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Ron OJ Parson To Direct HYMN at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 17, 2024
Chicago director Ron OJ Parson will helm the North American premiere of Lolita Chakrabarti's Hymn at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, making his CST directorial debut. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets. ...
EVERY BRILLIANT THING Starring Jessie Fisher Extends at Writers Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 05, 2024
Writers Theatre has added a week of performances to the hilarious and compassionate production of Every Brilliant Thing, written by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe, directed by Kimberly Senior, and starring Jessie Fisher. Learn how to purchase tickets....
Photos: The Beautiful City Project's WE WILL ROCK YOU
by Stephi Wild - November 27, 2024
The Beautiful City Project's November Musical-in-Concert production of WE WILL ROCK YOU took place earlier this week. Check out photos from the production here!...
WE WILL ROCK YOU to be Presented for One Night Only by The Beautiful City Project
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 29, 2024
The Beautiful City Project revealed the cast for WE WILL ROCK YOU, a fundraising event at McGrath Family Performing Arts Center, benefiting Chicago's Season of Concern through a silent auction. Learn how to purchase tickets. ...
NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 Extends at Writers Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 27, 2024
Writers Theatre is extending its hit production of Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, written by Dave Malloy and directed and choreographed by Katie Spelman with music direction by Matt Deitchman. Learn how to purchase tickets....
Review: NATASHA, PIERRE AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 at Writers Theatre
by Rachel Weinberg - September 20, 2024
It’s a joy to experience GREAT COMET end-to-end, and for musical theater lovers that want to hear a complicated score flawlessly performed, this is the ticket. This GREAT COMET soars....
Construction Begins on TimeLine Theatre Company's New Home in Uptown
by Stephi Wild - August 12, 2024
TimeLine Theatre Company's capital campaign has raised nearly $40 million and its general contractor, Bulley & Andrews, has begun construction on the company’s future new home at 5035 N. Broadway, near the corner of Broadway and Argyle, in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood....
Writers Theatre To Present NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812
by A.A. Cristi - August 02, 2024
Writers Theatre, under the leadership of Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma and Artistic Director Braden Abraham, opens its 2024/25 Season with Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 written by Dave Malloy and directed and choreographed by Katie Spelman with music direction by Matt Deitchman. ...
Photos: First Look at THE HOTWING KING at Writers Theatre
by Blair Ingenthron - June 29, 2024
Writers Theatre is concluding its 2023/24 Season with The Hot Wing King, written by Katori Hall, and directed by Lili-Anne Brown. The Hot Wing King will be presented through July 21, 2024 in the Alexandra C. and John D. Nichols Theatre. Check out photos here!...
Pulitzer Prize-Winner THE HOT WING KING To Begin At Writers Theatre In June
by A.A. Cristi - May 23, 2024
Pulitzer Prize-winning play HOT WING KING will debut at Writers Theatre on June 20....
Past Shows
Every Brilliant Thing
10/31 - 1/12/2025
Every Brilliant Thing tells the story of a child who begins listing the many joys of life to help their mother cope with depression. As ...
Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812
9/5 - 10/27/2024
Writers Theatre kicks off its 2024/25 Season with the Chicago premiere of the acclaimed musical Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812. Written by ...
The Band’s Visit
2/8 - 3/11/2024
The Bands Visit is the winner of 10 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, making it one of the most Tony-winning musicals in history. And now ...
Eurydice
9/21 - 10/22/2023
Written by Sarah Ruhl Directed by Braden Abraham EURYDICE JUST MARRIED HER SWEETHEART ORPHEUS - AND NOW, SHE'S DEAD. The newlywed and newly dead Eurydice ...
A Distinct Society
6/22 - 7/23/2023
A quiet library that straddles the border of the U.S. and Canada becomes an unlikely crucible for five people from around the world. When an ...
Once
2/16 - 4/16/2023
A SOFT-SPOKEN, DEEPLY FELT MUSICAL ABOUT THE FORCES THAT COMPEL US TO REACH OUT TO ONE ANOTHER AND HOLD ON FOR DEAR LIFE. This 2012 ...
