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Love Story: Unofficial Taylor Swift Tribute SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2026 | 1:00 PM Tickets start at $44, Members save 30% (All-in pricing includes $4 Box Office Fee. An $8 Order fee will be applied at checkout to the entire order) Experience an unforgettable night celebrating the...
A gaggle of suburban moms, armed with pickleball paddles and hard kombucha, are ready to take on the school board in the fight of their lives: attempting to ban the controversial books available to their kids in the school library. But is this trusted inner circle all on the...
Million Dollar Quartet Four Legends. One Night. Music History Made. You may have loved Million Dollar Quartet in 2017 at Paramount Theatre – now imagine it set in Sun Studio itself. The new Stolp Island Theatre was designed to immerse you in the experience so you can say “I was...
A world premiere adaptation of The Christmas Carol is part of Paramount Theatre's 2026-27 Broadway Series.
Blond Ambition: Tribute to Madonna SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2026 | 7:00 PM Tickets start at $59, Members save 30% (All-in pricing includes $4 Box Office Fee. An $8 Order fee will be applied at checkout to the entire order) Get ready to strike a pose and celebrate the music of one...
NOMINATED FOR 6 BTAA AWARDS BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
When We Were Young and Unafraid is set in 1972 at a bed-and-breakfast turned sanctuary for women escaping abuse. As the characters navigate their individual traumas, they form unexpected bonds, challenging societal norms and confronting their fears. This thought-provoking play...
Hip-hop trailblazers and Grammy-award winners Arrested Development perform incredible music about self-reflection and revolution. This show features classic hits like “Tennessee”, “People Everyday”, “Mr Wendal”.
Candace Bushnell, the internationally bestselling author whose writing inspired the television phenomenon Sex and the City, brings her acclaimed one-woman show to Springfield. Filled with humor, wit, and candid storytelling, Bushnell shares her perspective on love, friendship...
A Copley Comedy Series stand-up comedy event headlined by Tim Benker, featuring Mike Preston and hosted by Steve Cochran.
The Copley Comedy Series at Paramount's intimate 165-seat Copley Theatre continues with a November 7 show featuring Chicago comedy veteran Tim Benker as headliner, with Mike Preston featuring and Steve Cochran hosting. Benker has performed stand-up from New York to Las Vegas...
The Copley Comedy Series presents headliner Tim Benker featuring Mike Preston, hosted by Steve Cochran. The show takes place at the 165-seat Copley Theatre in downtown Aurora.
Ballets Jazz Montréal makes its Chicago debut with an evening-length tribute to fellow Montrealer Leonard Cohen, marking the 10-year anniversary of his death. Created under the artistic direction of Louis Robitaille with staging by Eric Jean, the work was approved by Cohen...
By Michael Mahler, Alan Schmuckler, Kevin Del Aguila.
Giordano Dance Chicago returns to the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie with a program featuring the world premiere of Caravan by GDC Resident Choreographer Al Blackstone, a solo work for dancer Sasha Lazarus. The program also includes a rework of Blackstone's...
Giordano Dance Chicago returns to the North Shore Center with the world premiere of Caravan by Resident Choreographer Al Blackstone, a solo work featuring dancer Sasha Lazarus. The program also includes a rework of Dumb Luck!, plus EXit 4 by Ronen Koresh, Gravity by Lindsey...
Giordano Dance Chicago returns to the North Shore Center for Performing Arts in Skokie, Illinois for its 64th season, titled Untamed Passion. The engagement features a mix of new and popular repertoire works showcasing the company's signature blend of power, grace, and joy...
Starring Rikki Lee Wilson, this high-energy concert celebrates the music of Taylor Swift in a fun, family-friendly afternoon. Wilson is known for her powerful vocals, striking resemblance, and vibrant stage presence. Backed by a live band and featuring dazzling costume changes...
The performance brings the ambiance and artistic spirit of Paris's famed Montmartre district to Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.
Inspired by the Chicago Paris Cabaret Connexion, the neighborhoods of Old Town Chicago and Montmartre Paris have been twinned since 2023, The Commune Libre de Montmartre shakes hands with Old Town through its many civic organizations (Old Town Merchants & Residents Association...
A musical comedy set on the Sunset Strip at the tail end of the 1980s, where rock icon Stacee Jaxx performs while aspiring musician Drew and small-town girl Sherri navigate love and dreams of stardom. The story follows their fight to save the legendary venue from developers...
X-Rock 103.9 hosts the Rock the Region local music showcase featuring three local bands: Steepwater Band, Salamander Drake, and Chester Brown. Steepwater Band, formed in Chicago in the late 1990s, blends classic rock, blues, and Americana and has shared stages with Gov't Mule...
