West Side Story
West Side Story has a book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, bringing Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet to the...
North Shore Center for Performing Arts
Upcoming Shows
Giordano Dance Chicago: Untamed Passion
Giordano Dance Chicago returns to the North Shore Center for Performing Arts in Skokie, Illinois for its 64th season, titled Untamed Passion. The engagement features...
Hairspray
Hairspray follows Tracy Turnblad, a big-dreaming teen who lands a spot on The Corny Collins Show and sets out to integrate the dance floor in...
Review: HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH at Catalyst Ranch
Enter a freight elevator off the back alley of Randolph Street and step into the eclectic space that is the Catalyst Ranch Studio, a venue that perfectly sets the tone for JK Entertainment’s production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, directed by Arlo Kiss and text by John Cameron Mitchell.…
Review: THE WIZARD OF OZ at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre ends its 26th season with an all-time classic, bringing an impressive production of The Wizard of Oz to its stage.…
Review: Gwydion Theatre's DRY POWDER at Greenhouse Theater Center
Dry Powder gives us a bleak glance at the logic and operations that run the American economy and ruin American lives in this fast-paced allegory of how money can corrupt.…
Review: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at Oak Park Festival Theatre, Oak Park IL
Oak Park Festival Theatre continues its 51st Anniversary season with Oscar Wilde’s smashing comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest. First produced in 1895, the play is memorable from Wilde’s fast wit and the farcical parody of the English upper class. Oak Park’s production of Earnest, directe…
Review: SUFFS Musical Tour at Broadway In Chicago
All in all, Suffs musical nails the intent and the tremendous hard work of the women involved in the suffrage movement, but it mainly lacks emotion. I wanted Suffs to be more emotionally evocative and less of a history lesson.…
Review: HAMLET at Oak Park Festival Theatre, Oak Park IL
The curtain rises on Oak Park Festival Theatre’s 51st Anniversary Season with the production of William Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy Hamlet. With over 50 years in Austen Gardens, the company presents the play with detail, intelligence, emotion and charm for the audience to enjoy.…
Review: REALITY DETOX: THE IMPROV EXPERIENCE at The Second City E.t.c.
The Second City e.t.c.’s 50th revue Reality Detox promises more improv than ever before. While originally billed as an all-improv piece, ensemble members Kennedy Baldwin, Anna Portnick, Chas Lilly, Max Thomas (appearing in his second e.t.c revue), Annie Sullivan, and Riley Woolen haven’t quite m…
Review: THEATRE EVOLVE'S NATIVE GARDENS at The Den Theatre
Theatre Evolve brings the beauty of nature and clash of comedy in their current production of Native Gardens at the Den Theatre. Premiering at the Cincinnati Playhouse on January 23, 2016, playwright Karen Zacarías has become one of the most produced Latina playwrights in the United States. While c…
Review: ICEBOY! at Goodman Theatre
Iceboy! is an absolute riot. It’s a truly original and genuinely laugh-out-loud new musical comedy featuring Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman.…
Review: MEN OF SOUL at Black Ensemble Theater
Men of Soul plays like a greatest‑hits album you never want to end.…
Past Shows
Vivaldi & Friends
Italian violinist and conductor Fabio Biondi, world-renowned for “blazing, fierce performances” (Washington Classical Review) with his ensemble Europa Galante, brings his irrepressible energy to the...
"Solstice: a Winter Circus Experience"
Step into a dreamscape with Solstice: a Winter Circus Experience. At the heart of the story is a girl who loses her light and stumbles...
Music of the Baroque: Baroque Blockbusters!
Prepare for Baroque brilliance with Richard Egarr at the helm! The former Philharmonia Baroque and Academy of Ancient Music director guest-conducts heart-stopping hits from the...
Music of the Baroque: Fathers & Sons
Explore the intricate ties between fathers and sons in a captivating evening with Demarre McGill, principal flute of the Seattle Symphony. J. S. Bach’s Orchestral...
Handel's Messiah
Celebrate the season with Messiah, Handel’s beloved homage to hope, faith, and triumph. From the soul-stirring “Comfort ye, my people” to the exhilarating “Hallelujah" Chorus, this...
Godspell
Day by day for more than 50 years, audiences have delighted in this modern musical fable. Godspell weaves together music, improv and infectious pop and rock songs...
Ignite the Soul
Giordano Dance Chicago presents an engaging fall program titled Ignite the Soul, featuring a range of dynamic performances. The company will showcase Al Blackstone's celebrated...
Music of the Baroque: Bach’s Brandenburgs
Revel in the vibrant energy and dazzling virtuosity of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos. So-called because of Johann Sebastian Bach’s failed attempt to secure a new job, these...
Gluck--Orfeo ed Euridice
Dame Jane Glover leads the Music of the Baroque Chorus, Orchestra, and international stars Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen and Heidi Stober in our first performances of...
Mozart and his Mentors
Mozart learned a great deal from talented musicians around him. Dame Jane Glover explores symphonies by two of his most admired mentors—Josef Mysliveek and Johann...
Handel’s Theodora
In celebration of Principal Guest Conductor Nicholas Kraemer’s 80th birthday, a world-renowned cast of soloists—Sherezade Panthaki, Iestyn Davies, Allyson McHardy, David Portillo, and Jonathan Woody—join...
Minkowski Conducts
Renowned French conductor Marc Minkowski makes his Music of the Baroque debut with music by three orchestral gods—Handel, Rameau, and Mozart. Handel’s concerto grosso was...
