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Cats
4/30 - 6/15/2025
Paramount Theatre presents a circus-themed revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats, running from April 30 to June 15, 2025. Directed by Trent Stork, this production ...
You Will Get Sick
6/5 - 7/13/2025
A young man with a secret. An older woman who will listen. A predatory flock of birds. An upcoming audition for The Wizard of Oz ...
R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)
5/2 - 6/15/2025
In 1920, Karel apek’s early science fiction classic R.U.R. coined the term “robot” and looked ahead to the wonders and dangers of artificial intelligence decades ...
Jazztopad Festival
6/13 - 6/18/2025
The Jazztopad Festival, a prominent event in the jazz calendar, returns to New York City from June 13 to June 18, 2025. This festival showcases ...
KING LEAR
6/13 - 6/21/2025
The Shakespeare Project of Chicago concludes its 30th Anniversary Theatrical Reading Season with free performances of the classic tragedy KING LEAR from June 13 to ...
Kimberly Akimbo
6/10 - 6/22/2025
WINNER BEST MUSICAL THE MOST TONY AWARD-WINNING SHOW OF THE SEASON A new musical about growing up and growing old (in no particular order), KIMBERLY ...
Kimberly Akimbo
6/10 - 6/22/2025
WINNER BEST MUSICAL THE MOST TONY AWARD-WINNING SHOW OF THE SEASON A new musical about growing up and growing old (in no particular order), KIMBERLY ...
Hairspray
6/12 - 6/22/2025
Get Ready to Groove! The Beverly Arts Center Presents the Uplifting Musical Sensation, "Hairspray" The Beverly Arts Center is thrilled to announce its upcoming production ...
Hairspray
6/12 - 6/22/2025
Get Ready to Groove! The Beverly Arts Center Presents the Uplifting Musical Sensation, "Hairspray" The Beverly Arts Center is thrilled to announce its upcoming production ...
Kimberly Akimbo
6/10 - 6/22/2025
Kimberly Akimbo follows the story of a teenager navigating the challenges of growing up while dealing with a rare genetic condition. Set in suburban New ...
Red and the Wolf
6/13 - 6/22/2025
Red and the Wolf is an original folk opera by Glen Ellyn native Aaron Zimmerman. Featuring a score that intertwines elements of blues, folk, and ...
Red and the Wolf
6/13 - 6/22/2025
Red and the Wolf is an original folk opera by Glen Ellyn native Aaron Zimmerman. Featuring a score that intertwines elements of blues, folk, and ...
The Center for Performing Arts (The Center) at Governors State University (GovState) is proud to announce Groovin’ at GovState, featuring Projecto 7, Thursday July 24 ...
On the Move
6/17 - 6/24/2025
See Chicago Dance , the dance industry's nonprofit service organization celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2025, is proud to announce that its popular annual offering, ...
Pier Dance
6/4 - 6/25/2025
See Chicago Dance , the dance industry's nonprofit service organization celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2025, is proud to announce that its popular annual offering, ...
The Center for Performing Arts (The Center) at Governors State University (GovState) is proud to announce Groovin’ at GovState, featuring Denise Thines, Thursday June 26 ...
Lucy's Comedy
6/27
LUCY’S COMEDY With headliner Calvin Evans, featuring DJ Ribsky, and hosted by Ted Willson. Friday, June 27, 2025 @ 8:30p Tickets start at $29* Members save 30% (All-in ...
Chicago Dance Month
5/31 - 6/28/2025
See Chicago Dance , the dance industry's nonprofit service organization celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2025, is proud to announce that its popular annual offering, ...
Neighborhood Watch
5/22 - 6/28/2025
Jackalope Theatre Company ’s 17th season continues with the world premiere of Rehana Lew Mirza’s latest play, Neighborhood Watch, May 22 - June 28, directed ...
Scandalous Boy
5/23 - 6/28/2025
The story of the love between the emperor Hadrian and Antinous in pre-Christian Rome but framed in a twenty-first century setting with the statue of ...
The Second City 65th Anniversary Show
6/17 - 6/28/2025
The Second City 65th Anniversary Show celebrates over six decades of groundbreaking comedy at Paramount's Copley Theatre from June 17 to June 28, 2025. This ...