Manual Cinema's CHRISTMAS CAROL
11/29 - 12/24/2022
After the stunning success of their online Christmas Carol , Manual Cinema uses their groundbreaking creativity and powerful storytelling to elevate one of the most famous ...
Tiger Style!
9/29 - 10/30/2022
Squabbling siblings Albert and Jennifer Chen reached the pinnacle of academic achievement when they were kids. But as adults, they can’t seem to get things ...
A Christmas Carol
12/8 - 1/3/2021
adapted by and featuring Michael Halberstam, directed by Stanton Long DECEMBER 8-JANUARY 3, 2021 Artistic Director Michael Halberstam's acclaimed one-man adaptation of Charles Dickens' holiday ...
Manual Cinema's Christmas Carol
12/3 - 12/13/2020
Adapted by Manual Cinema from the original by Charles Dickens, co-commissioned by Writers Theatre DECEMBER 3-13, 2020 In this world premiere online event created for ...
Stick Fly
2/5 - 3/15/2020
Alexandra C. and John D. Nichols Theatre: Stick Fly...
A Doll's House
9/25 - 12/15/2019
This celebrated drama by the playwright of WTs smash hit Hedda Gabler receives a sleek, streamlined interpretation that is unpredictable, fresh and captivating. This focused ...
The Niceties
11/6 - 12/15/2019
What happens when theoretical arguments suddenly turn personal in the ivory tower of an elite East Coast university? Dont miss the thrilling, provocative new play ...
The Nicities
11/6 - 12/15/2019
Eleanor Burgess; dir: Marti Lyons....
Into the Woods
8/14 - 9/22/2019
See the classic fairy tale characters you think you know come to magical life in this smart and subversive musical theatre masterpiece by American icons ...
NEXT TO NORMAL
5/8 - 6/30/2019
Next to Normal delves into the raw and complex world of mental illness, specifically focusing on bipolar disorder. The story centers around Diana, a wife ...
Next to Normal
5/8 - 6/16/2019
Alexandra C. and John D. Nichols Theatre: book: Brian Yorkey; lyrics: Brian Yorkey; music: Tom Kitt; dir: David Cromer....
A Number
3/20 - 6/9/2019
Gillian Theatre: Caryl Churchill; dir: Robin Witt....
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2/6 - 3/17/2019
Alexandra C. and John D. Nichols Theatre: August Wilson; dir: Ron OJ Parson....
Twelfth Night Or What You Will
11/7 - 12/16/2018
Shakespeare’s romantic, boisterous and poignant comedy has never felt more relevant—or more hilarious! When young Viola is shipwrecked on an unfamiliar shore, presuming her twin ...
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
11/7 - 12/16/2018
Welcome to an uproarious world of drunkards and wine-drenched parties, depressive noblemen and dueling musicians, idiots and veteran jesters, religious zealots and erotic misunderstandings, all ...
Witch
9/26 - 12/16/2018
Mischief is afoot in the sleepy village of Edmonton and the fate of the world is at stake in this smart modern fable. When the ...
Vietgone
8/15 - 9/23/2018
t's 1975 and two young survivors (who may or may not be the playwright's parents) meet in a Vietnamese refugee camp in mid-America shortly after ...
Smart People
3/21 - 6/10/2018
Lydia Diamond; dir: Hallie Gordon....
A Moon for the Misbegotten
2/7 - 3/18/2018
Eugine O'Neill; dir: William Brown....
Trevor
8/9 - 9/17/2017
book: Dan Collins; lyrics: Dan Collins; music: Julianne Wick Davis; dir: Marc Bruni. World Premiere...
Parade
5/24 - 7/9/2017
In the gripping musical Parade, history unfolds with a haunting melody. Set in 1913 Georgia, the story follows Leo Frank, a Jewish American factory manager, ...
The Mystery of Love & Sex
4/5 - 7/9/2017
A coming-of-age story that challenges the loving heart of a modern family as childhood friends Charlotte and Jonny start a romance when they go off ...
The Scene
2/22 - 4/2/2017
Theresa Rebeck; dir: Kimberly Senior. Alexandra C. and John D. Nichols Theatre:...
East Texas Hot Links
10/19 - 1/22/2017
Eugene Lee; dir: Ron OJ Parson....
