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Theatre & Performing Arts
Joffrey Ballet: Atonement
Witness the U.S. premiere of renowned choreographer Cathy Marston’s ‘Atonement’ in her re-imagining of Ian McEwan’s 2001 novel-turned Academy Award®-winning film. The poignant story follows…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Junie B.’s Essential Survival Guide to School, JR
Ovation Academy For The Performing Arts presents Junie B.’s Essential Survival Guide to School, JR. this October at Madison Street Theater. Junie B.’s Essential Survival…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Addams Family – A New Musical Comedy
This creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky musical hilariously explores the macabre as the eccentric Addams family must navigate the challenges of their daughter’s unexpected romance…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Primary Trust
An open-hearted, “utterly absorbing, very funny, darn near perfect play” (The Daily Beast) about leaving your comfort zone to find fulfillment. Meet Kenneth, a 38-year-old…
Theatre & Performing Arts
CSO Chamber Music at the University of Chicago
Rong-Yan Tang, violin Ni Mei, violin Danny Lai, viola Katinka Kleijn, cello Bohuslav Jan Martinů Three Madrigals, H. 313 for Violin and Viola Samuel Barber…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Book of Me
Wanda stands on the cusp of womanhood. Educated in the finest schools by successful Black parents she appears to be a well adjusted child of…
Theatre & Performing Arts
CSO Chamber Music at the University of Chicago
Music in Times of Crisis A quartet of musicians from the iconic Chicago Symphony Orchestra respond to Professor Steven Rings’ prompt to explore “Music in…
Theatre & Performing Arts
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
It’s The Golden Age of Hollywood, and the streets of Los Angeles teem with aspiring starlets. When Vera Stark—maid to “America’s Little Sweetie Pie” Gloria…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Until the Flood
This powerful and thought-provoking theatre is adapted from interviews the author conducted with St. Louis area residents who lived through the civil unrest resulting from…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Holy Ghost Bingo: God, Goblins, & Games!
Who is the patron saint of werewolves? Which saint died and went to hell, then came back to life? Which two saints practiced black magic…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Seven Guitars
The Chicago non-Equity premiere of this searing August Wilson drama about six friends in the Hill District of Pittsburgh in 1948 mourning the death of…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Some Like it Hot
Winner of 4 Tony Awards®, including Best Choreography and Best Costumes and the Grammy Award® for Best Musical Theater Album, SOME LIKE IT HOT is…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Lila Downs: Día de los Muertos
Celebrate Día de los Muertos, Mexico’s Day of the Dead, with the Grammy-winning, Mexican-American singer Lila Downs. Joined by folklórico dancers from The Mexican Folkloric…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Commedia Divina: It’s Worse Than That
CHICAGO – The Conspirators present a retooling of Commedia Divina: It’s Worse Than That, written by Sid Feldman and directed by Wm. Bullion, at the…
Theatre & Performing Arts
El Pielago de la Calamidades
The unwritten story of what happened to the nomadic actors who were hired by Hamlet to represent the murder of his father. Rated: PG13 Parents…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Jackalope Theatre Company’s The Singularity Play
CHICAGO – Jackalope Theatre Company continues its 16th season at Edgewater’s Berger Park, 6205 N. Sheridan Rd., with the world premiere of The Singularity Play,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Bramble Theatre Company’s Festival of Unfinished Work
CHICAGO – Bramble Theatre Company, is proud to announce the third annual Festival of Unfinished Work at the new Bramble Arts Loft located on the…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Music of the Baroque: The Elements
Laurence Cummings, music director of the Academy of Ancient Music, explores life’s basic building blocks—earth, air, fire, and water. The watery Neptune splashes through Rameau’s…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Holy Ghost Bingo: God, Goblins, & Games
Who is the patron saint of werewolves? Which saint went to hell, then came back to life? Which saints practiced black magic before switching to…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Frankenstein
Love, loss, and creation merge in unexpected ways as the Studebaker Theater and Fine Arts Building co-present Manual Cinema’s thrilling version of the classic Gothic…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Que Te Vaya Bien by Omar Vicente Fernandez
Set in Wrigley Field during a Cubs game, Que Te Vaya Bien tells the story of Elias, a young man on a journey toward reconciliation…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Azira’i
Azira’i is a biographical play that looks at Zahy Tentehar’s relationship with her mother, Azira’i, the first female Shaman from the Cana Brava reserve (MA),…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Josey y Las Mariachis
A vibrant one-woman musical journey through culture, love, and self-discovery in Chicago, accompanied by Live Mariachi music!
Theatre & Performing Arts
Atonement
Witness the U.S. premiere of renowned choreographer Cathy Marston’s ‘Atonement’ in her re-imagining of Ian McEwan’s 2001 novel-turned Academy Award®-winning film. The poignant story follows…
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