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Luna Negra Dance Theater launches its 10th Anniversary season September 26 & 27 at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance

 

 

 

Diana Vishneva stars in the world renowned Kirov Ballet and Orchestra production of Giselle October 2-5 at the Auditorium Theatre. Photo by M. Logvinov.

      

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Chicago TheatreWelcome to Steadstyle Chicago!  Chicago has long been renowned for its innovations in the arts and architecture.  While it has earned its nickname as the Second City, within the past two decades it has also become one of the most vital and important theatre cities in America.  Our downtown Loop is bustling with over a dozen major venues hosting a wide array of theatre and performing arts.  Broadway in Chicago brings the cream of Broadway plays and musicals to beautiful and historic venues, including the Auditorium, Cadillac Palace, LaSalle Bank (formerly Shubert) and Ford Center Oriental Theatres. 

Chicago now hosts four Tony Award winning regional companies.  The Goodman, Steppenwolf and Victory Gardens Theatres all specialize in top quality, nationally recognized work, while the internationally acclaimed Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier draws an eclectic audience to its beautiful courtyard style theatre and superb mountings of Shakespeare and eclectic family friendly fare.  Suburban enterprises such as the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, Drury Lane Oakbrook, and Light Opera Works specialize in presenting the best musicals in the Chicagoland area. 

And, of course, the lifeblood of Chicago theatre is the Off Loop storefront companies that constantly introduce the gutsiest, most provocative and edgy work any serious theatre devotee could wish to see.  Read about them all at Steadstyle Chicago, and please visit our affiliate site Theatre in Chicago for complete listings, news, reviews and restaurant recommendations.  This site is intended to be both functional and aesthetically appealing.  You can now click on any photo on the site to get more information on the show! 

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American Players Theatre continues its 29th Season with Widowers’ Houses, The Belle’s Stratagem, A Midsummer Night’s Dreamy, Henry IV: The Making of a King, and Ah, Wilderness!  APT will be offering Five-Show Weekends from August 22 through September 21.

Where do some of Chicago's best actors and directors spend their summers?  Find out in Theatre in Chicago's spotlight feature story on The American Players Theatre (pictured above).

 

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TimeLine Theatre Company presents Gore Vidal's Weekend August 20-October 12

Hubris Productions presents Harvey Fierstein's Tony Award winning play Torch Song Trilogy through September 7

Hobo Junction presents Talk Kiss Blackout August 29 through September 27 at The Cornservatory

Seanchai Theater Company presents Scenes from the Big Picture August 30-October 5 at the Storefront Theater

William Christopher stars in "Church Basement Ladies," a hilarious new musical that will make its Chicago premiere from September 10 through 27 at The North Shore Center for Performing Arts in Skokie

"Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story" is re-mounted September 10-November 2 at Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place

Attic Playhouse presents the comedy Cold Cold Feet by Tony Fiorentino September 12 – October 19, 2008

Trap Door Theatre presents the English language world premiere of No Darkness Round My Stone September 14-October 11

Broadway in Chicago presents the musical sensation Mamma Mia! September 17-28 at the Auditorium Theatre

Steppenwolf Theatre Company launches its 2008-2009 season with the world premiere of Kafka on the Shore September 18 – November 16, 2008

The House Theatre of Chicago presents Dave Davinci Saves the Universe for a limited engagement at the Chopin Theatre September 18 – November 8, 2008.

Bailiwick Repertory presents Chiaroscuro (a Study in Shadow), by Kenneth N. Kurtz September 24-October 19

Broadway legend Tommy Tune directs the World Premiere musical Turn of the Century beginning September 19, 2008 in the Goodman's Albert Theatre.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents Christopher Marlowe’s The Troublesome Reign and
Lamentable Death of Edward II October 1-November 9

Sweat Girls present Sweatlicious October 17 and 18 at G Boutique (a sex shop for girls!)

Steppenwolf for Young Adults presents The Glass Menagerie October 21 – November 9, 2008

 

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Village Players Theatre presents a World Premiere musical comedy Love in the Middle Ages August 22-September 21

Love in the Middle Ages

Signal Theatre presents The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter in the Chopin downstairs Theatre

The Birthday Party

Drury Lane Oakbrook presents Rodgers and Hart's musical comedy The Boys from Syracuse

The Boys from Syracuse

Light Opera Works presents Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta Iolanthe August 16-24 at Cahn Auditorium

Iolanthe

Harmony France stars in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Tell Me On A Sunday" at Bailiwick Repertory

Tell Me On A Sunday

Open Eye Productions presents Trust by Steven Dietz

Trust

Bohemian Theatre Ensemble presents William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice

The Mill Theatre presents Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief by Paula Vogel July 27-August 23, 2008  at Stage Left Theatre

Desdemona: A Play About A Handkerchief

The Route 66 Theatre Company’s makes its debut with the Chicago premiere of John Kolvenbach’s On an Average Day August 2-September 6 at the Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater Upstairs Mainstage

On an Average Day

Red Twist Theatre presents David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross

Glengarry Glen Ross

The Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire presents the musical comedy The Full Monty

The Full Monty

The Metropolis Performing Arts Centre presents the comedy Bleacher Bums

Bleacher Bums

Never Say Macbeth, a new film by Joe Gold

Never Say Macbeth

Eclipse Theatre Company presents Neil Simon's comedy Plaza Suite

Plaza Suite

Theatre at the Center presents the musical Phantom by Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit

Phantom

Azusa Productions presents Onto Infinity by David Alex at Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theatre

Onto Infinity

Lookingglass Theatre Company presents Lookingglass Alice, an adaptation of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Lookingglass

Lookingglass Alice

Cirque Shanghai Gold

Campaign Supernova at Second City

Campaign Supernova

Black Ensemble Theatre presents I Am Who I Am (The Story of Teddy Pendergrass)

I Am Who I Am

A Steady Rain at the Royal George Theatre

A Steady Rain

Broadway in Chicago presents the musical Jersey Boys at the LaSalle Bank Theatre

Jersey Boys

Hizzoner at Prop Thtr

Hizzoner

Broadway in Chicago presents the blockbuster musical Wicked at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts Oriental Theatre

Wicked

 

Broadway in Chicago announces the U.S. Premiere of Dirty Dancing the musical, coming to the Cadillac Palace Theatre fall 2008