Tuesday, 10 March 2026 10:46
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND BLUEY’S BIG PLAY RETURNS TO CHICAGO THIS YEAR!
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Wackadoo! Following a highly successful global tour, Bluey, Bingo, Mum and Dad are bringing Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show back to Broadway In Chicago at the Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 W. Randolph St.) for five performances only. Individual tickets will go on sale this Friday, March 13. Ticket prices will range…
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Monday, 09 March 2026 15:38
Beautifully Produced 'Two Sisters and a Piano,' But Script Misses the Mark
Written by Bill Esler
In “Two Sisters and a Piano” written by Nilo Cruz and directed by Lisa Portes, we soon learn these two women have been trapped for years under house arrest in an aging manor in Cuba. One is a writer, the other a musician —and that’s her baby grand piano on…
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Friday, 06 March 2026 15:10
Goodnight Moon - Chicago Children’s Theatre - Through June 7th
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It’s been more than a decade since Chicago Children’s Theatre presented Goodnight Moon, the popular musical about a bunny who doesn’t want to go to bed, based on the beloved picture book by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrator Clement Hurd. But this Spring, Bunny is coming back to Chicago Children’s Theatre…
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Sunday, 08 March 2026 19:39
A Night in Jellicle Heaven: Music Theater Works Delivers a Stunning 'Cats'
Written by Kimberly Katz
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats remains one of musical theatre’s most distinctive creations - a sung‑through, dance‑driven spectacle that swaps traditional plot for atmosphere, character portraits, and pure theatrical immersion. Drawn from T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, the musical unfolds as a moonlit gathering of the Jellicle…
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- Sam Nachison
- Ava Lane Stovall
- Morgan Schoenecker
- Danny Spagnuolo
- Emma Jean Eastlund
- Daniel Hurst
- John Cardone
- Melanie Saso
- kClare McKellaston
- Kristen Brinati
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Thursday, 05 March 2026 15:22
TimeLine Theatre Company announces inaugural season at new Uptown home
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TimeLine Theatre Company is thrilled to announce its 2026–27 Inaugural Season in the company’s first permanent home at 5035 N. Broadway in Uptown. This long‑awaited milestone launches a bold new era for TimeLine, inviting audiences to experience the company’s work in a dynamic, state‑of‑the‑art facility designed to enhance artistic possibilities and…
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Wednesday, 04 March 2026 04:18
A Wondrous Production of Oscar Wao at The Goodman Theatre
Written by Maddie Burroughs
Based on the novel by Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao follows neurodivergent and perpetually lovelorn college student Oscar as he fixates on the fukú – a generational curse he believes has haunted his family’s love lives for decades. Oscar’s college roommate and his sister Lola by…
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Theatre in Review
Wednesday, 04 March 2026 13:51
TIN DRUM THEATRE COMPANY ANNOUNCES THE CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM FOR THE CHICAGO PREMIERE OF SOUTHERN RAPTURE, JUNE 11 - 28, AT THEATER WIT
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Tin Drum Theatre Company is proud to announce the cast and creative team for the Chicago premiere of Southern Rapture at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave., June 11 - 28, written by Eric Coble and directed by Jason Palmer. The preview for Southern Rapture is Thursday, June 11 at 7:30 p.m. and the opening night performance is Friday, June…
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Wednesday, 04 March 2026 14:45
Steppenwolf Theatre Company Announces 2026/27 Season
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Steppenwolf Theatre Company, under the leadership of Artistic Directors Glenn Davis and Audrey Francis and Executive Director E. Brooke Flanagan, today announced its 2026/27 Season, marking the next chapter of the company's bold, visceral and muscular work, while celebrating a dynamic range of exciting new voices and Steppenwolf legends. The 51st Season features five Steppenwolf Membership Series…
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Tuesday, 03 March 2026 18:40
In Timeless ‘Come Back, Little Sheba,’ American Blues Theater Speaks for Today, as Well
Written by Bill Esler
With spot-on performances across a large cast, William Inge’s 1949 script for “Come Back, Little Sheba” is receiving a definitive production at American Blues Theater’s intimate Studio Theater. Those of us of a certain age had this work buried deep into our cultural formation by the searing film version starring…
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Monday, 02 March 2026 12:39
Pot Girls: An Intelligent and Multilayered Explosion of Poetry and Feminism
Written by Kimberly Katz
The Story Theatre’s world‑premiere staging of Paul Michael Thomson’s Pot Girls bursts to life in a vivid, full‑throttle production at Raven Theatre. Pot Girls is a sharp, funny, and thought‑provoking new play that fuses feminist history, artistic accountability, and a rainbow haze of 1980s, weed‑soaked poetry and art. Inspired as…
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Theatre in Review
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- POT GIRLS
- TOP GIRLS
- Paul Michael Thomson
- The Story Theatre
- Raven Theatre
- Ayanna Bria Bakari
- Caryl Churchill
- Brenna DiStasio
- Ireon Roach
- Peter Ferneding
- Tamsen Glaser
- Emily Marso
- Maya Bridgewater
- Laney Rodriguez
- Lucky Stiff
- Katelyn Montgomery
- Racquel Postilgione
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Monday, 02 March 2026 14:59
NICK OFFERMAN SET TO JOIN MEGAN MULLALLY FOR THE MUSICAL EVENT OF THE SUMMER AT GOODMAN THEATRE: ICEBOY! OR THE COMPLETELY UNTRUE STORY OF HOW EUGENE O'NEILL CAME TO WRITE THE ICEMAN COMETH
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The new musical that will melt your heart just got even hotter! Emmy Award-winning actor Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation) returns to his hometown this summer to join his wife, Emmy Award winner Megan Mullally (Will & Grace), for Iceboy! Or The Completely Untrue Story of How Eugene O'Neill Came to Write The Iceman Cometh.…
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Sunday, 01 March 2026 20:47
The Glitch in the New Normal - Shattered Globe Theatre’s Morning, Noon & Night
Written by Wesley David
Kirsten Greenidge’s Morning, Noon & Night, currently receiving its Midwestern premiere at Shattered Globe Theatre, is an ambitious, mind-bending exploration of the “new normal” in post-pandemic America. Greenidge, a playwright unafraid of tonal hybridity, situates her story at the uneasy intersection of middle-class and magical realism. Under AmBer Montgomery’s direction,…
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Theatre in Review
Sunday, 01 March 2026 14:08
The Play That Goes Wrong at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre A Most Perfectly Planned Train Wreck
Written by Ken Payne
The Chicago Metropolitan area has a soft spot for a beautiful disaster, and The Play That Goes Wrong delivers the kind of exquisitely engineered chaos that feels tailor‑made for this theater‑loving region. What begins as a straightforward 1920s whodunit quickly mutates into a full‑throttle demolition derby of missed cues, mutinous…
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- Jahanna McKenzie Miller
- Ryan Armstrong
- Eric Amundson
- Casey Ross
- David Blakeman
- Ryan Michael Hamman
- Richaun Stewart
- Teah Kiang Mirabelli
- Natalie Henry
- Angela Weber Miller
- Gigi Wendt
- David Moreland
- Henry Lewis
- Henry Shields
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