Ballet Folklorico Quetzalcoatl 43rd Anniversary Concert
Ballet Folklorico Quetzalcoatl presents its 43rd Anniversary Concert featuring the diverse folkloric dance styles of Mexican culture. The Aurora-based troupe has delighted audiences for over...
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Upcoming Shows
Cedric the Entertainer
Cedric The Entertainer is a veteran stand-up icon known for warm, story-driven humor, sharp observations about family, work, and everyday life, and playful crowd interaction....
Cedric the Entertainer Live
Cedric the Entertainer performs live on tour in his only Chicago-area stop. A veteran stand-up icon known for warm, story-driven humor, sharp observations about family,...
Happy Together Tour 2026
Now in its 17th year, the Happy Together Tour features iconic bands performing chart-topping hits from the '60s and '70s. This year's lineup includes The...
The Happy Together Tour
The Happy Together Tour is an annual summer traveling concert featuring chart-topping bands and artists from the 1960s and 1970s. The 2026 bill includes The...
Mean Girls
Paramount Theatre presents the Chicago premiere of Mean Girls, running August 26 through October 11, 2026, directed by Devon Hayakawa in their Paramount solo directorial...
Menopause the Musical
The hilarious celebration of women and the change, this uplifting production includes musical parodies from the ‘60s and ‘70s and ‘80s such as "Puff, My...
Menopause The Musical 25th Anniversary Tour
Menopause The Musical is a hilarious musical parody set to classic tunes from the '60s, '70s, and '80s, celebrating 25 years of laughter and sisterhood....
Behind The Scream: A Live Conversation with David Arquette
Behind The Scream is a live event featuring a 30th anniversary screening of the iconic horror film Scream, followed by an in-depth moderated interview and...
A Christmas Carol
Paramount Theatre presents a world premiere reimagining of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, adapted and directed by Trent Stork. This all-ages production brings a fresh...
The Christmas Carol
A world premiere adaptation of The Christmas Carol is part of Paramount Theatre's 2026-27 Broadway Series....
Sunday in the Park with George
Sunday in the Park with George, Stephen Sondheim's Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning musical, comes to Paramount Theatre February 10 through March 28, 2027. Directed...
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is the finale of Paramount Theatre's 15th Broadway Series, running April 28 through June 15, 2027. This production, directed...
Review: & JULIET Presented by Broadway In Chicago
On its second Chicago engagement, & Juliet remains a glittering, joyous confection of a jukebox musical — and this time it features iconic boy band member Joey Fatone…
Review: Raven Theatre's OCTET at Goodman Theatre
I loved Dave Molloy’s inventive and captivating a cappella musical Octet at Raven Theatre so much that here I am, reviewing it a second time in short succession now that it’s moved to the Goodman’s Owen Theatre. Director Keira Fromm leads an ensemble of eight that shines just as brightly in th…
Review: 52 LOVERS at Chicago Magic Lounge
52 Lovers is a thoroughly entertaining, surprisingly introspective, and profoundly motivational show, complete with a dash of subtle absurdist humor, plenty of magical amazement, and all around simple fun.…
Review: HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH at Catalyst Ranch
Enter a freight elevator off the back alley of Randolph Street and step into the eclectic space that is the Catalyst Ranch Studio, a venue that perfectly sets the tone for JK Entertainment’s production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, directed by Arlo Kiss and text by John Cameron Mitchell.…
Review: THE WIZARD OF OZ at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre ends its 26th season with an all-time classic, bringing an impressive production of The Wizard of Oz to its stage.…
Review: Gwydion Theatre's DRY POWDER at Greenhouse Theater Center
Dry Powder gives us a bleak glance at the logic and operations that run the American economy and ruin American lives in this fast-paced allegory of how money can corrupt.…
Review: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at Oak Park Festival Theatre, Oak Park IL
Oak Park Festival Theatre continues its 51st Anniversary season with Oscar Wilde’s smashing comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest. First produced in 1895, the play is memorable from Wilde’s fast wit and the farcical parody of the English upper class. Oak Park’s production of Earnest, directe…
Review: SUFFS Musical Tour at Broadway In Chicago
All in all, Suffs musical nails the intent and the tremendous hard work of the women involved in the suffrage movement, but it mainly lacks emotion. I wanted Suffs to be more emotionally evocative and less of a history lesson.…
Review: HAMLET at Oak Park Festival Theatre, Oak Park IL
The curtain rises on Oak Park Festival Theatre’s 51st Anniversary Season with the production of William Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy Hamlet. With over 50 years in Austen Gardens, the company presents the play with detail, intelligence, emotion and charm for the audience to enjoy.…
Review: REALITY DETOX: THE IMPROV EXPERIENCE at The Second City e.t.c.
