20 North Upper Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
Lyric Opera of Chicago is a theatre in Chicago.
Mozart's tale of the infamous seducer Don Giovanni, who descends into excess and immorality before facing a fatal reckoning with the dead. Bass-baritone Christian Van Horn stars in the title role, with Kyle Ketelsen assuming the role for the final two performances. The...
The Pulitzer Prize-winning opera by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels receives its company premiere at Lyric Opera of Chicago. Inspired by the memoir of West African Islamic scholar Omar ibn Said, the opera tells a story of survival, faith, and identity, blending hymns...
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.…
TimeLine Theatre Company’s The Birth of the Pill takes some big swings...and sometimes misses. Adapted for the stage by Jessica Huang from Jonathan Eig’s book, it’s certainly relevant now. And Huang’s script takes “A People’s History of the United States” approach to storytelling. The …
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September 17 @ 7pmSeptember 23 @ 2pmSeptember 30 @ 7pmOctober 3 @ 2pmOctober 6 @ 2pmOctober 9 @ 7:30 Lyrics riveting season-opener is the inaugural production of Music Director Enrique Mazzolas tenure, and a brand-new production from Sir David McVicar. Adapting one of the...
Sep 26 @ 2pm, Sep 29 @ 2pm, Oct 2 @ 7:30pm, Oct 5 @ 7pm, Oct 8 @7pmNo operatic hero is more endearing than Nemorino, who pines for the flirtatious Adina. Shes the owner of the towns hotel, hes her delightfully naive waiter. His only hope to win her is the elixir sold by the...
What do you get when you cross a world-renowned, Tony-nominated artist with a six-time Tony Award-winning musical? Surefire theatrical magic - and that's what audiences can expect this December when opera superstar Rene Fleming, Alex Jennings (Netflixs The Crown) and rising star...
Swaggering, carefree carnival barker, Billy Bigelow, captivates and marries the naive millworker, Julie Jordan. But all too soon, they fall on hard times and unbearable loss. Yet the power of love perseveres, as do the tuneful hits, in this masterpiece of American musical...
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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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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) |
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Raks Inferno: Cirque Burlesque Newport Theater (11/13-11/13) |
