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Eureka Day

Sep 9 – Oct 11, 2026

Written by Jonathan Spector and directed by Scott Westerman, this satirical comedy follows an elite private school thrown into crisis when a mumps outbreak divides parents and board members over vaccines. As debates intensify and facts grow slippery, every proposed solution only...

It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play

Nov 11 – Dec 13, 2026

Written by Joe Landry and directed by Jack Hickey, this stage adaptation recreates the beloved holiday film as a 1940s live radio broadcast, complete with original commercial jingle pastiches and characters portraying the radio actors performing the film's roles. On one fateful...

The Glass Menagerie

Feb 10 – Mar 14, 2027

Written by Tennessee Williams and directed by Scott Shallenbarger, this classic play follows Amanda Wingfield as she struggles to recreate the happier past of her youth for her adult children in their cramped St. Louis apartment. Citadel co-founder Ellen Phelps will take on the...

Ordinary Days

Apr 14 – May 16, 2027

Written by Adam Gwon and directed by Christina Ramirez, this sung-through musical follows four young New Yorkers whose lives intersect as they search for fulfillment, happiness, love, and cabs. Featuring 21 songs, the show has been an international hit since premiering in 2008...

Review: THE BIRTH OF THE PILL at TimeLine Theatre Company

Review: THE BIRTH OF THE PILL at TimeLine Theatre Company

by Rachel Weinberg · September 18, 2026

TimeLine Theatre Company’s The Birth of the Pill takes some big swings...and sometimes misses. Adapted for the stage by Jessica Huang from Jonathan Eig’s book, it’s certainly relevant now. And Huang’s script takes “A People’s History of the United States” approach to storytelling. The …

Review: Kokandy Productions' JEKYLL & HYDE at Broadway In Chicago

Review: Kokandy Productions' JEKYLL & HYDE at Broadway In Chicago

by Rachel Weinberg · September 17, 2026

Jekyll & Hyde is rarely produced, and Kokandy brings it to vivid life in this new, larger venue. As Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde and Lucy, David Moreland and Ava Lane Stovall really lead the way for the ensemble with their captivating performances. And in its most compelling moments, this Jekyll & Hyde truly…

Review: THE ATTIC at Goodman Theatre

Review: THE ATTIC at Goodman Theatre

by Rachel Weinberg · September 16, 2026

The Attic: Things I’ve Seen While Lying On My Back is genuinely a unique experience at the Goodman. The 7 Fingers Co-Founder Shana Carroll wrote, directed, and choreographed this world-premiere autobiographical performance piece that shares vignettes from her life story. An international company o…

Review: Idle Muse Theatre Company's WITCH at The Edge Off-Broadway Theater

Review: Idle Muse Theatre Company's WITCH at The Edge Off-Broadway Theater

by Emily Werner · September 14, 2026

“What do you want?” It’s the question at the heart of Witch, Idle Muse Theatre Company’s fall production. Adapted by playwright Jen Silverman from the Jacobean drama The Witch of Edmonton, the play transforms a centuries-old tale of ambition, jealousy, witchcraft, and desire into a provocati…

Past Shows

46 total · showing 41–46

Elephant and Piggie's We Are In a Play

Elephant and Piggie's "We Are In a Play"

Sep 29 – Oct 7, 2018

In the musical, an elephant named Gerald and a pig named Piggie are best, best, "bestus" (a word Gerald and Piggie made up that means "very best") friends, but Gerald worries that something could go wrong that would end their friendship. Piggie is not worried at all. She's even...

Light Up the Sky

Light Up the Sky

Sep 27 – Oct 29, 2017

Moss Hart’s 1948 comedy is set behind the scenes of a Broadway-bound play during its Boston tryout. The action is set in the hotel suite of the temperamental leading lady, Irene Livingston, just before the play’s opening night. The group of theater people preparing for the...

Upright Grand

Upright Grand

Mar 14 – Mar 26, 2017

Dad tickles the ivories in a dive. His daughter dazzles in concert halls. In between them, the bittersweet dance of parent and child, present and past, dream and disappointment plays out in the key of life. Upright Grand, by Chicago-based playwright Laura Schellhardt, is...

Ordinary People

Ordinary People

Sep 18 – Oct 18, 2015

Ordinary People tells the story of a Lake Forest High School student, Conrad Jarrett (Matt Ronzani). Conrad had an older brother named Buck, and now Buck is gone. What’s left of young Conrad’s family, with his successful, well-intentioned father (Jeff Gamlin) and his beautiful...

Cabaret

Cabaret

Apr 25 – May 25, 2014

1930. Berlin. A city on the edge. An American writer. An English singer. A pragmatic landlady. A German businessman. A Jewish shopkeeper. A world-weary fille de joie. A master of ceremonies. Welcome to Cabaret. The legendary Tony Award-winning musical by Joe Masteroff, John...

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