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Cast Set For A NATIVITY TRIBUTE at the Driehaus Museum
by Stephi Wild - November 21, 2024
The Driehaus Museum and the African American Museum of Performing Arts have announced casting for A Nativity Tribute, an adaptation of Langston Hughes’ gospel song-play, Black Nativity....
The University of Chicago's Gray Center for Arts & Inquiry Announces KAVAH Fermata Artist Prize and Fellowship
by Nicole Rosky - October 31, 2024
The University of Chicago has just announced the inaugural KAVAH Fermata, a new artist fellowship at the Richard and Mary L. Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry....
Chicago Premiere of SIX MEN DRESSED LIKE JOSEPH STALIN to be Presented at A Red Orchid Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 25, 2024
A Red Orchid Theatre will present SIX MEN DRESSED LIKE JOSEPH STALIN, directed by Ensemble Member dado. The play follows Soso, left for dead on the Eastern Front. He’s taken in by the Kremlin due to his shocking resemblance to a certain someone. Learn more!...
TimeLine South Teen Ensemble Premieres INFLUMEDIA: THE CONNECTION BUG In August
by A.A. Cristi - July 30, 2024
TimeLine South teen ensemble will present INFLUMEDIA: THE CONNECTION BUG at UChicago’s Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts on August 2 and 3, exploring the impact of social media on youth....
Tickets On Sale For Deeply Rooted Dance Theater at The Auditorium Theatre
by Stephi Wild - July 30, 2024
Deeply Rooted Dance Theater is preparing its highly anticipated one-night-only performance of contemporary dance based in American and African-American traditions in dance and storytelling, taking place Saturday, November 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the historic Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Ida B. Wells Drive, ...
Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project Presents DIVINATION: THE DANCING SOULS OF BLACK FOLK
by A.A. Cristi - July 15, 2024
The Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project will present Divination: The Dancing Souls of Black Folk, a powerful performance celebrating the rich cultural heritage and artistic contributions of Black dancers....
Chicago Sinfonietta Board Names Two Lifetime Trustees and New Member
by Stephi Wild - May 09, 2024
As its 36th anniversary season draws to a close, Chicago Sinfonietta has shared new developments in its Board of Directors. ...
Theaster Gates & Rebuild Foundation Convene for 10-year Anniversary of Black Artists Retreat
by Stephi Wild - October 05, 2023
The decennial of Black Artists Retreat, hosted by the artist Theaster Gates and Rebuild Foundation, took place September 15-17, 2023, returning to Chicago after the last two editions were hosted in New York and London, respectively. Learn more about the event here!...
Charles Newell to Transition Out of His Role as Court Theatre Artistic Director in Summer 2024
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 15, 2023
After a thirty-year tenure at Court Theatre, the professional theatre of the University of Chicago, Charles Newell has decided to transition out of his role as Marilyn F. Vitale Artistic Director in June 2024....
Pacifica Quartet To Return As Don Michel Randel Ensemble-in-Residence At The University Of Chicago
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 05, 2023
Grammy-winning Pacifica Quartet is set to celebrate their 10th anniversary as the Don Michael Randel Ensemble-in-Residence at the University of Chicago. The quartet will present three public concerts, engage with school and community music programs, and participate in interdisciplinary panels and di...
Past Shows
Circle Mirror Transformation
11/19 - 11/20/2021
When four lost New Englanders who enroll in Marty’s six-week-long community-center drama class begin to experiment with harmless games, hearts are quietly torn apart, and ...
SOUND/SITES: John Corkill, PERCUSSION
5/27 - 5/31/2021
MAY 27 - 31 | $15 | ONLINE Percussionist John Corkill aims to orient himself at an intersection, between avant-garde new music and the general ...
QUINCE: LOVE FAIL
5/21 - 5/23/2021
MAY 21 - 23 | $15, $20 with reception | ONLINE It MAY seem strange that Quince, a vocal quartet specializing in contemporary music, would ...
SULLIVAN FORTNER, PIANO: THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK
4/30 - 5/2/2021
APRIL 30 - MAY 2 | $15 | ONLINE A longtime collaborator of the late Roy Hargrove, pianist and New Orleans native Sullivan Fortner is ...
SHOMYO NO KAI: VOICES OF A THOUSAND YEARS
3/30 - 4/30/2021
MARCH 30 - APRIL 30 | $15 | ONLINE Described as meditative and sublime, the Buddhist form of ritual chant known as shomyo is one ...
AURELIO MARTINEZ AND THE GARIFUNA SOUL BAND
4/23 - 4/25/2021
APRIL 23 - 25 | $15 | ONLINE A member of one of the last generations to grow up steeped in the Afro-Caribbean Garifuna tradition, ...
APRIL 21 | Free | ONLINE Assistant Professor of Music Jessica Baker, an ethnomusicologist who specializes in contemporary popular music of and in the Circum-Caribbean, ...
