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171 Chicago Ave, Naperville, IL 60540
Naperville, IL 60540



Review: YESTON & KOPIT'S PHANTOM IN CONCERT at BrightSide Theatre


by Tina St. Angelo - January 11, 2026

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

Brightside Theatre To Present PHANTOM In Concert In January 2026


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. ...

Cast Announced For Brightside Theatre’s PHANTOM IN CONCERT


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....

Review: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW at BrightSide Theatre


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....

THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL YOUTH EDITION to be Presented by BrightSide Theatre Youth Project


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!...

BrightSide Theatre Reveals Cast for THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW


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. ...

BrightSide Theatre to Present SUMMER IN THE PARKS 2025 Free Outdoor Concert Series


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....

Review: PIPPIN at BrightSide Theatre


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....

Cast And Production Team Revealed For BrightSide Theatre Season Closer PIPPIN


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. ...

Review: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at Brightside Theatre


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....

Past Shows

Phantom in CONCERT
Phantom in CONCERT
1/9 - 1/18/2026


PHANTOM IN CONCERT Book by Arthur Kopit, Music and Lyrics by Maury Yeston Based on Gaston Leroux’s novel THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Directed by ...


FUN IN THE SUN: A BROADWAY MUSICAL REVUE is a series of nine free, hour-long concerts featuring popular and comedic songs from beloved Broadway musicals. ...

DRACULA
10/18 - 11/3/2024


BrightSide Theatre presents an adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic tale Dracula, directed by Jay Fontanetta. Running from October 18 to November 3, this production tells ...

Deathtrap
Deathtrap
3/8 - 3/24/2024


Holding the record for the longest running comedic thriller on Broadway, DEATHTRAP is the story of the world-famous thriller playwright Sidney Bruhl, who is suffering ...

Mean Girls, Jr.
Mean Girls, Jr.
3/9 - 3/17/2024


A condensed, author-approved version of the Broadway musical based on the 2004 film. Cady Heron may have grown up on an African savanna, but nothing ...

Don't Dress For Dinner
3/3 - 3/13/2022

NINE
NINE
2/7 - 2/9/2020


Based on Federico Fellini’s semi-autobiographical film 8 ½, the musical NINE is a sensual exploration of tangled relationships & romantic fantasies. The renowned Italian film ...

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