Full Casting Announced for Steppenwolf Theatre's World Premiere of LEROY AND LUCY, By Ngozi Anyanwu || Directed by Awoye Timpo, Featuring ensemble member Jon Michael Hill with Brittany Bradford || October 24th – December 15th in Steppenwolf’s in-the-round Ensemble Theater
James Seabright presents YIPPEE KI YAY (the parody celebration of Die Hard), Written by Richard Marsh, Directed by Hal Chambers
BROADWAY IN CHICAGO’S BROADWAY PLAYHOUSE AT WATER TOWER PLACE, 175 E. CHESTNUT || NOVEMBER 19th – DECEMBER 15th
LEGENDARY DIRECTOR ROBERT LEPAGE AND BALLET SUPERSTAR AND CHOREOGRAPHER GUILLAUME CÔTÉ’S THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET: PRINCE OF DENMARK TO MAKE U.S. PREMIERE FALL 2024 || The Dance-Theater Collaboration to Premiere Limited Run at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, November 23-24
ALI || A New Musical Celebrating the Life of Muhammad Ali To Play World Premiere in Chicago || BROADWAY IN CHICAGO’S
JAMES M. NEDERLANDER THEATRE || April 22 – May 18, 2025
Court Theatre presents the return of AN ILIAD By Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare, Based on Homer’s The Iliad, Translated by Robert Fagles, Directed by Senior Artistic Consultant Charles Newell, Featuring Timothy Edward Kane || June 4 – June 29, 2025
Paramount reveals cast for Million Dollar Quartet, inaugural production at Aurora’s new Stolp Island Theatre || Garrett Forrestal cast as Jerry Lee Lewis, Bill Scott Sheets is Johnny Cash, Alex Swindle plays Elvis Presley and Christopher Wren is Carl Perkins
“One of the most defining pop culture events of the decade” – Forbes || Cast Announced for the National Tour of HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD || CAST INCLUDES CHICAGO ACTORS NATHAN HOSNER, MATT MUELLER, EMMET SMITH AND LARRY YANDO
Nothing Without a Company announces its 2024 season, producing the world premiere of its first musical SOFA KING QUEER along with two site-specific staged readings all focused on LGBTQIA+ lives || The nonprofit theater returns to its first season since COVID–a decade and half after incorporating staying adaptive to continue amplifying culturally specific stories in reclaimed environments
“One of the most defining pop culture events of the decade” – Forbes || TICKETS GO ON SALE MONDAY, MAY 13th FOR SIX-TIME TONY® AWARD-WINNING BEST PLAY, HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD || TO PLAY BROADWAY IN CHICAGO’S JAMES M. NEDERLANDER THEATRE SEPTEMBER 10, 2024 – FEBRUARY 1, 2025
