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Broadway In Chicago And Metra Continue The Free Ride Promotion With Hamilton

Feb 18, 2026 admin_bitlc Features, Music News, Musical Theatre, Reviews 0

CHICAGO (Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026)—Broadway In Chicago and Metra continue the free ride promotion with HAMILTON — The unforgettable story of passion,...

Hubbard’s Phenomenal Fall Series Stresses The Urgency Of Human Connection

Dec 02, 2025 admin_bitlc Features, Music News, Musical Theatre, Reviews 0

By: Peter Thomas Ricci The numbers are not encouraging: 20 percent of U.S. adults experience “a lot” of loneliness on a daily basis (amazingly, that number is down from 25 […]

Billy Corgan Brings “Mellon Collie” to the Lyric Opera: A Monumental Opening Night in Chicago

Nov 22, 2025 admin_bitlc Features, Music News, Musical Theatre, Reviews 0

By James Currie On a brisk November evening that felt made for nostalgia and reinvention, Billy Corgan stepped onto the Lyric Opera of Chicago stage and delivered one of the […]

Just In Time For Halloween, A Gothic Horror Revival Of Jekyll & Hyde Returns To The Chicago Stage After 15 Years

Oct 21, 2025 admin_bitlc Features, Music News, Musical Theatre, Reviews 0

Just in time for Halloween, Kokandy Productions embraces gothic horror with a revival of Jekyll & Hyde – the first Chicago staging of the macabre musical in over 15 years. Directed by...

Theatre Review: Teatro Zinzanni Chicago: A Spirited Collision of Cirque, Cabaret, and Culinary Delight

Oct 20, 2025 admin_bitlc Features, Music News, Musical Theatre, Reviews 0

By Kelly Clausen There’s dinner theater — and then there’s Teatro Zinzanni, a full-throttle sensory explosion that turns a night out into an all-encompassing fever dream of acrobatics, music,...

REDTWIST THEATRE ANNOUNCES CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM FOR WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S TITUS ANDRONICUS, DIRECTED BY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT DUSTY BROWN

Feb 10, 2025 admin_bitlc Features, Music News, Musical Theatre, Reviews 0

Anne Sheridan Smith Plays the Renowned General in this Original Adaptation by Brown and Jordan Gleaves CHICAGO – Award-winning Redtwist Theatre is proud to announce the cast and...