East Texas Hot Links
10/19 - 1/22/2017
Eugene Lee; dir: Ron OJ Parson....
The Hunter & The Bear
12/7 - 1/22/2017
PigPen Theatre Co.; dir: Stuart Carden, PigPen Theatre Co.. World Premiere...
The Hunter & The Bear
12/7 - 1/22/2017
PigPen Theatre Co.; dir: Stuart Carden, PigPen Theatre Co.. World Premiere...
Julius Caesar
9/7 - 10/23/2016
adapt: Michael Halberstam, Scott Parkinson from William Shakespeare; dir: Michael Halberstam, Scott Parkinson....
Julius Caesar
9/7 - 10/23/2016
adapt: Michael Halberstam, Scott Parkinson from William Shakespeare; dir: Michael Halberstam, Scott Parkinson....
COMPANY
6/23 - 7/31/2016
Set firmly in, and often about, New York, Company follows five married, once married, or soon to be married couples and their mutual friend, Robert, ...
Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf: A Parody
4/27 - 7/10/2016
Tim Ryder, Tim Sniffen; dir: Stuart Carden, Michael Halberstam....
Arcadia
3/16 - 4/24/2016
From the man who gifted us Travesties and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, we giddily present you with what may be his masterwork. This dazzling, ...
Marjorie Prime
10/21 - 2/21/2016
It’s the age of artificial intelligence, and 85-year-old Marjorie — a jumble of disparate, fading memories — has a handsome new companion who’s programmed to ...
Doubt: A Parable
4/28 - 7/12/2015
In this brilliant and powerful drama, Sister Aloysius, a Bronx school principal, takes matters into her own hands when she suspects the young Father Flynn ...
The Diary of Anne Frank
2/24 - 5/31/2015
adapt: Wendy Kesselman from Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett; dir: Kimberly Senior....
664 Vernon Ave:
4/1 - 7/20/2014
The Dance of Death adapt: Conor McPherson from August Strindberg; dir: Henry Wishcamper....
The Dance of Death
4/1 - 7/20/2014
adapt: Conor McPherson from August Strindberg; dir: Henry Wishcamper. American Premiere...
325 Tudor Court:
5/6 - 7/13/2014
Days Like Today Laura Eason; lyrics: Alan Schmuckler; music: Alan Schmuckler; dir: Michael Halberstam....
Port Authority
10/29 - 2/16/2014
A young boy leaves home for the first time, a man begins a job for which he is not qualified, a pensioner receives a mysterious ...
The Old Man and The Old Moon
9/3 - 11/10/2013
The Old Man has kept his post as the sole caretaker of the moon for as long as he (or his wife, the Old Woman) ...
The Liar
5/21 - 7/28/2013
adapt: David Ives from Pierre Corneille; dir: William Brown....
Yellow Moon
4/9 - 7/28/2013
664 Vernon Ave: - David Greig; dir: Stuart Carden....
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
5/8 - 7/15/2012
One of Broadway?s most neglected masterpieces, the romantic and achingly beautiful ?A Little Night Music? deals with the universal subject of love, in all its ...
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
5/1 - 7/8/2012
One of Broadway?s most neglected masterpieces, the romantic and achingly beautiful ?A Little Night Music? deals with the universal subject of love, in all its ...
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Fun Home
Porchlight Music Theatre (1/16 - 3/2) | |
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Revival: A Tribute to The Allman Brothers Band
Raue Center For The Arts (1/31 - 1/31) | |
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Fool for Love
Steppenwolf Theatre Company (1/30 - 3/16) | |
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Markus Birdman: We Are All In The Gutter...
Cambridge Junction (3/8 - 3/8) | |
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JOHNNIE & FRANKIE STAGE PLAY
CITY LIT THEATER (2/28 - 3/1) | |
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The Promotion
Greenhouse Theater Center (1/30 - 3/1) | |
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The Antiquities
Goodman Theatre - Owen Theatre (5/17 - 6/15) | |
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Hadestown
CIBC Theater (5/6 - 5/18) | |
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Teatro La Plaza's Hamlet
Upstairs at Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier (3/13 - 3/23) | |
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Dreamgirls
The Seven Thirty Theatre (3/29 - 3/30) | |
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