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Broadway producer Jeffrey Seller outside the then-PrivateBank Theatre on Monroe Street on Dec 8, 2015, before the opening of "Hamilton" here. His next big project in Chicago is the pre-Broadway tryout of "Princess Bride: The Musical," he told the Tribune in an exclusive. (Phil Velasquez/baiduhai/TNS)

‘Princess Bride’ is becoming a Broadway musical, premiering in Chicago

September 14, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

A new Broadway musical version of "The Princess Bride" will premiere in Chicago next summer, lead producer Jeffrey Seller ("Hamilton") told the Tribune on Sunday.

Annalese Starzec (as Frances “Baby” Houseman) and Blake Zelesnikar (Johnny Castle) in "Dirty Dancing: The Musical," in Chicago at the Nederlander Theatre. (Matthew Murphy)

Review: Classy new tour gives ‘Dirty Dancing: The Musical’ quite a lift

September 13, 2026 at 4:00 p.m.

The director Lonny Price has worked a minor miracle with "Dirty Dancing: The Musical." On stage, it's never quite felt this way before.

Midnight Circus member Nate Armour dives through hula hoops held by fellow members at Humboldt Park on Oct. 1, 2022, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Chicago Theater Report: Steppenwolf snags a Broadway star, and 20 years of Midnight Circus

September 8, 2026 at 1:00 p.m.

Big anniversaries for Midnight Circus and Arcada Theatre of St. Charles.

Director Sheldon Epps talks to the cast of the musical "Play On!" during a rehearsal at Chicago Shakespeare Theater at Navy Pier, Aug. 25, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Sheldon Epps is bringing ‘Play On!’ to Chicago for a jazzy encore

September 6, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

His musical, based on Duke Ellington’s music and Shakespeare’s "Twelfth Night," opens soon on Navy Pier, with hopes for Broadway next.

The cast of "Come From Away" at the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire. (Justin Barbin)

Review: Why ‘Come From Away’ at Marriott Theatre is the Dolly Parton of musicals

September 4, 2026 at 11:26 a.m.

This musical, set in Gander, Newfoundland, on and around the events of Sept. 11, 2001, is warm, generous, nonjudgmental and appreciated by all.

Dancers rehearse in 2025 at Joffrey Tower in Chicago’s Loop. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai); the Obama Presidential Center in June in Jackson Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai); Northlight Theatre's new home in Evanston in July. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Column: Reasons for optimism in cultural Chicago — and a few concerns

September 4, 2026 at 5:30 a.m.

New theaters are opening. The Magnificent Mile is rebounding. The Lyric Opera has bold new programming and the Joffrey Ballet is in the black. There are reasons to be optimistic...

Graham Abbey and Rose Napoli in "Saturday, Sunday, Monday" at the Stratford Festival of Canada, a world-premiere comedy directed by Antoni Cimolino. (David Hou)

Review: ‘Saturday, Sunday, Monday’ is a delightful sendoff at Stratford Fest

September 4, 2026 at 9:53 a.m.

STRATFORD, ONTARIO — The Stratford Festival of Canada's departing artistic director Antoni Cimolino chose William Shakespeare's "The Tempest" as his valedictorian show in the huge Festival Theatre. Unsurprising, given how Prospero...

Greg Cameron of the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, with trainees at the Joffrey Ballet studio, on March 16, 2017. (Antonio Perez/ baiduhai)

Joffrey Ballet president and CEO Greg Cameron will depart in December 2027

September 3, 2026 at 11:39 a.m.

The Joffrey's longtime president and chief executive said the lengthy period of notice was intended to give the Joffrey time to search for a successor.

Josef Brown, from left, playing Johnny Castle, Amanda Leigh Cobb, playing Baby, and Britta Lazenga, playing Penny, dance during a rehearsal for the Chicago production of a pre-Broadway tour of "Dirty Dancing" at the Cadillac Palace Theatre, in Chicago in 2011. (Abel Uribe/baiduhai)

Chicago Theater Report: A new ‘Dirty Dancing,’ the ‘Strange Loop’ cast and a timely Dolly Parton musical

September 1, 2026 at 3:50 p.m.

"Dirty Dancing" has a new tour arriving in Chicago and its distinguished director, Lonny Price, says it is a whole new treatment of how Baby gets out of her corner.

Janet Ulrich Brooks, María Victoria Martínez and Mary Beth Fisher will star in the world premiere of "The Birth of the Pill" at TimeLine Theatre’s new home in the Uptown neighborhood. (Joe Mazza)

Theater top 10 for fall 2026: Culture wars, campus controversies and epic change

September 1, 2026 at 5:04 p.m.

Our critic's picks for the season include "Birth of the Pill" at TimeLine, "Kowalski" at Lookingglass and the Victory Gardens Biograph returning to life.

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