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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Thursday, 25 January 2024 13:02
Peter Pan coming to Chicago's James M. Nederlander Theatre
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Broadway In Chicago is delighted to announce that individual tickets for the all-new production of the Tony Award-winning Broadway Classic, PETER PAN will go on sale on Friday, January 26. PETER PAN takes flight at Broadway In Chicago's James M. Nederlander Theatre (24 W. Randolph St.) for a limited two-week engagement, March 26 –…
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Thursday, 25 January 2024 13:00
DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST to Open North American Tour in Chicago
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Disney Theatrical Group, under the direction of Andrew Flatt, Anne Quart and Thomas Schumacher, announced today that a newly-reimagined North American tour of Beauty and the Beast will officially open at Broadway In Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre in July 2025. Tickets are now available for groups of 10 or more by calling Broadway In Chicago Group Sales at (312) 977-1710 or emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The show…
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Wednesday, 24 January 2024 12:04
About Face Theatre to produce the Midwest premiere of The Brightest Thing in the World directed by Keira Fromm
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About Face Theatre continues its 29th season with the Midwest premiere of The Brightest Thing in the World by Leah Nanako Winkler, directed by AFT Artistic Associate Keira Fromm. The show will run March 14 through April 13, 2024, at The Den Theatre. The Brightest Thing in the World starts as a bubbling romantic…
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Wednesday, 24 January 2024 11:51
Music Theater Works Announces the Cast and Creative Team for THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, March 7th - 31st
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Music Theater Works is proud to announce the cast and creative team for the first production of its 2024 season, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, in the Center Theatre at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts In Skokie, 9501 Skokie Blvd, Skokie, March 7 - 31. The 25th Annual Putnam County…
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Wednesday, 24 January 2024 10:46
Brightside Theatre to perform CHESS IN CONCERT February 9th-18th
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Artistic Director Jeffrey Cass and Executive Director Julie Ann Kornak are excited to continue BrightSide Theatre's SEASON 12 – The Season of Passion – with the masterful musical CHESS IN CONCERT. Cass is directing the concert, with musical direction by Aaron Zimmerman. Cast in the central roles of the love…
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