Sunset 1919
Sunset 1919 is an annual artistic ritual presented by the Lookingglass Theatre, commemorating the start of the 1919 Chicago race riots. The event features music,...
Lookingglass Theatre Company
821 N Michigan Ave Chicago 60611Chicago, Chicago 60611
Upcoming Shows
Untitled Vampire Play
Untitled Vampire Play is a world premiere written by Kevin Douglas and directed by Devon DeMayo, set to run from June to July 2026 at...
KOWALSKI
KOWALSKI is Gregg Ostrin's play imagining the pivotal first meeting between Tennessee Williams and Marlon Brando, set over one evening in Provincetown in 1947 as...
The Yearling
The Yearling is a new adaptation of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' Pulitzer Prize-winning classic novel, adapted and directed by Ensemble Member and Tony Award-winner Mary Zimmerman....
Prince Hal
Prince Hal is a World Premiere written and directed by Ensemble Member J. Nicole Brooks. The play traces the journey of Harold Washington, a pioneering...
Review: & JULIET Presented by Broadway In Chicago
On its second Chicago engagement, & Juliet remains a glittering, joyous confection of a jukebox musical — and this time it features iconic boy band member Joey Fatone…
Review: Raven Theatre's OCTET at Goodman Theatre
I loved Dave Molloy’s inventive and captivating a cappella musical Octet at Raven Theatre so much that here I am, reviewing it a second time in short succession now that it’s moved to the Goodman’s Owen Theatre. Director Keira Fromm leads an ensemble of eight that shines just as brightly in th…
Review: 52 LOVERS at Chicago Magic Lounge
52 Lovers is a thoroughly entertaining, surprisingly introspective, and profoundly motivational show, complete with a dash of subtle absurdist humor, plenty of magical amazement, and all around simple fun.…
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…
Past Shows
Ice Cream Circus! 2026
Ice Cream Circus! 2026 is a free, family-friendly theatrical event presented by Lookingglass Theatre Company in association with Actors Gymnasium, touring parks across Chicago and...
Running with Coffee
Running with Coffee, written and performed by Eileen Byrne, is a one-woman show in which Byrne portrays eleven characters drawn from her own lived experience....
White Rooster
White Rooster is a darkly funny tale of love, loss, and the peculiar inheritances we grapple with. Following a family tragedy, Min finds herself entangled...
White Rooster
Lookingglass Theatre Company, in keeping with its celebrated tradition of bringing to life Ensemble-created new work, presents the world premiere of White Rooster, written and...
FeaturedAnthony Rapp: Home for the Holidays
There’s nowhere star of Broadway stage and screen, Anthony Rapp, than home in Chicago for the Holidays this December!
Hundreds and Hundreds of Stars
Hundreds and Hundreds of Stars tells the story of Clara, a mother holding her family together as she navigates her responsibilities while applying for U.S....
Iraq, But Funny
Iraq, But Funny is a world premiere play at Lookingglass Theatre, showcasing a semi-autobiographical comedy written by Ensemble Member Atra Asdou and directed by Dalia...
Iraq, But Funny
Chicago’s Tony-Award winning Lookingglass Theatre Company is proud to announce its next production, the world premiere of Iraq, But Funny, May 29 - July 20,...
Circus Quixote
Somewhere in La Mancha there lived a man who read so many books that his brains dried up…Saddle up with Lookingglass as we go tiltingly,...
Lucy and Charlie's Honeymoon
Hooray! Lucy and Charlie just got hitchedand theyre embracing the worst of the American dream. They do what they want. Take what they want. Theyre...
Villette
Youve never met a heroine like Lucy Snow. Suddenly bereft of family, friends, and funds, young Lucy journeys unaccompanied to an unfamiliar land armed only...
The Steadfast Tin Soldier
Chicagos beloved holiday tradition returns to the stage this holiday season, a classic the whole family will treasure! Based on Hans Christian Andersens story about...
What to Send Up When It Goes Down
Congo Square Theatre Company, one of the nations premier African American ensemble theater companies, presents What to Send Up When It Goes Down in residence...
The Steadfast Tin Soldier: A Christmas Pantomime
True to his loyal and resolute nature, The Steadfast Tin Soldier returns! Hans Christian Andersens story about a little tin soldier who never gives up...
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Within every man there is a monster; within every monster, a man. But which is which? An eerie evening of ghost stories crackles to life...
Act(s) of God
Three siblings, two parents, and one very unexpected dinner guest. As a family gathers for an overdue dinner, a mysterious envelope arrives with astonishing news....
The Steadfast Tin Soldier: A Christmas Pantomime
Unlock this jewel-adorned music box for the whole family! Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s The Steadfast Tin Soldier, Ensemble Member Mary Zimmerman (Metamorphoses, Treasure Island)...
20,000 Leagues Under the Seas
Water Tower Water Works:adapt: David Kersnar, Althos Low; dir: David Kersnar....
Plantation!
Kevin Douglas; music: Rick Sims; dir: David Schwimmer.Water Tower Water Works:...
Moby Dick
Madness rages like the angry sea when man pits himself against leviathan in Herman Melville’s epic and poetic tale, furiously reimagined by director David Catlin...
Beyond Caring
Unseen. Unheard. Unknown. At the margins of society, on the knife-edge of survival, they work for low wages, in harsh conditions. No safety net. No...
Big Lake Big City
Water Tower Water Works Main Stage: - Kieth Huff; dir: David Schwimmer....
Still Alice
Water Tower Water Works Main Stage: - adapt: Christine Mary Dunford; dir: Christine Mary Dunford....
Bengal Tiger at the Bagdad Zoo
Water Tower Water Works Main Stage: - Rajiv Joseph; dir: Heidi Stillman....
Metamorphoses
Water Tower Water Works Main Stage: - Mary Zimmerman; trans: David Slavitt; dir: Mary Zimmerman....
Rick Bayless in Cascabel
Rick Bayless in Cascabel is an unforgettable theatrical adventure featuring a sumptuous feast, world-class circus acts, and a tantalizing love story starring celebrity chef Rick...
Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting
April 9, 1947- Baseball’s Opening Day is one week away, and Branch Rickey, General Manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, will call up Jackie Robinson to...
The Great Fire
A comedy, a family, ten actors, a landscape (view of the Adelaide Hills), a great deal of conversation about politics and life, Christmas, large hopes,...
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Disney's The Little Mermaid The Performing Arts Center (7/18-8/02) |
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Disney's The Little Mermaid Uptown Music Theater Highland Park (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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The Dave Matthews Tribute Band Raue Center For The Arts (9/25-9/25) |
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch Catalyst Ranch (7/09-7/26) |
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The Book of Mormon Cadillac Palace Theatre (10/23-11/01) |
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The Séance Stars and Garters Theater (9/19-10/31) |
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A Christmas Carol Drury Lane Theatre (11/28-12/27) |
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I Killed Andy Breitbart Apollo Theater Studio (9/05-9/27) PHOTOS |
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James and the Giant Peach North Shore Center for the Performing Arts - North Theatre (4/22-5/14) PHOTOS |