The Black Theater Alliance Awards, Inc. (BTAA) announces nominations for The 28th Annual Black Theater Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards. Theater and Dance productions produced and presented on the Chicagoland stages between August 1, 2021 and July 31, 2022 were eligible for this season's nomination consideration.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CAST AND CREW OF RUINED, RECIPIENTS OF FIVE BLACK THEATER ALLIANCE AWARD NOMINATIONS!
PORCHLIGHT MUSIC THEATRE ANNOUNCES THE RETURN OF ITS ICONS GALA, FRIDAY, SEPT. 23, AT THE RITZ-CARLTON CHICAGO | Co-chaired by Joe Higgins and Scott Hoesman, Single Tickets and Table Reservations For this Annual Signature Celebration on Sale Now
Casting Announced! Steppenwolf Theatre Company presents the world premiere adaptation of 1919 | By Eve L. Ewing | Adapted by J. Nicole Brooks | Directed by Gabrielle Randle-Bent and Tasia A. Jones | October 4 – 29, 2022 in Steppenwolf’s new in-the-round Ensemble Theater in Honor of Helen Zell | $20 Tickets to All Public Performances | $5 Tickets for Teens and College Students
Portage LIVE!’s monthly Summer Sunday Series continues Sunday, August 14th from 3 pm to 9 pm with “Bands Big and Small!” Six great hours of FREE musical performances by The Marco Villareal Trio, The Vintage Postcard Band, and The Midwest Big Band will be presented at the Amphitheatre at Founder’s Park, 2545 Founder’s Parkway, Portage.
Third Eye Theatre Ensemble Celebrates their Ninth Season with the Midwest Premiere of Han Lash’s Beowulf | September 2nd – September 11th
BUFFALO THEATRE ENSEMBLE OPENS 2022-2023 SEASON WITH BRUCE NORRIS’ PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING “CLYBOURNE PARK” DIRECTED BY KURT NAEBIG SEPT. 8th – OCT. 9th | Inspired by “A Raisin in the Sun,” The New York Times Hails the Comedic Drama as “Vital, Sharp-witted and Ferociously Smart” | Press Opening Friday, Sept. 9th and ASL Performance Friday, Sept. 29th
The Den Theatre Announces Comedian GREG FITZSIMMONS Saturday, October 15, 2022 on The Heath Mainstage
Nuns4Fun Entertainment is pleased to announce the game show comedy, Are You Smarter Than Your 8th Grade Nun?, is being extended to August 28, at the Greenhouse Theater Center, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago.
At the request of Chief Michael Britt of the Richmond Police Department, the Indiana State Police is investigating an officer-involved shooting that left a Richmond Police Officer in very critical condition.
