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'Puff the Magic Dragon' to 'Leavin' on a Jet Plane,' Peter & Paul to play Aurora's Paramount Theatre
by Sally Henry Fuller - Sep 19, 2015


Now, Peter & Paul of the legendary folk trio Peter, Paul & Mary will continue celebrating over 50 years of positivity, talent and activism with a live performance, one-show-only, Sunday, November 8 at 3 p.m. at the Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd. in downtown Aurora.

Paramount Theatre in Aurora Earns More Jeff Award Nominations Than Any Other Chicago Theatre
by Sally Henry Fuller - Aug 22, 2015


Chicago actor Michael Shannon announced the 2014-15 Equity Jeff Award Nominees at 11 a.m. today, and the Paramount Theatre in Aurora is thrilled to share the news that in its first year of eligibility, Paramount received the most nominations of any Chicago theater.

Paramount Theatre Hosts Season-Kick Off Party Featuring 'Happy Together' Tour Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Aug 21, 2015


The Happy Together Tour is coming back to Aurora, bringing your radio back to life on the historic Paramount Theatre stage, and this year's line-up is stacked with some of the best bands of the '60s.

Michael Harp, Philip Earl Johnson and More to Lead A CHRISTMAS STORY - THE MUSICAL at the Paramount This Winter
by BWW News Desk - Aug 18, 2015


Families, set your holiday entertainment dials for excitement, because Chicago musical theater powerhouse, the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, is turning one of the most iconic holiday movies ever made into a larger-than-life musical blockbuster, November 25-January 3.

Peter Cetera, Chicago Frontman and Solo Star Returns to Paramount for One Night Only
by Sally Henry Fuller - Aug 1, 2015


With his unmistakable tenor voice, legendary songwriting skills and bass guitar chops to boot, Chicago frontman and solo star Peter Cetera defines an entire era of American rock music.

Paramount Theatre to Host Season-Kick Off Party Featuring 'Happy Together' Tour, 8/21
by Tyler Peterson - Jul 28, 2015


The Happy Together Tour is coming back to Aurora, bringing your radio back to life on the historic Paramount Theatre stage, and this year's line-up is stacked with some of the best bands of the '60s.

Donny & Marie Postpone August Concerts at Aurora's Paramount Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Jul 22, 2015


Donny & Marie have had to postpone their performances at Aurora's Paramount Theatre, originally scheduled for August 12-16, 2015, to May 25-29, 2016.

Paramount Theatre Presents LES MISERABLES, Thru 4/26
by Sally Henry Fuller - Mar 22, 2015


Aurora's Paramount Theatre, wower of audiences and critics this season with consecutive smash hits CATS, Mary Poppins and The Who's Tommy, is closing its 2014-15 Broadway Series with Les Miserables, one of the greatest musicals of all time, March 18-April 26, 2015.

Paramount Theatre's 2015-16 Broadway Series to Include OKLAHOMA!, HAIRSPRAY & More
by Tyler Peterson - Mar 17, 2015


In only four years, the Paramount Theatre's Broadway Series has transformed one of Chicago's most historic Art Deco stages into a musical theater powerhouse, built a loyal audience of now more than 26,000 subscribers and radically altered Chicago's musical theater landscape.

JOHN LITHGOW: STORIES BY HEART One-Man Show Comes to the Paramount Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Mar 7, 2015


John Lithgow is a Tony, Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner; a TV star, movie star and theater star; and a New York Times best-selling author. Now see him like you've never seen him before in his funny, touching one-man theatrical memoir, John Lithgow: Stories by Heart.

John Lithgow Brings One-Man Show, JOHN LITHGOW: STORIES BY HEART, to Aurora's Paramount Theatre, Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Mar 7, 2015


Tonight, March 7, John Lithgow will bring his one-man show, JOHN LITHGOW: STORIES BY HEART, to Aurora's Paramount Theatre.

John Lithgow Brings One-Man Show, JOHN LITHGOW: STORIES BY HEART, to Aurora's Paramount Theatre, 3/07
by Sally Henry Fuller - Jan 31, 2015


On March 7, John Lithgow will bring his one-man show, JOHN LITHGOW: STORIES BY HEART, to Aurora's Paramount Theatre.

JOHN LITHGOW: STORIES BY HEART One-Man Show Comes to the Paramount, 3/7
by BWW News Desk - Jan 30, 2015


John Lithgow is a Tony, Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner; a TV star, movie star and theater star; and a New York Times best-selling author. Now see him like you've never seen him before in his funny, touching one-man theatrical memoir, John Lithgow: Stories by Heart.

Paramount Presents THE WHO'S TOMMY, Now thru 2/15
by BWW News Desk - Jan 14, 2015


The day after The Who's Tommy debuted on Broadway in 1993, The New York Times exclaimed, '...at long last the authentic rock musical that has eluded Broadway for two generations...an Entertainment Juggernaut.' Twenty-one years later, no other musical has come close to replicating its sure power, electricity and monumental impact.

Paramount Presents THE WHO'S TOMMY, 1/14-2/15
by Sally Henry Fuller - Dec 13, 2014


The day after The Who's Tommy debuted on Broadway in 1993, The New York Times exclaimed, '...at long last the authentic rock musical that has eluded Broadway for two generations...an Entertainment Juggernaut.' Twenty-one years later, no other musical has come close to replicating its sure power, electricity and monumental impact.

Paramount's Aurora Theatre Presents MARY POPPINS, Thru 1/04
by Sally Henry Fuller - Nov 29, 2014


Here's how to celebrate the holidays in the most delightful way: take the entire family to an absolutely eye-popping, song-and-dance-filled, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious production of Disney and Cameron Macintosh's Mary Poppins at the beautiful Paramount Theatre in downtown Aurora, now thru Jan. 1.

Jim Brickman to Play Aurora's Paramount Theatre, 10/18
by BWW News Desk - Aug 16, 2014


Jim Brickman is the most charted Billboard Adult Contemporary artist in music. How's that for a cool credential? Brickman celebrates his two decades of musical chart busters the only way he knows how - with his fans - with Jim Brickman: The Platinum Tour 'Celebrating 20 Years,'one-night-only at the Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd. in downtown Aurora, Saturday, October 18 at 8 p.m.

BOSTON Added to Aurora's RiverEdge Park Summer Concert Line-up, 8/10
by Courtnie Mele - Jun 22, 2014


RiverEdge Park, 360 N. Broadway in downtown Aurora, announced today it has added Tom Scholz' band BOSTON to its 2014 summer concert series.

Country Stars Lady Antebellum Plays Only Chi-Area Summer Concert, 8/7
by Courtnie Mele - Jun 19, 2014


Since its 2006 inception, seven-time Grammy award-winning trio Lady Antebellum has shot to fame, becoming country music's most influential contemporary group.

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