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Mark your calendar for these Glenview, Northbrook and North Shore events.

Tucked away in the Noyes Cultural Arts Center is a cozy little stage that Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre calls home. The company’s summer 2023 season premiere, “OBAMA-OLOGY,” written by Aurin Squire and directed by Bria Walker, brings audiences back in time to 2008, just before Barack Obama was elected president.  The piece follows Warren, played expertly by...

The co-world premiere of Lindsay Joelle’s The Garbologists at City Theatre is an enjoyable, well-executed production about two garbage collectors who can’t stand each other....

Things to do this week in Pittsburgh, from Earth Month and Arbor Day celebrations, to film festivals and block parties: April 25-May 1.

Courtesy of Marin Theatre Company and Round House Theatre William DeMeritt plays Nathan Wolfe in “The Catastrophist,” City Theatre’s co-production with Marin Theatre Company and Round House Theatre.   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Spring virtual offerings from Pittsburgh’s City Theatre Company include collaborations with local artists and theater groups in other cities. The season will open with th...

Content warning: This story contains mentions of suicide. When playwright Ntozake Shange was a graduate student, she saw a double rainbow, a beacon of light in her depressive state. From this, her choreopoem was born, a play that is still widely produced today and explores Black identity. Associate Artistic Director of the Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre Bria Walker discussed Shange’s work and legacy in an event hosted by the theatre Tuesday night. During the lecture, which was a part of the theat...