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From the letters of Oscar Hammerstein II to a Grease tell-all, these upcoming releases are filled with sizzling stories from the Broadway stage.

Phylicia Rashad leads a revival of Pearl Cleage's play about artists and activists at the convergence of the Great Depression and the Harlem Renaissance.

Nolan Williams, Jr.'s compassionate new musical about Black family and culture is unstoppably entertaining.

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

Fans of Felicia P. Fields can well imagine the fun the Chicago star has with lyrics like “You always ready every time that I call / What I like about you, you never stall."

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...

/PRNewswire/ -- Windows, a new play written by Tawni ODell, adapted from the highly acclaimed top-rated audio drama Closing the Distance, will make its...

“My Lord, What a Night” has a showing run from Oct. 1 through Oct. 24.

Ford's Theatre today announced the launch of The Lincoln Legacy Commissions—a new play development initiative for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) playwrights that explores racial history and social justice in the United States and gives voice to lesser-known historical figures and their contributions to American life. Playwrights Pearl Cleage, Rickerby Hinds, Nambi E. Kelley, Dominic Taylor and Charlayne Woodard comprise the inaugural writers of The Lincoln Legacy Commissions...