As 2026 kicks off, several companies are preparing plans for new homes that will give them more space for community involvement.

On their self-released July EP, the unrelentingly heavy What Lives Inside of Me, Latter play with self-consuming force.

In celebration of Black History Month, Chicago filmmakers will be showing their short films at Music Box Theater and Facets.

When Javier Arroyo and Abraham Ramirez opened their restaurant, La Licor Panamericana in 2024 in Logan Square, they sought to represent the food and drink from all of Latin America, stretching from ...

Walkabout Theater Company returns to producing in Chicago with the production that launched the company in 1999, Poor Poor Lear, written by Nina Sallinen and Katja Krohn.

Arriving in Chicago is the tale of a 1970s rock band thrashing its way to stardom. Not exactly a musical, the play with music took the 2024 Tonys for best play, direction, set and sound design.

The American Theatre Guild has revealed the 2026–27 Season for the Prairie Home Alliance Theater at Peoria Civic Center. The 2026–27 Ameren Illinois Broadway in Peoria Series will include Waitress, ...

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Audiences are invited to celebrate Valentine’s weekend with a one-night-only stand-up showcase featuring Maggie Hughes DePalo ...