Drama critic Mortimer Brewster’s engagement announcement is upended when he discovers a corpse in his elderly aunts’ window seat. Mortimer rushes to tell Abby and Martha before they stumble upon the body themselves, only to learn that the two old women aren’t just aware of the dead man in their parlor, they killed him! Between his aunts’ penchant for poisoning wine, a brother who thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt, and another brother using plastic surgery to hide from the police—not to mention Mortimer’s own hesitancy about marriage—it’ll be a miracle if Mortimer makes it to his wedding. Arsenic and Old Lace is a classic black comedy about the only thing more deadly than poison: family.
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The Thanksgiving Play
Ensemble Theater In Honor of Helen Zell at Steppenwolf (4/25 - 6/2) | ||
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Paramount Theatre (4/24 - 6/16) | ||
Little Bear Ridge Road
Downstairs Theater At Steppenwolf Theatre (6/13 - 7/21) | ||
World War Women™ The Unsung Heroines of WWII
Eisenhower Public Library (6/20 - 6/20) | ||
Three Sisters
Windy City Playhouse (6/4 - 7/14) | ||
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf
Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre (7/20 - 8/4) | ||
Mimosas and Melodies: A Mother's Day Brunch
The Center for Performing Arts (5/11 - 5/11) | ||
Marvel Studios’ Black Panther in Concert
Auditorium Theatre (6/22 - 6/22) | ||
Annie KIDS
The Center for Performing Arts (6/17 - 6/28) | ||
Last Stop on Market Street
Greenhouse Theater Center (5/11 - 6/2) | ||
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