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Beautiful: The Carole King Musical


Before she was the Carole King we know today, she was a young songwriter from Brooklyn trying to make a name for herself. Beautiful – ...

The Addams Family Young@Part
The Addams Family Young@Part
1/16 - 4/30/2024


Rehearsals : Tuesdays, January 16 – April 30, 2024; 5-7pm (no rehearsal/class on March 26) Cost : $360, includes 2 tickets to the final show ...

Jefferey Cooke - Objects in the Mirror...


Cabaret entertainer Jefferey Cooke returns to the Venus Cabaret Theater with his new offering: "Objects in the Mirror..." , a thoughtful and mostly hilarious look ...

Jefferey Cooke - Objects in the Mirror...


Cabaret entertainer Jefferey Cooke returns to the Venus Cabaret Theater with his new offering: "Objects in the Mirror..." , a thoughtful and mostly hilarious look ...

El Medico Mago
El Medico Mago
5/4 - 5/5/2024


El Dr. Ricardo Rosenkranz es un médico pediatra, profesor de medicina en Northwestern University, y originario de la Ciudad de México. Pero también es un ...

Godspell - 2012 Revival
Godspell - 2012 Revival
5/3 - 5/5/2024


Prepare ye for the timeless tale of friendship, loyalty and love in a masterful retelling of the original sensation with dazzling new arrangements and lyrics. Godspell ...

Alice By Heart
Alice By Heart
5/10 - 5/12/2024


Ovation Academy's celebrated program for high school aged performers and creatives, ENCORE, is proud to present  Alice By Heart! From the Tony and Grammy award-winning ...

Chicago Writer''s Bloc 2024 New Play Festival


Staged readings of ten new works by Chicago writers. The festival features five new musicals and five new plays from 14 local Chicago playwrights, lyricists, ...

Disney's High School Musical
Disney's High School Musical
5/10 - 5/12/2024


Troy, Gabriella and the students of East High must deal with issues of first love, friends and family while balancing their classes and extracurricular activities.

PORCHLIGHT IN CONCERT: SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE, MAY 11 AND 12


CHICAGO – Award-winning Porchlight Music Theatre is proud to announce that Tony Award-nominated Sean Allan Krill and Broadway’s Kathy Voytko will star in Porchlight in ...

The S Paradox
The S Paradox
4/11 - 5/18/2024


Babes With Blades says why wait for summer for the spy and sci-fi thrillers? Experience the action and mystery with The S Paradox. BWBTC, known ...

Baby
Baby
4/17 - 5/19/2024


In this musical with songs by the team of Maltby and Shire, three couples on a university campus deal with the painful, rewarding and agonizingly ...

Baby
Baby
4/19 - 5/19/2024


Is there anything more exciting, frightening and utterly transformational than impending parenthood?  Baby: the Musical  is full of heart and joy and has been a ...

Jersey Boys
Jersey Boys
3/15 - 5/19/2024


Winner of Best Musical at both the Tony Awards and Olivier Awards, “Jersey Boys” takes you behind the music of Frankie Valli and The Four ...

Joe Turner's Come and Gone
4/13 - 5/19/2024


As emancipated slaves flood north in search of employment and a chance to start over, Seth and Bertha Holly's boarding house in Pittsburgh, offers a ...

Golden Girls – The Laughs Continue


Picture it. United States, 2024.  GOLDEN GIRLS: THE LAUGHS CONTINUE  is a parody that brings Miami’s sassiest seniors to stages around the country for one ...

Death Becomes Her
Death Becomes Her
4/30 - 6/2/2024


Madeline Ashton is the most beautiful actress (just ask her) ever to grace the stage and screen. Helen Sharp is the long-suffering author (just ask ...

Viva la Mort
Viva la Mort
5/16 - 6/9/2024


Viva, a superstar singer, Michigander and pop-icon (whose career spans four decades), returns to her hometown and to her just-as-aging ex, Mortenson Miller. Is the ...

Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar
6/7 - 6/23/2024


Since its Broadway debut, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and Sir Tim Rice’s spectacular musical phenomenon JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR has thrilled millions of theatregoers worldwide, mesmerizing ...

The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner
6/11 - 6/23/2024


Based on Khaled Hosseini’s beloved, international best-selling novel,  THE KITE RUNNER  is a powerful new play adapted by Matthew Spangler that follows one man’s journey ...

