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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- Maya Bridgewater
- Laney Rodriguez
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Monday, 02 March 2026 14:59
Iceboy! Or The Completely Untrue Story of How Eugene O'Neill Came to Write The Iceman Cometh - Goodman Theatre - Through August 16th
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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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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
- Jonathan Sayer
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Wednesday, 25 February 2026 15:25
The Gift Theatre announces its 25th Anniversary Season
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The Gift Theatre, led by Artistic Directors Brittany Burch and Jennifer Glasse, announces its 25th Anniversary "Homecoming" Season. The landmark 2026 season features the return of the company's signature short play festival, a major Chicago premiere, and a new work by ensemble member Netta Walker, staged at iconic venues across the…
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Wednesday, 25 February 2026 14:47
Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre 2026 Season to feature voices of contemporary female playwrights
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Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre, the Evanston theatre company that has been thrilling audiences with stories of the Black American and African diaspora experience since 1979, today announced its programming for the 2026 season. Tim Rhoze, the company's Producing Artistic Director since 2010, unveiled the slate of three plays, all of which were written by women and premiered…
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Monday, 23 February 2026 14:27
At Raven Theatre, Churchill’s Top Girls stings harder than ever
Written by Susan Lieberman
When Raven Theatre’s artistic staff decided to include Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls in their current season, they could not have predicted that the opening would coincide with major eruptions in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. Now, with the former Prince Andrew in jail and the President of the United States bloviating…
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Tuesday, 24 February 2026 11:19
Broadway In Chicago to present Kokandy Productions' JEKYLL & HYDE
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Broadway In Chicago and Kokandy Productions announced that the critically acclaimed revival of the 10-time 2025 Jeff Award–nominated musical JEKYLL & HYDE will make its Broadway In Chicago debut at the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place (175 E. Chestnut St.), September 8—October 25. The engagement follows last year’s completely sold-out and extended…
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For some, an evening of Chekhov may sound like pure misery, but Red Theater’s “The Seagull” running at The Edge Off Broadway soars. The original adaptation by Red Theater cohort Ian Mayfield imagines Anton Chekhov’s emotionally searing dramady as a chamber play. Under his direction, this faithful version is a…
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Theatre in Review
Sunday, 22 February 2026 14:18
Marriott’s Charlie & the Chocolate Factory Is Pure Imagination
Written by Betsy Schmitt
Beloved children’s author Roald Dahl’s timeless story of the quirky and mysterious candy-maker looking for his heir apparent comes to life in an energetic and magical performance in the Theatre for Young Audiences’ musical adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory now on stage at the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire.…
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- Willy Wonka
- The Candy Man
- Violet Beauregarde
- Mike Teavee
- Veruca Salt
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- OompaLoompa
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- Elias Totleben
- Elin Joy Seiler
- Avelyn Lena Choi
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- Amber Mak
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- Kai Edgar
Saturday, 21 February 2026 13:41
Factory Theater’s Kubrickian Features Standout Performances
Written by Lauren Katz
“The story of these characters has already begun.” When you enter the Factory Theater space for Kubrickian, you will notice that the actors are already on stage. Lights are fully up, and the three actors are moving about the stage. One is stretching, another is pacing, and another is doing…
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