Broadway's surprise hit musical Xanadu is coming to Chicago's Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place beginning Friday, January 16, 2009. Xanadu opened at Broadway's Helen Hayes Theatre to critical acclaim on July 10, 2007 as the first new musical of the 2007/2008 season. Since the 2007 opening, the award-winning musical garnered the best.... Read More

TimeLine Theatre Company will present the world premiere of Not Enough Air by Masha Obolensky and directed by Nick Bowling. This world premiere drama follows famed journalist-turned-playwright Sophie Treadwell as she is drawn into the real-life tragedy of Ruth Snyder's famous 1928 murder trial. Treadwell is haunted by Ruth's story and finds herself.... Read More

American Theater Company (ATC) continues its ambitious Season 24 with the inauguration of American Classic Repertory featuring Sam Shepard's True West directed by ATC Artistic Director PJ Paparelli and Suzan-Lori Parks' topdog/underdog directed by Congo Square Theatre Company Artistic Director Derrick Sanders. American Classic Repertory will run at American Theatre Company, 1909 W.... Read More

Broadway In Chicago will soon present the Tony Award-winning Best Musical of 2005, Monty Python's Spamalot, at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University. Starring Richard Chamberlain as King Arthur, Monty Python's Spamalot will run for a limited engagement January 20 to February 1, 2009.

The Tony and Grammy Award winning Monty Python's Spamalot.... Read More

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) continues its 2008-09 CST Family Series with Short Shakespeare! A Midsummer Night's Dream, a 75-minute abridged production of Shakespeare's classic comedy, adapted and directed by Amanda Dehnert. CST's Short Shakespeare! Series is designed for parents, grandparents, teachers-and all adults with children in their lives-to introduce young people to.... Read More

If you get out, are you obligated to give back? Living Green, a world premiere drama by Victory Gardens Playwrights Ensemble member Gloria Bond Clunie (North Star, Shoes), explores this and other thorny questions in its story of a well-to-do African American family "living green" in a mostly white Chicago suburb, who are.... Read More

Northlight Theatre continues its 2008-2009 Season with the World Premiere of Po Boy Tango by Kenneth Lin, directed by Chay Yew.  The production, featuring Ken Narasaki, Jeanne Sakata and Jacqueline Williams, runs January 7-February 15, 2009 at Northlight Theatre, 9501 Skokie Blvd in Skokie.

A celebration of the human spirit and the.... Read More

Chicago Shakespeare Theater's international programming initiative, the World's Stage Series, brings to Chicago world-renowned playwright Peter Weiss's The Investigation, based on transcripts of the 1964 Frankfurt World War II crimes trials. Urwintore Artistic Director Dorcy Rugamba's 80-minute abridgement of Weiss's five-hour script will be performed by the Rwandan company in French with.... Read More

Court Theatre continues its 2008-09 season with the World Premiere translation of Henrik Ibsen's modernist classic The Wild Duck, directed by Artistic Director Charles Newell. The production will run at the MCA Stage at the Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 East Chicago Avenue, January 15 - February 15, 2009

Fresh from his.... Read More

Profiles Theatre, currently celebrating its 20th Anniversary Season, will host a benefit evening with acclaimed playwright and filmmaker Neil LaBute on Saturday, January 3, at Profiles Theatre, 4147 N. Broadway.  The event will include a pre-show reception at 6:30 p.m., selected readings of LaBute's work at 7:30 p.m. and a post-show audience talkback.... Read More

The award-winning Beatles concert, Rain - A Tribute To The Beatles, makes its Chicago debut at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University (50 E. Congress Pkwy.) for a limited engagement March 3 - 8, 2009. Individual tickets for Rain will go on sale to the public Friday, December 19, 2008 at 10 a.m..... Read More

Audiences have just six weeks to catch the magic that has entranced the Windy City for three and a half years. The Chicago company of Wicked will take its final bow after the 2 p.m. performance on Sunday, January 25, 2009, following a record-breaking open run at the Ford Center .... Read More

Pegasus Players will kick off the New Year with its 23rd Annual Young Playwrights Festival, a professional production of three selected one-act plays written by Chicago teenagers. This year marks the program's twenty-third annual showcase at Pegasus Players, at 1145 W. Wilson Avenue in the O'Rourke Center at Truman College, .... Read More

Goodman Theatre rings in the New Year with an eight-play landmark theatrical event, A Global Exploration: Eugene O'Neill in the 21st Century curated by Artistic Director Robert Falls, January 7 through March 8, 2009. Over 100 artists from six theater companies around the world bring their highly contemporary, inventive interpretations.... Read More

Rob Roy The Musical, a new musical based on the legendary Scottish hero from the late 17th and early 18th centuries will receive its world premiere in Chicago, Feb. 3 - Mar 15.  Rob Roy The Musical will be presented at the Arie Crown Theater, located in Lakeside Center at McCormick Place,.... Read More

Steppenwolf Theatre Company has announced its newest ensemble member: William Petersen.  The Steppenwolf ensemble, the longest-existing theater ensemble in the United States, now totals 42 members.

"We are delighted to welcome our long-time friend, William Petersen, into the Steppenwolf ensemble," comments Steppenwolf Artistic Director Martha Lavey.  "Billy was one of the founding.... Read More

Every fall you are likely to hear critics and award judges groaning about the over abundance of theatrical openings. But in the true spirit of the season, Theatre in Chicago decided to give you ten reasons to be thankful for our many theatrical blessings in the Windy City.  Here is our top ten list in descending order.

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