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Miss Saigon – Jedlicka Performing Arts Center

While Jedlicka Performing Arts Center has been around for quite a while, its 33rd season may be opening with one of

Bette, LIVE at the Continental Baths – Hell in a Handbag

Back in 1970, a buxom beauty with a halo of blazing red curls and a personality and vocal power to fill a stadium,

Boy From Oz – Pride Films and Plays

In PF&P’s biggest, splashiest production to date, Director David Zak and Musical Director Robert Ollis have teamed

The Judas Kiss – Dead Writers Theatre

David Hare’s 1998 drama is about the relationship, scandal and subsequent betrayal of gay, Irish author/playwright

[title of show] – Brown Paper Box Theatre Company

Plays and musicals that illustrate how art is made aren’t as plentiful as one might expect. Sondheim’s “Sunday in the

Pippin

There is a quiet moment near the beginning of Stephen Schwartz’s historically-based musical during which

Take Me Back – Poor Theatre Company

After serving four years in prison, Bill has returned to his hometown of Muskogee, Oklahoma. He’s back living with

Grand Concourse – Steppenwolf Theatre

Shelley begins early every morning at the church soup kitchen cleaning up after the janitors have done their job. She

Whatever – The Side Project

Robert Tenges is a well-known, Chicago-based playwright. His works have been produced, not only by the side

The Little Mermaid – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

Audiences might want to bring their bathing suits or snorkels when they visit Navy Pier this summer, because a new,