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Legally Blonde, The Musical
Legally Blonde, The Musical
12/19 - 12/29/2024


Music Theater Works is proud to present the final production of its 2024 season, Legally Blonde: The Musical, in the North Theatre at the North ...

Million Dollar Quartet
Million Dollar Quartet
9/15 - 12/29/2024


Four Legends. One Night. Music History Made. You may have loved Million Dollar Quartet in 2017 at Paramount Theatre – now imagine it set in ...

The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid
11/6 - 1/12/2025


Dive beneath the waves with Ariel, a young mermaid with a captivating voice and an insatiable curiosity, as she defies her father and makes a ...

Disney's Frozen the Broadway Musical


Paramount Theatre presents the Midwest Regional Premiere of Disney's Frozen the Broadway Musical, running from October 30 to January 19. Emily Kristen Morris makes her ...

Elton Rohn
Elton Rohn
12/31


Elton Rohn, North America’s premier tribute to Elton John, will perform at Raue Center For The Arts on December 31, 2024. Known for their exceptional ...

American English


American English SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2024 | 7:00 PM Tickets: $49 / $55 / $59* Members: $34.30* / $38.50 / $41.30* American English was voted ...

Saturday Night Standup Comedy at Laugh Factory Chicago


Chicago's Best Standup Comedy is back better than ever. We've compiled the absolute best standup comedy lineup that you will see in the city. Today's ...

A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play


Oil Lamp Theater returns to WBFR Studios on Christmas Eve in 1946! Join a familiar cast of characters as they bring you an entirely new ...

Irving Berlin's White Christmas
Irving Berlin's White Christmas
10/30 - 12/29/2024


One of America’s most cherished silver screen classics comes to the stage in this holiday favorite, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas! Packed with dazzling hits like ...

Manual Cinema's Christmas Carol
Manual Cinema's Christmas Carol
11/21 - 12/29/2024


An avowed holiday skeptic, Aunt Trudy has been recruited to channel her late husband Joe’s famous Christmas cheer. From the isolation of her Chicago home, ...


Manual Cinema’s Christmas Carol presents a unique adaptation of Charles Dickens' timeless tale, blending innovative techniques of puppetry, film, and live music. Set in Chicago's ...


Kris Kringle takes on the cynics among us in this musical adaptation of the popular holiday favorite. In his inimitable style, Meredith Willson, the author ...

Portal-Prov! A Fandom Jumping Comedy Adventure


Each week, PORTAL-PROV! transports audiences to a different genre-informed world of comedy. Like Star Trek? We'll beam you there! Want to go back in time? ...

Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella


Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella celebrates the timeless enchantment of this magical fairy tale. Follow the classic story of Cinderella and her quest to attend the ...

The Long Christmas Dinner
The Long Christmas Dinner
11/19 - 12/29/2024


THE LONG CHRISTMAS DINNER - nine decades long in just one 75-minute act - showcases the lives of several generations of the Bayard family. Wilder ...

Tony & Tina's Wedding
Tony & Tina's Wedding
12/28 - 12/29/2024


HOTT Productions, NFP- is thrilled to announce the return of everyone’s favorite immersive-comedy dinner-theatre experience, "Tony n' Tina's Wedding"! Ring in the New Year as ...

A Christmas Carol
11/16 - 12/30/2024


Experience the timeless classic "A Christmas Carol" at the Goodman Theatre from November 16th to December 30th, 2024. This cherished holiday tale follows Ebenezer Scrooge ...

Anne & Mark Burnell's 21st annual Eve of the Eve


National jazz radio favorites, Anne Burnell and  Mark Burnell  return to The Rhapsody Theater to perform their 21st annual Eve of the Eve. Joined with ...

Elton Rhon
Elton Rhon
12/31


Elton Rohn TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2024 | 7:00 PM TICKETS* Tickets: $55 / $60 / $65 RaueNOW: $38.5 / $42 / $45.50 North America’s Premier ...

Million Dollar Quartet
Million Dollar Quartet
7/10 - 12/31/2024


Four Legends. One Night. Music History Made. You may have loved  Million Dollar Quartet  in 2017 at Paramount Theatre – now imagine it set in ...

New Philharmonic: New Year’s Eve Concert


Ring in 2025 with Maestro Muspratt as he conducts a fun and exciting New Year’s Eve pops concert featuring a variety of light classics, Strauss ...

NYE PARTY: OUT OF THIS WORLD 2025


Celebrate New Year's Eve at Otherworld Theatre with an Out of This World alien-themed extravaganza hosted by Drag Queens Korra Nation and Zenon Teavee! Be ...

