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Theatre & Performing Arts
Titanique
Broadway In Chicago presents the Porchlight Music Theatre production of TITANIQUE All aboard NYC’s must-sea musical comedy! When the music of Céline Dion makes sweet Canadian…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
An uplifting comeback story like no other, TINA – The Tina Turner Musical is the inspiring journey of a woman who broke barriers and became the Queen…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Lakeview Orchestra plays Shostakovich Symphony 7
Experience a powerful finale to Lakeview Orchestra’s 2024/2025 season with Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7, the “Leningrad,” on Sunday, June 8, 2025, at 2:00 PM at…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Chicago Tap Theatre Presents “For All We Know”
Chicago Tap Theatre (CTT), completes its 22nd season with the world premiere of For All We Know, choreographed by Sterling Harris and music directed by…
Theatre & Performing Arts
“Bill W. and Dr. Bob” at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts
Playwright Ronnie Marmo is back in Chicago to direct and star in the critically acclaimed “Bill W. and Dr. Bob,” the gripping true story spotlighting…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Joffrey Ballet’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Experience this Chicago premiere with The Joffrey Ballet, the first American ballet company to bring Wheeldon’s Wonderland to life. Plunge down the rabbit hole into…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Jackalope Theatre Presents Neighborhood Watch
CHICAGO – Jackalope Theatre Company’s 17th season continues with the world premiere of Rehana Lew Mirza’s latest play, Neighborhood Watch, May 22 – June 28,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Chicago Cultural Center Dance Studio Residency
The Open Studio series is a wide variety of public engagements during each residency cohort. Open Studio events are free, informal, and open to the…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Evanston Salt Costs Climbing
Winters keep getting worse in Evanston, IL, where salt truck drivers Peter and Basil battle the ice and snow and pass the time with jokes…
Theatre & Performing Arts
R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots)
In 1920, Karel Čapek’s early science fiction classic R.U.R. coined the term “robot” and looked ahead to the wonders and dangers of artificial intelligence decades…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Oil Lamp Theater Announces “The Marvelous Wonderettes”
Oil Lamp Theater’s next production is The Marvelous Wonderettes, written and created by Roger Bean, with musical arrangements by Brian William Baker, orchestrations by Michael…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Curious Circumstances of Louis Le Prince
CHICAGO – The Factory Theater, 1623 W. Howard St., is proud to announce the final production of their 30th season, The Curious Circumstances of Louis…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The End of Reality
“The End of Reality” is [Richard Maxwell’s] most eloquent statement to date on the blurring of despair and apathy in American lives. – Ben Brantley,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Footholds vol. 6
FOOTHOLDS VOL. 6 written by The Community directed by Rachel Borgo, Courtney Marie, Caitlin McManus, Kayla Menz, Ebby Offord, Jared Sheldon, and Erin Sheets In…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
TRUNK by Riley Samuel Merritt
TRUNK by Riley Samuel Merritt is coming to Chicago June 8th at 3:00 at The Newport Theatre. TRUNK is a one-man, interactive production that delves…
Theatre & Performing Arts
She Who Dared
Chicago Opera Theater (COT), Chicago’s foremost producer of new and rarely staged operas, proudly presents the world premiere of She Who Dared by acclaimed composer/librettist…
Theatre & Performing Arts
You Win Some, You Dim Sum: a comedy show at the Lincoln Lodge
We don’t celebrate our wins enough!! Carve out some time in your week to come to You Win Some, You Dim Sum, a show where…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Scandalous Boy
The story of the love between the emperor Hadrian and Antinous in pre-Christian Rome but framed in a twenty-first century setting with the statue of…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Amplify Queer Joy
At a time when queer rights are under renewed attack across America, celebrating queer joy is not just radical—it’s essential. In a world flooded with…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Jess Martin’s “EXPLORATION: An Evening of Dance, Discovery, Creativity, and Fun”
This year’s EXPLORATION show will focus on The Human Body and what the Human Experience means to all of us. TICKETS $16-$42 PERFORMANCE DATES Friday,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Dropout Improv: 2025 Summer Tour
Dropout Improv is going back on tour this June with shows across the Midwest & West Coast of the US! Join Jacob Wysocki, Jeremy Culhane,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
You Will Get Sick
A young man with a secret. An older woman who will listen. A predatory flock of birds. An upcoming audition for The Wizard of Oz. Welcome…
Theatre & Performing Arts
War of the Worlds
Breaking news: the Martians have landed…in Chicago! Our world is being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than ours, yet just as mortal. They…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Lifeline Theatre Presents World Premiere of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds
Breaking news: the Martians have landed…in Chicago! Our world is watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than ours, yet just as mortal. They regard…
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