The Chicago non-Equity premiere of this searing August Wilson drama about six friends in the Hill District of Pittsburgh in 1948 mourning the death of their friend Floyd "Schoolboy" Barton, a rising blues star trapped by his circumstances and cut down in his prime. One of Wilson’s “Pittsburgh Cycle” of ten plays depicting the African American experience in each of the 20th Century’s decades.
Sherlock Holmes and The Christmas Clowns (12/12/25-1/4/26)
CITY LIT THEATER is at 1020 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue, Chicago, IL.
Sherlock Holmes and The Christmas Clowns (12/12/25-1/4/26)
Strange Cargo: The Doom of the Demeter (10/10/25-11/23/25)
Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train (7/25/25-9/7/25)
R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) (5/2/25-6/15/25)
Glassheart (1/10/25-2/23/25)
The House of Ideas (8/23/24-10/6/24)
Wells and Welles (7/18/24-8/11/24)
Murder in the Cathedral (5/3/24-6/16/24)
Two Hours in a Bar (3/8/24-4/21/24)
The Night of the Hunter (10/20/23-12/3/23)
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Dear Evan Hanson
Paramount Theatre (2/4 - 3/22) | |
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The Dance of Death
Steppenwolf (1/29 - 3/22) | |
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Bernadette, The Musical
Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture (2/12 - 3/15) | |
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The Lion In Winter
Parker Players Theater Company (2/6 - 3/1)
PHOTOS
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STAR DREK 2240
Ezra-Habonim (2/28 - 3/8) | |
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Building American Pop
Studebaker Theater at the Historic Fine Arts Building (4/19 - 4/19) | |
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Hedda Gabler
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company (2/5 - 3/8) | |
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Lizzy & The Triggermen
Governors State University’s Center for Performing Arts (4/28 - 4/28) | |
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For Fathers Comedy
Raue Center For The Arts (6/19 - 6/19) | |
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