The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner
6/11 - 6/23/2024


Based on Khaled Hosseini’s beloved, international best-selling novel,  THE KITE RUNNER  is a powerful new play adapted by Matthew Spangler that follows one man’s journey ...

CHICAGO DANCE MONTH 2024’S PIER DANCE RETURNS THIS JUNE


CHICAGO – See Chicago Dance , the dance industry's nonprofit service organization, is proud to announce that its popular annual offering, Chicago Dance Month, returns ...

All Shook Up
All Shook Up
6/21 - 6/30/2024


June 21-30 2024 Book: Joe DiPietro Inspired by and featuring the songs of Elvis Presley® It’s 1955, and into a square little town in a ...

JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
5/1 - 7/26/2024


Chicago Kids Company - Theater for Children (CKC) presents  Jack and the Beanstalk.  Come along with Jack and his best friend Carmelita (a Spanish-speaking cow), ...


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Review: JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE at Goodman Theatre


by Zac Thriffiley - April 25, 2024

Under the meticulous direction of Chuck Smith, the Goodman’s newest revival of JOE TURNER’S COME AND GONE emphasizes the play’s continued relevance through masterful performances that find cause for celebration and laughter even in the face of oppression. The production has already been extended thr...

Review: BROOKLYN LAUNDRY at Northlight Theatre


by Zac Thriffiley - April 22, 2024

Under the direction of BJ Jones, John Patrick Shanley's newest play boasts a talented cast gifted with good humor and heartfelt emotion, but the uneven script feels as though it shrank in a dryer fed by clichés rather than coins....

Review: GUYS AND DOLLS at Drury Lane Theatre, Oakbrook Terrace


by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - April 19, 2024

The number of sinners at the mission impresses General Cartwright (Heidi Kettenring in another comedic gem), especially Big Jule (KC McNeil in his Drury debut).  As Adelaide and Nathan are trying to leave to get married, the mission band arrives with its new leader Sky Masterson. He and Sarah were m...

Review: THE MUSIC MAN at Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire IL


by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - April 22, 2024

The newest production at Marriott Lincolnshire is Meredith Willson’s classic and beloved The Music Man. Director/choreographer Katie Spelman has stayed true to the script and has made the fictional town of River City – based on Willson’s hometown of Mason City, Iowa – come to life....

Review: ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD at Court Theatre


by Zac Thriffiley - April 09, 2024

Charles Newell's final project as Court Theatre's artistic director offers audiences a hilarious exploration of what makes us human as well as a stunning reminder of his keen dramaturgical instincts. The production has already been extended through April 28 due to critical acclaim and popular demand...

Review: THE CHOIR OF MAN at Apollo Theater


by Rachel Weinberg - April 04, 2024

Raise a glass to THE CHOIR OF MAN, a rollicking good time of a show. The show’s a UK transfer and it transports audiences to the fictitious pub The Jungle, modeled after classic Irish and British pubs. Therein, the eponymous nine man choir serves up pop and rock hits on tap. THE CHOIR OF MAN is all ...

Review: PETER PAN National Tour Presented by Broadway In Chicago


by Zac Thriffiley - March 29, 2024

This newest adaptation of PETER PAN unquestionably corrects injustices that never should have been committed in the first place. But by flying Peter so enthusiastically into 2024, the creative team has stripped him and his story of some of their magic, making the boy who wouldn't grow up more out of...

Review: JERSEY BOYS at Mercury Theater Chicago


by Rachel Weinberg - March 29, 2024

Mercury Theater Chicago has staged a “homegrown” production of JERSEY BOYS full of Chicago heart. The bio jukebox musical has graced Chicago tour stages over the years (in fact, I had a chuckle looking back at the review of the first national tour I wrote for my high school newspaper), but this is t...

Review: PURPOSE at Steppenwolf Theatre Company


by Rachel Weinberg - March 25, 2024

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins has set the table for one hell of a family dinner in PURPOSE. Directed by Phylicia Rashad in a world premiere for Steppenwolf, this family drama keenly focuses on the privileged Jasper family, whose patriarch is a Civil Rights icon. The first act moves at a brilliant clip with...

Review: CIRQUE DU SOLEIL CRYSTAL at NOW Arena Hoffman Estates


by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - March 23, 2024

Crystal, the latest Cirque du Soleil production and playing through Sunday, March 24 at the NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, is the story about a young woman escaping the realities of her life by living in her imagination....



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