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2/13 - 3/15/2026


Written by Joshua Harmon, Directed by Beth Wofl At an elite prep school, Sherri Rosen-Mason is leading the charge for change—until her own son’s Ivy ...



HADESTOWN Comes to Peoria in January


by Stephi Wild - December 09, 2025

 The American Theatre Guild will present HADESTOWN, the winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards including Best New Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album....

Cast Set for City Lit's World Premiere Of SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE CHRISTMAS CLOWNS


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 31, 2025

City Lit will celebrate the holidays with the world premiere production of John Weagly's SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE CHRISTMAS CLOWNS, a mystery adapted from the short story “The Flying Stars” by G.K. Chesterton and the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle....

ComEd & League of Chicago Theatres Award $230,000 in Grants


by Joshua Wright - September 04, 2025

ComEd and the League of Chicago Theatres awarded $230,000 in Powering the Arts grants to 21 nonprofit organizations across northern Illinois, supporting projects that expand access to cultural programming....

RUTHLESS! THE MUSICAL and More Set for Citadel Theatre 2025–26 Season


by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 06, 2025

Citadel Theatre has unveiled its 2025-26 mainstage season, featuring the heartfelt family holiday drama MIRACLE ON SOUTH DIVISION STREET and more. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets!...

Promethean Theatre Ensemble To Stage Lauren Gunderson's THE BOOK OF WILL At The Den


by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 04, 2025

For its 35th production, Promethean Theatre Ensemble will honor the people who preserved Shakespeare’s work for the ages, with Lauren Gunderson’s THE BOOK OF WILL. Learn more!...

Cast And Creative Team Set for A NEW BRAIN at PrideArts


by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 09, 2025

PrideArts has revealed the full cast and production team for A NEW BRAIN, the opening production of its 2025-26 season. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets!...

Tony Award-Winning HADESTOWN Is Now Playing At CIBC Theatre


by A.A. Cristi - May 06, 2025

Broadway In Chicago has announced that HADESTOWN, the winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards including Best New Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, is now playing at Broadway In Chicago’s CIBC Theatre....

JUKEBOX FOR THE ALGONQUIN Extended At Citadel Theatre


by A.A. Cristi - April 30, 2025

Citadel Theatre has announced a one-week extension of Chicago premiere of A JUKEBOX FOR THE ALGONQUIN, by Chicago/Skokie-based actor and playwright Paul Stroili....

Arts Judaica Announces Showcase Performance Of Youth-Oriented Holocaust Drama SURVIVORS


by A.A. Cristi - March 31, 2025

Arts Judaica, the live theater/music/education organization that was launched in 2024 with the Chicago premiere of the stage drama THE BERLIN DIARIES, has announced four showcase performances of Wendy Kout’s play SURVIVORS....

Cast Set For Citadel Theatre's JUKEBOX FOR THE ALGONQUIN


by Stephi Wild - March 11, 2025

Citadel Theatre will close its 2024-25 season with the Chicago premiere of A JUKEBOX FOR THE ALGONQUIN, by Chicago/Skokie-based actor and playwright Paul Stroili....

Past Shows

Miracle on South Division Street


The Nowaks of Buffalo, NY, have always believed in their family`s miraculous Christmas Eve story—until Ruth decides to turn it into a one-woman show, only ...

Misery
Misery
9/12 - 10/12/2025


Written by William Goldman Based on the Novel by Stephen King Directed by Scott Westerman Romance novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued from a car crash ...

Misery
Misery
9/10 - 10/12/2025


Romance novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued from a car crash by his obsessed fan, Annie Wilkes, and held captive after she discovers he killed off ...

A Jukebox for the Algonquin
A Jukebox for the Algonquin
4/16 - 5/25/2025


The residents of Placid Pines Senior Care Center really want a jukebox for their recreation room, called The Algonquin. When the jukebox they have in ...

A Jukebox for the Algonquin
A Jukebox for the Algonquin
4/18 - 5/18/2025


A Tale of Sex, Drugs & Rockings Chairs - A Chicago Premiere

I and You
I and You
2/19 - 3/23/2025


One afternoon, Anthony arrives unexpectedly at classmate Caroline's home to work with her on completing an urgent assignment from their high school English teacher. Homebound due ...

