Chicago movie nerds, rejoice: the beloved Music Box Theatre is officially getting bigger. The nearly 100-year-old Lakeview cinema announced this week that it’s adding a third screening room to its ...

The beloved arthouse theater is rolling out its expanded Lake View footprint with showings of Guy Maddin’s “Careful” and ...

After a customary late-May lull, Chicago’s theater gets back into action in June with several lively summer offerings, ranging from new musicals with star-encrusted casts to an in-the-round Sondheim ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Angels hovering anew over Chicago’s North Side. The return of Brian Friel. And a “Raisin” we could call our own. Here’s our annual celebration of the best ...

Also this week in theater news, A Red Orchid Theatre will bring back “Birds of North America,” and the original cast of “Six” ...

Regional premieres of Broadway’s latest Tony Award-winning shows; national tours; classic dramas by August Strindberg, Henrik Ibsen and William Inge; the return of “Hamilton”; and a rip-roaring ...

Chicago’s Albany Park Theater Project, a young people’s theater company renowned for its original works with hard-hitting ...

Friday night’s 80-minute show was a one-off, a warmup before Djo, aka Joe Keery, heads out on tour with Tame Impala next month.

Chicago Theatre Week returns Feb. 5-15, 2026, giving families and caregivers a budget-friendly way to experience live theater across Chicago during the winter season.Now in its 14th year, the annual ...