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Irving 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 ...

A Soulful Motown Christmas Holiday Cabaret


A Soulful Motown Holiday Cabaret – Live On Stage at The Harris Theater Millennium Park Chicago!

Concert Holiday Show

Home for the Holidays
Home for the Holidays
12/13 - 12/14/2025


Timber Lake Playhouse presents “Home for the Holidays” starring Kristin Wetherington featuring Caroline Desmarais, Gabriela Hernandez, and Morgan Milone with Dan Rutzen as musical director. This captivating Christmas ...

Miracle on South Division Street


The Nowaks of Buffalo, NY, have always believed in their family`s miraculous Christmas Eve story—until Ruth decides to turn it into a one-woman show, only ...

Anthony Rapp: Home for the Holidays


There’s nowhere star of Broadway stage and screen, Anthony Rapp, than home in Chicago for the Holidays this December!

Amadeus
Amadeus
11/6 - 1/4/2026


Steppenwolf Theatre's 50th Anniversary Season continues with Peter Shaffer's  Amadeus,  extended again by popular demand. In its four-star review,  The Daily Herald  called it "absolutely ...

A LIVE Old Time Holiday Radio Show


Parker Players Brings 1940s Holiday Radio Magic to the Stage Holiday 2025 – A Live Old Time Holiday Radio Show Barrington, IL — Parker Players ...

Chicago Nerdlesque
Chicago Nerdlesque
9/13 - 12/13/2025


Chicago’s brand new Stars & Garters, 3914 N Clark St, is proud to host Chicago Nerdlesque, every second Saturday of the month at 10 p.m. ...

Dark Side of the Yule


Classical Blast’s “Dark Side of the Yule” SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2025 | 7:00 PM Tickets start at $39, Members save 30% (All-in pricing includes $4 ...

Holidays a cappella


Warm up your holidays with songs that glow with the comfort of hearth and home. Enjoy a signature mix of cherished classics and rare discoveries!

It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play


University Park, IL – Governors State University presents It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, Saturday, Dec. 13 at 2 and 7:30 p.m. at ...

Mixmasters Jingle Bash Reunion W/ TKA and The Mixmasters


Afterlife & Julian Jumpin’ Perez Present: The Jingle Bash Reunion w/ TKA & The Mixmasters Get ready to relive the magic of Chicago’s legendary dance ...

Open House
Open House
12/13


Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble (CDE), 1650 W Foster Ave, is excited to host an open house, Saturday, Dec. 13 from 1 - 4 p.m.   Join ...

Rag Doll on a Bomb Site
12/11 - 12/13/2025


Trap Door Theatre presents Rag Doll on a Bomb Site, a poignant exploration of a performer’s struggle for recognition in the shadow of trauma. Written, ...

SUPERIOR DONUTS
11/2 - 12/13/2025


Comedy set in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood

Superior Donuts
Superior Donuts
11/2 - 12/13/2025


Arthur Przybyszewski owns a decrepit donut shop in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago. Franco Wicks, a black teenager who is his only employee, wants to ...

As You Like It
10/30 - 12/14/2025


Writers Theatre presents a musical adaptation of Shakespeare's As You Like It, featuring an original folk-pop score by Tony Award winner Shaina Taub. Directed by ...

As You Like It
As You Like It
10/30 - 12/14/2025


Facing exile at home, Orlando, Duke Senior, his daughter Rosalind and niece Celia seek safety and refuge in the Forest of Arden. Lost amidst the ...

ELF the Musical
12/2 - 12/14/2025


Elf The Musical is the hilarious tale of Buddy, a young orphan child who mistakenly crawls into Santa’s bag of gifts and is transported back ...

Elf the Musical
Elf the Musical
12/2 - 12/14/2025


Elf The Musical , inspired by the hit film, is the hilarious and heartwarming tale of Buddy, a young orphan child whose life is changed forever when ...

Fareed Haque headlines 12.14.25 Second Sunday Salon to benefit ICIRR


The Second Sunday Salon Series is a series curated by Linda Solotaire since 2019. We create community, and safe space for artists to present new ...

Holidays a cappella


Warm up your holidays with songs that glow with the comfort of hearth and home. Enjoy a signature mix of cherished classics and rare discoveries—from ...


Mary, A Holiday Dansical is a modern retelling of Black Nativity that weaves together ballet, hip hop, tap, and contemporary dance. The story follows a ...

MIKA SCROOGE URBAN CHRISTMAS PLAY


THIRD ANNUAL PRODUCTION Mika Scrooge: A Hip-Hop Holiday Remix Back for its third year!

Miracle on South Division Street


MIRACLE ON SOUTH DIVISION STREET” is the story of the Nowak family, living amidst the urban rubble of Buffalo, NY’s East Side. Maybe the neighborhood ...

