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Full Casting Announced for Steppenwolf Theatre’s Windfall

Mar 09, 2026 admin_bitlc Features, Music News, Musical Theatre, Reviews, This Just In 0

Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s world premiere of “Windfall” features (top, left to right) ensemble members Alana Arenas, Glenn Davis, Jon Michael Hill (bottom, left to right) and Namir...

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,...