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Disney's The Little Mermaid
7/10 - 7/14/2024


In a magical kingdom fathoms below, a beautiful young mermaid longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above. Adapted from Disney’s ...


Get in, high schools - we're licensing Mean Girls High School Version! Consider this your invitation from Regina George herself to license the fiercely hilarious ...

Sweeney Todd
1/31 - 2/9/2025


Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler, is a darkly gripping musical thriller that has garnered numerous accolades, ...


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Review: The Second City's 112th Mainstage Revue


by Rachel Weinberg - June 14, 2024

The Second City’s 112th Mainstage Revue, THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETOURS, promises “weird, sexy comedy” in its opening moments. This ensemble definitely hits on the weird and occasionally hits on the funny. I think this revue, while not always consistently funny, gave this ensemble some real moments to ...

Review: THE KITE RUNNER Presented By Broadway In Chicago


by Zac Thriffiley - June 14, 2024

Fans of the novel may be enthralled at seeing the characters and events of THE KITE RUNNER brought to life before their eyes, largely through moving performances and clever stagecraft. But this dramatization feels unsatisfying, an adaptation that ultimately fails to convince audiences that it is nec...

Review: Spellbound in the Spiegeltent: Love, Chaos & Dinner at Teatro Zinzanni


by Kathleen Anwar - June 09, 2024

What did our critic think of LOVE, CHAOS & DINNER at Teatro Zinzanni?...

Review: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at BrightSide Theatre


by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - June 08, 2024

What did our critic think of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at BrightSide Theatre?...

Review: SIX THE MUSICAL National Tour Presented by Broadway In Chicago


by Rachel Weinberg - June 06, 2024

The SIX queendom is back in Chicago for a third visit...and this latest group of queens still magnificently bring the house down with Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’s clever book and fantastic pop Broadway-style songs. ...

Review: DEATH BECOMES HER at Cadillac Palace


by Misha Davenport - May 20, 2024

Move over Witches of Oz. There’s a new pair of Broadway-Bound divas looking to stage a wicked fight for supremacy eight shows a week. And you better best believe the stage becomes her, er, them....

Review: ON THE 20TH CENTURY at Blank Theatre


by Zac Thriffiley - May 16, 2024

Blank Theatre’s ON THE 20TH CENTURY makes for a delightful ride through a farcical facsimile of Broadway’s Silver Age, if one can accommodate a few bumps along the way....

Review: TURRET at A Red Orchid Theatre


by Rachel Weinberg - May 13, 2024

Levi Holloway’s dystopian play TURRET introduces audiences to an intimate bunker in a post-apocalyptic world. And notably, the play marks Michael Shannon’s return to A Red Orchid. Shannon plays Green, who presides over this mysterious bunker in which he’s holding captive his trainee, Rabbit (Travis ...

Review: THE THANKSGIVING PLAY at Steppenwolf Theatre Company


by Rachel Weinberg - May 06, 2024

In THE THANKSGIVING PLAY, four actors’ road to creating an elementary school Thanksgiving performance is paved with good intentions. But good intentions aren’t enough to save them from their “white savior” complexes. ...

Review: BEAUTIFUL THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL at Paramount Theatre Aurora, IL


by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - May 06, 2024

The earth moved. The current production at the Paramount Theatre is Beautiful, the Carole King Musical. This is more than a jukebox musical. It tells the amazing story of one of the greatest songwriters of the 20th century and how her story evolved. ...

Past Shows

Big Fish School Edition
5/3 - 5/12/2024


BIG FISH School Edition is a slightly reworked version of the original Broadway script. The School Edition has been carefully edited, with additional director’s notes ...

Newsies
7/12 - 7/16/2023


Read all about it! Paper Mill Playhouse is proud to present the premiere of a brand new musical, NEWSIES, adapted for the stage from the ...

The Wedding Singer
5/5 - 5/14/2023


The Wedding Singer takes us back to a time when hair was big, greed was good, collars were up and a wedding singer might just ...

Annie Jr
12/8 - 12/11/2022


It's upbeat plot and flamboyant characters have made Annie one of the most beloved musicals in history--what girl hasn't dreamed of performing the title role ...