Rapornzel
Rapornzel
11/21 - 12/14/2025


An adult pantomime by Tom Whalley, author of last season’s SLEEPING WITH BEAUTY. Many years ago, the King and Queen of a far off kingdom ...

Rocky Mountain High Experience®: A John Denver Christmas


Step into the spirit of the season with  Rocky Mountain High Experience®: A John Denver Christmas —an intimate, nostalgic journey back to the 1970s, when ...

Ruth Page's The Nutcracker
Ruth Page's The Nutcracker
12/13 - 12/14/2025


The Ruth Page Center for the Arts is proud to present its annual live production of “Ruth Page’s The Nutcracker” featuring original choreography by the ...

SIX
SIX
12/2 - 12/14/2025


From Tudor Queens to Pop Icons, the  SIX  wives of Henry VIII take the microphone to remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak into a ...

Six the Musical
Six the Musical
12/2 - 12/14/2025


Six the Musical is coming to Broadway In Chicago this Spring! Get ready as the iconic musical comedy takes the stage and conquers the CIBC ...

The House That Will Not Stand
The House That Will Not Stand
10/28 - 12/14/2025


In early nineteenth-century New Orleans, widowed mother Beartrice struggles to manage her headstrong daughters after the death of her second husband. But as the matriarch ...


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Latest Chicago Reviews


Review: SHREK is a Triumph of Filipino Artistry, Skill, and Theatrical Vision


by Gilbert Kim Sancha - December 13, 2025

Newport Performing Arts Theater has been transformed into a fantastical swamp teeming with color, laughter, and heart....

Review: MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET at Connecticut Theatre Company


by Jared Reynolds - December 12, 2025

Cozy, cute, and full of Christmas cheer. That’s what you get with Miracle on 34th Street. That was abound and aplenty at the Connecticut Theatre Company’s production of the motion picture classic! CTC’s production of Miracle on 34th Street kept the joy of the season at the heart of this production, ...

Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL: A GHOST STORY OF CHRISTMAS at Olney Theatre


by Doug Poms - December 12, 2025

What did our critic think of A CHRISTMAS CAROL: A GHOST STORY OF CHRISTMAS at Olney Theatre? Olney Theatre continues its lovely tradition of its annual rendering of Paul Morella’s one-person adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas.” Now in its 16th year, this r...

Review: ELF at The 5th Avenue Theatre


by Shelley Dean - December 12, 2025

The movie Elf is one of those films that sticks with you throughout your life; you remember the spaghetti, the syrup, and the unrivaled holiday cheer from the unique story. It’s only natural that a story full of this much nostalgia takes on a new life that honors its legacy. Enter Elf: The Musical. ...

Review: QUEEN CITY ARTS FESTIVAL, INC. at Mint Museum


by Vickie Evans - December 12, 2025

The event was a strong representation of the transformative power of the arts and the importance of creating platforms for Black playwrights and performers....

Review: IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS at Theatre Under The Stars


by Brett Cullum - December 12, 2025

Going into Irving Berlin’s WHITE CHRISTMAS, you already know what you are in for. Most people have seen the film starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen, released in 1954....

Review: MOZART’S THE MAGIC FLUTE at The Metropolitan Opera


by Gabby Ziccarelli - December 12, 2025

As the houselights dim at the Metropolitan Opera, the Julie Taymor–directed The Magic Flute transports viewers into a buoyant and kaleidoscopic fairy-tale dreamworld. This abridged, English-language production is a visually sumptuous version of Mozart's singspiel bathed in bold primary colors, shape...

Review: LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL at Tesseract Theatre Company is a Peppy High Energy Production


by James Lindhorst - December 12, 2025

Director Will Bonfiglio, Music Director Larry D. Pry, Choreogrpaher Jo Palisoc, and the entire company deserve a lot of credit for their all in committed, peppy, and high-spirited production of a marginal show that is staged as a pet project far too often. There are thousands of musical theater asse...

Review: MUSEUM OF AUSTERITY, Young Vic


by Franco Milazzo - December 12, 2025

There are many museums dedicated to disaster, but only Britain could create one in which the exhibits are victims of its own fiscal policies. Museum of Austerity, revived at the Young Vic, is a cool, technologically-slick indictment, a moral subpoena served directly to your eyeballs through augmente...

Review: How Founding Fathers Found Love in MAHAR KEMERDEKAAN


by Rakaputra Paputungan - December 12, 2025

On August 24, the theater production company Broadwayang put on their latest production, Mahar Kemerdekaan (“The Dowry of Independence”) at Gedung Kesenian Jakarta. It’s based on the true story of Indonesia’s founding fathers and how their love lives intertwine with the struggle for independence....



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