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 Williams searches for the actor to redefine the role of Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire. The play blends...
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. The story follows a rural boy, his family, and a fawn the boy befriends, exploring themes of hunger...
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 politician and lawyer who becomes a reluctant candidate to become Chicago's first Black mayor. Rather than relying on...
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Opening its 15th season, BrightSide Theatre in Naperville is presenting The Addams Family Musical which runs through October 18,. The musical, written by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa, is the first time the familiar characters created by Charles Addams appea…
Operation Mincemeat is an absolute smash. I adore this inventive and fun musical. It’s extremely original, and it’s the kind of show that gives me hope for the future of new one-of-a-kind musicals like it. Written by David Cummings, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts, Operation Mince…
Chopin in Winter is an imaginative work of art for those with an acquired taste of deep storytelling combined with some of the most beautiful piano compositions from the Romantic era. …
Steppenwolf opens its 51st season with a blistering and captivating production of Suzan Lori-Parks’s Topdog/Underdog. This play has long been on my theater bucket list, and it’s absolutely what I think of when I think of a “Steppenwolf play”: A gritty family drama about brothers undergoing h…
While Kowalski makes for a great showcase for two actors with charisma to spare, the play struggles in search of a direction while lacking the emotional honesty and primal intensity that Williams’s name evokes.…
This farcical Off-Broadway show is sure to leave you laughing while making you simultaneously nostalgic and relieved you’re no longer in the throes of middle school.…
Redtwist Theatre begins its 22nd season, entitled “State of Violence”, with the world premiere of Prayer Circle. This is resident playwright Erik Gernand’s second play with Redtwist since his successful Jeff-winning The Totality of All Things in 2024. What is brought to the stage is an enjoyab…
Play On! is a lively retelling of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Conceived by Sheldon Epps (who also directs) and with a book by Cheryl L. West, Play On! transports Shakespeare’s story to Harlem, New York. West’s book skillfully weaves Duke Ellington’s songs into the narrative.…
Joffrey Ballet soars in John Neumeier's LILIOM…
The Trisha Brown Company shimmers in their tribute to Bob Rauschenberg.…
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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 the Lookingglass Theatre Company. The story follows Val, a vampire navigating a new relationship with the mortal Dom, while dealing with family...
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, movement, and spoken word, paying homage to the lives of Black individuals impacted by the racial violence that...
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 Evanston June 2–7, 2026, as part of the Chicago Park District's Night Out in the Parks series. A...
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. The play follows a daughter who opens her home to her separated parents — one living with dementia — as she navigates...
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 with restless spirits, old curses, and bizarre traditions, as her fiancé refuses to stay dead and her sister's past lingers...
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 directed by Ensemble Member Matthew C. Yee ( Lucy & Charlie’s Honeymoon ). Drawing from a personal...
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 tells the story of Clara, a mother holding her family together as she navigates her responsibilities while applying for U.S. citizenship. When her application is flagged due to minor past infractions, her sense of home and belonging is threatened...
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 Ashurina. The production runs from June 1 to July 20, 2025, exploring themes of humor in the context of war...
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, 2025, in The Joan and Paul Theatre at Water Tower Water Works, 163 E. Pearson St. at Michigan Ave. This...
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Love Story: A Tribute to Taylor Swift Raue Center For The Arts (11/07-11/07) |
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Mean Girls Paramount Theatre (8/26-10/11) |
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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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God in a Hole Bramble Arts Loft (10/01-10/17) |
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Memphis The Musical Studebaker Theater at the Fine Arts Building (10/24-10/25) |
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The Years Between Us The Lodge Performing Arts Center (10/15-10/18) |
