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A gaggle of suburban moms, armed with pickleball paddles and hard kombucha, are ready to take on the school board in the fight of their lives: attempting to ban the controversial books available to their kids in the school library. But is this trusted inner circle all on the...
Million Dollar Quartet Four Legends. One Night. Music History Made. You may have loved Million Dollar Quartet in 2017 at Paramount Theatre – now imagine it set in Sun Studio itself. The new Stolp Island Theatre was designed to immerse you in the experience so you can say “I was...
A world premiere adaptation of The Christmas Carol is part of Paramount Theatre's 2026-27 Broadway Series.
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When We Were Young and Unafraid is set in 1972 at a bed-and-breakfast turned sanctuary for women escaping abuse. As the characters navigate their individual traumas, they form unexpected bonds, challenging societal norms and confronting their fears. This thought-provoking play...
A festive twist on bingo where numbers are replaced with your favorite holiday songs. Sing along, test your music knowledge, and enjoy a night of laughs, friendly competition, and holiday cheer! FREE ADMISSION! Join Us for Holiday SINGO at Raue Center! Tuesday, November 10 at 6...
A new interdisciplinary performance by Robyn Mineko Williams and Artists acknowledging the impressions we leave in and for one another as we live and pass on. The work blends movement, music, film, and video projection into scenes investigating traces left behind. Co-created and...
How to follow up the fabulous summer series of Cabaret Connexion Singers with the Brass Tracks big band? Bring in the French singers with their Joie de Vivre . Chicago singers Lou Ella Rose, Anne Burnell, Sonia Oyola, Claudia Hommel, Ava Logan, Jeanne Franks, Robin Watson are...
French singers reunite with the Brass Tracks Jazz Orchestra for another evening of musical collaboration.
Step back into the spirit of the 1940s with a high-energy USO-style celebration honoring the legendary entertainers who lifted the hearts of troops during wartime. This nostalgic salute pays tribute to icons like The Andrews Sisters, Judy Garland, Bob Hope, and Rosemary Clooney...
Michèle Barbier performs in St. Louis in support of the new organization Josephine Baker Centre for Arts and Engagement.
Got a story to tell? A song to sing? A joke to crack? Here’s your chance to step up and share it with the community at Open Mic Night at Raue Center! Whether it’s music, comedy, spoken word, poetry, storytelling, or something completely unique, we want to hear it! Here’s What...
Experience the best of Southern Hip Hop at the Cash Money & No Limit Tour coming to the Wintrust Arena in Chicago on Friday, November 13th, 2026. The 17-city arena tour will be the only time the two largest independent empires in the industry, Cash Money Records and No Limit...
LUCY’S COMEDY With headliner Brian Noonan, featuring TBD, and hosted by Brian Williams Friday, November 13, 2026 @ 8:00p Tickets start at $29* Members save 30% (All-in pricing includes a $4 Box Office Fee. An $8 Order fee will be applied at checkout to the entire order.) Best...
A music festival highlighting up-and-coming Chicagoland musicians including GO79MAN, Bonatto, Kacie Brown & The Vision, Pisano, Shamik, Poor Thing, Jamie Demeny's 4-Player Game, Pablo alto, Andy's Critical Hits!, Lakewaves Trio, dicot, Bardware, Electric Mothership, and Sonic...
The Golden Girls are back in an all-new show! 2026 finds Sophia out on bail, after being busted by the DEA for running a drug ring at Shady Pines. Blanche and Rose have founded CreakN, a thriving sex app for seniors. And Dorothy is trying to hold it all together, with help from...
Greenroom Improv SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2026 | 7:00 PM Adult Tickets are $24, Student Tickets are $17, Members save 30% (All-in pricing includes $4 Box Office Fee. An $8 Order fee will be applied at checkout to the entire order) —– For over 20 years, GreenRoom Improv has...
After a sold-out performance at the Alliance Française de Chicago, French-Cameroonian vocalist and songwriter Suzie Telep brings Paris–Douala–Chicago: An Afropean Musical Journey to the CheckOut! This multilingual concert traces her musical path between France, Cameroon, and the...
For six nights only, Will Clinger and Bill Larkin take the stage at the Stars and Garters Theater at 3914 North Clark Street in Chicago to sing the always funny, sometimes ribald, never enlightening songs from their respective repertoires. They’ve accurately named their show...
A solo performance by Suzie Telep, one of the Connexion artists.