La Cage aux Folles
9/11 - 9/20/2020


La Cage aux Folles, meaning "The Cage of the Crazy Ones" in French, is a landmark musical bursting with humor, heart, and acceptance. Set in ...

Little Women
9/11 - 9/20/2020


Based on Louisa May Alcott's American classic, this Civil War story of love and family stands the test of time....

The Wedding Singer
8/5 - 8/9/2020


The year is 1985. The place is New Jersey. A wannabe rock star (aka a professional wedding singer) is left at the altar and finally ...

A Raisin in the Sun
3/6 - 3/15/2020


Set in 1950's Chicago, this groundbreaking play portrays an African-American family's pursuit of their shared dream for a better life amid conflicting aspirations, betrayal, and ...

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET
10/4 - 10/13/2019


The Tony® Award-nominated musical MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET is set on December 4, 1956, when an extraordinary twist of fate brought Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, ...

DREAMGIRLS
3/8 - 3/17/2019


Based upon the show business aspirations and successes of R&B acts such as The Supremes, The Shirelles, James Brown, Jackie Wilson, and others, the musical ...

Sunset Boulevard
2/2 - 2/11/2018


Sunset Boulevard. The two words conjure up Tinsel town and glamour. The Academy Award-winning film lifted Gloria Swanson to icon status for her portrayal as ...

SCHOOL OF ROCK
10/7 - 10/16/2016


School of Rock is Andrew Lloyd Webber’s award-winning smash musical based on the hilarious hit movie. The musical follows Dewey Finn, a failed, wannabe rock ...

SCHOOL OF ROCK
10/7 - 10/16/2016


School of Rock is Andrew Lloyd Webber’s award-winning smash musical based on the hilarious hit movie. The musical follows Dewey Finn, a failed, wannabe rock ...

Cinderella (Enchanted Edition)
11/13 - 11/22/2015


The timeless enchantment of a magical fairy tale is reborn with the Rodgers & Hammerstein hallmarks of originality, charm and elegance. Originally presented on television ...

Footloose
8/5 - 8/9/2015


One of the most explosive movie musicals in recent memory bursts onto the live stage with exhilarating results. When Ren and his mother move from ...

The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music
12/5 - 12/14/2014


The final collaboration between Rodgers & Hammerstein was destined to become the world's most beloved musical. When a postulant proves too high-spirited for the religious ...

Smokey Joe's Cafe - The Songs of Leiber and Stoller


Leiber and Stoller, as much as anyone, virtually invented rock 'n' roll, and now their songs provide the basis for an electrifying entertainment that illuminates ...

The Color Purple
1/31 - 2/9/2014


The Color Purple, the poignant musical based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, paints a powerful portrait of resilience and hope in the face of ...

All Shook Up
8/7 - 8/11/2013


Inspired by and featuring the songs of Elvis Presley. It's 1955, and into a square little town in a square little state rides a guitar-playing ...

Videos


Beautiful: The Carole King Musical in Chicago Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Paramount Theatre (4/24 - 6/16) Tracker
Little Bear Ridge Road in Chicago Little Bear Ridge Road
Steppenwolf Theatre Company (6/13 - 7/21) Tracker
Beehive: The 60's Musical in Chicago Beehive: The 60's Musical
The Marriott Theatre (6/19 - 8/11)
Open Rehearsal in Chicago Open Rehearsal
DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center (7/13 - 7/13)
Better Person with Comedian Billy D. Washington in Chicago Better Person with Comedian Billy D. Washington
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre (8/23 - 8/23)
Les Misérables in Chicago Les Misérables
Deerfield Performing Arts Center (7/26 - 8/11)
Murder in the Cathedral in Chicago Murder in the Cathedral
City Lit Theater (5/3 - 6/16)
World War Women™ The Unsung Heroines of WWII in Chicago World War Women™ The Unsung Heroines of WWII
Eisenhower Public Library (6/20 - 6/20)
Romeo and Juliet in Chicago Romeo and Juliet
Touhy Park (8/2 - 8/4)
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