Bach's Christmas Oratorio
From the opening chorus’s joyful, exuberant trumpets and timpani, the Christmas story unfolds in dramatic narrative, moving arias, and stirring chorales. Dame Jane Glover brings...
The Elements
Laurence Cummings, music director of the Academy of Ancient Music, explores life’s basic building blocks—earth, air, fire, and water. The watery Neptune splashes through Rameau’s...
Haydn's Creation
The creation of the world as told in the Book of Genesis springs to life through vivid musical pictures. Music Director Dame Jane Glover leads...
Birds, Frogs, Crickets, & Dogs
The animal kingdom comes alive through charming works for orchestra under the direction of Principal Guest Conductor Nicholas Kraemer. Dogs bark in Vivaldi’s “Spring” Concerto...
The St. John Passion
An intimate and deeply human account of Christ’s betrayal, suffering, and death, Bach’s Passion According to St. John sets scripture and poetry in emotionally moving, expressively beautiful...
Music of the Baroque: Mullova Plays Bach
Baroque riches abound as internationally acclaimed violinist Viktoria Mullova joins forces with guest conductor Jonathan Cohen, the newly appointed music director of Boston’s Handel &...
Music of the Baroque: Windy City
Politics may have prompted Chicago’s nickname, but wind and water are at the heart of its identity. Dame Jane Glover leads a program impishly inspired...
Viva Vivaldi!
Viva Vivaldi! Baroque favorite Antonio Vivaldi takes center stage in a celebration of the 345th anniversary of his birth. The chorus brings “intensity and brilliance” (Chicago...
The Mozart Requiem
Dame Jane Glover leads the Music of the Baroque Chorus, Orchestra, and international opera stars Susanna Phillips, Paula Murrihy, Manase Latu, and Michael Sumuel in...
THE PRODUCERS A Mel Brooks Musical
Music Theater Works’ third production in the 2023 season,THE PRODUCERS A Mel Brooks Musical will run from August 10 - 20 at the Center Theatre...
Music of the Baroque: Circles of Friends
Dame Jane Glover takes the podium for a joyful evening of music written centuries ago by four friends in Vienna—and performed today by good friends...
The St. Matthew Passion
Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. Matthew Passion speaks as urgently of compassion and hope today as it did 300 years ago—and when Music of the Baroque...
London Calling
“When one is tired of London,” said Samuel Johnson, “one is tired of life. Because there is in London all that life can afford.” English...
Montero Plays Mozart
Dame Jane Glover joins forces with “La Divina del Piano,” Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero, for Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21. The Symphony No. 1 in...
Irving Berlin’s White Christmas
Music Theater Works is proud to announce the cast and creative team for Irving Berlin’s White Christmas in the Center Theatre at the North Shore...
Music of the Baroque: Reginald Mobley Sings
Celebrated countertenor Reginald Mobley wields a voice that is “pure of tone, immaculate in his articulation” (The Herald) in a program of powerfully moving arias...
Camelot
Return to magic and majesty of Lerner and Loewe’s classic musical Camelot as it recounts the enduring legend of King Arthur, Queen Guenevere, Sir Lancelot...
Baroque Heroes
Guest conductor Patrick Dupr Quigley explores the concept of hero in an energetic, whimsical program. The soloist is the hero of C. P. E. Bachs...
Handel's Jephtha
The new season opens with Music of the Baroques first performance in over three decades of Handels final oratorio. Working furiously while his eyesight was...
The Brothers Haydn
The musical brothers Haydn were no strangers to sibling rivalry. Joseph traveled in fancy musical circles in Esterhzy; Michael set up shop in Salzburg where...
Bach's Easter Oratorio
Dame Jane Glover leads the Music of the Baroque Chorus, Orchestra, and four world renowned soloistsYulia Van Doren, Elizabeth DeShong, James Gilchrist, and Michael Sumuelin...
Classical Heroines
Led by Nicholas Kraemer, Classical Heroines explores the tension between 18th-century operatic heroines traditional roles as wives, girlfriends, and lovers and the undeniable sheer power...
McGill Plays Mozart
Mozart scholar Dame Jane Glover joins forces with Chicago native and New York Philharmonic principal clarinet Anthony McGill for Mozarts gorgeous Clarinet Concerto. Mozarts haunting...
Music of the Baroque presents The Chevalier-
Music of the Baroque, in partnership with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association, the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, and Concert Theatre...
Music of the Baroque: A Thanksgiving Messiah
The celebrated Music of the Baroque Chorus makes its first regular season appearance since December 2019 in Handels most iconic oratorio: Messiah. Nicholas Kraemer leads...
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Disney's The Little Mermaid The Performing Arts Center (7/18-8/02) |
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EWP presents Robbie Fulks & Griffin William Sherry Showcase Raue Center For The Arts (8/07-8/07) |
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch Catalyst Ranch (7/09-7/26) |
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SUFFS CIBC Theatre (7/07-7/19) |
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TobyMac, Third Day & Chris Tomlin Carver Arena (11/21-11/21) |
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Lucy's Comedy Raue Center For The Arts (10/09-10/09) |
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Alison Krauss And Union Station Hunter Pavilion At Ravinia (9/12-9/12) |
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As You Like It Kelvyn Park (7/17-7/19) |
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Annie The Little Theatre On The Square (7/16-7/26) |
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St. Nicholas City Lit Theater Company (6/26-7/26) |