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Michael Weber will direct the Pulitzer Prize-winning Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine musical.

As the world commemorates William Shakespeare's 459th birthday this April, Chicago Shakespeare Theater will celebrate the Bard with multiple events throughout the month. The Theater will honor the legacy of Founding Artistic Director Barbara Gaines with the Spirit of Shakespeare Award, which will be presented at a fundraising event at the Theater's home on Navy Pier on Monday, April 24, 2023.

Emmy Award-winner and Glen Ellyn native Sean Hayes ("Will & Grace") picked up his first Jeff Award Monday for his tour-de-force performance in Goodman Theatres "Good Night, Oscar." Paramount Theatres revival of "Kinky Boots" tied the Goodman with six awards during the 54th annual Joseph Jefferson Equity Awards ceremony in Oakbrook Terrace.

The Joseph Jefferson Awards in Chicago were presented on October 17, 2022, at Drury Lane in Oakbrook, IL. Winners included Kinky Boots; Good Night, Oscar; and more!

THE BEAUTIFUL CITY PROJECT is back in-person with DISNEY DEEP DIVE, in its first College Edition of the Cabaret series! One night only, DISNEY DEEP DIVE will awaken you to some of the best, and more obscure, songs from the Disney catalogue.

“Blues in the Night” at Porchlight Music Theatre is a talent-filled production that will leave you flying high. 

Porchlight Music Theatre announces new dates for Porchlight Revisits Passing Strange, Wednesday, May 18 at 7 p.m. and Thursday, May 19 at 1:30 and 7 p.m. and the staged reading of Paul Oaley Stovall's Clear, A New Musical Experience, Tuesday, May 31 at 7 p.m.  

Due to the current virus surge in Chicago and out of an abundance of caution regarding the public health concerns for artists and audiences, Award-winning Porchlight Music Theatre announces its three events scheduled for January and February 2022: Blues in the Night, Clear, A New Musical Experience and Porchlight Revisits Passing Strange have been rescheduled to later this year, new dates for Blues in the Night are listed below, new dates for Clear, A New Musical Experience and Porchl...