Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Fall theater preview: Plenty of intriguing musicals and plays coming to suburban, Chicago stagesSep 01, 2026 9:57 am - World and regional premieres are among the productions scheduled to run on suburban and Chicago stages this fall.
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Things to do Sept. 4-10: Lake in the Hills Summer Sunset Festival, Naperville Jaycees’ Last Fling, Buffalo Grove Days and moreAug 31, 2026 4:16 pm - Mark your calendar for Lake in the Hills Summer Sunset Festival, Naperville Jaycees’ Last Fling, Buffalo Grove Days and more.
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Magic man: For theater artist Dennis Watkins, magic was always in the cardsAug 26, 2026 10:42 am - Dennis Watkins, host of the long-running close-up magic show “The Magic Parlour” at Goodman Theatre, celebrates 25 years as a Chicago magician and theater artist.
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Spotlight: Janus Theatre revives ever-timely ‘An Iliad’ with all-female castAug 25, 2026 10:59 am - Ten years after it staged Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare’s “An Iliad,” Elgin’s Janus Theatre remounts the play with an all-female cast; TimeLine launches its 30th season with the premiere of “The Birth of the Pill” about the development of the life-changing oral contraceptive; and Promethean Theatre Ensemble stages “Blood of the Lamb,” a Kafkaesque thrill about reproductive rights.
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Things to do Aug. 28-Sept. 3: Port Clinton Art Festival, Moose-a-Palooza Music Fest and moreAug 24, 2026 2:53 pm - Mark your calendar for the Port Clinton Art Festival, Moose-a-Palooza Music Fest and Fundraiser, Edgewater Music Fest and more.
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The MAC at 40: Celebrating DuPage County’s ‘cultural town square’Aug 22, 2026 11:46 am - The McAninch Arts Center has emerged as a cultural hub in the 40 years since it opened on the College of DuPage campus where it typically attracts more than 100,000 visitors annually.
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Things to do Aug. 21-27: Elburn Days, Glen Ellyn Carnival, Dandelion Wine Arts & Music Festival and moreAug 20, 2026 6:55 am - Mark your calendar for Elburn Days, the Glen Ellyn Carnival, the 26th annual Ray Bradbury’s Dandelion Wine Arts & Music Festival and more.
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Imperfect romance: Oil Lamp’s prettily sung ‘I Love You Because’ hindered by mediocre bookAug 19, 2026 12:02 pm - It's a truth universally acknowledged that laying claim to a Jane Austen classic as the inspiration for a rom-com tuner doesn’t make it so. Case in point, “I Love You Because,” a formulaic bit of fluff by writer/lyricist Ryan Cunningham and composer Joshua Salzman, running through Sept. 13, at Oil Lamp Theater in Glenview.
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Spotlight: Unlikely lovers collide in Oil Lamp’s Jane Austen-inspired ‘I Love You Because’Aug 12, 2026 8:21 am - This week in theater: Oil Lamp Theater’s season continues with the romantic comedy “I Love You Because”; Drury Lane Theatre revives Buddy Holly jukebox tuner and Theater Wit examines teenage angst in its Chicago premiere of “Adolescent Salvation.”
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Things to do Aug. 14-20: Little Bear Ribfest, Hampshire Coon Creek Country Days and moreAug 11, 2026 7:27 pm - Mark your calendar for Fan Expo Chicago, Little Bear Ribfest, Hampshire Coon Creek Country Days and more.