 14:10
Lifeline Theatre’s retelling of Chicagoan Nambi E. Kelley’s “Native Son” adaptation, May 10 - June 30
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Lifeline Theatre continues their 2023-24 season of Big Stories, Up Close with a retelling of Native Son. Spearheaded by Lifeline Artistic Director ILesa Duncan (Middle Passage, Neverwhere,) audiences will experience Chicagoan Nambi E. Kelley's "gutsy, powerful, and relentless" adaptation of Richard Wright's powerful introspection on race and justice like never before. Set in Chicago's South Side during the 1930's, the…
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Monday, 29 January 2024 14:08
Trap Door Theatre Open Series Presents: The Delivery
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Trap Door Theatre is thrilled to continue its Trap Open Series with the show The Delivery. Written by Charlotte Jung, The Delivery will play February 12-20, 2024 at Trap Door Theatre, 1655 W Cortland St. in Chicago. Tickets are now on sale at trapdoortheatre.com or by calling (773)-384-0494. Full press release attached. The cast includes Amy Jean Johnson, Juliana Liscio…
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Thursday, 25 January 2024 14:04
Jackalope Theatre Announces its 16th Season
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Jackalope Theatre Company is proud to announce its 16th season to be performed at its new home in Edgewater, Berger Park, 6205 N. Broadway Ave. The 2024 season includes the previously announced one-man thriller in rhyme, The Smuggler, February 16 – March 16, by Ronán Noone, directed by Gus Menary and starring Andrew Burden…
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Friday, 26 January 2024 12:07
Ronnie Marmo Returns to Chicago to Direct and Star in Critically Acclaimed “Bill W. and Dr. Bob”
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Ronnie Marmo and Theatre 68 today announced two plays coming to the Richard Christiansen Theater of the Biograph Theater in Lincoln Park (2433 N. Lincoln Ave.). The critically acclaimed "Bill W. and Dr. Bob," the gripping true story spotlighting the two founders of Alcoholics Anonymous, is written by Samuel Shem and Janet Surrey. Marmo will be directing and starring in…
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Emery Entertainment, Inc. and Broadway In Chicago are excited to announce that CHURCHILL, starring acclaimed actor David Payne, will play a strictly limited engagement at Broadway In Chicago's Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place (175 E. Chestnut St) from April 3 to April 7, 2024. Tickets for all shows are now…
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