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Cats
4/30 - 6/15/2025
Paramount Theatre presents a circus-themed revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats, running from April 30 to June 15, 2025. Directed by Trent Stork, this production ...
You Will Get Sick
6/5 - 7/13/2025
A young man with a secret. An older woman who will listen. A predatory flock of birds. An upcoming audition for The Wizard of Oz ...
For Fathers Comedy
6/13
For Fathers Comedy Featuring John DaCosse, Dwayne Kennedy, Warren B. Hall, and Brian Hicks FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 2025 | 8:00 PM Tickets: $35 / $40 ...
6X6 PROJECT
6/14
Raue Center For The Arts will host the 7th Annual 6X6 Project Art Auction & Exhibition on June 14, 2025, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. ...
6x6 Reception
6/14
Raue Center’s 6×6 PROJECT fundraiser and online art auction/exhibition celebrates another year of supporting arts with Art! All proceeds benefit Raue Center’s fine arts education ...
Evanston Salt Costs Climbing
5/15 - 6/14/2025
Winters keep getting worse in Evanston, IL, where salt truck drivers Peter and Basil battle the ice and snow and pass the time with jokes ...
Evanston Salt Costs Climbing
5/15 - 6/14/2025
Evanston Salt Costs Climbing, written by Will Arbery, is set to premiere at First Floor Theater from May 22 to June 14, 2025. The play ...
Many of the best comedians, musicians, and entertainers in Chicago will be converging on The Raven Theater, 6157 North Clark, taking over their mainstage and ...
Love is a Triangle
6/14
The Opera Festival of Chicago presents Love is a Triangle, Saturday, June 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the Jarvis Opera Hall, Holtschneider Performance Center at ...
R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)
5/2 - 6/15/2025
In 1920, Karel apek’s early science fiction classic R.U.R. coined the term “robot” and looked ahead to the wonders and dangers of artificial intelligence decades ...
Jazztopad Festival
6/13 - 6/18/2025
The Jazztopad Festival, a prominent event in the jazz calendar, returns to New York City from June 13 to June 18, 2025. This festival showcases ...
KING LEAR
6/13 - 6/21/2025
The Shakespeare Project of Chicago concludes its 30th Anniversary Theatrical Reading Season with free performances of the classic tragedy KING LEAR from June 13 to ...
Kimberly Akimbo
6/10 - 6/22/2025
WINNER BEST MUSICAL THE MOST TONY AWARD-WINNING SHOW OF THE SEASON A new musical about growing up and growing old (in no particular order), KIMBERLY ...
Kimberly Akimbo
6/10 - 6/22/2025
WINNER BEST MUSICAL THE MOST TONY AWARD-WINNING SHOW OF THE SEASON A new musical about growing up and growing old (in no particular order), KIMBERLY ...
Hairspray
6/12 - 6/22/2025
Get Ready to Groove! The Beverly Arts Center Presents the Uplifting Musical Sensation, "Hairspray" The Beverly Arts Center is thrilled to announce its upcoming production ...
Hairspray
6/12 - 6/22/2025
Get Ready to Groove! The Beverly Arts Center Presents the Uplifting Musical Sensation, "Hairspray" The Beverly Arts Center is thrilled to announce its upcoming production ...
Kimberly Akimbo
6/10 - 6/22/2025
Kimberly Akimbo follows the story of a teenager navigating the challenges of growing up while dealing with a rare genetic condition. Set in suburban New ...
Red and the Wolf
6/13 - 6/22/2025
Red and the Wolf is an original folk opera by Glen Ellyn native Aaron Zimmerman. Featuring a score that intertwines elements of blues, folk, and ...
Red and the Wolf
6/13 - 6/22/2025
Red and the Wolf is an original folk opera by Glen Ellyn native Aaron Zimmerman. Featuring a score that intertwines elements of blues, folk, and ...
The Center for Performing Arts (The Center) at Governors State University (GovState) is proud to announce Groovin’ at GovState, featuring Projecto 7, Thursday July 24 ...
On the Move
6/17 - 6/24/2025
See Chicago Dance , the dance industry's nonprofit service organization celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2025, is proud to announce that its popular annual offering, ...
Pier Dance
6/4 - 6/25/2025
See Chicago Dance , the dance industry's nonprofit service organization celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2025, is proud to announce that its popular annual offering, ...
The Center for Performing Arts (The Center) at Governors State University (GovState) is proud to announce Groovin’ at GovState, featuring Denise Thines, Thursday June 26 ...
Lucy's Comedy
6/27
LUCY’S COMEDY With headliner Calvin Evans, featuring DJ Ribsky, and hosted by Ted Willson. Friday, June 27, 2025 @ 8:30p Tickets start at $29* Members save 30% (All-in ...
Chicago Dance Month
5/31 - 6/28/2025
See Chicago Dance , the dance industry's nonprofit service organization celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2025, is proud to announce that its popular annual offering, ...
Neighborhood Watch
5/22 - 6/28/2025
Jackalope Theatre Company ’s 17th season continues with the world premiere of Rehana Lew Mirza’s latest play, Neighborhood Watch, May 22 - June 28, directed ...
Scandalous Boy
5/23 - 6/28/2025
The story of the love between the emperor Hadrian and Antinous in pre-Christian Rome but framed in a twenty-first century setting with the statue of ...
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Review: 42 BALLOONS at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
by Rachel Weinberg - June 11, 2025
“What makes a man try to fly in a lawn chair?” is 42 BALLOONS most repeated lyric. It’s on the nose — and it’s repeated across six interludes in Jack Godfrey’s new musical. Based on the real-life story of Larry Walters, who in 1982 reached a height of 16,000 feet flying a lawn chair accompanied by 4...
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by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - June 09, 2025
The final production of the Joffrey Ballet season is Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. This is a busy ballet created by Tony Award-winning choreographer Christopher Wheeldon. The music by Joby Talbot is rich and aligns precisely with the choreography. Bob Crowley’s costumes also help tell the story....
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by Rachel Weinberg - May 15, 2025
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by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - May 11, 2025
The newest production – and it is new in every way – at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora is Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats. Director Trent Stork and a cast of 31 will leave you breathless with this new interpretation....
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by Zac Thriffiley - May 07, 2025
Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s all-Chicago production of Lolita Chakrabarti’s HYMN is beautifully performed, but the script never quite delivers on the thematic complexity promised by the play’s premise....
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by Rachel Weinberg - April 29, 2025
Zora Howard’s BUST: AN AFROCURRENTIST PLAY opens with a mystery. In Huntsville, Alabama, Retta (Caroline Stefanie Clay) and Reggie (Ray Anthony Thomas) witness an all too familiar interaction between their friend Randy (Keith Randolph Smith) and two police officers — Tomlin (Mark Bedard) and Ramirez...
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by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - April 24, 2025
These are lyrics from the song The Blame sung by Captain E.J. Smith, J. Bruce Ismay the owner and Thomas Andrews the ship designer. The ship? The Titanic. The current production at Marriott Theatre is Titanic the Musical. David Girolmo portrays the Captain, Adam Pelty is the owner and Christopher Ka...
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