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...
November 13-22, 2026 Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm Sundays at 3 pm $14 adults | $12 seniors | FREE for ECC students The Man Who Came to Dinner is a fast-paced, witty comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart about a larger-than-life radio personality who arrives as a...
Get ready for an unforgettable night with The Fabulous Equinox Orchestra! Their new show, “Broadway to Bourbon Street,” fuses Broadway’s biggest hits with the soulful energy of New Orleans. Featuring favorites from "Guys and Dolls," "West Side Story," "Hairspray," and more, this...
Kilts and tartans abound as U.S. National Scottish Fiddle Champion Seán Heely and a cast of nationally acclaimed Celtic performers take you on a magical winter tour through the Scottish Highlands and across the rugged Irish coast. The fiddle and bagpipes will sweep you away to...
Take a ride on the "Midnight Train to Georgia" over "River Deep, Mountain High" while award-winning vocalist CeCe Teneal delivers the "R-E-S-P-E-C-T" you deserve in "Divas of Soul," a unique concert event! This spectacular celebration of 50 years of chart-topping music from...
RARE SHOW ALERT : This tour is most likely the only time you’ll see these four guitarists sharing the same stage. International Guitar Night connects the world’s best acoustic guitarists for once-in-a-lifetime concert tours. Each year, International Guitar Night brings together...
Grab the remote and turn up the nostalgia. This show brings the small screen to the stage with a vibrant celebration of the iconic intros you couldn’t help but sing along to. Lisa Rock and an all-star lineup of vocalists channel the spirit of TV’s most memorable moments, from...
This award-winning comedy show has received rave reviews and great audience acclaim throughout the country, becoming one of the longest-running one-man shows in Broadway history. Once again, we meet the people we’re all too familiar with — the family members who make you...
The ECC Arts Center is partnering again with Chamber Music on the Fox to present Third Coast Percussion , Chicago’s Grammy Award-winning percussion quartet and Grammy-nominated composer collective. An evening with Third Coast Percussion reveals a new world of musical...
Step into smooth grooves, heartfelt lyrics, and unforgettable melodies! “American Songs & Stories” brings together the timeless sounds of pop, country, soul, and jazz in one electrifying performance, recalling the days when radio played it all, and great music brought everyone...
What did our critic think of HAYWARD at Gift Theatre?…
Saturday night brought the long-awaited return of Dance Theatre of Harlem to The Auditorium for a celebratory evening of dance that showcased the range and versatility of this 57-year old company, which had not been seen in Chicago since 2016.…
With spooky season upon us, what better way to get into the haunted spirit than with a murder mystery — one that no one has ever seen before, and one that no one will ever see again.…
Backyard Theatre Company’s production of Red Bike is an enchanting, imaginative story from a kid’s perspective about growing up and seeing the town you’ve grown up in change, and the formative stuff and thoughts that shape who we are as a result. …
Whether you leave the theater with intensified despair or renewed hope is up to you — and that’s what makes this terrifying and achingly sad story, with just the right dose of humor, hope, and humanity, a brilliant piece of art. …
Premonitions Inc. is an oddball new cabaret and acrobatics show in the Spiegeltent of the Loop’s Cambria Hotel.…
Vladimir is a powerful and potent story of defiance, strength, and sacrifice.…
Michael R. Jackson’s wildly inventive and unique 2020 Pulitzer Prize-winning musical A Strange Loop now makes its Chicago premiere. A Strange Loop is a “big Black and queer-ass American Broadway show,” in the main character Usher’s words, about the lead trying to write a musical called A Str…
What did our critic think of JIMMY BUFFETT'S ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE at Music Theater Works At The North Shore Center For The Performing Arts?…
Dead Girl’s Quinceañera brings a missing person case to the stage — and the detectives are a group of three Latina teen girls in Miami, Florida. Phanésia Pharel’s play capitalizes on the pop culture obsession with true crime and murder mysteries — though Dead Girl’s Quinceañera is ultim…
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Chicago Repertory Ballet is focused on breaking people’s preconceived notions of the art form and bringing dance that defies labels' to the stage.
Paying homage to those entertainers who sang and danced for the troops during the 1940s, this USO Salute includes a tribute to such artists as the Andrews Sisters, Judy Garland, Bob Hope, Rosemary Clooney and many more. Backed by a five-piece band, six powerhouse singers...
No wigs. No costumes. Just the timeless classic songs that took four young lads from Liverpool and placed them in the history books as the greatest pop/rock band of all time. Join Jim Witter and his incredible band as they faithfully re-create some of The Beatles' greatest hits...
The MAGIC of BILL BLAGG LIVE! tour is coming to the ECC Arts Center for one show only at 7 pm on Saturday, Oct. 12! Critics and audiences alike rave about Bill’s interactive magic and jaw-dropping illusions that will have you rubbing your eyes in disbelief. Blagg’s show combines...
“Timeless” best describes a Jodi Beach performance. Music that is as alive today as it was when first created, enjoyed by audiences young and old.
For the past 30 years, the Mystical Arts of Tibet tours by the monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery have crossed the glove to offer authentic, sacred Tibetan arts to enchanted audiences in major cities and smaller communities alike. Endorsed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and...
The Mikado is one of Gilbert and Sullivan's most famous and frequently performed operettas. Premiering in 1885, it remains a classic of the genre. Set in the fictional Japanese town of Titipu, The Mikado is a satirical comedy that pokes fun at British society and politics of the...
ECC Musical Theatre presents You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Feb. 23-March 3, 2024. Based on The Comic Strip "Peanuts" by Charles M. Schulz. Book, Music and Lyrics by Clark Gesner. Additional Dialogue by Michael Mayer. Additional Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa. Directed by...
Ryan & Ryan is a dynamic father-son piano duo that blends classic and contemporary music into an enthralling concert experience. From Rachmaninoff to Gershwin to Billy Joel, Donald and Barron Ryan combine their talents to create a dazzling blend of old and new. Well-versed in...
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Love Story: A Tribute to Taylor Swift Raue Center For The Arts (11/07-11/07) |
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Million Dollar Quartet Stolp Island Theatre (10/07-1/03) |
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Rotary Rocks The Raue: James Garner's Tribute to Johnny Cash Raue Center For The Arts (10/24-10/24) |
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The Christmas Carol Paramount Theatre (11/11-1/03) |
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Topdog/Underdog Steppenwolf's Downstairs Theater (9/17-11/01) |
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Blond Ambition: A Tribute to Madonna Raue Center For The Arts (11/07-11/07) |
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Memphis The Musical Studebaker Theater at the Fine Arts Building (10/24-10/25) |
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When We Were Young and Unafraid Greenhouse Theater Center (11/12-11/29) |
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Midday Matinee: Thanks for the Memories: A USO Tribute ECC Arts Center (11/11-11/11) |
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The Roommate Parker Players Theater Company (10/16-11/08) |
