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Sarah Squirm and Dina Nina Martinez among lineup for 7th Annual Women’s Funny Festival

May 31, 2019 at 4:41 p.m.

Stage 773 has announced the roster for the 7th Annual Women’s Funny Festival, running Aug. 23 through 26. The event, which calls itself the “largest of its kind in the...

Brain Pastor will direct "Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde."

Promethean announces 2018-19 season, including a revival of ‘Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde’

May 31, 2019 at 4:42 p.m.

On Tuesday, Promethean Theatre Ensemble announced the lineup of its 2018-19 season, a trio of shows that use the past to illuminate the present. Kicking things off in the fall...

‘American Girl Live’ to premiere in Skokie this December

May 31, 2019 at 4:41 p.m.

On Monday, Skokie’s North Shore Center for the Performing Arts announced its touring production and new musical, “American Girl Live,” which will run December 21-30. The all-new musical is set...

In Aspect/Ratio’s ‘Gold,’ artists reclaim the precious metal

December 17, 2018 at 4:10 p.m.

Despite its use in delicate jewelry, gold is said to have a celestially violent origin story — followed by, of course, a slew of violent earthly stories all about empires....

Milly’s Orchid Show is back this Saturday: ‘Summer Musical Spectacular Extravaganza’ welcomes David Cale to its glittering stage

May 31, 2019 at 4:41 p.m.

For Brigid Murphy, “Milly’s Orchid Show” was never about bringing New York to Chicago — it was about giving Chicago the kind of radical vastness that New York’s girth allows....

Broken Nose Theatre announces new artistic director, managing director

May 31, 2019 at 4:42 p.m.

On Wednesday, Broken Nose Theatre announced two new leadership appointments. Associate artistic director Elise Marie Davis has been named the company’s new artistic director, succeeding founding artistic director Benjamin Brownson,...

‘Haymarket’ from Underscore Theatre Company moves to Theater Wit for extended run

May 31, 2019 at 4:41 p.m.

The movement just keeps building: On Wednesday, it was announced that “Haymarket,” Underscore’s folk musical about the 1886 Chicago battle between cops and labor organizers, will go on an extended...

‘The Band’s Visit’ to float in for Chicago premiere September 2019

May 31, 2019 at 4:42 p.m.

On Tuesday, Broadway In Chicago announced the Chicago premiere of 10-time Tony Award-winner “The Band’s Visit.” The show will run for a limited two-week engagement at Cadillac Palace Theatre, 151...

Drew Schad to lead cast of Shattered Globe’s ‘Crime and Punishment’

May 31, 2019 at 4:42 p.m.

Crime, Russia, sexual depravity — before 2016, Fyodor Dostoyevsky was the cultural figure most associated with this triptych, especially because of his novel “Crime and Punishment.” On Tuesday, Shattered Globe...

Theatre at the Center, Northwest Indiana’s only professional theater company, announces 2019 season

May 31, 2019 at 4:41 p.m.

On Monday, Theatre at the Center announced the lineup for its 2019 season, with artistic director Linda Fortunato at the helm. The season will kick off with a revival of...

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