Wave Wall Moves
6/7 - 6/28/2025
See Chicago Dance , the dance industry's nonprofit service organization celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2025, is proud to announce that its popular annual offering, ...
42 Balloons
5/24 - 6/29/2025
42 Balloons is a North American premiere musical inspired by the true story of Larry Walters, who made headlines with his extraordinary lawn chair flight ...
Come Along for the Ride
6/26 - 6/29/2025
“Come Along for the Ride: A Journey Through Climate Grief” follows two women navigating life with climate anxiety. Sophie, a millennial in New York City, ...
Jersey Boys
6/27 - 6/29/2025
Don’t miss the Chicago suburban premiere of Jersey Boys , brought to life by HOTT Productions, NFP, running June 27–29 at the Prairie Center for ...
Love's Labour's Lost
6/27 - 6/29/2025
One of William Shakespeare’s early comedies performed free, outdoors, in six Chicago parks. It follows the King of Navarre and his three companions as they attempt to ...
Million Dollar Quartet
7/10 - 6/29/2025
Four Legends. One Night. Music History Made. You may have loved Million Dollar Quartet in 2017 at Paramount Theatre – now imagine it set in ...
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Latest Chicago Reviews
Review: IRAQ, BUT FUNNY at Lookingglass Theatre Company
by Zac Thriffiley - June 13, 2025
IRAQ, BUT FUNNY serves not only as a masterful satire of British and American colonialism in the Middle East but also as a moving, multigenerational family drama....
Review: KIMBERLY AKIMBO At Broadway In Chicago
by Rachel Weinberg - June 12, 2025
KIMBERLY AKIMBO is as oddball of a musical as its name. ...
Review: 42 BALLOONS at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
by Rachel Weinberg - June 11, 2025
“What makes a man try to fly in a lawn chair?” is 42 BALLOONS most repeated lyric. It’s on the nose — and it’s repeated across six interludes in Jack Godfrey’s new musical. Based on the real-life story of Larry Walters, who in 1982 reached a height of 16,000 feet flying a lawn chair accompanied by 4...
Review: ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND at Lyric Opera Of Chicago
by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - June 09, 2025
The final production of the Joffrey Ballet season is Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. This is a busy ballet created by Tony Award-winning choreographer Christopher Wheeldon. The music by Joby Talbot is rich and aligns precisely with the choreography. Bob Crowley’s costumes also help tell the story....
Review: DIANA at Theo Ubique
by Misha Davenport - June 02, 2025
DIANA THE MUSICAL, the ill-fated Broadway musical about the former Princess of Wales (a filmed version of which was one of the top “hate-watching”programs on Netflix last year) is enjoying its Midwest debut at Theo Ubique....
Review: SWEET CHARITY at Blank Theatre Company
by Zac Thriffiley - May 21, 2025
Despite a few growing pains and a rushed finale, SWEET CHARITY is a great vehicle for the cast’s charming female lead and further evidence that Blank attracts some of the best young musical talent in the city while pushing the envelope of what Chicago storefront theater can accomplish....
Review: THE ANTIQUITIES at Goodman Theatre
by Rachel Weinberg - May 15, 2025
Jordan Harrison’s new play THE ANTIQUITIES asks the question, “What does it mean to be human?” It opens with two museum curators inviting the audience to tour a museum displaying relics from the late human era...with the implication that said place exists in a post-human one. This is the first play ...
Review: CATS at Paramount Theatre Aurora, IL
by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - May 11, 2025
The newest production – and it is new in every way – at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora is Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats. Director Trent Stork and a cast of 31 will leave you breathless with this new interpretation....
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by Zac Thriffiley - May 07, 2025
Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s all-Chicago production of Lolita Chakrabarti’s HYMN is beautifully performed, but the script never quite delivers on the thematic complexity promised by the play’s premise....
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Zora Howard’s BUST: AN AFROCURRENTIST PLAY opens with a mystery. In Huntsville, Alabama, Retta (Caroline Stefanie Clay) and Reggie (Ray Anthony Thomas) witness an all too familiar interaction between their friend Randy (Keith Randolph Smith) and two police officers — Tomlin (Mark Bedard) and Ramirez...
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