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Chicagoland Marquees

Steel Beam Children’s Theatre Alice in Wonderland opens September 11-October 3, 2010.

Alice in Wonderland

The Ruckus Theater presents All Saints’ Day: 44 Plays About Jeffrey Jones by Ron Riekki, at The Side Project Theatre September 2–26, 2010

All Saint's Day

American Players Theatre presents William Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well through September 21, 2010 in Spring Green, Wisconsin. Photo by Zane Williams.

All's Well That Ends Well

American Players Theatre presents Lillian Hellman's Another Part of the Forest through September 10, 2010 in Spring Green, Wisconsin. Photo by Zane Williams.

Another Part of the Forest

The American Players Theatre presents William Shakespeare's As You Like It in repertory through October 3, 2010 in Spring Green, Wisconsin. Photo by Zane Williams.

As You Like It

The Harris Theatre presents Ballet Hispanico November 5, 2010

Ballet Hispanico

Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents The National Theatre of Scotland’s Black Watch at the Broadway Armory March 29 – April 10, 2011

Black Watch

Chicago’s wildly popular entertainment phenomenon, Blue Man Group continues its open run at Briar Street Theatre. Photo by David Hawe @BMP.

Blue Man Group

Chemically Imbalanced Comedy presents The Book of Liz by Amy and David Sedaris September 10-December 18, 2010

The Book of Liz

Broadway in Chicago presents Burn the Floor February 1-13, 2011. Photo by Joan Marcus.

Burn the Floor

Geoff Packard rehearses his Goodman Theatre debut as Candide in Mary Zimmerman's new adaptation September 17-October 24, 2010. Photo by Liz Lauren.

Candide

Raven Theatre presents Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

In the vein of drinking-themed shows throughout the city comes Chug Chicago: Rise of the Wrigleyvillians, which performs Saturdays at 11:30pm, September 4–25, 2010 at Gorilla Tango Theatre

Chug Chicago: Rise of the Wrigleyvillians

American Players Theatre presents Somerset Maugham's The Circle through September 25, 2010 in Spring Green, Wisconsin. Photo by Zane Williams.

The Circle

ComedySportz is the longest running short-form improv show in Chicago. Now in its 22nd year! It's not stand-up comedy about sports...it's improv comedy played as a sport!

ComedySportz

Druid Theatre Company's The Cripple of Inishmaan, coming to Chicago Shakespeare Theater March 15–27, 2011. Photo by Ros Kavanagh.

The Cripple of Inishmaan

Steppenwolf Theatre Presents Detroit, a new play by Lisa D’Amour September 9–November 7, 2010. Photo by Saverio Truglia.

Detroit

Dinner with Friends September 23-October 3, 2010 in the Cattell Theatre at the Theatre of Western Springs

Dinner With Friends

The uproarious musical masterpiece, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, by composer and lyricist David Yazbek and librettist Jeffery Lane, makes its Regional premiere at Theatre at the Center, Munster, IN, September 9-October 10, 2010.

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Disney On Ice presents Princess Classics September 8, 2010 at The United Center

Disney on Ice: The Princess Classics

The Drowsy Chaperone opens September 17, 2010 at Wheaton Drama

The Drowsy Chaperone

Stage 773 is proud to announce the opening of the sketch comedy musical Dude, Where’s My CoPay?, September 2-11, 2010

Dude, Where's My Co-Pay?: The Musical

Edd Fairman, the Wizard of Sorts, is hitting the Gorilla Tango Stage for five nights of magic, comedy and mayhem, August 5–September 2, 2010. Photographer: Gil Leora.

Edd Fairman, Wizard of Sorts

The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago presents Alaska-born, Native American choreographer Emily Johnson and her company Catalyst in the Chicago premiere of The Thank-you Bar, also featuring the musical duo Blackfish. Performances are October 7-9 at The Dance Center, 1306 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago.

Emily Johnson/Catalyst Dance

American Players Theatre presents Entrances and Exits by Athol Fugard through September 26, 2010 in Spring Green, Wisconsin. Photo by Carissa Dixon.

Entrances and Exits

Steel Beam Theatre’s 10th Anniversary Season Tees-Off with the Musical Fairways! September 10-October 10, 2010. Photo Credit: Kimberly Kozar.

Fairways

Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents Funk It Up About Nothin’, an "ad-rap-tation" of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing Upstairs at Chicago Shakespeare January–February 2011

Funk it Up About Nothin'

Collaboraction presents a revival of its 2005 critically acclaimed production of Guinea Pig Solo by Brett C. Leonard March 21–April 17, 2011

Guinea Pig Solo

Broadway in Chicago presents the musical Hair March 8-20, 2011. Photo by Joan Marcus.

Hair

Light Opera Works presents the musical I Do! I Do! October 4-November 14, 2010. Photo by Rich Foreman.

I Do! I Do!

The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago presents Joe Goode Performance Group February 3, 4 & 5, 2011

Joe Goode Performance Group

Brown Line to the Loop presents Justice of the Peace, an improvised courtroom comedy Wednesdays Aug. 18 & 25 and Sept. 1, 8, 15, 22, 2010. Performances held at Studio BE, 3110 N. Sheffield.

Justice of the Peace

Legally Blonde the Musical at the Rosemont Theatre December 3-5, 2010

Legally Blonde the Musical

Broadway In Chicago presents Disney’s The Lion King at Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theatre for a six week engagement beginning September 29, 2010. Photo by Joan Marcus.

The Lion King

Attic Playhouse presents the farce Love, Sex and the I.R.S. September 10 - October 17, 2010

Love, Sex and the I.R.S.

