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The Da Vinci Code
4/9 - 6/1/2025
Drury Lane Theatre announces casting for Chicago Premiere of The Da Vinci Code Adapted by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel Based on the novel by ...
Gorgeous
5/1 - 6/7/2025
RAVEN THEATRE COMPANY AND RIVENDELL THEATRE ENSEMBLE ANNOUNCE CAST AND PRODUCTION TEAM FOR “GORGEOUS” Previews May 1 - 4, Full Run May 7 - June ...
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 ...
Mauritius by Theresa Rebeck
4/25 - 5/11/2025
A rare stamp. A fractured family. A dangerous game. When estranged half-sisters discover a valuable inheritance, they become entangled in a high-stakes world of deception, ...
The Book of Grace
3/27 - 5/18/2025
Grace looks for the good in everything: in her husband’s rules, in the border he patrols, in the return of his estranged son. But a ...
Stand-Up Momedy Show With Kristen Toomey, Chastity Washington, Colleen Brennan, and Bridget McGuire FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2025 | 8:00 PM TICKETS* Tickets: $35 / $40 ...
A thrilling and provocative screenplay by Christian Reda, winner of the 2025 Queer Expression Writing Contest for Stage and Screen. This gripping romantic melodrama blends ...
The next exciting installment of the acclaimed Reimagining Cabaret concert series returns with Reimagining Cabaret – The Genres Explored, Saturday, May 10, 2025, from 7:30 ...
A Midsummer Night's Dream
4/25 - 5/11/2025
A new adaptation of William Shakespeare's timeless comedy, including three songs with original music using Shakespeare’s text. A magical journey from reality to a place ...
Alton Brown Live: Last Bite
4/19 - 5/11/2025
Alton Brown, the renowned television personality and culinary expert, is set to deliver his final theatrical show, Alton Brown Live: Last Bite, at Chicago's CIBC ...
At the Wake of a Dead Drag Queen
4/26 - 5/11/2025
At the Wake of a Dead Drag Queen is a poignant exploration of Black queer life in the rural South, crafted by Terry Guest and ...
Celestial Voices
5/11
From the beginning, Music of the Baroque's roots can be traced to choral music performed in churches. Principal Guest Conductor Nicholas Kraemer highlights the Chorus’s ...
Disaster!
4/25 - 5/11/2025
Earthquakes, tidal waves, infernos and the unforgettable songs of the '70s take center stage in THIS side-splitting homage to classic disaster films It's 1979, and ...
Welcome to Fly Me to The Roxy: A Mother’s Day Tribute to Sinatra ! Join us on Sun May 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM for ...
A Mothers Day Concert Like No Other! Enjoy real life mother/daughter duo Nancy Hays and Mary Heffernan’s performance as they lovingly recall the famed 1964 ...
A Mothers Day Concert Like No Other! Enjoy real life mother/daughter duo Nancy Hays and Mary Heffernan’s performance as they lovingly recall the famed 1964 ...
Spanning Broadway to Classical and Opera, celebrate Mother’s Day with this mimosa-fueled, musical extravaganza!
Prayer for the French Republic
4/10 - 5/11/2025
Prayer for the French Republic, a play by Joshua Harmon, explores the enduring fears of a Jewish family in France across generations. Set against the ...
Scary Town
4/9 - 5/11/2025
Scary Town, the world premiere from Hell in a Handbag Productions, unfolds through the eyes of Deven Bunny, a thirteen-year-old discovering unsettling truths about his ...
The Love of Three Kings (L’amore dei tre re)
5/9 - 5/11/2025
The Opera Festival of Chicago, May 9 – June 29, kicks off its fifth season with The Love of Three Kings (L’Amore dei tre Re), ...
Celestial Voices
5/12
From the beginning, Music of the Baroque's roots can be traced to choral music performed in churches. Principal Guest Conductor Nicholas Kraemer highlights the Chorus’s ...
Porchlight Music Theatre presents Chicago Sings 30 Years of Porchlight, Monday, May 12 at 7 p.m., with a 5:30 p.m. reception, at the House of ...
Claudia Hommel & friends are conjuring up the Seine while looking out at the Chicago River. Let flow the Chicago sounds and Paris melodies with ...
Each performance is one hour and 50 minutes, with a 15-minute intermission.
Show and Tell: Death and Taxes
4/15 - 5/15/2025
Five of Chicago's best storytellers riff on stories about stories about death and taxes in honor of April 15....
Bob Seger Tribute Band FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2025 | 8:00 PM TICKETS* Tickets: $40 / $45 / $49* RaueNOW: $28 / $31.50 ...
A Blue-eyed Soul Session The Music of Derrick Procell, Joe Cocker and Van Morrison SATURDAY, May 17, 2025| 7:00 PM TICKETS* Tickets: $29 / $35 ...
Derrick Procell and his All-Star Mojo band bring the Blue-Eyed Soul Session to the Raue Center for the Arts on May 17, 2025. This performance ...
Dipped In Versatility features the Hiplet Ballerinas, a groundbreaking dance company known for blending classical ballet with hip-hop and other styles. This one-night-only performance at ...
The music and entertainment of I’m M$. B’Havin and her Sexagenarians’ band is a unique blend of Blues, Jazz, R&B and a good time for ...
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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....
by Rachel Weinberg - April 29, 2025
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...
by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - April 26, 2025
The beginning of Puck’s final monologue in William Shakespeare’s much loved and performed A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This is the current production being performed at BrightSide Theatre in Naperville....
by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - April 24, 2025
These are lyrics from the song The Blame sung by Captain E.J. Smith, J. Bruce Ismay the owner and Thomas Andrews the ship designer. The ship? The Titanic. The current production at Marriott Theatre is Titanic the Musical. David Girolmo portrays the Captain, Adam Pelty is the owner and Christopher Ka...
by Rachel Weinberg - April 18, 2025
Now in its Chicago-area premiere, Joshua Harmon’s Tony-nominated sprawling and ambitious PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC is a searing and inquisitive look at contemporary Judaism and anti-Semitism....
by Rachel Weinberg - April 07, 2025
I usually appreciate when plays show and don’t tell, but THE BOOK OF GRACE really needs more exposition. Directed by Steve H. Broadnax III. Steppenwolf’s production is a new version of Parks’s 2010 play, expanded from its original 100-minute run-time to two and a half hours. Even with the extra run ...
by Rachel Weinberg - April 04, 2025
Near, far, wherever you are…you need to see TITANIQUE if you love musicals and parody. Porchlight Music Theatre’s production, presented in partnership with Broadway In Chicago, easily passes the Marie Kondo test: This show sparks immense joy....
by Rachel Weinberg - March 30, 2025
If you enjoy the music of The Kinks, you’ll enjoy SUNNY AFTERNOON....
by Zac Thriffiley - March 27, 2025
IT’S BEEN TEN YEARS SINCE EVERYBODY DIED misses the mark on both scares and astute social commentary, but through no fault of its talented and refreshingly diverse cast....
by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - March 20, 2025
The newest production at the Copley Theatre in Aurora is The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. It’s the story of “12” year olds competing in a spelling bee. Under the direction of Jeff Award-winning Stephen Schellhardt and a set designed by Lauren M. Nichols showcasing a gymnasium, this group ...
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