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Books About Chicago Theater

In observance of Chicago Theater Week, check out these books about Chicago's performing arts scene.

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  • Bigger, Brighter, Louder

    150 Years of Chicago Theater as Seen by Chicago Tribune Critics

    Jones, Chris, 1963-
    Book, 2013Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013. — PN2277.C4J66 2013
  • Black Theater Is Black Life

    An Oral History of Chicago Theater and Dance, 1970-2010

    Young, Harvey, 1975-
    Paperback, 2014Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2014. — PN2277.C42Y68 2014
  • The Chicago Auditorium Building

    Adler and Sullivan's Architecture and the City

    Siry, Joseph, 1956-
    Paperback, 2002Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2002. — NA4178.C48C487 2002
  • Chicago Comedy

    a Fairly Serious History

    Hicks, Margaret, 1970-
    Paperback, 2011Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2011. — PN1969.C65H53 2011
  • Chicago Shakespeare Theater

    Suiting the Action to the Word

    Paperback, 2015DeKalb, IL : Northern Illinois University Press, [2015] — PR3105.C48 2015
  • Ensemble

    An Oral History of Chicago Theater

    Paperback, 2019Chicago : Midway, an Agate Imprint, [2019] — PN2277.C4E57 2019
  • Ensemble-made Chicago

    a Guide to Devised Theater

    Johnston, Chloe,
    Paperback, 2019Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2019. — PN2193.E67J64 2019
  • Grease, Tell Me More, Tell Me More

    Stories From the Broadway Phenomenon That Started It All

    Book, 2022Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2022] — ML1711.8.N3G728 2022
  • Hamilton

    the Revolution : Being the Complete Libretto of the Broadway Musical, With a True Account of Its Creation, and Concise Remarks on Hip-hop, the Power of Stories, and the New America

    Miranda, Lin-Manuel, 1980-
    Book, 2016New York, NY : Grand Central Publishing, 2016. — ML50.M574H36 2016
  • Improv Nation

    How We Made a Great American Art

    Wasson, Sam,
    Book, 2017Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017. — PN2071.I5W37 2017
  • Joy Ride

    Show People and Their Shows

    Lahr, John, 1941-
    Book, 2015New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2015] — PN2285.L33 2015
  • Makeshift Chicago Stages

    a Century of Theater and Performance

    Paperback, 2021Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2021. — PN2277.C4M35 2021
  • Book, 2015New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015. — PN2277.N5R54 2015
  • Rise Up!

    Broadway and American Society From Angels in America to Hamilton

    Jones, Chris, 1963-
    Paperback, 2018London ; New York : Methuen Drama, [2018] — PN2277.N5J66 2018
  • The Second City

    Backstage at the World's Greatest Comedy Theater

    Patinkin, Sheldon
    Book, 2000Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks, c2000. — PN2277.C42S452 2000
  • The Second City

    the Essentially Accurate History

    Patinkin, Sheldon,
    Paperback, 2019Chicago : Midway, an Agate imprint, [2019] — PN2277.C42S4524 2019
  • The Second City Unscripted

    Revolution and Revelation at the World-famous Comedy Theater

    Thomas, Mike
    Book, 2009New York : Villard, c2009. — PN2277.C42S4525 2009