I and You
I and You
2/21 - 3/23/2025


"I and You" is an unexpected love story with a mind-blowing twist ending

Dames at Sea
Dames at Sea
11/13 - 12/15/2024


Musical parody of large, flashy 1930’s Busby Berkeley-style musical in which a chorus girl, newly arrived off the bus from the Midwest to New York ...

Dames at Sea
Dames at Sea
11/15 - 12/15/2024


Tap-dance, 1930s Busby Berkeley-style musical performing at Citadel Theatre November 15-December 15, 2024

The Cottage
The Cottage
9/14 - 10/13/2024

The Cottage
The Cottage
9/11 - 10/13/2024


Straight from Broadway, this recent hit directed by Jason Alexander starring Eric McCormick (WILL AND GRACE) is a brand-new, side splitting romp. This outrageous tale ...

The Cottage
The Cottage
9/14 - 10/13/2024


Outrageous tale of sex, betrayal & desire. One woman's attempt to expose her latest affair to both her husband & lover's wife.

Baby
Baby
4/19 - 5/19/2024


Is there anything more exciting, frightening and utterly transformational than impending parenthood?  Baby: the Musical  is full of heart and joy and has been a ...

Silent Sky
Silent Sky
2/14 - 3/17/2024


When 19th-century astronomer Henrietta Leavitt began work at the Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s, she wasn’t allowed to touch a telescope or express an ...

Eleanor's Very Merry Christmas Wish


A holiday musical for kids of all ages. “My very merry Christmas wish is to have a best friend and home of my own,” wrote ...

Eleanor's Very Merry Christmas Wish: The Musical


A musical holiday adventure for the whole family! Celebrate the holidays with Citadel and join us for Eleanor's Very Merry Christmas Wish: The Musical running ...

She Loves Me
She Loves Me
11/15 - 12/17/2023


Considered by many to be the most charming musical ever written! Set in a 1930s European perfumery, we meet shop clerks, Amalia and Georg, who, ...

She Loves Me
She Loves Me
11/15 - 12/17/2023

She Loves Me
She Loves Me
11/15 - 12/17/2023


In a 1930s European perfumery, clerks Amalia and Georg rarely see eye to eye. After both respond to a "lonely hearts advertisement" in the newspaper, ...

The Mousetrap
The Mousetrap
9/13 - 10/15/2023


THE WORLD'S LONGEST-RUNNING PLAY : Agatha Christie's THE MOUSETRAP is a genre-defining murder mystery! As news spreads of a murder in London, a group of ...

The Mousetrap
The Mousetrap
9/13 - 10/15/2023


After a local woman is murdered, the guests and staff at Monkswell Manor find themselves stranded during a snowstorm. It soon becomes clear that the ...

Spooky Storytelling with Author Jim May


Join us for an afternoon of storytelling for the whole family with Emmy Award-winning author and storyteller Jim May! A professional storyteller for over twenty-five ...

Snow White: An Original Musical


Bring a blanket & basket and join us for this original, outdoor musical adventure for the whole family! Tickets are on sale NOW for our ...

Airness
Airness
4/19 - 5/21/2023


Citadel Theatre presents THE CHICAGOLAND PREMIERE of Airness by Chelsea Marcantel, directed by Joe Lehman   Synopsis: When Nina enters her first air guitar competition, ...

Airness
Airness
4/19 - 5/21/2023


When Nina enters her first air guitar competition, she thinks winning will be easy. But as she befriends a group of charismatic nerds all committed ...

The Christians
The Christians
2/8 - 3/12/2023


Twenty years ago, Pastor Paul’s church was nothing more than a modest storefront. Now he presides over a congregation of thousands, with classrooms for Sunday ...

The Christians
The Christians
2/8 - 3/12/2023


Synopsis : Twenty years ago, Pastor Paul’s church was nothing more than a modest storefront. Now he presides over a congregation of thousands, with classrooms ...

Junior Claus
Junior Claus
12/20 - 12/30/2022


Show Run: December 20 - December 30 Matinees at 10:00 am & 1:00 pm  Junior Claus is the only son of Santa and Mrs. Claus. ...

Junior Claus
Junior Claus
12/20 - 12/30/2022


Junior Claus is the only son of Santa and Mrs. Claus. Like many teenagers, Junior is reluctant to take over the family business. Unsure of ...

