Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-nominated actor Elizabeth McGovern stars as Hollywood's original femme fatale Ava Gardner in a critically acclaimed new play lauded by Entertainment Weekly as “mesmerizing and electric!” The Golden Age of Cinema’s Ava Gardner sat for a series of real-life interviews with writer Peter Evans in an attempt to glean the juicy details about her life story, her marriages to Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw, and Frank Sinatra, and her turbulent relationship to Howard Hughes. Initially barred from publication, Evans’ stories of a bygone era were published twenty-five years later with permission from Gardener’s estate and is now reimagined on stage played by “two powerful forces” Elizabeth McGovern as Ava and Aaron Costa Ganis as Peter.
Ages: Recommended for ages 12+
Roald Dahl's The Enormous Crocodile: The Musical (1/29/26-2/21/26)
Studebaker Theater is at 410 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL.
Manual Cinema’s Christmas Carol (12/12/25-12/28/25)
44—The Musical (8/23/25-9/21/25)
JUBALEE! Gala (7/18/25-7/18/25)
JUBA! Masters of Tap and Percussive Dance - Rhythm World Concert 3 - Student Showcase (7/16/25-7/16/25)
She Who Dared (6/3/25-6/8/25)
Seth's Broadway Concert Series! (2/15/25-2/15/25)
JUBA! Masters of Tap and Percussive Dance – Rhythm World Concert 4 (7/19/24-7/19/24)
JUBA! Masters of Tap and Percussive Dance – Student Showcase (7/17/24-7/17/24)
Book of Mountains and Seas (1/26/24-1/28/24)
Quamino's Map (4/23/22-5/1/22)
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The Dance of Death
Steppenwolf (1/29 - 3/22) | |
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Rio: A Tribute to Duran Duran
Raue Center For The Arts (1/23 - 1/23) | |
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The Ultimate Cher Show Starring Annika
Raue Center For The Arts (2/7 - 2/7) | |
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Chicago Comedy Hour
de Maat Theater at The Second City (1/9 - 1/30) | |
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Building American Pop
Nichols Concert Hall (4/25 - 4/25) | |
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Lucy's Comedy
Raue Center For The Arts (4/17 - 4/17) | |
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2026 Night Nation Run - Chicago, IL
Soldier Field (5/30 - 5/30) | |
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Clue
The Baer Theater at Morgan Park Academy (2/13 - 2/15)
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The Irish... and How They Got That Way
Porchlight Music Theatre (1/31 - 3/15) | |
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LES MISÉRABLES
Prairie Home Alliance Theater (2/10 - 2/15) | |
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