Two amphibian best friends sing, dance and play their way through four seasons of adventure in Tony-nominated kids’ musical "A Year with Frog and Toad", April 13th - May 26th at Chicago Children’s Theatre
Cast and production team announced for BrightSide Theatre production of Ira Levin’s comedic thriller DEATHTRAP, March 8th - 24th
|| BrightSide Theatre Youth Theatre to additionally perform MEAN GIRLS JR. Saturday matinees and Sunday evenings during the first two weekends of DEATHTRAP
Paramount to bring Regional Premieres of Disney’s Frozen and Waitress to downtown Aurora in 2024-25; The Full Monty and Cats round out Paramount’s 13th Broadway Series
Paramount’s third BOLD Series brings Peter and the Starcatcher, An Act of God and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee to the intimate Copley Theatre
Opening Summer 2024: Stolp Island Theatre, Paramount’s new, immersive theater experience, debuting with Million Dollar Quartet
A Newly-Reimagined Production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast to Open North American Tour at Cadillac Palace Theatre in July 2025 in Celebration of the Beloved Title's 30th Anniversary
The Gift Theatre to opens season with THE RISE AND FALL OF LITTLE VOICE Written by Jim Cartwright || Directed by Devon de Mayo and Peter G. Andersen || September 14 – October 15, 2023 at Filament Theatre
MUSIC THEATER WORKS ANNOUNCES MUSIC THEATER WORKSHOP - TAP, A TWO DAY TAP WORKSHOP WITH THE PRODUCERS CHOREOGRAPHER DARRYL KENT CLARK AND CHICAGO TAP THEATRE’S MOLLY SMITH, AUGUST 14th AND 15th ||
The Tap Workshop for Ages 10 - 18 years old is a Complementary Event to Music Theater Works’s 150th Production THE PRODUCERS A Mel Brooks Musical, August 10 - 20
COURT THEATRE ANNOUNCES 69th SEASON || Season includes The Lion in Winter by James Goldman, directed by Resident Artist Ron OJ Parson || Antigone by Sophocles, directed by Associate Artistic Director Gabrielle Randle-Bent || Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard, directed by Marilyn F. Vitale Artistic Director Charles Newell || and the World Premiere of Stokely: The Unfinished Revolution by Nambi E. Kelley, directed by Tasia A. Jones
You may have seen a number of films in movie theaters and on streaming services that are actually based on plays and other works of live entertainment. For example, the hit movie Dear Evan Hansen was based on a critically-acclaimed Broadway musical. Therefore, visiting a live theater to see the play that inspired these films can show you where the story being told all started, which is on the stage.