It Runs in the Family
It Runs in the Family
11/16 - 12/18/2022


Preview Performances: November 16 & 17 at 7:30 pm Show Run: November 18 through December 18 Performance Times: Thursdays, Fridays, & Saturdays at 7:30 pm; ...

It Runs in the Family
It Runs in the Family
11/16 - 12/18/2022


Britain's master farceur ( TWO INTO ONE, RUN FOR YOUR WIFE, and others) is at it again. Set in a hospital three days before Christmas, ...

Little Shop of Horrors
Little Shop of Horrors
9/17 - 10/16/2022


The meek floral assistant Seymour Krelborn stumbles across a new breed of plant he names "Audrey II" - after his coworker crush. This foul-mouthed, R&B-singing ...

Little Shop of Horrors
Little Shop of Horrors
9/15 - 10/16/2022


Based on the 1960 film by Roger Corman and featuring a book by Howard Ashman, music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Ashman, LITTLE SHOP ...

Picasso at the Lapin Agile
Picasso at the Lapin Agile
4/21 - 5/22/2022


This long running Off Broadway absurdist comedy by Steve Martin places Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso in a Parisian Cafe in 1904, just before the ...

Picasso At The Lapin Agile
Picasso At The Lapin Agile
4/22 - 5/22/2022


Picasso and Einstein walk into a Parisian bar, both believing they are the greatest gift to mankind The events that take place can only be ...

Outside Mullingar
Outside Mullingar
2/11 - 3/13/2022


Anthony and Rosemary are two introverted misfits straddling 40. Anthony has spent his entire life on a cattle farm in rural Ireland, a state of ...

Outside Mullingar
Outside Mullingar
2/9 - 3/13/2022


Anthony and Rosemary are two introverted misfits straddling 40. Anthony has spent his entire life on a cattle farm in rural Ireland, a state of ...

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown


In this musical, Charlie Brown and the entire Peanuts gang explore life`s great questions as they play baseball, struggle with homework, sing songs, swoon over ...

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown


In this musical, Charlie Brown and the entire Peanuts gang explore life's great questions as they play baseball, struggle with homework, sing songs, swoon over ...

Brighton Beach Memoirs
Brighton Beach Memoirs
9/16 - 10/17/2021


Dreaming of baseball and girls, Eugene must cope with the mundane existence of his family life in Brooklyn: formidable mother, overworked father, and his worldly ...

Peter and the Starcatcher
Peter and the Starcatcher
9/18 - 10/20/2019


The Tony Award-winning PETER AND THE STARCATCHER upends the century-old story of how a miserable orphan comes to be The Boy Who Would Not Grow ...

Sentimental Journey
Sentimental Journey
4/23 - 5/26/2019


This is the story of Ross and Katey Lehman, told by their son, Chicago actor Ross (Robby) Lehman. It weaves the romantic history of their ...

The Roommate
The Roommate
2/1 - 3/3/2019


Sharon, in her mid-fifties, is recently divorced and needs a roommate to share her Iowa home. Robyn, also in her mid-fifties, needs a place to ...

The Roommate
The Roommate
12/27 - 3/3/2019


Sharon, in her mid-fifties, is recently divorced and needs a roommate to share her Iowa home. Robyn, also in her mid-fifties, needs a place to ...

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat


Andrew Lloyd Webber’s family musical about the trials and triumphs of Joseph, Israel’s favorite son! One of the most enduring shows of all time, JOSEPH ...

The Little Foxes
The Little Foxes
9/28 - 10/28/2018


Summary: Our Season opens with Lillian Hellman's searing tale of family betrayal and corruption. This milestone in American theatre is a riveting unsentimental portrait of ...

Elephant and Piggie's We Are In a Play


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 ...

Scrooge and the Ghostly Spirits
Scrooge and the Ghostly Spirits
11/14 - 12/23/2017


A world premiere musical based on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol...

Light Up the Sky
Light Up the Sky
9/27 - 10/29/2017


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 ...

Upright Grand
Upright Grand
3/14 - 3/26/2017


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 ...

Ordinary People
Ordinary People
9/18 - 10/18/2015


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 ...

Cabaret
Cabaret
4/25 - 5/25/2014


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 ...

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