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MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET Extends At Paramount Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - May 13, 2025

Paramount Theatre's smash hit Million Dollar Quartet has just been extended an additional six months through January 4, 2026, by popular demand.

Stars of Million Dollar Quartet at Paramount Theater Perform Monthly Jam Concert Davenport's In May
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 16, 2025

Davenport's will feature members of Paramount Theater's current cast of Million Dollar Quartet who will be performing their monthly jam billed as Four Buck Family Band.

Davenport's to Celebrate MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET With Levi Kreis and More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 9, 2025

Davenport's is celebrating the award-winning, acclaimed juke box Broadway show Million Dollar Quartet that will be featuring members of the cast from Paramount Theater's MDQ and their once-a-month jam billed as Four Buck Family Band.

Video: Watch a Look Inside MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET at Stolp Island Theatre
by Michael Major - Mar 5, 2025

It’s time for you to experience the fun down by the riverside at Stolp Island Theatre in downtown Aurora with Million Dollar Quartet! Watch the video now!

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET Extends at Paramount Theatre Through Late June 2025
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 25, 2024

Paramount’s Million Dollar Quartet has now extended at Paramount’s new Stolp Island Theatre.

Review: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET at Stolp Island Theatre Aurora
by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - Jul 21, 2024

What did our critic think of Million Dollar Quartet at Stolp Island Theatre?

Photos: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET at Paramount Theatre
by Blair Ingenthron - Jul 21, 2024

Check out production photos for Million Dollar Quartet, custom-produced for Paramount’s new Stolp Island Theatre, here!

JERSEY BOYS Begins Its Final Weeks At Mercury Theater Chicago
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 3, 2024

Catch the final weeks of JERSEY BOYS at Mercury Theater Chicago.

Cast Set for MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET at Paramount Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 21, 2024

Million Dollar Quartet is being presented at Paramount Theatre this summer. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

JERSEY BOYS Extends Run at Mercury Theater Through Late July
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 2, 2024

Mercury Theater has revealed additional dates for the first built-in Chicago Production of Jersey Boys. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Photos: Mercury Theatre Chicago Opens BIG RIVER On April 27
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 26, 2023

Mercury Theater has released first look production photos from Big River, a musical based on Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Paramount Theatre to Present GROUNDHOG DAY: THE MUSICAL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 28, 2021

Set your alarm to see Groundhog Day: The Musical, based on the classic Bill Murray film comedy, because the forecast calls for Paramount Artistic Director Jim Corti to direct another signature blockbuster musical comedy.

Paramount Theatre Completes Casting for World Premiere Musical THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS
by Rebecca Russo - Jan 31, 2020

Paramount Theatre announces the addition of two principal cast members a?" Sydney Morton and Melody A. Betts a?" both making their Paramount debuts in its upcoming world premiere musical The Secret of My Success.

Paramount Theatre Announces 2019-20 Opener NEWSIES
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 24, 2019

Then you want Newsies - refreshing, inspirational, a huge feel-good show for the whole family, and the perfect opener for the ninth Broadway Series at Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd. in downtown Aurora.

Photo Flash: MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET: THE MUSICAL Opens at TATC
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 20, 2018

Director Linda Fortunato has cast Neil Friedman as Kris Kringle, Stella Rose Hoyt as Susan, Courtney Jones as Doris and Christopher Kale Jones as Fred for Theatre at the Center's Miracle On 34th Street: The Musical. Previews began November 15 with Opening Night on November 18 and a continued run through December 23. This production is sponsored in part by American Community Bank.

BWW Photo Exclusive: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET Celebrates Opening at the Paramount
by BWW News Desk - Sep 22, 2017

Paramount Theatre presents a rollicking 2017-18 BroadwaySeries opener with Million Dollar Quartet, the wildly popular rock and roll musical that played more than 2,500 performances in Chicago. BroadwayWorld has exclusive photos from the opening festivities below!

Photo Flash: Paramount Theatre Presents Disney's THE LITTLE MERMAID
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 1, 2016

No matter your age, no matter your experience with the story, no matter if you believe in mermaids or not, you and your family will want to be front and center when the curtain goes up on the Paramount Theatre's magical new production of Disney's The Little Mermaid, November 23, 2016 through January 8, 2017.

Photo Flash: Aurora's MAMMA MIA - Production Photos!
by Liz Cearns - Sep 9, 2016

More than 60 million people in 40 countries on six different continents have reveled in Mamma Mia!, the iconic musical about love and friendship, of lost dreams and that last chance to make it right, all set to the music of ABBA, one of the most popular bands in the world. 

ANYTHING GOES Will Set Sail at Lyric Stage in June
by Tyler Peterson - Apr 19, 2016

Although it has been revived in New York three times - twice on Broadway and once Off-Broadway - and is frequently produced by community and school groups, ANYTHING GOES has not been seen in its original form since it closed on Broadway in 1935.  The original 1934 version of ANYTHING GOES will set sail at Lyric Stage June 17-26, 2016 in the Irving Arts Center's Carpenter Performance Hall.  Tickets are available online @ www.lyricstage.org or by calling 972-252-2787. 

TV: How Very... Watch Highlights from Kokandy Productions' HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL
by BroadwayWorld TV - Mar 30, 2016

Kokandy Productions launches its 2016 season with the Chicago premiere of the dark 'mean teen' comedy HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL, based on the hit 1980s cult film of the same name, from the award winning-team of creative team of Kevin Murphy (Reefer Madness, Desperate Housewives) and Laurence O'Keefe (Bat Boy, Legally Blonde). Directed by James Beaudry, with music direction by Kory Danielson and choreography by Sawyer Smith, HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL will play now through April 24, 2016 at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave. in Chicago. Click below to watch highlights from the show!