Chicago Theatre Newsroom

The Auditorium to present Chicago's own Hiplet Ballerinas in the company's first solo performance at the venue. Titled Dipped in Versatility, the mixed repertory program is presented one night only Saturday, May 17 at 7:30 PM.

Anne L. Kaplan, Joffrey Board Chair, and Greg Cameron, President and CEO, have announced the appointment of Rahm Emanuel and Jason Kalajainen to the Joffrey Board of Directors for the 2025–2028 term.

Obliteration, LLC & The Revival Theater are presenting a limited engagement of Obliteration, written by Andrew Hinderaker, directed by Jonathan Berry. Get a first look at photos here!

Scotland is headed back to the DuPage County Fairgrounds! Following last year’s successful move to Wheaton due to growing attendance numbers, the Midwest’s Largest Scottish Event will be returning to the DuPage County Fairgrounds. Learn more!

TWILIGHT IN CONCERT the highly-anticipated 60-city national tour of the first-ever TWILIGHT N CONCERT will visit Broadway In Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 W. Randolph St.) for two days only, November 7 and November 8. 

Tickets are now on sale for 2025 Opera Festival of Chicago. The 2025 Festival commences with The Love of Three Kings (L’amore dei tre re) by Italo Montemezzi. Learn more!

For Mother's Day Weekend, Comedy Plex Comedy Club will present Moms Who Drink & Swear, a comedy show for anyone tired of pretending parenting is anything other than pure, unfiltered chaos.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company is continuing its 49th season with the Chicago premiere of The Book of Grace, an incendiary tug-of-war between family and freedom by Suzan-Lori Parks, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Topdog/Underdog. Check out video of the production!

Tickets will go on sale this week for the world-premiere performances of A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness — a historic event produced by Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) Artistic Director Edward Hall and Executive Director Kimberly Motes have announced the 2025/26 season lineup. The season includes 12 productions across CST’s three stages, with two world premieres, three North American premieres, and six Shakespeare and Shakespeare-adjacent productions.

Davenport's is celebrating the award-winning, acclaimed juke box Broadway show Million Dollar Quartet that will be featuring members of the cast from Paramount Theater's MDQ and their once-a-month jam billed as Four Buck Family Band.

CIRCA Pintig, Chicago's Filipino American theatre company in its 34th year, announces their upcoming spring production of EVERY BRILLIANT THING, the groundbreaking one-performer play written by Dunan Macmillan with Jonny Donahue.

The Auditorium has revealed its 2025-26 Dance season, Celebrating Women Leaders in Dance, with many companies marking milestone anniversaries in the coming months. Learn more!

Collaboraction Theatre Company has opened submissions for The Light, a paid creative studio and live performance summer training program designed to give voice to exceptional Chicago-area youth to illuminate community and positive change throughout the city.

This May, Filament Theatre and playwright, director, and producer Abby Thompson bring 'Alex in Windyland' to the stage - an imaginative and heartfelt new play inspired by the real stories of Chicago youth in foster care. Learn more.

This May, Filament Theatre and playwright, director, and producer Abby Thompson bring 'Alex in Windyland' to the stage - an imaginative and heartfelt new play inspired by the real stories of Chicago youth in foster care. Learn more.

The Chicago Movement Collective (CMC), and the venerable Winifred Haun & Dancers (WH&D) will present the second annual PERSISTENT SPRING: a showcase of Chicago dance artists.

Event highlights include the presentation of the prestigious Dushkin Award to Paquito D’Rivera, the Cultural Visionary Award for Chicago to J. Thomas Hurvis, and the Colburn Award for Teaching Excellence to Sang Mee Lee. 

Event highlights include the presentation of the prestigious Dushkin Award to Paquito D’Rivera, the Cultural Visionary Award for Chicago to J. Thomas Hurvis, and the Colburn Award for Teaching Excellence to Sang Mee Lee. 

Oil Lamp Theater, which recently opened the Oil Lamp Theater's SPARK CENTER for the Performing Arts, has announced the cast and creative team for its next production,

CPA Theatricals and Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre has announced a co-production of the play with music SENTINELS, which imagines a secret society of women that supports and promotes each other's talents in the same way secret societies have provided powerful networks for men.

I usually appreciate when plays show and don’t tell, but THE BOOK OF GRACE really needs more exposition. Directed by Steve H. Broadnax III. Steppenwolf’s production is a new version of Parks’s 2010 play, expanded from its original 100-minute run-time to two and a half hours. Even with the extra run time, playwright Suzan-Lori Parks relies far too heavily on subtext that isn’t revealed to the audience.

Ghostlight has revealed the cast and production team of their spring production, the world premiere of a new work by Ensemble Member Maria Burnham, Drink the Past Dry. Learn more!

Broadway In Chicago has revealed that the upcoming season lineup will include Rodgers & Hammerstein’s critically acclaimed THE SOUND OF MUSIC and more. See the full lineup and learn how to purchase tickets.

Individual tickets for KIMBERLY AKIMBO, winner of five 2023 Tony Awards including BEST MUSICAL, will go on sale starting Tuesday, April 8. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.