IAN BOSTRIDGE, TENOR
4/16 - 4/18/2021
APRIL 16 - 18 | $15 | ONLINE When people describe Beethoven the person, the composer's temper is often one of the first characteristics they ...
KAYHAN KALHOR, KAMANCHEH: ECHOES OF THE EAST
4/14 - 4/16/2021
MAY 14 - 16 | $15 | ONLINE With performance credits that include the Silk Road Ensemble and New York Philharmonic, Iranian maestro Kayhan Kalhor ...
MAHAN ESFAHANI, HARPSICHORD: BACH'S GOLDBERG VARIATIONS
4/9 - 4/11/2021
APRIL 9 - 11 | $15 | ONLINE Few pieces have received such varied and frequent interpretation as Bach's Goldberg Variations. Perhaps that is what ...
APRIL 8 | Free | ONLINE Enjoy a rare chance to practice shomyo alongside one of the monks from Shomyo no Kai in a workshop ...
MINIATURES: MEMBERS OF THE GROSSMAN ENSEMBLE
3/12 - 3/14/2021
MARCH 12 - 14 | FREE | ONLINE In a concert centered on the ability of music to excite and inspire, members of the Chicago ...
AXIOM BRASS
3/5 - 3/7/2021
With programs ranging from jazz and Latin music to transcriptions of string quartet repertoire and original compositions for brass quintet, Axiom Brass has been delighting ...
SOUND/SITES: SETH PARKER WOODS, CELLO
2/26 - 2/28/2021
FEBRUARY 26 - 28 | $15 | ONLINE Seth Parker Woods, artist-in-residence at the University of Chicago, has been called "a cellist of power and ...
NOIS
2/19 - 2/21/2021
In just four years, Chicago-based saxophone quartet ~NOIS has quickly emerged as one of the most exciting and engaging chamber music ensembles in the United ...
HAYDN DISCOVERY: OP. 20, NO. 3 WITH THE ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET FEBRUARY 5 - 7 | $15, $20 with reception | ONLINE Though well ...
MARIZA SINGS AMALIA
1/29 - 1/31/2021
JANUARY 29 - 31 | | ONLINE For more than two centuries, the folk style of Fado has been synonymous with its home of Portugal, ...
JAZZ GALLERY ALL-STARS
1/22 - 1/24/2021
Miguel Zenón, alto saxophone; Morgan Guerin, tenor saxophone; Joel Ross, vibraphone; Charles Altura, guitar; Gerald Clayton, piano; Linda Oh, bass; Kendrick Scott, drums; Renee Neufville, ...
OHRWURM: TABEA DEBUS, RECORDER AND ALON SARIEL, LUTE
1/15 - 1/17/2021
n her program Ohrwurm, recorder virtuoso Tabea Debus joins lutenist Alon Sariel to explore how tunes and dances wormed their way into many aspects of ...
Sound Sites: Clare Longendyke, piano
11/13 - 11/15/2020
Sound Sites: Clare Longendyke, piano Streaming Friday, NOVEMBER 13, 7 PM CT - Sunday, NOVEMBER 15, 11:59 PM CT Amy Williams: Piano Portraits, Book 2 ...
Long Day's Journey into Night
2/28 - 2/29/2020
Eugene O'Neill University Of Chicago...
Wittenberg
2/28 - 2/29/2020
David Davalos University Of Chicago...
Waiting for Godot
2/21 - 2/22/2020
St. Dunstan's Theatre's Stage 2 presents Waiting for Godot. For tickets and more information, visit the website....
Yellow Face
5/24 - 5/25/2019
The lines between truth and fiction blur with hilarious and moving results in David Henry Hwang’s unreliable memoir. Asian-American playwright DHH, fresh off his Tony ...
Videos
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Million Dollar Quartet
Paramount's Stolp Island Theatre (9/15 - 12/29) | |
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The Little Mermaid
Drury Lane Theatre (11/6 - 1/12) | |
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Disney's Frozen the Broadway Musical
Paramount Theatre (10/30 - 1/19) | |
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DREAMGIRLS
The Seven Thirty Theatre (12/6 - 12/7) | |
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Leroy and Lucy
Steppenwolf Theatre Company (10/24 - 12/15) | |
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My Kind of Christmas
Palos Village Players (11/15 - 11/23) HOLIDAY SHOW NEW COMEDY
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Kimberly Akimbo
CIBC Theater (6/10 - 6/22) | |
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Artist’s Lounge Live Presents: A Nat King Cole Christmas with John-Mark McGaha
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre (12/9 - 12/10) | |
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Van Morrison Tribute: An Irish Heartbeat
Raue Center For The Arts (3/22 - 3/22) | |
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Holidays a cappella Family Edition
Chicago a cappella (12/7 - 12/7) | |
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Ruth Page's The Nutcracker
The Center for Performing Arts (11/23 - 11/24) | |
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