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JUBA! Masters of Tap and Percussive Dance – Rhythm World Concert 1


The series visits Washington Park on Sunday, July 14 at the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center . Rhythm World 34 concert 1 starts ...

Little Bear Ridge Road
Little Bear Ridge Road
6/13 - 7/21/2024


Ensemble Member Laurie Metcalf comes home to Steppenwolf to star in Little Bear Ridge Road, a comic, cosmic and intimate world premiere, penned by MacArthur ...

Little Bear Ridge Road
Little Bear Ridge Road
6/13 - 7/21/2024


Ensemble Member  Laurie Metcalf  comes home to Steppenwolf to star in  Little Bear Ridge Road , a comic, cosmic and intimate world premiere, penned by ...

6X6 Project Reception


Raue Center’s 6×6 PROJECT fundraiser and online art auction/exhibition celebrates its fifth year of supporting arts with Art! Bid on Art for the Arts! All proceeds ...

David Williamson in: Ridiculous


David Williamson is generally regarded by magicians as one of the top performers in the world today. Known for his tours in “Circus 1903” and ...

Hisaishi Conducts Hisaishi
6/27 - 6/29/2024


One of the most celebrated Japanese composers of our time, Joe Hisaishi has produced music for 10 Hayao Miyazaki films, including Nausicaä of the Valley ...

Mean Girls Jr
6/28 - 6/29/2024


The Plastics have deemed Broadway Junior worthy of their presence in Mean Girls JR! This "fetch" musical from book writer Tina Fey (30 Rock), lyricist ...

Qualia
Qualia
6/8 - 6/29/2024


An unusual love story that explores AI, human relationships, and the imperfection of human existence.  In the aftermath of a global warming-induced nuclear apocalypse, Alex ...

1619: The Journey of a People


From the beginning of American slavery to Reconstruction, the Great Migration, the Civil Rights Era, and modern movements for justice, 1619 packs generations of history ...

All Shook Up
All Shook Up
6/21 - 6/30/2024


June 21-30 2024 Book: Joe DiPietro Inspired by and featuring the songs of Elvis Presley® It’s 1955, and into a square little town in a ...

Disney's Lion King Jr.
6/21 - 6/30/2024


Ashland Productions - 2016 Broadway World Mpls winner of Best Community Theater presents their Middle School production: Disney's Lion King Jr. RAFIKI gathers the ANIMALS ...

Festival of Unfinished Work
Festival of Unfinished Work
6/26 - 6/30/2024


CHICAGO – Bramble Theatre Company , is proud to announce the third annual Festival of Unfinished Work at the new Bramble Arts Loft located on ...

Holy Inappropriate
Holy Inappropriate
6/9 - 6/30/2024


RhinoFest Presents  Holy Inappropriate written by Allison Fradkin directed by Tera Flores featuring Alana Gordon-Levine, Fay Florence-Steddum, Kit Kelly, and Sharon Dennis Could radical fundamentalism ...

Lifeline Theater’s Retelling of Nambi E. Kelly’s Native Son


Lifeline Theatre continues their 2023-24 season of Big Stories, Up Close with a retelling of Native Sonm Chicagoan Nambi E. Kelley ’s “gutsy, powerful, and ...

Native Son
Native Son
5/10 - 6/30/2024


Set in Chicago’s South Side during the 1930’s, the play follows 20-year-old Bigger Thomas struggling to realize his dreams in a world that has shut ...


Buckle up for a whirlwind adventure with Matilda, the telekinetic little girl with a rebellious spirit. Based on Roald Dahl's beloved book, Matilda the Musical ...

Sweeney Todd
6/21 - 6/30/2024


Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler, is a darkly gripping musical thriller that has garnered numerous accolades, ...

THE 35TH ANNUAL RHINOCEROS THEATER FESTIVAL


CHICAGO – Curious Theatre Branch and Prop Thtr are pleased to announce the complete lineup for the 35th annual Rhinoceros Theater Festival, May 25 - ...

The Drowsy Chaperone
6/28 - 6/30/2024


The Drowsy Chaperone is a hilarious and meta-theatrical musical that injects a dose of nostalgia and playful satire into the world of classic Broadway musicals. ...

The Enigmatist
The Enigmatist
5/29 - 6/30/2024


Can you crack the code? Following wildly successful runs in New York City and Los Angeles, renowned magician and The New York Times crossword constructor ...


WE WILL ROCK YOU Young@Part® is the authorized 60 minute edition of the West End musical for elementary and middle schools, and youth theatres. Inspired ...

