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Skokie, IL 60077

Minkowski Conducts


Renowned French conductor Marc Minkowski makes his Music of the Baroque debut with music by three orchestral gods—Handel, Rameau, and Mozart. Handel’s concerto grosso was ...


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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...

Photos: LEGALLY BLONDE: THE MUSICAL At Music Theater Works


by A.A. Cristi - December 20, 2024

Music Theater Works’ Legally Blonde: The Musical, in the Center Theatre  at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, 9501 Skokie Blvd, Skokie, is now playing through December 29.  See photos of the production....

Northlight Theatre Will Break Ground in March 2025


by Stephi Wild - December 12, 2024

Northlight Theatre has announced the progress of the theater’s Next Act Campaign, leading up to groundbreaking for the new theater in downtown Evanston in March 2025....

Tickets Now on Sale for Music Theater Works' 2025 Producers Gala LUCK BE A LADY


by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 10, 2024

Music Theater Works will present its annual gala, the Producers Gala, Luck Be A Lady, at the Michigan Shores Club. Learn more about the event and see how to purchase tickets....

Cast And Creative Team Set For LEGALLY BLONDE at Music Theater Works


by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 12, 2024

Music Theater Works has revealed the cast and creative team for LEGALLY BLONDE, running in December at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie. Learn how to purchase tickets. ...

Chicago Tap Theatre Reveals Season and New Company Member Roxy King


by Stephi Wild - October 30, 2024

​​​​​​​ Chicago Tap Theatre has recently returned from a successful European Tour and has announced its 2024-2025 season and that  Roxanne “Roxy” King is a new company member.  ...

Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at North Shore Center For The Performing Arts, Skokie, IL


by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - October 26, 2024

What did our critic think of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at North Shore Center For The Performing Arts, Skokie, IL?...

Photos: Music Theater Works' LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS


by Blair Ingenthron - October 25, 2024

Music Theater Works’ is presenting its third production of its 2024 season, Little Shop of Horrors, in the North Theatre at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, running through November 17. Check out production photos here! ...

Cast Set For CAESAR'S CIRCUS at North Shore Center for the Performing Arts


by Stephi Wild - October 03, 2024

“Caesar’s Circus,” an all-new show starring one of Chicago’s most beloved performers, Frank Ferrante, announces its full cast that includes a diverse array of performers from a variety of locales specializing in juggling, contortionism, singing, aerial acrobatics, clowning and more....

Full Cast Set for CAESAR'S CIRCUS Starring Frank Ferrante at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 02, 2024

“Caesar’s Circus,” an all-new show starring one of Chicago’s most beloved performers, Frank Ferrante, revealed its full cast at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts....

Past Shows

Caesar's Circus
11/27 - 12/1/2024


Caesar's Circus makes its world premiere at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts from November 27 to December 1, 2024, featuring Frank Ferrante ...

Bach's Christmas Oratorio


From the opening chorus’s joyful, exuberant trumpets and timpani, the Christmas story unfolds in dramatic narrative, moving arias, and stirring chorales. Dame Jane Glover brings ...

Little Shop of Horrors
Little Shop of Horrors
10/24 - 11/17/2024


A “HOT” event for the fall as named by North Shore Magazine. The frighteningly fantastical musical arrives just in time for Halloween to make audiences ...

Haydn's Creation


The creation of the world as told in the Book of Genesis springs to life through vivid musical pictures. Music Director Dame Jane Glover leads ...

Birds, Frogs, Crickets, & Dogs


The animal kingdom comes alive through charming works for orchestra under the direction of Principal Guest Conductor Nicholas Kraemer. Dogs bark in Vivaldi’s “Spring” Concerto ...

The St. John Passion


An intimate and deeply human account of Christ’s betrayal, suffering, and death, Bach’s  Passion According to St. John  sets scripture and poetry in emotionally moving, ...

Music of the Baroque: Windy City


Politics may have prompted Chicago’s nickname, but wind and water are at the heart of its identity. Dame Jane Glover leads a program impishly inspired ...

Viva Vivaldi!


Viva Vivaldi! Baroque favorite Antonio Vivaldi takes center stage in a celebration of the 345th anniversary of his birth. The chorus brings “intensity and brilliance” ( ...

The Mozart Requiem
The Mozart Requiem
9/17 - 9/18/2023


Dame Jane Glover leads the Music of the Baroque Chorus, Orchestra, and international opera stars Susanna Phillips, Paula Murrihy, Manase Latu, and Michael Sumuel in ...

Benise Fiesta


It’s one hot night as Benise, “The Prince of Spanish Guitar,” and his Emmy Award-winning production come to town as part of his global tour. ...

Music Theater Works: Pippin
Music Theater Works: Pippin
6/1 - 6/25/2023


The unforgettable score of PIPPIN has shown multiple generations how to forge your own path in the world. Imaginatively presented through multiple revivals of a ...

Ensemble Español's Flamenco Passion 2023


The Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater returns to the North Shore with FLAMENCO PASSION concerts featuring the full company with guest artists and musicians from ...

The St. Matthew Passion


Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. Matthew Passion speaks as urgently of compassion and hope today as it did 300 years ago—and when Music of the Baroque ...

London Calling


“When one is tired of London,” said Samuel Johnson, “one is tired of life. Because there is in London all that life can afford.” English ...

Music of the Baroque: Reginald Mobley Sings


Celebrated countertenor Reginald Mobley wields a voice that is “pure of tone, immaculate in his articulation” ( The Herald ) in a program of powerfully ...

Baroque Heroes


Guest conductor Patrick Dupr Quigley explores the concept of hero in an energetic, whimsical program. The soloist is the hero of C. P. E. Bachs ...

Handel's Jephtha


The new season opens with Music of the Baroques first performance in over three decades of Handels final oratorio. Working furiously while his eyesight was ...

The Brothers Haydn


The musical brothers Haydn were no strangers to sibling rivalry. Joseph traveled in fancy musical circles in Esterhzy; Michael set up shop in Salzburg where ...

Bach's Easter Oratorio


Dame Jane Glover leads the Music of the Baroque Chorus, Orchestra, and four world renowned soloistsYulia Van Doren, Elizabeth DeShong, James Gilchrist, and Michael Sumuelin ...

Classical Heroines


Led by Nicholas Kraemer, Classical Heroines explores the tension between 18th-century operatic heroines traditional roles as wives, girlfriends, and lovers and the undeniable sheer power ...

McGill Plays Mozart


Mozart scholar Dame Jane Glover joins forces with Chicago native and New York Philharmonic principal clarinet Anthony McGill for Mozarts gorgeous Clarinet Concerto. Mozarts haunting ...

Music of the Baroque presents The Chevalier-


Music of the Baroque, in partnership with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association, the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, and Concert Theatre ...

Music of the Baroque presents The Chevalier-


Music of the Baroque, in partnership with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association, the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, and Concert Theatre ...

Music of the Baroque: A Thanksgiving Messiah


The celebrated Music of the Baroque Chorus makes its first regular season appearance since December 2019 in Handels most iconic oratorio: Messiah. Nicholas Kraemer leads ...

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