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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 ...

 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 ...

 Shucked
Shucked
1/7 - 1/19/2025


SHUCKED  is the Tony Award®–winning musical comedy  The Wall Street Journal  calls “flat out hilarious!” And nobody knows funny like economists. Featuring a book by ...

Cinderella
Cinderella
1/10 - 1/20/2025


Magical Starlight Theatre's January 2025 “Cinderella” – a timeless tale that weaves together profound messages about kindness and the transformative power of love.

Come From Away
Come From Away
1/21 - 1/26/2025


Broadway’s  COME FROM AWAY  is a Best Musical winner all across North America! This New York Times Critics’ Pick takes you into the heart of ...

Jekyll and Hyde in Concert
Jekyll and Hyde in Concert
1/17 - 1/26/2025


A concert presentation of the musical based on Robert Louis Stevensons’s classic story of an epic struggle between good and evil, performed by a cast ...

Kid Prince and Pablo
Kid Prince and Pablo
1/3 - 2/16/2025


In the divided Capital City, the ruling class has banned rap and dance after an attempted revolution by the People. Kid Prince is set to ...

Kid Prince and Pablo
Kid Prince and Pablo
1/3 - 2/16/2025


In the divided Capital City, the ruling class has banned rap and dance after an attempted revolution by the People. Kid Prince is set to ...

Mr. Parker
Mr. Parker
1/31 - 2/16/2025


Terry Parker is a middle-aged man navigating life after a profound personal loss. As he works to rediscover his identity and adjust to unexpected changes, ...

Fiddler on the Roof
Fiddler on the Roof
2/8 - 2/23/2025


Winner of nine Tony Awards when it debuted in 1964,  Fiddler on the Roof  is the brainchild of Broadway legends, Jerome Robbins and Harold Prince; ...

JOHNNIE & FRANKIE STAGE PLAY


Johnnie & Frankie - they were lovers. Immerse yourself in a captivating mix of cabaret, Mardi Gras celebrations, and murder mystery

JOHNNIE & FRANKIE STAGE PLAY


Immerse yourself in a captivating mix of cabaret, Mardi Gras celebrations, and murder mystery, all set against the lively backdrop of New Orleans.

JOHNNIE & FRANKIE STAGE PLAY


Johnnie & Frankie - they were lovers.  Immerse yourself in a captivating mix of cabaret, Mardi Gras celebrations, and murder mystery, all set against the ...

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!


It's not easy being the Pigeon! You never get to do ANYTHING! But when the Bus Driver has a crisis that threatens to make her ...

Fun Home
Fun Home
1/16 - 3/2/2025


Porchlight Music Theatre presents the Tony-award winning and Pulitzer Prize-nominated musical Fun Home, opening January 16, 2025, at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, ...

Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice
3/11 - 3/16/2025


He earned his stripes on Broadway… now the ghost-with-the-most is coming back to Chicago by popular demand for one week only! It’s showtime! Based on ...

Betrayal
2/8 - 3/16/2025


Witness a gripping tale of love, deception, and betrayal in this intense drama set to captivate audiences at the Goodman Theatre. Opening on February 8th ...

My Fair Lady
My Fair Lady
3/28 - 3/30/2025


Lerner and Loewe's  MY FAIR LADY -   A  classic musical adapted from George Bernard Shaw's play and Gabriel Pascal's motion picture “PYGMALION,” with book and ...

Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Moulin Rouge! The Musical
4/2 - 4/20/2025


Pop the champagne,  Moulin Rouge! The Musical  is the winner of 10 Tony Awards® — including Best Musical! Enter a world of splendor and romance, ...

Disaster!
Disaster!
4/25 - 5/11/2025


Earthquakes, tidal waves, infernos and the unforgettable songs of the '70s take center stage in THIS side-splitting homage to classic disaster films It's 1979, and ...

Hadestown
Hadestown
5/6 - 5/18/2025


COME SEE HOW THE WORLD COULD BE. Welcome to  HADESTOWN , where a song can change your fate. Winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards® including ...

The Wedding Singer
The Wedding Singer
5/3 - 5/18/2025


The Wedding Singer   takes us back to a time when hair was big, greed was good, collars were up and a wedding singer might ...

Titanique
Titanique
3/25 - 5/18/2025


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 ...

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 ...

 Kimberly Akimbo
Kimberly Akimbo
6/10 - 6/22/2025


WINNER BEST MUSICAL THE MOST TONY AWARD-WINNING SHOW OF THE SEASON A new musical about growing up and growing old (in no particular order),  KIMBERLY ...

 Kimberly Akimbo
Kimberly Akimbo
6/10 - 6/22/2025


WINNER BEST MUSICAL THE MOST TONY AWARD-WINNING SHOW OF THE SEASON A new musical about growing up and growing old (in no particular order),  KIMBERLY ...


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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

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Review: FROZEN at Paramount Theatre Aurora, IL


by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - November 10, 2024

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Review: WHITE CHRISTMAS at Marriott Theatre


by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - November 07, 2024

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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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