Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) concludes its 21st Season with The Comedy of Errors staged by CST Artistic Director Barbara Gaines, whose collaboration with Second City veteran Ron West brings an additional comedic twist to the production. Set in 1940, during the golden age of film, Shakespeare’s comedic classic unfolds as an.... Read More

Onesti Entertainment Corporation and Gipeti Entertainment announced the critically acclaimed production of Hizzoner: Daley the First has found a home at the new Frank Sinatra Performing Arts Center, 1431 W. Taylor St. The open-ended run begins Sunday, May 18 at 2 p.m. in "The Upstairs Room," in the National Italian American Sports Hall.... Read More

Broadway In Chicago has announced the complete 2009 Broadway In Chicago Season Series. The anticipated Chicago premiere of Mary Poppins, will be joined in the season by Grease, A Chorus Line, A Bronx Tale and Xanadu.

The complete 2009 season lineup includes:

Grease
January 6 - 18, 2009

The one that you.... Read More

The Chicago Park District's 56th annual Theater on the Lake season features reprisals of eight artistically diverse Chicago theater companies June 11 - Aug. 3, 2008. Each production will be performed for five evenings only at the theater at Fullerton Avenue and Lake Michigan.

Hallie Gordon, Artistic Director of Theater on the Lake, comments,.... Read More

April showers mean discounts to A Steady Rain, Chicago Dramatists' hit production now playing through June 8 at the Royal George Theatre, 1641 N. Halsted.  On any rainy day through April 30, you can get $10 off tickets to all performances.  For tickets, call the box office at 312-988-9000 and mention the code.... Read More

The Pulitzer Prize Board has awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama to Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble member Tracy Letts' critically-acclaimed American play August: Osage County.

August: Osage County, a "darkly funny family drama" directed by Steppenwolf ensemble member Anna D. Shapiro, is currently enjoying an open engagement on Broadway, following its sold-out run at.... Read More

Comedian Jeff Garlin, author Stuart Dybek and community leader Allen Turner are this year's celebrity playwrights for Victory Gardens Theater's Chicago Stories gala, Friday, May 9, 2008, 6pm at the Four Seasons Hotel, 120 E. Delaware in Chicago.

With its annual one-night-only presentation of three 10-minute, celeb-authored plays, Chicago Stories is always the.... Read More

Through countless interviews over the past decade with Emmett Till's family, teachers, classmates and eye-witnesses to the boy's brutal 1955 murder, emerging Chicago playwright Ifa Bayeza has penned a new dramatic work, part history and part mystery: The Ballad of Emmett Till. Oz Scott, who directed for colored girls who have considered.... Read More

Tickets for the U.S. premiere of the international stage hit Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage will go onsale to the general public Friday, April 4. The National Tour of Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage will open during a limited engagement in Chicago at the Cadillac Palace Theatre.... Read More

Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago's #1 presenter of new work, announced an exciting line-up of two world premieres, a Chicago premiere, a major revival, the return of its smash hit holiday musical The Snow Queen, and a TBA project starring William L. Petersen, to complete its 2008/09 season of "theater so close, it touches you."Read More

Lookingglass Theatre Company proudly announces the company's 21st season, to include the World Premiere of The Brother’s Karamazov adapted and directed for Lookingglass by Ensemble Member Heidi Stillman; Thornton Wilder’s Our Town co-directed by Anna D. Shapiro and Jessica Thebus; and The Arabian Nights adapted and directed by Ensemble Member and Tony Award.... Read More

Chicago Shakespeare Theater Artistic Director Barbara Gaines and Executive Director Criss Henderson have announced CST's 2008/09 Season. In 10 newly-imagined and classic works throughout the coming year, fierce rivals and witty fools collide on stage in the Theater's ninth season on Navy Pier.

The 2008/09 season of rivalry and revelry begins in June 2008.... Read More

Producers Victoria Lang, Pier Paolo Piccoli, Mark Schwartz and Robert Dragotta have announced the groovilicious Chicago premiere of Shout! The Mod Musical this spring with a limited engagement at the Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place (175 E. Chestnut St.) from April 30 – June 22, 2008.   

Shout! is a fast-paced journey through the.... Read More

Artistic Director Robert Falls announces two more plays to Goodman Theatre's upcoming 2008/2009 season: Rock 'N' Roll by four-time Tony Award winner Tom Stoppard, directed by Charles Newell, artistic director of Chicago's Court Theatre; and The Crowd You're In With by Rebecca Gilman, directed by Wendy C. Goldberg, artistic director of the.... Read More

Profiles Theatre concludes its 2007-2008 Season devoted to the works of acclaimed playwright and filmmaker Neil LaBute with the Midwest Premiere of In a Dark Dark House, directed by Profiles' Artistic Director Joe Jahraus.  The production will run March 21-May 11, 2008, at Profiles Theatre, 4147 N. Broadway. 

On the grounds of a.... Read More

Over the last couple of seasons, one up-and-coming Chicago theatre troupe that has stood out among the crowd is the Bohemian Theatre Ensemble, or just "Boho" if you're on familiar terms.  The word that often comes to mind in describing this gutsy non-Equity company is ambitious, and this.... Read More

Northlight Theatre continues its record-setting 33rd season, celebrating Artistic Director BJ Jones' 10th Anniversary, with the world premiere commission of Better Late, by Larry Gelbart and Craig Wright.  The production, featuring Chicago favorites John Mahoney and Mike Nussbaum, and directed by BJ Jones, runs March 28-May 11, 2008, at Northlight Theatre, 9501 Skokie.... Read More

The PEOPLE*S Theater of Chicago announces a unique collaboration with Season of Concern to present a special two night concert reading of Harvey Fierstein’s Tony Award winning play Torch Song Trilogy.  The performances are Monday, May 5 and Tuesday, May 6 at 7:00 p.m. at the Leather Archives and Museum, 6418 N Greenview Ave.... Read More

Theatre at the Center will present the World Premiere of the new musical Knute Rockne All-American, which celebrates the life of the man who created American College football.  The ragtime rhythms of the turn of the last century and the wild jazz of the 1920’s punctuate this moving story of the "winningest" coach.... Read More

Theatre in Chicago has launched a new Photo Gallery feature which allows users to browse production photos from many of the plays on stage in Chicago. In addition to the information that you can already access on TheatreInChicago.com (see what is playing, read theatre reviews, watch video previews, listen to podcast.... Read More