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This will be the first time the theater has had two artistic leaders, as well as the first time an artist of color has led the ensemble.

Find out where and when the musical will hit the road.

Joaquina Kalukango, Chilina Kennedy, and A.J. Shively will head the company.

Set in Civil War-era New York City, Paradise Square features a creative team including Moisés Kaufman, Bill T. Jones, and Craig Lucas.

Shapiro will leave the position when her contract ends this summer.

The theater will reopen its doors with Bug, written by Tracy Letts and starring Carrie Coon.

Four titles have currently been announced.

Vivian J.O. Barnes's two-hander is directed by Weyni Mengesha.

The show was scheduled to kick off its tour last month.

The musical was filmed in 2018.

Carly Bawden and Marc Antolin will star.

The Chicago theater will go online for winter and spring programming, in addition to eventual in-person productions.

The theater will resume performances whenever it is safe.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jim Belushi, Keegan-Michael Key, and other artists with strong ties to the Windy City also joined the fun to help raise money for the Arts for Illinois Relief Fund.

The company had been operating since 2011.

The live broadcast will take place on Mother's Day.

Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron's musical was directed by Gary Griffin.

Stephen Mear directs and choreographs Lyric Opera's new production.

Political plays, new musicals, and riffs on classics top the list of upcoming Chicago productions.

Once Upon a One More Time will hit Chicago before coming to New York.

The play will be written by Doug Wright.

The production will feature a book by Bekah Brunstetter.

Coon stars in David Cromer's new Steppenwolf production of an intense play by her husband, Tracy Letts.

Cervantes led the Chicago production of Hamilton, which closed this past weekend.