Maverick choreographer Mark Morris and his company will perform the Chicago premiere of Romeo & Juliet, On Motifs of Shakespeare February 25-27, 2011

Mark Morris Dance Group

American Players Theatre presents Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw through September 26, 2010 in Spring Green, Wisconsin. Photo by Zane Williams.

Major Barbara

The Merchants of Bollywood makes its North American premiere at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University for two performances only October 1 and 2, 2010.

The Merchants of Bollywood

Midlife Joyride performs Saturdays at 7:30pm, August 28-September 18, 2010 at Gorilla Tango Theatre

Midlife Joyride

Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker December 18, 2010 at the Rosemont Theatre

Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker

The Cowardly Scarecrow Theatre Company presents Musical of the Living Dead, an original musical comedy satirizing popular zombie and horror films, October 7-30, 2010 at the Charnel House in Logan Square

Musical of the Living Dead!

Gift Theatre’s weekly improvised show, Natural Gas continues its open run Wednesday at 8pm

Natural Gas

Broadway in Chicago presents 9 to 5: the Musical January 18-30, 2011. Photo by Joan Marcus.

9 to 5: the Musical

Collaboraction presents 1001 opening September 9-October 9, 2010 at Chopin Theatre. Photo by Saverio Truglia.

1001

Emerald City Theatre presents the Midwest premiere of Pinkalicious September 18-December 31, 2010 at the Apollo Theater.

Pinkalicious

Noble Fool presents Red Herring at Pheasant Run September 2-October 24, 2010

Red Herring

The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago presents Reggie Wilson/Fist & Heel Performance Group March 31, April 1 & 2, 2011

Reggie Wilson Fist & Heel Performance Group

Hell in a Handbag Productions presents The Rip Nelson Halloween Spooktacular at Mary's Attic, October 9-November 6, 2010

The Rip Nelson Halloween Spooktacular

The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago presents Robert Moses' KIN February 24, 25 & 26, 2011

Robert Moses' KIN

Broadway in Chicago presents the musical Rock of Ages September 21-October 3, 2010. Photo by Joan Marcus.

Rock of Ages

Comedians from the legendary Second City bring the mega-hit musical comedy revue Rod Blagojevich Superstar to Metropolis Performing Arts Centre for a limited engagement running August 6–September 18, 2010.

Rod Blagojevich Superstar

Vaudezilla presents Rollin' Outta Here Naked: A Big Lebowski Burlesque, a burlesque show based on the movie, The Big Lebowski, September 3-25, 2010 at the Greenhouse Theatre

Rollin' Outta Here Naked

Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents Romeo and Juliet September 15-November 21, 2010

Romeo and Juliet

The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago presents Same Planet Different World March 10, 11 & 12, 2011

Same Planet Different World

The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago presents Sankai Juku October 20, 2010 (one Night Only) at Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park

Sankai Juku

The Theatre of Western Springs presents its first Mainstage play of the 82nd season, Sleuth, by Anthony Shaffer, September 9-9, 2010

Sleuth

Tony Award-Winner Sutton Foster gives a rare intimate concert performance that will open the Broadway Playhouse September 23 -26, 2010 in An Evening With Sutton Foster.

Sutton Foster

American Players Theatre presents The Syringia Tree through October 16, 2010 in Spring Green, Wisconsin. Photo by Zane Williams.

The Syringia Tree

Steppenwolf for Young Audiences presents To Kill a Mockingbird October 12-November 12, 2010

To Kill a Mockingbird

Tommy Gun's Garage presents a Roaring 20s-themed musical comedy revue in a speakeasy seting, with dining and drinking integrated into the show.

Tommy Gun's Garage

The Neo-Futurists celebrate 21 successful years of Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind (30 plays in 60 minutes) by offering a collection of their best plays.

Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind

Broadway in Chicago presents Traces, beginning October 26, 2010 at the Broadway Playhouse. Photo by Olivier Tetreault.

Traces

Big Noise Theatre Company and Ouroboros Theatre Company once again join forces to present the Tony Award winning musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee September 24-October 17, 2010

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Michael Ingersoll and his leading cast members from Chicago's "Jersey Boys" return to the Chicago area for a public performance of Ingersoll's new show, "Under The Streetlamp" for two performances only November 13 and 14 at Elgin Community College Arts Center

Under the Street Lamp

Artists' Ensemble Theater presents The Underpants, a comedy by Steve Martin about a notorious pair of bloomers, September 10–26 in the Cheek Theatre at Rockford College. Photo by John Cobb

The Underpants

Next Theatre Company launches their 2010-2011 What’s Next Series with Rohina Malik’s Unveiled September 10–19, 2010

Unveiled

American Players Theatre presents Waiting for Godot through October 17, 2010 in Spring Green, Wisconsin. Photo by Zane Williams.

Waiting for Godot

Seanachaí Theatre Company presents The Weir by Conor McPherson August 26-October 3, 2010 at The Irish American Heritage Center.

The Weir

Broadway in Chicago presents Irving Berlin's White Christmas December 15, 2010-January 2, 2011 at Bank of America Theatre

White Christmas

Broadway in Chicago announces the return of Chicago's favorite musical hit Wicked December 1, 2010-January 23, 2011 at the Cadillac Palace Theatre. Photo by Joan Marcus.

Wicked

Emerald City Theatre presents The Wizard of Oz November 18, 2010-January 2, 2011 at the Apollo Theater

The Wizard of Oz

The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago presents Yasuko Yokoshi October 28, 29 & 30, 2010

Yasuko Yokoshi