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Bernadette, The Musical
Bernadette, The Musical
2/12 - 3/15/2026


Bernadette, The Musical  is a powerful and deeply moving theatrical production that brings to life the extraordinary story of Bernadette Soubirous, the young girl whose ...

Dear Evan Hanson
Dear Evan Hanson
2/4 - 3/22/2026


“Dear Evan Hansen: Today is going to be a good day and here’s why…” That’s how Evan starts every day, writing himself a letter about ...

Chicago Comedy Hour
Chicago Comedy Hour
1/9 - 1/30/2026


The Chicago Comedy hour is a comedy variety show featuring sketch, improv and stand up from some of the best up and coming comedians in ...

A Musical Tribute to Paris in Black


Celebrate the awe-inspiring exhibit of Paris in Black. Join Black Voices in Cabaret alongside fellow performers returning from the Chicago Paris Cabaret Connexion in France ...

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 ...

Arthur and Friends Make a Musical


Music On Stage presents the first community theatre production of "Arthur and Friends Make a Musical." Based on the beloved children's show, this musical for ...

Eureka Day
Eureka Day
1/13 - 2/22/2026


Chicago’s acclaimed TimeLine Theatre Company returns to the Broadway Playhouse (following previous hit productions OSLO and THE LEHMAN TRILOGY)! At Berkeley, California’s ultra-progressive Eureka Day ...

The Outsider
The Outsider
1/23 - 2/22/2026


Oil Lamp Theater is proud to present the first production of its 2026 season, The Outsider, written by Paul Slade Smith and directed by Scott ...

The Outsiders
The Outsiders
2/10 - 2/22/2026


The winner of four 2024 Tony Awards®, including Best Musical, is  THE OUTSIDERS. Adapted from S.E. HINTON’s seminal novel and  FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA’s  iconic film, ...

 Dailey & Vincent – February 28, 7:30pm


"The best of country, bluegrass   and gospel this side of heaven" Grand Ole Opry Members, five-time GRAMMY® Award winners individually, three-time GRAMMY® Award nominees ...

Legally Blonde, The Musical Jr.


LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL, JR. follows the transformation of Elle Woods as she tackles stereotypes, snobbery and scandal in pursuit of her dreams. When Elle's ...

The Wiz at James M. Nederlander Theatre


Chicago, have you been wondering ‘which where, which what, which why’ is on stage this spring? Been longing for that ‘feeling we once had’ when ...

Lucky Stiff
Lucky Stiff
1/21 - 3/7/2026


Laugh out loud with this hilarious murder mystery! Harry Witherspoon receives the unexpected news that he has received $6 million from his uncle, but only ...

RCSA presents Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat


Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Lyrics by Tim Rice Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber   Directed by Rob Scharlow Music Directed by Marty Karlin ...

STAR DREK 2240
STAR DREK 2240
2/28 - 3/8/2026


"Space, the final frum-tier." STAR DREK 2240 chronicles the voyages of the Starship Shushan—hailing from Planet Persia—as it "boldly goes where no mensch has gone ...

MRS. DOUBTFIRE
MRS. DOUBTFIRE
3/10 - 3/11/2026


Everyone’s favorite Scottish nanny is headed to Peoria in this internationally acclaimed hit musical critics call “wonderful, heart-warming, and laugh-out-loud funny” (Manchester Evening News) and ...

Floe - Chicago premiere by The Seldoms


Floe , choreographed by The Seldoms Artistic Director Carrie Hanson, is a dance theater work about the climate crisis: vanishing polar ice, rising sea levels, ...

Bernadette, the Musical
Bernadette, the Musical
2/12 - 3/15/2026


Bernadette, The Musical  is a powerful and deeply moving theatrical production that brings to life the extraordinary story of Bernadette Soubirous, the young girl whose ...

The Irish... and How They Got That Way


Award-winning Porchlight Music Theatre is proud to present The Irish … and How They Got That Way, by Frank McCourt, original musical arrangements by Rusty ...

The Three Little Pigs at Beverly Arts Center


Meet Roxanne, Petunia, and Babe…three Sister Piggies who set out to build their own houses.  Roxanne (the Rock’n Roll Pig) builds hers out of Sticks, Petunia ...

