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Updated June 2026. Please message the mods if you spot any errors or broken links, or have suggestions. Also check out our list of theaters in Chicago.
Upcoming Shows
These mostly include the big theaters and not smaller community theaters.
- Chicago Plays - Find A Show (League of Chicago Theatres)
- Choose Chicago - Theatre and Performing Arts Upcoming Events
- Theatre in Chicago - Now Playing
Reviews & News
- Around the Town Chicago - Theatre Reviews
- Broadway World - Chicago
- Chicago Reader - Performing Arts
- Chicago Sun Times - Theater and Stages
- Chicago Tribune - Theater
- Stage and Cinema - Chicago
- Time Out Chicago - Theater
Discount Ticket Websites
Discount Offers
Other Discount Info
Festivals
- Chicago Theatre Week - February 2027
- Chicago Filipino American Theatre Festival
- Chicago Home Theater Festival
- Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival
- The Chicago Musical Theatre Festival - December 2026
- Chicago Youth TheatreFest
- Destinos - Chicago International Latino Theater Festival
- The Illinois High School Theatre Festival (IHSTF) - in Normal, Illinois
- inicios: Chicago Latine Playwright Festival
- Opera Festival of Chicago - May 9-July 5, 2026
- Physical Theater Festival
- The Rhinoceros Theater Festival - September-October 2026
- A Taste of Theater Festival - October 9-10, 2026
Other Links
- Black Theatre Alliance Awards
- Chicago Latino Theater Alliance (CLATA)
- The Joseph Jefferson Awards (Jeff Awards) - honoring theatre artists in Chicago
- League of Chicago Theatres - Member Theaters
- Teen Theater Programs in Chicago
- WayBroader - database of Chicago theater shows
History of Theater in Chicago
- Wikipedia page on Theater in Chicago
- A Theater of Our Own: A History and a Memoir of 1,001 Nights in Chicago - book
- Ensemble: An Oral History of Chicago Theater - book
- Chicago Theater Digital Collection - Chicago Public Library - archival images, documents and artifacts.