A showcase matinée concert featuring Connexion singers in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood.
Performers from Paris, Berlin, Chicago and beyond step into the limelight to explore Seasons in all their musical variations, from Les feuilles mortes (“Autumn Leaves) to Summertime . Participants of the Cabaret Connexion conference are directed by Angelina Réaux and Michael...
Sinatra ’56 — Songs for Swingin’ Lovers is the third chapter in a trilogy of cabaret concerts celebrating Frank Sinatra’s remarkable Capitol-era comeback—and the moment he hit his full, swaggering stride. Built around the landmark 1956 album Songs for Swingin’ Lovers, the show...
In this hilarious, raucous, all-female “power-play” inspired by Shakespeare’s Shrew , contestant Katherine has the political aspirations to match her beauty pageant ambitions.
A high-energy tribute concert celebrating Madonna, fronted by powerhouse performer Rikki Lee Wilson. The show features dynamic vocals, dazzling costume changes, and iconic choreography. Audiences will hear hits including Like a Virgin, Material Girl, Vogue, Ray of Light, and...
Book, music, and lyrics by Michael R. Jackson, directed by Mikael Burke, in a co-production between About Face Theatre and Raven Theatre. The story follows Usher, a Black, queer playwright who works as a Broadway usher by day while struggling to write an original musical about a...
Open Space Arts looks back at more than four decades of theater responding to the AIDS epidemic with BEFORE WE ARE HISTORY, a special three-week program of landmark plays, readings, conversations, and post-show panels. The program includes Robert Chesley’s groundbreaking JERKER...
The festival's final showcase matinée concert offers audiences a range of artistic voices and interpretations of cabaret.
Chicago's Cabaret Queen Denise Tomasello returns to the concert stage after two and a half years in a Las Vegas-style concert experience. She performs the timeless music of the Great American Songbook in the tradition of Sinatra, Bennett, Streisand, Minnelli, and Garland...
Murder and chaos are pitted against love and virtue in this sweeping gothic musical based on the classic story by Robert Louis Stevenson. The score features pop rock hits from Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse. The Kokandy Productions cast includes David Moreland, Ava Lane...
Step into the memory palace and experience a one-of-a-kind experience where neuroscience, philosophy, and theater collide. Theater of the Mind, presented by Goodman Theatre, co-created by David Byrne and Mala Gaonkar, and directed by Andrew Scoville, is a fascinating immersive theatrical journey tha…
Adirondack Chair Circle is a satirical take-down of a group of wealthy conservative Chicago moms dedicated to their cause.…
Manual Cinema’s Frankenstein has come to life once again, further establishing itself as one of the city’s most thrilling holiday traditions in the shadowy hall of the Studebaker Theater.…
What did our critic think of BABES WITH BLADES THEATRE COMPANY'S KING LEAR at Theater Wit?…
What did our critic think of MUD ROW at Remy Bumppo Theatre Company?…
The Winter’s Tale—now playing and soon to run in repertory with the even wilder Midsummer Night’s Dream—provides audiences with an emotional, uplifting, and even redemptive story sure to thaw frozen hearts and provide a much needed escape.…
Magic is a timeless art full of secrets, and as Parr reveals through the course of Time Traveler, history is even stranger and more serendipitous than we know.…
What did our critic think of HAYWARD at Gift Theatre?…
Saturday night brought the long-awaited return of Dance Theatre of Harlem to The Auditorium for a celebratory evening of dance that showcased the range and versatility of this 57-year old company, which had not been seen in Chicago since 2016.…
With spooky season upon us, what better way to get into the haunted spirit than with a murder mystery — one that no one has ever seen before, and one that no one will ever see again.…
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Adirondack Chair Circle Steppenwolf's Ensemble Theater (10/22-12/06) |
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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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The Christmas Carol Paramount Theatre (11/11-1/03) |
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Blond Ambition: A Tribute to Madonna Raue Center For The Arts (11/07-11/07) |
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When We Were Young and Unafraid Greenhouse Theater Center (11/12-11/29) |
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for colored girls who considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf eta Creative Arts Foundation (11/08-11/29) |
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Cash Money & No Limit Tour: Master P, Birdman, Juvenile & Mannie Fresh Wintrust Arena (11/13-11/13) |
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Holiday Brass & Choral Saints Faith, Hope, and Charity Catholic Church (12/19-12/19) |
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An Evening of Holiday Harmony with Chicago a cappella An Evening of Holiday Harmony with Chicago a cappella (12/06-12/06) |
