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Buffalo Theatre Ensemble: Into the Earth With You


By the creator and executive producer of the Amazon series Outer Range, BTE’s production is the world premiere! Granddad is gone. No elegies. No dirges. ...


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Buffalo Theatre Ensemble Reveals 2024-2025 Season


by Stephi Wild - May 03, 2024

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble has announced its 2024-2025 three-play season. Learn more about the lineup here!...

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble Announces Retirement Of Managing Artistic Director


by Stephi Wild - March 29, 2024

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble (BTE), the professional theater company in residence at the McAninch Arts Center (MAC), has announced that long-time Managing Artistic Director Connie Canaday Howard is wrapping up her 24- year tenure on June 30, 2024. ...

Dazzling Contemporary Circus Performance Cirque FLIP Fabrique: BLIZZARD Comes To The MAC, February 3


by A.A. Cristi - January 04, 2024

The McAninch Arts Center (MAC) presents the visually stunning Cirque FLIP Fabrique: “BLIZZARD” at 3 and 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 3. ...

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble to Open 2024 With Bruce Graham's THE OUTGOING TIDE


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 04, 2024

BTE Opens 2024 with Bruce Graham's 'The Outgoing Tide' Directed by Steve Scott, Feb. 1 - March 3. Get the details on this upcoming production at BroadwayWorld....

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble Presents MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY Just In Time For The Holidays


by A.A. Cristi - October 17, 2023

Just in time for the Holidays, BTE presents 'Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley' Nov. 16-Dec. 17. Get ready for a festive and heartwarming production that will transport you to the world of Jane Austen's beloved characters....

Single Show Tickets For The MAC's 2023-2024 Season On Sale July 27


by A.A. Cristi - July 26, 2023

Single show tickets for the McAninch Arts Center (MAC) 2023-2024 Performance Series, including New Philharmonic and Buffalo Theatre Ensemble's productions, go on sale online, by phone and in person at the MAC Box Office at 12 noon, Thursday, July 27. ...

Author Blake Gopnik To Discuss Biography ANDY WARHOL: WHAT MAKES HIM A GREAT ARTIST At The McAninch Arts Center


by A.A. Cristi - May 24, 2023

The Cleve Carney Museum of Art (CCMA) at the McAninch Arts Center (MAC) on the College of DuPage (COD) campus presents an engaging selection of thought-provoking programming to align with the upcoming WARHOL exhibition opening June 3 and continuing through Sept. 10. ...

WHO HIJACKED MY FAIRYTALE Begins At The MAC May 13


by A.A. Cristi - April 25, 2023

The perfect girl’s night out or Mother’s Day treat away from the kids, Kelly Swanson brings her one-woman tour-de-force production “Who Hijacked My Fairytale” to the MAC 7:30 p.m., Saturday, May 13. Swanson’s hilarious journey talks about muffin tops, chin whiskers and the fairy tale glass slipper t...

New Philharmonic 2023-2024 Season to Feature Guest Artists Esme Arias-Kim, Rick Michel, and More


by Blair Ingenthron - April 16, 2023

New Philharmonic, the professional orchestra in residence at the McAninch Arts Center (MAC), has announced their 2023-2024 Season....

Kelly Swanson Brings Her Funny And Inspirational WHO HIJACKED MY FAIRYTALE To The MAC May 13


by A.A. Cristi - April 12, 2023

The perfect girl's night out or Mother's Day treat away from the kids, Kelly Swanson brings her one-woman tour-de-force production “Who Hijacked My Fairytale” to the MAC 7:30 p.m., Saturday, May 13. ...

Past Shows

Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley


A charming holiday sequel to "Pride and Prejudice"! It’s two years after the end of the novel. The Bennet family is spending "Christmas at Pemberley". ...

New Philharmonic: Tchaikovsky and Beethoven


Join us Saturday, Sep. 23, 7:30p & Sunday, Sep. 24, 3p as 17-year-old violinist Esme Arias-Kim, winner of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Young Artists Competition, ...

WARHOL Lecture: Thomas Kiedrowski - Andy Warhol's New York City


Thomas Kiedrowski, author of Andy Warhol’s New York City, will engage in a lively conversation regarding Andy Warhol’s fascinating life and monumental career centered around ...

WARHOL Lecture: Politics & Friendship in Warhol & Basquiat's Collaborations


Reading an excerpt from her essay, The Personal and Political in Basquiat and Warhol’s Ten Punching Bags, for the Basquiat x Warhol. Painting Four Hands, ...

WARHOL Special Event: Joseph Freeman


Joseph Freeman worked alongside Warhol for several years and will share an inside perspective of who this legendary artist was. Freeman will take us behind ...

WARHOL Lecture: Eric Shiner - The American Dream


Eric Shiner will give insight into who Andy Warhol really was, from humble beginnings as a first-generation immigrant to superstar icon. Over the course of ...

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