BRIGHTSIDE THEATRE

by Tina St. Angelo - January 11, 2026

What did our critic think of YESTON & KOPIT'S PHANTOM IN CONCERT at BrightSide Theatre?...

by A.A. Cristi - December 11, 2025

BrightSide Theatre will open its 2026 season with Phantom in Concert, a concert staging of the musical by Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit. The production will run January 9–18 at North Central College’s Madden Theatre. ...

by A.A. Cristi - November 21, 2025

BrightSide Theatre has announced casting for its January 2026 concert staging of PHANTOM, the Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit musical based on The Phantom of the Opera....

by Tina St. Angelo - October 25, 2025

It’s just a jump to the left… famous words that the audience is waiting for.  The first show at BrightSide Theatre for its 14th season dedicated to For the Fun of It is Richard O’Brien’s campy, cult classic The Rocky Horror Show....

by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 10, 2025

BrightSide Youth Theatre project will bring the characters of the popular SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS Nickelodeon TV series to the stage this fall when they present THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL YOUTH EDITION. Learn more!...

by Stephi Wild - September 09, 2025

 BrightSide Theatre has announced the cast and production team for THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, the opening production of its 14th season. ...

by A.A. Cristi - June 23, 2025

BrightSide Theatre has announced the return of its popular SUMMER IN THE PARKS concert series for 2025, offering nine free, one-hour performances of FUN IN THE SUN: A Broadway Musical Revue....

by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - June 15, 2025

This 1972 musical written by Roger O. Hirson with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz – yes of Godspell and Wicked fame – and directed by Bob Fosse, is the current production at BrightSide Theatre. It originally stared John Rubenstein as Pippin and Ben Vereen as Leading Player....

by A.A. Cristi - April 29, 2025

BrightSide Theatre has announced the cast for the final show of its 13th season – the Stephen Schwartz/Roger O. Hirson musical PIPPIN. A Broadway-sized cast of 17 and an orchestra of seven will bring PIPPIN to life for BrightSide in a fully staged production. ...

by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - April 26, 2025

The beginning of Puck’s final monologue in William Shakespeare’s much loved and performed A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This is the current production being performed at BrightSide Theatre in Naperville....