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Irving Berlin's White Christmas


Pageantry and spectacle come to life in this iconic holiday production. WWII is over, former GIs Bob and Phil have become a highly popular song ...

As You Like It
As You Like It
10/30 - 12/14/2025


Facing exile at home, Orlando, Duke Senior, his daughter Rosalind and niece Celia seek safety and refuge in the Forest of Arden. Lost amidst the ...

Elf the Musical
Elf the Musical
12/2 - 12/14/2025


Elf The Musical , inspired by the hit film, is the hilarious and heartwarming tale of Buddy, a young orphan child whose life is changed forever when ...

Rapornzel
Rapornzel
11/21 - 12/14/2025


An adult pantomime by Tom Whalley, author of last season’s SLEEPING WITH BEAUTY. Many years ago, the King and Queen of a far off kingdom ...

Rocky Mountain High Experience®: A John Denver Christmas


Step into the spirit of the season with  Rocky Mountain High Experience®: A John Denver Christmas —an intimate, nostalgic journey back to the 1970s, when ...

SIX
SIX
12/2 - 12/14/2025


From Tudor Queens to Pop Icons, the  SIX  wives of Henry VIII take the microphone to remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak into a ...

Six the Musical
Six the Musical
12/2 - 12/14/2025


Six the Musical is coming to Broadway In Chicago this Spring! Get ready as the iconic musical comedy takes the stage and conquers the CIBC ...

The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew
11/14 - 12/14/2025


Deception, disguise, and desire. What if we want to be tamed?   The richest man in town has two daughters and one big problem: he ...

A Black Ensemble Holiday Spectacular 2025


A Joyful Celebration of Music, Magic & Community . Get ready to deck the halls and lift your spirits with  Black Ensemble’s Holiday Extravaganza —a ...

Christmas with C.S. Lewis
Christmas with C.S. Lewis
12/16 - 12/21/2025


In the early years of his young adult life C S Lewis believed the story of Christ’s birth was nothing more than feel-good myth. That ...

Mrs. Claus! A Holiday Musical at the Beverly Arts Center


Chicago Kids Company’s Holiday Classic returns for the 26th Year!  Our biggest and most colorful show will put you in the Holiday Spirit in no time.  Join the ...

Mrs. Claus! A Holiday Musical at the Stahl Family Theatre


Chicago Kids Company’s Holiday Classic returns for the 26th Year!  Our biggest and most colorful show will put you in the Holiday Spirit in no time.  Join the ...

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
11/25 - 12/24/2025


Metropolis Performing Arts Centre presents the annual production of A Christmas Carol, located in the heart of downtown Arlington Heights, 111 W Campbell St., November ...

It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play


Oil Lamp Theater is proud to present the final production in its 2025 season, It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, November 20 - ...

Annie
Annie
12/18 - 1/4/2026


Music Theater Works is proud to announce the cast and creative team for the fourth and final production of its 2025 season, Annie, in the ...

HADESTOWN
HADESTOWN
1/6 - 1/7/2026


COME SEE HOW THE WORLD COULD BE. Welcome to HADESTOWN, where a song can change your fate. Winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards® including Best ...

Sister Act
Sister Act
11/12 - 1/11/2026


Based on the hit 1992 film, this divine, feel-good comedy will have you rejoicing with the whole family this holiday season....

Phantom in Concert
Phantom in Concert
1/9 - 1/18/2026


Experience the haunting romance of PHANTOM IN CONCERT, the stunning musical by Maury Yeston (NINE and TITANIC) and Arthur Kopit, inspired by Gaston Leroux’s classic novel. ...

39th Annual Young Playwrights Festival


Pegasus Theatre Chicago presents the 39th Annual Young Playwrights Festival, January 1 - 24, 2026 at Chicago Dramatists, 798 N. Aberdeen.    For nearly four ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
12/11 - 2/1/2026


THE BRILLIANT ORIGINAL RETURNS “MORE SPECTACULAR THAN EVER” – Sunday Express The Phantom is back to thrill audiences once again! Cameron Mackintosh presents a revitalized ...