About this show In a world where facts are manipulated and fear is currency, the truth becomes dangerous. As a new authoritarian government tightens its grip on Russia, Erika Sheffer's Vladimir follows an independent journalist who uncovers a story that could expose the truth...
By Marvin Hamlisch, Nicholas Dante, Michael Bennett, Edward Kleban, James Kirkwood.
A classic Miss Marple mystery by Agatha Christie. The residents of Chipping Cleghorn in England are baffled when a local newspaper publishes an advertisement inviting people to a "murder" at 6:30 p.m. at Miss Blacklock's Victorian home, Little Paddocks. When an unknown visitor...
About the Musical: Annie JR. Set in New York City during the Great Depression, Annie JR. tells the heartwarming story of a spirited young orphan who never gives up hope of finding her family. Living under the watchful eye of the strict and often comical Miss Hannigan, Annie...
The scarily charming Marcus Sharp recounts his fixation on a wealthy doctor and the Medea myth that consumes them both.
The Bored Teachers: Is It Friday Yet?! Comedy Tour brings its all-new material to the UIS Performing Arts Center on November 15, 2026. Founded by former teachers James and Marilou Tarantino, Bored Teachers has grown from a grassroots social community into the world's leading...
Carmela Full of Wishes is adapted from the book by Matt de la Peña and illustrated by Christian Robinson, adapted for the stage by Alvaro Saar Rios and directed by Sonya Madrigal. The story follows Carmela on her birthday as she joins her big brother on family errands and...
A staple of Chicago theater for over two decades, CUT TO THE CHASE presents as one fun night of theater a number of new plays chosen from hundreds of submissions by writers from across the country. The plays are performed back-to-back, with the complete program running...
The Music Institute of Chicago presents an afternoon of performances supporting scholarships and financial aid. The concert features the Music Institute's student body alongside world-class faculty, youth and adult students, Suzuki groups, and the Academy orchestra, concluding...
Hayward reimagines Hamlet and Electra through the eyes of Luna, who reveals to her family — on the day of their father's funeral — that his ghost has come to see her. Beneath the haunting, this is a love story: a daughter's love for her father, and the complicated, unresolved...
Porchlight Music Theatre kicks off the 2027-2027 with the campy crowd-pleaser Little Shop of Horrors. Artistic Director Michael Weber directs this traditional and intimate staging that puts human-eating plant Audrey II at the center (with set and props design by Jonathan Berg-Einhorn). Porchlight’…
Arbery’s script, dado’s direction, and this ensemble’s haunting performance all come together for a wickedly brilliant and curious show that speaks what is true for many people that cannot be ignored — and we cannot look away. …
What did our critic think of ANNIE at Drury Lane Theatre Oakbrook Terrace, IL?…
Step into the memory palace and experience a one-of-a-kind experience where neuroscience, philosophy, and theater collide. Theater of the Mind, presented by Goodman Theatre, co-created by David Byrne and Mala Gaonkar, and directed by Andrew Scoville, is a fascinating immersive theatrical journey tha…
Adirondack Chair Circle is a satirical take-down of a group of wealthy conservative Chicago moms dedicated to their cause.…
Manual Cinema’s Frankenstein has come to life once again, further establishing itself as one of the city’s most thrilling holiday traditions in the shadowy hall of the Studebaker Theater.…
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The Winter’s Tale—now playing and soon to run in repertory with the even wilder Midsummer Night’s Dream—provides audiences with an emotional, uplifting, and even redemptive story sure to thaw frozen hearts and provide a much needed escape.…
Magic is a timeless art full of secrets, and as Parr reveals through the course of Time Traveler, history is even stranger and more serendipitous than we know.…
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Adirondack Chair Circle Steppenwolf's Ensemble Theater (10/22-12/06) |
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Million Dollar Quartet Stolp Island Theatre (10/07-1/03) |
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The Christmas Carol Paramount Theatre (11/11-1/03) |
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When We Were Young and Unafraid Greenhouse Theater Center (11/12-11/29) |
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for colored girls who considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf eta Creative Arts Foundation (11/08-11/29) |
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Sophomoric Songs Stars and Garters Theatre (11/05-11/14) |
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Golden Girls The Laughs Continue UIS Performing Arts Center (11/14-11/14) VIDEOS |
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Improvised Hunger Games iO Theater (11/21-11/21) |
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Sean Heely's Celltic Christmas ECC Arts Center (12/18-12/18) |
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Radical Futures The Factory Theater (10/09-11/21) |