The Wiz
The Wiz
3/31 - 4/5/2026


The Tony® Award-winning Best Musical that took the world by storm is back. THE WIZ  returns “home” to stages across America in an all-new tour, ...

Honky Tonk Angels
Honky Tonk Angels
3/11 - 4/25/2026


“Honky Tonk Angels” is a musical celebration of female country music stars, telling the story of three women who leave their mundane lives behind to ...

Hamilton
Hamilton
3/4 - 4/26/2026


A revolutionary story of passion, unstoppable ambition, and the dawn of a new nation. HAMILTON  is the epic saga that follows the rise of Founding ...


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Latest Chicago Reviews


Review: STEREOPHONIC National Tour Presented by Broadway In Chicago


by Rachel Weinberg - January 29, 2026

David Adjmi’s STEREOPHONIC pulls back the curtain on making a rock album — with all of the minute details, inane band member conversations, and painstaking, spirited artistic conversations that come with it. It centers on an unnamed Fleetwood Mac-esque band in the late 1970s as they record (and deli...

Review: EUREKA DAY Presented By Timeline Theatre And Broadway In Chicago


by Zac Thriffiley - January 28, 2026

Timeline Theatre and Broadway in Chicago have gifted audiences with a EUREKA DAY that cements the play as one of the most prescient in the contemporary canon while also reaffirming Chicago’s reputation as an ambassador of daring theatrical works....

Review: DEAD AS A DODO A SPELLBINDING DELIGHT at Studebaker Theater At The Fine Arts Building


by Misha Davenport - January 22, 2026

The 8th AnnChicago International Puppet Theater Festival kicked off with a bang, thanks to Wakka Wakka’s production of DEAD AS A DODO, a visually stunning and absolutely heartfelt piece of theater....

Review: YESTON & KOPIT'S PHANTOM IN CONCERT at BrightSide Theatre


by Tina St. Angelo - January 11, 2026

What did our critic think of YESTON & KOPIT'S PHANTOM IN CONCERT at BrightSide Theatre?...

Review: THE NUTCRACKER at Lyric Opera Of Chicago


by Tina St. Angelo - December 07, 2025

There are 2 artistic performances in Chicago when you know its Christmastime. One is the Goodman’s A Christmas Carol and the other is the Joffrey Ballet’s Nutcracker at the Lyric....

Review: ELF THE MUSICAL at Broadway In Chicago


by Rachel Weinberg - December 04, 2025

Thanks to Buddy the Elf, ELF THE MUSICAL has plenty of holiday cheer. Jack Ducat has large shoes to fill as the beloved film character Buddy, a now adult man raised on the North Pole by Santa (Andrew Hendrick) and his elves— who must then venture into the wilds of New York City to meet his human fat...

Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL at The Goodman


by Zac Thriffiley - December 04, 2025

This year's timeless and timely production, under the thoughtful yet daring direction of Malkia Stampley, runs through December 31....

Review: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET CHRISTMAS at Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire IL


by Tina St. Angelo - November 28, 2025

Don’t forget where you came from. Words spoken by Sam Phillips, founder and owner of Sun Records, to Elvis Presley. The holiday production at the Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre is Million Dollar Quartet Christmas. It continues the story where Million Dollar Quartet ends. ...

Review: IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS at Paramount Theatre Aurora, IL


by Tina St. Angelo - November 25, 2025

An aptly titled song from one of the greatest songwriters of the 20th Century, Irving Berlin. The holiday offering at Aurora’s Paramount Theatre is Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Jeff Award-winning director Stephen Schellhardt has created a musical that will stay with you long after the last note ...

Review: AMADEUS at Steppenwolf Theatre Company


by Rachel Weinberg - November 17, 2025

AMADEUS at Steppenwolf Theatre Company is a lively and sprawling production of Peter Shaffer’s play. Director Robert Falls, the recently retired former Goodman Theatre Artistic Director, makes his Steppenwolf directorial debut with one of the best uses of Steppenwolf’s Ensemble Theater I’ve seen. ...



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