Sunday, 24 May 2026 15:09
Music Theater Works presents WEST SIDE STORY, August 13 - 30
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Music Theater Works is proud to announce the cast and creative team for the second production of its 2026 season, West Side Story, in the George Van Dusen Theatre, at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie, August 13 - 30. West Side Story has a book by Arthur Laurents,…
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Friday, 22 May 2026 14:56
League of Chicago Theatres welcomes the summer theatre season
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Chicago continues to produce some of the most exciting work in the country this Summer, offering a wide variety of plays and musicals, as well as comedy, dance, music, and more. To highlight these productions, The League of Chicago Theatres is publishing its Summer Theatre Guide, which showcases more than 100 productions; not just in…
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- Brokeback Mountain
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- & Juliet
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- AlwaysPatsy Cline
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- LOKIThe End of the World Tour
- Lifeline Theatre
- THE TARGETED
- A Red Orchid Theatre
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- OCTET
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- CATCH AS CATCH CAN
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- Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
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Wednesday, 27 May 2026 14:51
Lookingglass presents Ice Cream Circus, June 2-7, as part of Night Out in the Parks
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Lookingglass Theatre Company presents Ice Cream Circus! 2026, a free, family-friendly theatrical event presented as part of the Chicago Park District's Night Out in the Parks series. Created in association with Actors Gymnasium, Ice Cream Circus! tours parks across Chicago and Evanston June 2 – 7, 2026. A wordless story of wonder, kindness, and play, Ice Cream…
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- Julie Matolo
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Wednesday, 27 May 2026 14:44
YI Love Jewish and Arts Judaica Chicago Premiere of A PEOPLE at Theater Wit June 18 – July 5
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The South Florida based YI Love Jewish and Chicago-based Arts Judaica proudly join forces to present a limited engagement of the Chicago Premiere production of L. M. Feldman's acclaimed theatrical mosaic A PEOPLE, at Theater Wit. A PEOPLE will be directed by world renowned actor, director and Jewish Culture activist Avi Hoffman, who is currently…
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Wednesday, 27 May 2026 14:33
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH Coming to Chicago July 9th
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JK Entertainment is proud to announce the final production of their inaugural season: HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, the cult-classic created by John Cameron Mitchell (Text) and Stephen Trask (Music and Lyrics). The production will run from July 9 through July 26 at the Catalyst Ranch (648 W. Randolph St.), following…
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Wednesday, 27 May 2026 14:24
Kokandy Productions Presents HAIR - July 2 – September 13, 2026 at The Chopin Theatre
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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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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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- Eric Slater
- Ashley Neal
- Allyce Torres
- 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
- Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
- Sean Bell
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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 14:53
Steppenwolf Theatre Presents ALEX EDELMAN: WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO
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Following a critically-acclaimed, sell-out run of Just For Us at Steppenwolf Theatre and around the globe, Tony and Emmy Award-winning comedian Alex Edelman returns with another hilarious and thought-provoking dissection of identity: What Are You Going to Do, playing five performances only August 12 – 16, 2026 in Steppenwolf's Downstairs Theater, 1650 N. Halsted St. in Chicago. Tickets ($54* –…
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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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- John Proctor is the Villain
- Marti Lyons
- 'night, Mother
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Music Theater Works presents WEST SIDE STORY, August 13 - 30
Written by Buzz Center StageMusic Theater Works is proud to announce the cast and creative team for the second production of its 2026 season, West Side Story, in the George Van Dusen Theatre, at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie, August… -
League of Chicago Theatres welcomes the summer theatre season
Written by Buzz Center StageChicago continues to produce some of the most exciting work in the country this Summer, offering a wide variety of plays and musicals, as well as comedy, dance, music, and more. To highlight these productions, The League of Chicago Theatres is publishing its Summer…
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Lookingglass presents Ice Cream Circus, June 2-7, as part of Night Out in the Parks
Written by Buzz Center StageLookingglass Theatre Company presents Ice Cream Circus! 2026, a free, family-friendly theatrical event presented as part of the Chicago Park District's Night Out in the Parks series. Created in association with Actors Gymnasium, Ice Cream Circus! tours parks across Chicago and Evanston June 2 – 7,…
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YI Love Jewish and Arts Judaica Chicago Premiere of A PEOPLE at Theater Wit June 18 – July 5
Written by Buzz Center StageThe South Florida based YI Love Jewish and Chicago-based Arts Judaica proudly join forces to present a limited engagement of the Chicago Premiere production of L. M. Feldman's acclaimed theatrical mosaic A PEOPLE, at Theater Wit. A PEOPLE will be directed by world renowned…
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