Paul Brenner’s Wednesday night songwriting class is a perfect cross-section of the Chicago music scene, with all its incestuous dysfunction, navel-gazing narcissism, bitter rivalries, and, here and there, shards of transcendent brilliance. When Paul’s former student, pop star and singer/songwriter Sean O’Neil, visits this group of wannabe musicians to judge a contest, the stakes are suddenly raised to startling new levels. Creatives - a darkly comic pop opera with an original book by Irvine Welsh and Don De Grazia and a score including songs from some of the most popular rock bands of recent decades - reveals the desperation that fuels the passion to create. The score will include songs by Simple Minds, New Order, Iggy Pop, Oasis, Happy Mondays and others, along with original music by Laurence Mark Wythe.
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Irving Berlin's White Christmas
Paramount Theatre (11/12 - 1/11) | |
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Anthony Rapp: Home for the Holidays
Lookingglass Theatre Company (12/17 - 12/20) | |
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Amadeus
Steppenwolf Theatre Company (11/6 - 1/4) | |
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A Soulful Motown Christmas Holiday Cabaret
Harris Theater (12/13 - 12/13) CONCERT HOLIDAY SHOW | |
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Jingle Belles Comedy
Raue Center For The Arts (12/11 - 12/11) | |
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Miracle on South Division Street
Citadel Theatre (11/14 - 12/14)
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A Carpenters Christmas
Raue Center For The Arts (12/10 - 12/10) | |
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Comedy Dance Chicago
The Hemmens Cultural Center (1/24 - 1/24) | |
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Jingle Belles Comedy
Raue Center For The Arts (12/11 - 12/11) | |
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Tapestry Unraveled: The Music of Carole King
Raue Center For The Arts (3/13 - 3/13) | |
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New Year's Eve Spectacular Spectacular
Stars & Garters (12/31 - 1/1) | |
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Las Locas Comedy Presents: Chingona Comedy Hour - December 2025
Laugh Factory (12/18 - 12/18) | |
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