Wednesday, 27 May 2026 14:24
HAIR - The Chopin Theatre - Through September 13th
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Hot off their record-breaking, award-winning runs of Jekyll & Hyde and Amélie, Kokandy Productions is pleased to launch its 2026 Season with the revolutionary "love-rock" musical HAIR, playing July 2 – September 13, 2026 on The Chopin Theatre Mainstage, 1543 W. Division St. in Chicago. Directed and choreographed by Brennan Urbi with music direction by Kara Olander, HAIR features book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni…
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- Chosen Mitchell
- Catherine Rodriguez OConnor
- Gavin Rhys
- Zac Richey
- Nicki Rossi
- Stone Tesell
- rock musical
- Let The Sunshine In
- Aquarius
Sunday, 24 May 2026 14:07
Whammy, Indeed: Koechner’s Stand‑Up Evolves at The Den
Written by Ken Payne
David Koechner stormed into The Den Theatre’s Mainstage this weekend with the kind of unruly, big‑hearted presence that instantly reminded audiences why he had been a comedy fixture for more than two decades. People knew him as the blustering Champ Kind from Anchorman, the delightfully inappropriate Todd Packer on The…
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Spaceman, presented by [producingbody], touches down at The Edge Off-Broadway with a quiet, unnerving force, pulling audiences into the fragile headspace of an astronaut drifting far from home and even farther from certainty. Under Eric Slater’s beautifully calibrated direction, playwright Leegrid Stevens’ one‑woman odyssey becomes less a sci‑fi spectacle than…
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- Taylor Dalton
- Angela Joy Baldasare
- Garrett Bell
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Friday, 22 May 2026 11:49
Inside a Real ‘Fire House’ You Are Immersed in Phantasmic Lives of Firefighters
Written by Bill Esler
Set in Chicago’s oldest fire station (now Firehouse Art Studio) the immersive play "Fire House” is only loosely tethered to a realistic portrayal of what fire fighters do. What it conveys is an impressionistic vision of the experience that fire fighters may undergo. Produced by Chicago Shpatz, an experimental theater company…
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Thursday, 21 May 2026 12:58
Spamalot Is Every Monty Python Fan’s Dream Come to Life
Written by Angelo Campos
Spamalot rides into the Windy City courtesy of Broadway In Chicago, inviting theatergoers to join King Arthur’s quest now through May 31 at the CIBC Theatre. Fans of Monty Python and the Holy Grail - the 1975 cult classic - will find plenty to adore in this musical, which, as…
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- John Du Prez
- Eric Idle
- Major Attaway
- Amanda Robles
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- Sean Bell
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- Josh Rhodes
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Wednesday, 20 May 2026 15:56
Raven Theatre announces the 2026-27 season
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Raven Theatre, under the director of Executive Artistic Director Jonathan Berry, announces its 44th season, to include Michael R. Jackson's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical A Strange Loop, directed by Mikael Burke in a co-production with About Face Theatre; Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie, directed by Raven Executive Artistic Director Jonathan Berry; and Sharyn Rothstein's Tell Me I'm Not Crazy, directed by Georgette…
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Wednesday, 20 May 2026 14:14
Announcing the 26/27 Season at Goodman Theatre
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On the heels of an unprecedented Centennial Season, Goodman Theatre sets a bold stage for its second century. Walter Artistic Director Susan V. Booth and Executive Director John Collins announce the 2026/2027 Season line-up of world-class talent and first-rate artistry here at home, beginning this fall. With 12 productions—five world or Chicago premieres, a…
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- The Attic; Things I've Seen While Lying on My Back
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- Tim Hopper
- John Proctor is the Villain
- Marti Lyons
- 'night, Mother
- Michael Pressman
- Grren Day
- American Idiot
- Billie Joe Armstrong
- Michael Mayer
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- In the Loop
- Theater of the Mind
- David Byrne
- Talking Heads
- The Magic Parlour
- Dennis Watkins
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Tuesday, 19 May 2026 15:19
Porchlight's FREE Summer Concert Series Returns - BROADWAY IN YOUR BACKYARD
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Porchlight Music Theatre is proud to announce the return of its free summer concert series Broadway in your Backyard, July 6 - September 19, sponsored by Chicago Free For All Fund. Broadway in your Backyard is directed by Artistic Director Michael Weber, music directed by Linda Madonia and starring Tafadzwa Diener, Nik Kmiecik, Juwon Tyrel Perry and Bethany Thomas. For more information go to PorchlightMusicTheatre.org. Now…
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- Bethany Thomas
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Tuesday, 19 May 2026 15:15
Ian Frank named Shattered Globe Theatre’s new Producing Artistic Director
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Chicago’s Shattered Globe Theatre announced today that Ian Frank has been selected, following a national search, to be the company’s new Producing Artistic Director. Frank comes to Shattered Globe from Mudlark Theater in Evanston, where he has been the Executive Director since 2023. “On behalf of the Shattered Globe Theatre…
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Monday, 18 May 2026 13:34
A Red Orchid’s The Targeted Builds a Case for Compassion
Written by John Accrocco
If you’ve ever worked in an urban coffee shop, chances are you’ve encountered at least one ultra-paranoid kook who believes the government is spying on them. Often they’re filling out long journals or manifestos. Or perhaps that one crazy uncle we all seem to have who believes in way too…
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Saturday, 16 May 2026 11:02
No Dialog, Yet Strongly Affecting, Trap Door's 'Le Bal' Is Like Nothing You've Seen
Written by Bill Esler
Can you have a play run 90 minutes with no dialog? Indubitably, as Trap Door Theatre demonstrates with its new production, “Le Bal.” Adapted to the stage by Stephen Buescher, it is inspired by a 1983 French film of the same title. Of the absence of dialog, one Trap Door…
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Sunday, 17 May 2026 00:30
Rocky in Concert Delivers a Knockout Night Despite Technical Stumbles
Written by Ken Payne
Marking Rocky’s 50th anniversary, Rocky in Concert arrived at the Auditorium Theatre in a highly anticipated Auditorium Philms presentation featuring the Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra performing Bill Conti’s score live. The setup is simple but effective: the film plays above the stage while the Philharmonic brings new clarity and presence to…
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- Rocky in Concert
- Rocky Balboa
- Rocky
- Chicago Philharmonic
- Auditorium Theatre
- Boxing
- Oscar Winner
- classic film
- Auditorium Philms
- Sylvester Stallone
- Carl Weathers
- Burgess Meredith
- Talia Shire
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- orchestra with film
- movies
- live orchestra
- Bill Conti
- James Olmstead
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Friday, 15 May 2026 13:34
A New Home, A Necessary Warning: Timeline’s Enemy Lands Hard
Written by John Accrocco
Timeline Theatre unveils their chic, new Uptown home with its inaugural production–Henrik Ibsen’s ever-relevant “An Enemy of the People”. A streamlined text by acclaimed playwright Amy Herzog cuts right to the bone in this fast-paced version straight from Broadway. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Timeline chose to open…
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