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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- Gigi Wendt
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Thursday, 26 February 2026 14:39
Hell in a Handbag Productions' The Golden Girls: The Cheese Pyramid A Lost Episodes Parody – The Clutch – Through June 21st
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Hell in a Handbag Productions is excited to continue its 2025/26 season with the world premiere of The Golden Girls: The Cheese Pyramid, a new addition to its acclaimed "Lost Episodes" parody series. Written by Artistic Director David Cerda* and directed by Brigitte Ditmars**, this comedic production will run from May 8 – June 21,…
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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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Thursday, 26 February 2026 13:14
FAULT - Chicago Shakespeare Theater - Through May 24th
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Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) announces Fault, an exciting addition to the 2025/2026 season starring film and television star Enrico Colantoni (English Teacher, Galaxy Quest, Veronica Mars) and Golden Globe winner Teri Hatcher (Desperate Housewives), and directed by Emmy and Tony Award winner Jason Alexander, who returns to Chicago Shakespeare Theater after 2024's smash-hit Judgment Day. The cast also features Jack Ball (Broadway's The Book…
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Thursday, 26 February 2026 12:18
Spamalot - CIBC Theatre - Through May 31st
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Broadway In Chicago is is delighted to announce that tickets for SPAMALOT will go on sale on Friday, February 27. SPAMALOT will play Broadway In Chicago’s CIBC Theatre (18 W. Monroe St.) for a limited two-week engagement, May 19-31.SPAMALOT tour production photos here, rehearsal footage here, and B-roll hereSPAMALOT, which first galloped onto Broadway in 2005 after its 2004…
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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 12:31
LES MISÉRABLES - Cadillac Palace Theatre - Through May 24th
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Broadway In Chicago has just announced casting for the Chicago engagement of Cameron Mackintosh’s acclaimed production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon, LES MISÉRABLES. The North American Tour of the world’s most popular musical will make its final return to Chicago for a limited two-week engagement, May 12—24,…
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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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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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- Roald Dahl
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- Willy Wonka
- The Candy Man
- Violet Beauregarde
- Mike Teavee
- Veruca Salt
- children's theatre
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- OompaLoompa
- George Keating
- Gene Wilder
- Elias Totleben
- Elin Joy Seiler
- Avelyn Lena Choi
- Gordon Henry Heisler
- Amber Mak
- Golden Ticket
- Charlie Bucket
- 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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Thursday, 19 February 2026 15:14
Loki - The End of the World Tour - Lifeline Theatre - Through June 14th
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Lifeline Theatre today announced the cast and crew of its upcoming rock musical world premiere, LOKI - THE END OF THE WORLD TOUR, with music and lyrics by George Howe, book by ensemble member Christina Calvit, developed with and directed by ensemble member Heather Currie, running May 3 - June 14, 2026 (previews April 24 -…
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- Kelan Smith
- Kara Olander
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