Stereophonic
Stereophonic
1/27 - 2/8/2026


The most Tony Award-winning Show of the year. The most Tony Award-nominated Play of all time. Stereophonicmines theagony andtheecstasy ofcreation asit zoomsin onamusicstudio in1976. Here,anup-and-comingrockband ...

LES MISÉRABLES
LES MISÉRABLES
2/10 - 2/15/2026


Cameron Mackintosh’s acclaimed production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon, LES MISÉRABLES, makes a triumphant return to Peoria. This brilliant staging ...

Peter Pan
Peter Pan
10/24 - 2/20/2026


Follow Peter Pan and Tinkerbell to Neverland! The adventures are endless in a world of pirates and mayhem. Let your imagination fly to a place ...

Roald Dahl's The Enormous Crocodile: The Musical


“For my lunch today I would like…a nice juicy little child!” He’s greedy, he’s grumptious, he’s beastly! The Enormous Crocodile is weaving his way through ...


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Latest Chicago Reviews


Review: THE GIFT, Citizen's Theatre


by Natalie O'Donoghue - December 13, 2025

A mountain of discarded wrapping. A lonely child with an active imagination. It’s often the cardboard boxes, not the gifts inside that are the most fun. Is the true gift the joy that can come from the imagination?...

Review: SHREK is a Triumph of Filipino Artistry, Skill, and Theatrical Vision


by Gilbert Kim Sancha - December 13, 2025

Newport Performing Arts Theater has been transformed into a fantastical swamp teeming with color, laughter, and heart....

Review: MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET at Connecticut Theatre Company


by Jared Reynolds - December 12, 2025

Cozy, cute, and full of Christmas cheer. That’s what you get with Miracle on 34th Street. That was abound and aplenty at the Connecticut Theatre Company’s production of the motion picture classic! CTC’s production of Miracle on 34th Street kept the joy of the season at the heart of this production, ...

Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL: A GHOST STORY OF CHRISTMAS at Olney Theatre


by Doug Poms - December 12, 2025

What did our critic think of A CHRISTMAS CAROL: A GHOST STORY OF CHRISTMAS at Olney Theatre? Olney Theatre continues its lovely tradition of its annual rendering of Paul Morella’s one-person adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas.” Now in its 16th year, this r...

Review: ELF at The 5th Avenue Theatre


by Shelley Dean - December 12, 2025

The movie Elf is one of those films that sticks with you throughout your life; you remember the spaghetti, the syrup, and the unrivaled holiday cheer from the unique story. It’s only natural that a story full of this much nostalgia takes on a new life that honors its legacy. Enter Elf: The Musical. ...

Review: EVITA TOO, Southbank Centre


by Katie Kirkpatrick - December 13, 2025

Rollerskates, Elaine Page, ducks, puppets, corpses, puppet corpses, and a DJing Andrew Lloyd Webber. Evita Too is worlds away from the Jamie Lloyd hit that swept London this summer, but it has just as much to say, if not more....

Review: QUEEN CITY ARTS FESTIVAL, INC. at Mint Museum


by Vickie Evans - December 12, 2025

The event was a strong representation of the transformative power of the arts and the importance of creating platforms for Black playwrights and performers....

Review: IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS at Theatre Under The Stars


by Brett Cullum - December 12, 2025

Going into Irving Berlin’s WHITE CHRISTMAS, you already know what you are in for. Most people have seen the film starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen, released in 1954....

Review: MOZART’S THE MAGIC FLUTE at The Metropolitan Opera


by Gabby Ziccarelli - December 12, 2025

As the houselights dim at the Metropolitan Opera, the Julie Taymor–directed The Magic Flute transports viewers into a buoyant and kaleidoscopic fairy-tale dreamworld. This abridged, English-language production is a visually sumptuous version of Mozart's singspiel bathed in bold primary colors, shape...

Review: LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL at Tesseract Theatre Company is a Peppy High Energy Production


by James Lindhorst - December 12, 2025

Director Will Bonfiglio, Music Director Larry D. Pry, Choreogrpaher Jo Palisoc, and the entire company deserve a lot of credit for their all in committed, peppy, and high-spirited production of a marginal show that is staged as a pet project far too often. There are thousands of musical theater asse...



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