Disney's The Little Mermaid
7/10 - 7/14/2024
In a magical kingdom fathoms below, a beautiful young mermaid longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above. Adapted from Disney’s ...
Mean Girls High School Version
8/7 - 8/11/2024
Get in, high schools - we're licensing Mean Girls High School Version! Consider this your invitation from Regina George herself to license the fiercely hilarious ...
Sweeney Todd
1/31 - 2/9/2025
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler, is a darkly gripping musical thriller that has garnered numerous accolades, ...
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by Rachel Weinberg - June 06, 2024
The SIX queendom is back in Chicago for a third visit...and this latest group of queens still magnificently bring the house down with Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’s clever book and fantastic pop Broadway-style songs.
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Review: DEATH BECOMES HER at Cadillac Palace
by Misha Davenport - May 20, 2024
Move over Witches of Oz. There’s a new pair of Broadway-Bound divas looking to stage a wicked fight for supremacy eight shows a week. And you better best believe the stage becomes her, er, them....
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by Zac Thriffiley - May 16, 2024
Blank Theatre’s ON THE 20TH CENTURY makes for a delightful ride through a farcical facsimile of Broadway’s Silver Age, if one can accommodate a few bumps along the way....
Review: TURRET at A Red Orchid Theatre
by Rachel Weinberg - May 13, 2024
Levi Holloway’s dystopian play TURRET introduces audiences to an intimate bunker in a post-apocalyptic world. And notably, the play marks Michael Shannon’s return to A Red Orchid. Shannon plays Green, who presides over this mysterious bunker in which he’s holding captive his trainee, Rabbit (Travis ...
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by Rachel Weinberg - May 06, 2024
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by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - May 06, 2024
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by Zac Thriffiley - April 25, 2024
Under the meticulous direction of Chuck Smith, the Goodman’s newest revival of JOE TURNER’S COME AND GONE emphasizes the play’s continued relevance through masterful performances that find cause for celebration and laughter even in the face of oppression. The production has already been extended thr...
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by Zac Thriffiley - April 22, 2024
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Past Shows
Big Fish School Edition
5/3 - 5/12/2024
BIG FISH School Edition is a slightly reworked version of the original Broadway script. The School Edition has been carefully edited, with additional director’s notes ...
Newsies
7/12 - 7/16/2023
Read all about it! Paper Mill Playhouse is proud to present the premiere of a brand new musical, NEWSIES, adapted for the stage from the ...
The Wedding Singer
5/5 - 5/14/2023
The Wedding Singer takes us back to a time when hair was big, greed was good, collars were up and a wedding singer might just ...
Annie Jr
12/8 - 12/11/2022
It's upbeat plot and flamboyant characters have made Annie one of the most beloved musicals in history--what girl hasn't dreamed of performing the title role ...
La Cage aux Folles
9/11 - 9/20/2020
La Cage aux Folles, meaning "The Cage of the Crazy Ones" in French, is a landmark musical bursting with humor, heart, and acceptance. Set in ...
Little Women
9/11 - 9/20/2020
Based on Louisa May Alcott's American classic, this Civil War story of love and family stands the test of time....
The Wedding Singer
8/5 - 8/9/2020
The year is 1985. The place is New Jersey. A wannabe rock star (aka a professional wedding singer) is left at the altar and finally ...
A Raisin in the Sun
3/6 - 3/15/2020
Set in 1950's Chicago, this groundbreaking play portrays an African-American family's pursuit of their shared dream for a better life amid conflicting aspirations, betrayal, and ...
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET
10/4 - 10/13/2019
The Tony® Award-nominated musical MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET is set on December 4, 1956, when an extraordinary twist of fate brought Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, ...
DREAMGIRLS
3/8 - 3/17/2019
Based upon the show business aspirations and successes of R&B acts such as The Supremes, The Shirelles, James Brown, Jackie Wilson, and others, the musical ...
Sunset Boulevard
2/2 - 2/11/2018
Sunset Boulevard. The two words conjure up Tinsel town and glamour. The Academy Award-winning film lifted Gloria Swanson to icon status for her portrayal as ...
SCHOOL OF ROCK
10/7 - 10/16/2016
School of Rock is Andrew Lloyd Webber’s award-winning smash musical based on the hilarious hit movie. The musical follows Dewey Finn, a failed, wannabe rock ...
SCHOOL OF ROCK
10/7 - 10/16/2016
School of Rock is Andrew Lloyd Webber’s award-winning smash musical based on the hilarious hit movie. The musical follows Dewey Finn, a failed, wannabe rock ...
Cinderella (Enchanted Edition)
11/13 - 11/22/2015
The timeless enchantment of a magical fairy tale is reborn with the Rodgers & Hammerstein hallmarks of originality, charm and elegance. Originally presented on television ...
Footloose
8/5 - 8/9/2015
One of the most explosive movie musicals in recent memory bursts onto the live stage with exhilarating results. When Ren and his mother move from ...
The Sound of Music
12/5 - 12/14/2014
The final collaboration between Rodgers & Hammerstein was destined to become the world's most beloved musical. When a postulant proves too high-spirited for the religious ...
Smokey Joe's Cafe - The Songs of Leiber and Stoller
6/4 - 6/8/2014
Leiber and Stoller, as much as anyone, virtually invented rock 'n' roll, and now their songs provide the basis for an electrifying entertainment that illuminates ...
The Color Purple
1/31 - 2/9/2014
The Color Purple, the poignant musical based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, paints a powerful portrait of resilience and hope in the face of ...
All Shook Up
8/7 - 8/11/2013
Inspired by and featuring the songs of Elvis Presley. It's 1955, and into a square little town in a square little state rides a guitar-playing ...
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Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Paramount Theatre (4/24 - 6/16) | |
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Little Bear Ridge Road
Downstairs Theater At Steppenwolf Theatre (6/13 - 7/21) | |
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HARANA
The Center for Performing Arts (1/26 - 1/26) | |
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Mean Girls (Non-Equity)
Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University (11/26 - 12/1) | |
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Seth's Broadway Concert Series!
Studebaker (7/28 - 7/29) | |
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LOVE Happens
The Center for Performing Arts (2/8 - 2/8) | |
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ARTRAGEOUS!
The Center for Performing Arts (3/15 - 3/15) | |
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Romeo and Juliet
Kelvyn Park (7/19 - 7/21) | |
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Die Hard 4 Your Luv
The Factory Theater (5/31 - 7/13) | |
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