Sunday in the Park with George features a book by James Lapine with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, directed and choreographed by Producing Artistic Director Derek Van Barham with music direction by Nick Sula. Inspired by Georges Seurat's painting A Sunday Afternoon on the...
What did our critic think of JIMMY BUFFETT'S ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE at Music Theater Works At The North Shore Center For The Performing Arts?…
Dead Girl’s Quinceañera brings a missing person case to the stage — and the detectives are a group of three Latina teen girls in Miami, Florida. Phanésia Pharel’s play capitalizes on the pop culture obsession with true crime and murder mysteries — though Dead Girl’s Quinceañera is ultim…
Opening its 15th season, BrightSide Theatre in Naperville is presenting The Addams Family Musical which runs through October 18,. The musical, written by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa, is the first time the familiar characters created by Charles Addams appea…
Operation Mincemeat is an absolute smash. I adore this inventive and fun musical. It’s extremely original, and it’s the kind of show that gives me hope for the future of new one-of-a-kind musicals like it. Written by David Cummings, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts, Operation Mince…
Chopin in Winter is an imaginative work of art for those with an acquired taste of deep storytelling combined with some of the most beautiful piano compositions from the Romantic era. …
Steppenwolf opens its 51st season with a blistering and captivating production of Suzan Lori-Parks’s Topdog/Underdog. This play has long been on my theater bucket list, and it’s absolutely what I think of when I think of a “Steppenwolf play”: A gritty family drama about brothers undergoing h…
While Kowalski makes for a great showcase for two actors with charisma to spare, the play struggles in search of a direction while lacking the emotional honesty and primal intensity that Williams’s name evokes.…
This farcical Off-Broadway show is sure to leave you laughing while making you simultaneously nostalgic and relieved you’re no longer in the throes of middle school.…
Redtwist Theatre begins its 22nd season, entitled “State of Violence”, with the world premiere of Prayer Circle. This is resident playwright Erik Gernand’s second play with Redtwist since his successful Jeff-winning The Totality of All Things in 2024. What is brought to the stage is an enjoyab…
Play On! is a lively retelling of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Conceived by Sheldon Epps (who also directs) and with a book by Cheryl L. West, Play On! transports Shakespeare’s story to Harlem, New York. West’s book skillfully weaves Duke Ellington’s songs into the narrative.…
HAIR is the American tribal love-rock musical celebrating the sixties counterculture, featuring songs such as Aquarius, Good Morning Starshine, Hair, I Got Life, and Let The Sunshine In. The production explores themes of identity, community, global responsibility, and peace...
The Grelley Duvall Show returns with the world premiere of Grelley Duvall Best Actress, written and conceived by Alex Grelle with Jesse Morgan Young, directed by Kasey Foster, choreographed by Erin Kilmurray and Kasey Alfonso and music directed by Aunt Kelly, March 12 - April...
YippieFest returns for its eighth annual celebration at the Chopin Theatre in Chicago from August 23 to 25, 2024. This three-day festival features over 30 performance acts, offering a mix of theater and off-beat acts to entertain audiences. All proceeds from the event will...
Following the success of its inaugural production of The Singing Windmills, with its two sold out Off-Broadway runs and a national tour, PM Theater is eager to present its second Off-Broadway production A Star Without A Name ( ) in Chicago on April 6 at 7:30pm and April 7 at...
American Psycho is a ruthless and daring musical from Duncan Sheik ( Spring Awakening ) and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa ( Riverdale, The Picture of Dorian Gray ). Based on the electrifying novel by Bret Easton Ellis, the musical tells the story of Patrick Bateman, a young and...
Cabinet of Curiosity proudly presents Icicle Picnic: Journey for the Sun, features live music, beat boxing, giant puppets, ridiculous devices, and transforming sets to tell the story of two brothers who embark on a mythological journey to save the earth from an exploding sun...
Following a premiere at Steppenwolf Theater, Michael Brown and Rough House Theater Co. are bringing their stage adaptation of Vladimir Nabakovs novel Invitation to a Beheading to the Chopin Theater, August 29th - September 14th.In a bizarre and irrational world, a man is...
Artistic Director Nathan Allen returns to his very first script having spent the last decade developing The House’s voice. The House’s original production featured magic, music, dance, and film. Now Allen, along with The House’s incredibly diverse ensemble of artists, bring...
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Love Story: A Tribute to Taylor Swift Raue Center For The Arts (11/07-11/07) |
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Million Dollar Quartet Stolp Island Theatre (10/07-1/03) |
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Rotary Rocks The Raue: James Garner's Tribute to Johnny Cash Raue Center For The Arts (10/24-10/24) |
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The Christmas Carol Paramount Theatre (11/11-1/03) |
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Topdog/Underdog Steppenwolf's Downstairs Theater (9/17-11/01) |
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Blond Ambition: A Tribute to Madonna Raue Center For The Arts (11/07-11/07) |
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God in a Hole Bramble Arts Loft (10/01-10/17) |
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Memphis The Musical Studebaker Theater at the Fine Arts Building (10/24-10/25) |
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The Years Between Us The Lodge Performing Arts Center (10/15-10/18) |
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When We Were Young and Unafraid Greenhouse Theater Center (11/12-11/29) |
