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Review: A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS at the Covey Center is a True Family Affair


by Tyler Hinton - December 22, 2025

The national tour of A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS: LIVE ON STAGE, currently playing at the Covey Center for the Arts, is a true family affair. The antics of Snoopy and the other characters delight the smallest in the crowd, while the young and young alike are enamored by the simple storytelling and upl...

Review: A CHRISTMAS IN OCHOPEE at New Native Theatre


by Jared Fessler - December 22, 2025

What did our critic think of A CHRISTMAS IN OCHOPEE at New Native Theatre?...

Review: IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE...MOSTLY, Oran Mor


by Natalie O'Donoghue - December 22, 2025

A brand new festive show, based on the classic film. From Morag Fullarton, creator of the 5 star hit shows A Bottle of Wine & Patsy Cline, Doris, Dolly & The Dressing Room Divas and Casablanca: The Gin Joint Cut...

Review: WICKED at The Hippodrome


by Timoth David Copney - December 22, 2025

For the last couple of years or so, theatre nerds everywhere have been besotted with the film version of the hit musical Wicked. After the debut of the first installment, anticipation only grew for Part Two, which dropped this past November. But amid all the brouhaha and ballyhoo over the cinematic ...

Review: SONGBOOK SUNDAYS at Dizzy's Club Ends The Year On A High Note


by Stephen Mosher - December 22, 2025

With one of the best music-making casts in the business, Songbook Sundays is a bright light this holiday season....

Review: PINOCCHIO, Globe Theatre


by Christiana Rose - December 22, 2025

Pinocchio at the Globe Theatre is a radiant and heartfelt triumph which transforms a much loved story into a richly imaginative new musical. The atmosphere is electric, with the standing audience filling the lower space, with a striking set emblazoned with giant letters spelling PINOCCHIO framed by ...

Review: SALOME at Wrocław Opera


by Natalia Jarczynska - December 22, 2025

The new production in Wrocław looks nothing like what you think opera looks like. Let me explain — and I promise that by the end of this text, you’ll be buying a ticket....

Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL Like You've Never Seen It at B St. Theatre


by Courtney Symes - December 21, 2025

“God bless us, every one!” Commit those words to memory, for you might be called upon to perform an impromptu Tiny Tim at Sam Kebede’s fantastic adaptation of A Christmas Carol, which is now playing at the B St. Theatre. Sean Patrick Nill directs this lighthearted look at the classic tale that’s car...

Review: Before There Was Charlie Brown, There Was Menotti’s AMAHL, now at Lincoln Center Theatre


by Richard Sasanow - December 21, 2025

Lincoln Center Theatre’s new Kenny Leon production of Gian Carlo Menotti’s AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS, presented in association with the Metropolitan Opera, is hardly “A Charlie Brown Christmas” or “The Nutcracker.” Yet it manages to give us faith, hope and charity at a time we could all use more ...

Review: IN CLAY at Signature Theatre


by Pamela Roberts - December 21, 2025

IN CLAY is an affecting, engaging, and utterly unique theatrical experience — unlike anything on stage now. The deeply felt, visually stunning, and musically mesmerizing new one-woman musical is making its American premiere at Signature Theatre....

Past Shows

Gag Reflex
Gag Reflex
1/21 - 5/20/2023


An hour-long show featuring sketch, improv, and more from the girls of Gag Reflex! Every Saturday at 10 PM...
Comedy

Shark Tank the Musical (a parody)


See Daymond, Mark, Lori, Barbara, Robert and of course, Mr. Wonderful indulge pitches of all kinds from all kinds of people.  You might even find ...

Goodnight, Gladys
Goodnight, Gladys
1/26 - 2/23/2023


A 1950’s melodrama about a country singer’s glorious rise to stardom and her inevitable and disastrous fall....
Comedy

New Musical

Late Night Shenanigans Presents: You, Me & the Tree


Late Night Shenanigans is a sketch comedy and improv group that has performed all over Chicago as well as New York City. Voted in Chicago ...

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Amadeus in Chicago Amadeus
Steppenwolf Theatre Company (11/6 - 1/4) Tracker
Elton Rohn in Chicago Elton Rohn
Raue Center For The Arts (12/27 - 12/27) Tracker
American English in Chicago American English
Raue Center For The Arts (12/31 - 12/31) Tracker
Harvey in Chicago Harvey
Saint Sebastian Players (2/13 - 3/8)
Comedy Dance Chicago in Chicago Comedy Dance Chicago
The Hemmens Cultural Center (1/24 - 1/24)
Disney''s Beauty and the Beast in Chicago Disney''s Beauty and the Beast
Hobby Center (1/10 - 1/10)
Honky Tonk Angels in Chicago Honky Tonk Angels
Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse (3/11 - 4/25)
BEETLEJUICE in Chicago BEETLEJUICE
Prairie Home Alliance Theater (5/5 - 5/7)
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