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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 ...

Solstice: a Winter Circus Experience


Step into a dreamscape with Solstice: a Winter Circus Experience. At the heart of the story is a girl who loses her light and stumbles ...



Photos: First Look at Music Theater Works’ ANNIE


by Nicole Rosky - December 19, 2025

Music Theater Works’ Annie, in the George Van Dusen Theatre, at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, 9501 Skokie Blvd, Skokie, is now playing through January 4, 2026. Annie, with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and book by Thomas Meehan, is directed by Produc...

DRAG RACE Star Mrs. Kasha Davis Joins HAIRSPRAY At Music Theater Works


by A.A. Cristi - December 17, 2025

Music Theater Works will cast RuPaul’s Drag Race alum and drag performer Mrs. Kasha Davis as Edna Turnblad in its production of HAIRSPRAY. The production will take place in the George Van Dusen Theatre at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie....

DOG MAN: THE MUSICAL National Tour Adds Dates in San Jose, Philadelphia and More


by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 04, 2025

Additional dates have been added to TWTheatricals' tour of Dog Man: The Musical, ​​the stage adaptation of Dav Pilkey's beloved book series. Following its successful kickoff in September, the tour will now include new stops in San Jose, CA and more....

Music Theater Works Reveals Cast And Creative Team For ANNIE At North Shore Center


by A.A. Cristi - November 03, 2025

Music Theater Works will close its 2025 season with a new production of Annie, running December 18, 2025 through January 4, 2026, at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts....

Photos: GODSPELL At Music Theater Works


by A.A. Cristi - October 24, 2025

Music Theater Works has released new production photos from Godspell, now playing through November 16 in the North Theatre at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie. ...

The Auditorium to Present Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 08, 2025

Celebrating its 50th Anniversary Celebration at The Auditorium, Chicago's beloved Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater will launch The Auditorium's 2025-26 Dance Season. Learn more! ...

Giordano Dance Chicago to Present Fall 2025 Engagement at North Shore Center


by A.A. Cristi - September 26, 2025

Giordano Dance Chicago will bring its 63rd Ignite the Soul season to the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie on October 18–19, 2025. The program will include Al Blackstone’s Gershwin in B, Brock Clawson’s Give & Take, Simon Schuh’s Interlinked, and more. ...

Cast Announced for GODSPELL at Music Theater Works


by Emmy Rice - September 06, 2025

Music Theater Works has announce the cast and creative team for the third production of its 2025 season, Godspell, sponsored by the Whirled Peas Foundation and presented in partnership with Curt’s Café, in the North Theatre at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, 9501 Skokie Blv...

Cast and Crew Set for for GODSPELL at Music Theater Works


by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 05, 2025

Music Theater Works has revealed the cast and creative team for the third production of its 2025 season, Godspell. See who is starring and learn more here!...

Tickets for 20 to Offer $20 Tickets to Chicago Theatergoers


by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 29, 2025

The League of Chicago Theatres is presenting the return of Tickets for a 20. Now through Sunday, September 14, theatregoers can grab $20 tickets to some of Chicagoland’s most exciting shows, exclusively through Hot Tix....

Past Shows

Ignite the Soul
10/18 - 10/19/2025


Giordano Dance Chicago presents an engaging fall program titled Ignite the Soul, featuring a range of dynamic performances. The company will showcase Al Blackstone's celebrated ...

Mozart and his Mentors


Mozart learned a great deal from talented musicians around him. Dame Jane Glover explores symphonies by two of his most admired mentors—Josef Mysliveek and Johann ...

Minkowski Conducts


Renowned French conductor Marc Minkowski makes his Music of the Baroque debut with music by three orchestral gods—Handel, Rameau, and Mozart. Handel’s concerto grosso was ...

Caesar's Circus
11/27 - 12/1/2024


Caesar's Circus makes its world premiere at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts from November 27 to December 1, 2024, featuring Frank Ferrante ...

Bach's Christmas Oratorio


From the opening chorus’s joyful, exuberant trumpets and timpani, the Christmas story unfolds in dramatic narrative, moving arias, and stirring chorales. Dame Jane Glover brings ...

Haydn's Creation


The creation of the world as told in the Book of Genesis springs to life through vivid musical pictures. Music Director Dame Jane Glover leads ...

Birds, Frogs, Crickets, & Dogs


The animal kingdom comes alive through charming works for orchestra under the direction of Principal Guest Conductor Nicholas Kraemer. Dogs bark in Vivaldi’s “Spring” Concerto ...

The St. John Passion


An intimate and deeply human account of Christ’s betrayal, suffering, and death, Bach’s  Passion According to St. John  sets scripture and poetry in emotionally moving, ...

Music of the Baroque: Windy City


Politics may have prompted Chicago’s nickname, but wind and water are at the heart of its identity. Dame Jane Glover leads a program impishly inspired ...

Viva Vivaldi!


Viva Vivaldi! Baroque favorite Antonio Vivaldi takes center stage in a celebration of the 345th anniversary of his birth. The chorus brings “intensity and brilliance” ( ...

The Mozart Requiem
The Mozart Requiem
9/17 - 9/18/2023


Dame Jane Glover leads the Music of the Baroque Chorus, Orchestra, and international opera stars Susanna Phillips, Paula Murrihy, Manase Latu, and Michael Sumuel in ...

The St. Matthew Passion


Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. Matthew Passion speaks as urgently of compassion and hope today as it did 300 years ago—and when Music of the Baroque ...

London Calling


“When one is tired of London,” said Samuel Johnson, “one is tired of life. Because there is in London all that life can afford.” English ...

Music of the Baroque: Reginald Mobley Sings


Celebrated countertenor Reginald Mobley wields a voice that is “pure of tone, immaculate in his articulation” ( The Herald ) in a program of powerfully ...

Baroque Heroes


Guest conductor Patrick Dupr Quigley explores the concept of hero in an energetic, whimsical program. The soloist is the hero of C. P. E. Bachs ...

Handel's Jephtha


The new season opens with Music of the Baroques first performance in over three decades of Handels final oratorio. Working furiously while his eyesight was ...

The Brothers Haydn


The musical brothers Haydn were no strangers to sibling rivalry. Joseph traveled in fancy musical circles in Esterhzy; Michael set up shop in Salzburg where ...

Bach's Easter Oratorio


Dame Jane Glover leads the Music of the Baroque Chorus, Orchestra, and four world renowned soloistsYulia Van Doren, Elizabeth DeShong, James Gilchrist, and Michael Sumuelin ...

Classical Heroines


Led by Nicholas Kraemer, Classical Heroines explores the tension between 18th-century operatic heroines traditional roles as wives, girlfriends, and lovers and the undeniable sheer power ...

McGill Plays Mozart


Mozart scholar Dame Jane Glover joins forces with Chicago native and New York Philharmonic principal clarinet Anthony McGill for Mozarts gorgeous Clarinet Concerto. Mozarts haunting ...

Music of the Baroque presents The Chevalier-


Music of the Baroque, in partnership with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association, the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, and Concert Theatre ...

Music of the Baroque presents The Chevalier-


Music of the Baroque, in partnership with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association, the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, and Concert Theatre ...

Music of the Baroque: A Thanksgiving Messiah


The celebrated Music of the Baroque Chorus makes its first regular season appearance since December 2019 in Handels most iconic oratorio: Messiah. Nicholas Kraemer leads ...

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