CHICAGO DANCE MONTH’S NEW OFFERING: DANCE AFTER DARK, JULY 7


CHICAGO – See Chicago Dance , the dance industry's nonprofit service organization, is proud to announce that its popular annual offering, Chicago Dance Month, returns ...

Euripides' Medea
Euripides' Medea
6/27 - 7/7/2024


This summer Bump in the Night Theatre will produce their first show in Euripides’ Medea. This ancient story comes to life in this new bloody, ...

Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
7/5 - 7/7/2024


Shakespeare’s eternal tragic story of young love between warring Italian families is performed free, outdoors, in six Chicago parks. Audiences are encouraged to come early ...

The Outsiders
The Outsiders
6/21 - 7/7/2024


THE OUTSIDERS Coming of Age in 1960’s America One afternoon in Tulsa Oklahoma, in the 1960’s a 15-year-old student at Will Rogers High School named ...

The Addams Family Young@Part
7/10 - 7/11/2024


THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story and it’s every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ...

Cyberotica: A Techno-Future Cabaret


Grab your exaggerated eyewear, power up your AI sidekick, and cue the synthwave, it’s time to upload your consciousness to CYBEROTICA: A Techno-Future Cabaret!!! This ...


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Review: BEEHIVE: THE 60'S MUSICAL at Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire IL


by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - June 27, 2024

Beehive: The 60's Musical, the current production at Marriott Theatre, brings the decade of the 1960’s and the female musical artists to eye popping, foot stamping, hand clapping and colorful life! This 90 minute (no intermission) trip back in time is simply enjoyable. Interspersed with dialogue ref...

Review: LITTLE BEAR RIDGE ROAD at Steppenwolf Theatre Company


by Rachel Weinberg - June 24, 2024

In LITTLE BEAR RIDGE ROAD, Samuel D. Hunter has accomplished a rare and magical feat: He’s given us a play that’s mundane and profound at the same time. With Joe Mantello directing, Steppenwolf’s ensemble of Laurie Metcalf, Micah Stock, John Drea, and Meighan Gerachis make the play yet more fascinat...

Review: The Second City's 112th Mainstage Revue


by Rachel Weinberg - June 14, 2024

The Second City’s 112th Mainstage Revue, THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETOURS, promises “weird, sexy comedy” in its opening moments. This ensemble definitely hits on the weird and occasionally hits on the funny. I think this revue, while not always consistently funny, gave this ensemble some real moments to ...

Review: THE KITE RUNNER Presented By Broadway In Chicago


by Zac Thriffiley - June 14, 2024

Fans of the novel may be enthralled at seeing the characters and events of THE KITE RUNNER brought to life before their eyes, largely through moving performances and clever stagecraft. But this dramatization feels unsatisfying, an adaptation that ultimately fails to convince audiences that it is nec...

Review: Spellbound in the Spiegeltent: Love, Chaos & Dinner at Teatro Zinzanni


by Kathleen Anwar - June 09, 2024

What did our critic think of LOVE, CHAOS & DINNER at Teatro Zinzanni?...

Review: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at BrightSide Theatre


by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - June 08, 2024

What did our critic think of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at BrightSide Theatre?...

Review: SIX THE MUSICAL National Tour Presented by Broadway In Chicago


by Rachel Weinberg - June 06, 2024

The SIX queendom is back in Chicago for a third visit...and this latest group of queens still magnificently bring the house down with Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’s clever book and fantastic pop Broadway-style songs. ...

Review: DEATH BECOMES HER at Cadillac Palace


by Misha Davenport - May 20, 2024

Move over Witches of Oz. There’s a new pair of Broadway-Bound divas looking to stage a wicked fight for supremacy eight shows a week. And you better best believe the stage becomes her, er, them....

Review: ON THE 20TH CENTURY at Blank Theatre


by Zac Thriffiley - May 16, 2024

Blank Theatre’s ON THE 20TH CENTURY makes for a delightful ride through a farcical facsimile of Broadway’s Silver Age, if one can accommodate a few bumps along the way....

Review: TURRET at A Red Orchid Theatre


by Rachel Weinberg - May 13, 2024

Levi Holloway’s dystopian play TURRET introduces audiences to an intimate bunker in a post-apocalyptic world. And notably, the play marks Michael Shannon’s return to A Red Orchid. Shannon plays Green, who presides over this mysterious bunker in which he’s holding captive his trainee, Rabbit (Travis ...



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