Celebrating its 30th Anniversary season, Theatre Building Chicago continues its mission to cultivate new American musical theatre, with musicals for kids. TBC shines the spotlight on the pint-sized patron (ages 3-8) with new shows created by members of its nationally recognized musical theatre writers workshop.

Theatre Building Chicago will present The Adventures of Anansi the Spider by.... Read More

Composer Stephen Flaherty will be honored in person at the Bailiwick Theater Mainstage, 1229 West Belmont, on Monday, March 19, 2007 with a musical revue of classic Broadway songs written by the team of Flaherty and lyricist Lynn Ahrens, including numbers from their renowned shows like My Favorite Year (which will run at Bailiwick.... Read More

Take your family on an amazing voyage complete with magic, monsters and feats of great bravery when the Lookingglass Young Ensemble - the new youth performing troupe of Lookingglass Theatre Company Education and Community Programs - makes its debut after the holidays with Mary Zimmerman's The Odyssey.

Performances are January 21-February 18, 2007, and.... Read More

The National Tour of the recent Broadway smash hit, Twelve Angry Men, written by Reginald Rose, directed by Scott Ellis, produced by New York’s Roundabout Theatre Company, and starring Richard Thomas and George Wendt will play Chicago’s LaSalle Bank Theatre from January 30 - February 11, 2007.

Roundabout Theatre Company’s Broadway production of the searing.... Read More

The mischievous and magical musical Pippin is the imaginary coming-of-age story of legendary medieval King Charlemagne’s eldest son. With music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, the composer of the  Broadway and Chicago hit musical Wicked, and book by Roger O.  Hirson, Pippin will be performed from January 26 to February 4 at the Josephine Louis.... Read More

On Friday, January 12, 2007, there will be a special “for-mature-audiences-only” performance of Chicago’s The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, the Tony Award-winning and critically acclaimed new musical comedy in an open-run.  It will be parent/teacher night for this one performance only at the Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place – the.... Read More

Chicago’s record-breaking Wicked has announced that Dee Roscioli will assume the role of Elphaba full-time starting Tuesday, December 12.  Dee joined the Chicago company as the Standby for Elphaba last January, and has performed in the role many times over the course of this past year.

As previously announced, original Broadway cast member, William .... Read More

The Color Purple is still a few months away from making it’s Chicago premiere but the buzz and excitement for the show is as high as ever. Native Chicagoan Felicia Fields, who currently stars as Sofia in the Broadway production and who will also star in the Chicago production, sat down with Theatre In.... Read More

Radio Golf is the centerpiece of Goodman Theatre’s August Wilson Celebration, a tribute to the late Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning American playwright.  Completed only months before his untimely death in 2005, Radio Golf is the final play in Wilson’s powerful decade-by-decade exploration of the 20th Century African American experience—and the only play.... Read More

Lukaba Productions has announced its performers and workshops for The 6th Annual Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival. The festival will be held January 4th – 14th, 2007 at Theatre Building Chicago, 1225 W. Belmont. The Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival (Chicago SketchFest) is the largest sketch comedy festival in the nation. Similar to previous years, the festival will showcase performances.... Read More

Starting Wednesday, December 6, audience members at Chicago's The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will get in on the buzz bumbling across the country by competing in "Game Night at the Bee," a pre-show board game competition held at 6 p.m. before Wednesday night performances of the critically acclaimed Broadway musical comedy.

Participants will gather in the.... Read More

Tony Award-winning Best Actress Cherry Jones stars in the National Touring production of the Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning play Doubt, by John Patrick Shanley. The production, directed by Tony Award-winner Doug Hughes, will make its Chicago premiere at the LaSalle Bank Theatre (18 W. Monroe St.) for a limited three-week engagement beginning January.... Read More

Goodman Theatre Artistic Director Robert Falls continues his 20th Anniversary Season with the world premiere of Frank’s Home by Tony Award-winning playwright Richard Nelson, a lyrical, heartbreaking story about one of Chicago’s greatest, if less than perfect, visionaries. Frank’s Home features stage and screen star Peter Weller—perhaps best known for his starring .... Read More

With the holiday season upon us, many theaters in the Chicago area are bringing out their holiday shows. There are, as always, many to choose from to get you in the holiday mood.

Of course the yearly popular shows return again this year which include A Christmas Carol at the Goodman Theatre, Christmas Schooner.... Read More

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus’ Mamma Mia!, the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, returns to Chicago for a limited holiday engagement December 12 – 31 at the Cadillac Palace Theatre. 
 
Inspired by the story-telling magic of ABBA’s timeless songs, writer Catherine Johnson’s sunny, funny tale.... Read More

Lillian Hellman died in 1984, but she remains as colorful and fascinating a figure today as ever.  The playwright had her first successful play, “The Children’s Hour” at the age of 28, and that seminal work is currently being revived by the highly lauded TimeLine Theatre Company.  Add Writers’ Theatre’s production of.... Read More

Jerry Springer - The Opera, the sensational, award-winning musical, will gets its American premiere at Chicago’s Bailiwick in spring 2007. The only work in British history to win Best Musical in all of their major awards – Olivier Awards, Critic’s Choice, Evening Standard, and What’s On Stage – along with many other awards, Jerry.... Read More