Steve Cochran's NYE Comedy Show


Steve Cochran NYE Comedy Show TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2024 | 2:00 PM Steve Cochran with John DaCosse, and Tim Benker Tickets: $49 / $55 / $59* ...


The upcoming production of A Christmas Carol at the Goodman Theatre will open on January 1, 2025. This classic tale of redemption and the spirit ...

Berlin
1/1


Berlin is set to premiere at the Court Theatre, with Charles Newell directing this world premiere adaptation of the graphic novel by Jason Lutes, adapted ...


The Triumph of Love tells the story of a spirited princess who disguises herself to win the affections of a philosopher. Set in the lush ...

 Les Misérables
Les Misérables
12/17 - 1/5/2025


Cameron Mackintosh’s acclaimed production of Boublil and Schönberg’s Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon,  LES MISÉRABLES  makes a triumphant return to Chicago. This brilliant staging has taken ...

Les Miserables
Les Miserables
12/17 - 1/5/2025


Cameron Mackintosh presents the new production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg's Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon, Les Miserables, direct from an acclaimed two-and-a-half-year return to ...

The Berlin Diaries
The Berlin Diaries
12/20 - 1/5/2025


The great-grandfather of Oregon Book Award-winning playwright Andrea Stolowitz kept a journal for his descendants after escaping to New York City in 1939 as a ...

Monday Night PlayGround: Holiday Surprise


PlayGround-Chicago presents Season 3 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND in association with Theater Wit January 6, 2025, 7pm CT Theater Wit & Simulcast Topic:  Holiday Surprise Admission: ...


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Review: LEGALLY BLONDE: THE MUSICAL at Music Theater Works At The North Shore Center For The Performing Arts


by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - December 23, 2024

This story is definitely geared to young females. They do identify with it. It was apparent in the audience. It is about respecting yourself but also treating each other with respect. Believe in yourself. Have faith in others but ultimately, have faith in yourself. We all need to remember these impo...

Review: TEATRO ZINZANNI at Cambria Hotel


by Rachel Weinberg - December 12, 2024

TEATRO ZINZANNI is still kicking it in the indoor Spiegeltent Zazou nestled on the fourteenth floor of the Cambria Hotel in the Loop. It’s still a reliably entertaining variety show, and this particular edition includes many returning performers....

& JULIET National Tour Presented by Broadway In Chicago


by Rachel Weinberg - December 05, 2024

& JULIET is an unserious jukebox musical that’s deeply serious about its commitment to fun....

Review: RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA at Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire IL


by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - November 24, 2024

This is the crucial moment in the current childrens’ theatre production at Marriott Lincolnshire of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s beloved musical, Cinderella. The cast of ten, under the direction of Laura Rook, brings delight and joy to the littlest members of the audience, many of the girls dressed as ...

Review: FALSETTOS presented by Court Theatre and TimeLine Theatre Company


by Rachel Weinberg - November 25, 2024

FALSETTOS, originally written as two-one act musicals set in 1979 and 1981, respectively, feels simultaneously dated and prescient. In this co-production from Court Theatre and TimeLine Theatre Company, director Nick Bowling leads a first-rate ensemble that preserves the musical as a period piece bu...

Review: THE SECRET GARDEN at Theo Ubique


by Misha Davenport - November 22, 2024

What did our critic think of THE SECRET GARDEN at Theo Ubique?...

Review: FROZEN at Paramount Theatre Aurora, IL


by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - November 10, 2024

What did our critic think of FROZEN at Paramount Theatre Aurora, IL?...

Review: WHITE CHRISTMAS at Marriott Theatre


by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - November 07, 2024

Read our review of WHITE CHRISTMAS at Marriott Theatre....

Review: LEROY AND LUCY at Steppenwolf Theatre Company


by Rachel Weinberg - November 04, 2024

In Ngozi Anyanwu’s LEROY AND LUCY, two strangers meet at a crossroads in Mississippi...and not much happens. Based upon the myth of Robert Johnson, who supposedly sold his soul to the devil to make it as a blues musician, the play finds Leroy (Jon Michael Hill) and Lucy (Brittany Bradford) in a limi...

Review: BEST KEPT SECRET: TELL EVERYONE at The Second City E.t.c.


by Rachel Weinberg - October 31, 2024

The Second City’s latest e.t.c. revue BEST KEPT SECRET: TELL EVERYONE wants to remind audiences that life is a cabaret, old chum. While some Second City revue themes hang together better than others, BEST KEPT SECRET slyly pays homage to the classic Kander and Ebb musical CABARET and the general ide...



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