The Second City e.t.c.’s 50th revue Reality Detox promises more improv than ever before. While originally billed as an all-improv piece, ensemble members Kennedy Baldwin, Anna Portnick, Chas Lilly, Max Thomas (appearing in his second e.t.c revue), Annie Sullivan, and Riley Woolen haven’t quite m…
Past Shows
FeaturedSouth Pacific
Set in a tropical paradise with warm sea breezes, breathless sunsets and B52 Bombers. South Pacific is an uplifting musical tale that follows World War II Armed...
Copley Comedy Series: Headliner Brian Hicks, featuring Des Mulrooney
The Copley Comedy Series features headliner Brian Hicks with Des Mulrooney on May 2. Hosted by Chicago comedy veteran Tim Benker, this series showcases talented...
Copley Comedy Series: Headliner Dwayne Kennedy, featuring Jimmy McHugh
The Copley Comedy Series at Paramount Theatre presents a lineup of talented Chicago-based comedians, featuring headliner Dwayne Kennedy and special guest Jimmy McHugh on March...
Copley Comedy Series: Headliner Jeanie Doogan, featuring Katie Meiners
The Copley Comedy Series features headliner Jeanie Doogan with supporting performer Katie Meiners on March 14, 2026, at the intimate 165-seat Copley Theatre in downtown...
Copley Comedy Series: Headliner Vince Maranto, featuring Steven Haas
The Copley Comedy Series at Paramount Theatre features a lineup of talented Chicago-based comedians for an intimate comedy experience. On April 18, headliner Vince Maranto,...
FeaturedDear Evan Hanson
“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...
FeaturedIrving 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...
Million Dollar Quartet
Million Dollar Quartet is an immersive jukebox musical set in a recreation of Sun Studio on December 4, 1956. This production brings together the iconic...
FeaturedCome From Away
9/11/2001… 38 airplanes, 6,579 stranded passengers from 100 countries, 1 small town in Newfoundland. Before they have a clue what’s happening, thousands of passengers are...
The Second City 65th Anniversary Show
The Second City 65th Anniversary Show celebrates over six decades of groundbreaking comedy at Paramount's Copley Theatre from June 17 to June 28, 2025. This...
FeaturedCats
Paramount Theatre presents a circus-themed revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats, running from April 30 to June 15, 2025. Directed by Trent Stork, this production...
FeaturedDisney's Frozen the Broadway Musical
Paramount Theatre presents the Midwest Regional Premiere of Disney's Frozen the Broadway Musical, running from October 30 to January 19. Emily Kristen Morris makes her...
Disney’s Frozen the Broadway Musical
Disney's Frozen the Broadway Musical will make its Midwest Regional Premiere at Paramount Theatre in Aurora, running from December 18, 2024, to January 19, 2025....
FeaturedThe Full Monty
Paramount Theatre's upcoming production showcases the lively musical about a group of unemployed steelworkers from Buffalo who decide to form a male strip troupe to...
Dreamgirls
It’s the 1960s where the sound of Motown is on the rise. Meet the Dreamettes, Effie, Deena and Lorrell, three women trying to break their...
Grease
It's the ultimate celebration of the teen years. Set on Chicago's Northwest side in the hip 1950s, everyone has reported to class: Danny, Sandy, Frenchy,...
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Disney's The Little Mermaid The Performing Arts Center (7/18-8/02) |
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Disney's The Little Mermaid Uptown Music Theater Highland Park (7/18-8/02) |
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EWP presents Robbie Fulks & Griffin William Sherry Showcase Raue Center For The Arts (8/07-8/07) |
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The Dave Matthews Tribute Band Raue Center For The Arts (9/25-9/25) |
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch Catalyst Ranch (7/09-8/02) |
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Lerner and Loewe's Brigadoon Music On Stage (10/03-10/18) |
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As You Like It Touhy Park (7/31-8/02) |
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A Christmas Carol Drury Lane Theatre (11/28-12/27) |
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An Evening with David Sedaris Raue Center For The Arts (10/12-10/12) |
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MrBallen: Lights out Live Chicago Theatre (10/02-10/02) |