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Marriott Theatre Announces Spectacular 2025 Season in Celebration of Upcoming 50th Anniversary
Feb5
Jan4
Theatre & Performing Arts

Marriott Theatre Announces Spectacular 2025 Season in Celebration of Upcoming 50th Anniversary

Marriott Theatre for Young Audiences will feature a remarkable season of beloved titles for kids of all ages. Chicagoland’s longest-running musical theatre invites theatergoers to…

Wednesday February 5, 2025
7:00 p.m.Sunday January 4, 2026
11:30 p.m.
Marriott Theatre
10 Marriott Dr.
The Book of Grace
Mar27
May18
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Book of Grace

Grace looks for the good in everything: in her husband’s rules, in the border he patrols, in the return of his estranged son. But a…

Thursday, March 27th
7:30 p.m.Sunday, May 18th
5:00 p.m.
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
1650 N. Halsted St. , Chicago, IL, 60614
Marriott Theatre Presents Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Mar28
Theatre & Performing Arts

Marriott Theatre Presents Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Chicagoland’s longest running musical theatre, Marriott Theatre, officially kicks off its spectacular 50th Anniversary Season with one of the most enduring and beloved musicals of…

Friday, March 28th
Marriott Theatre
10 Marriott Dr.
Marriott Theatre Presents: The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System
Mar28
Theatre & Performing Arts

Marriott Theatre Presents: The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System

Marriott Theatre for Young Audiences kicks off its remarkable children’s theatre season, part of Marriott Theatre’s 50th anniversary, with the musical adaptation of one of…

Friday, March 28th
Marriott Theatre
10 Marriott Dr.
Comedy Hour at Annoyance Theatre
Mar28
Mar29
Theatre & Performing Arts

Comedy Hour at Annoyance Theatre

Each week, Chicago comics bring the freshest, most experimental new material to the Annoyance for the Comedy Hour. The weekly show is an eclectic mix…

Friday, March 28th
12:00 a.m.Saturday, March 29th
1:00 a.m.
Annoyance Theatre & Bar
851 W. Belmont Ave., 2nd Fl.
New Monuments | Chicago Brendan Fernandes
Mar28
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts

New Monuments | Chicago Brendan Fernandes

Envisioned as the first in a series of interventions that engage monuments in and outside of the United States, New Monuments | Chicago by Brendan Fernandes seeks…

Friday, March 28th
11:00 a.m.5:00 p.m.
Grant Park
301 S Columbus Dr
Curious Theatre Branch announces with a world premiere from Jenny Magnus, The Good
Mar28
Theatre & Performing Arts

Curious Theatre Branch announces with a world premiere from Jenny Magnus, The Good

CHICAGO – Curious Theatre Branch, continues its 35th anniversary season with a world premiere from Founding Co-Artistic Director Jenny Magnus, The Good, March 29 –…

Friday, March 28th
3:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.
Chicago Dramatists
1105 W. Chicago Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60642
Chicago Style Improv
Mar28
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts, Tours & Attractions

Chicago Style Improv

Get ready to experience “classic” improvisation that will leave you laughing long after the curtains close! Combining lightning-fast wit, razor-sharp skills, and boundless creativity, Chicago…

Friday, March 28th
6:00 p.m.7:00 p.m.
The Revival
906 S Wabash Ave
Teatro Zinzanni
Mar28
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Teatro Zinzanni

Tickets are on sale Now at https://zinzanni.com/chicago/ for Love, Chaos, & Dinner ! Teatro Zinzanni returns to the vibrant Chicago Loop inside the velvet walls…

Friday, March 28th
6:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Spiegeltent – Cambria Hotel
32 W. Randolph
Team Deakins returns to the Athenaeum Center
Mar28
Theatre & Performing Arts

Team Deakins returns to the Athenaeum Center

Following an October 2024 series of sold-out programming, Chicago’s not-for-profit Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture (2936 N. Southport Avenue) proudly welcomes back legendary Academy…

Friday, March 28th
6:30 p.m.8:30 p.m.
Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture
2936 N. Southport Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60657
The Distrikt of Lake Michigun: A Most Lamentable Comedy and Most Ridiculous Tragedy
Mar28
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Distrikt of Lake Michigun: A Most Lamentable Comedy and Most Ridiculous Tragedy

Stage Left Theatre, the second-oldest ensemble-based theatre company in Chicago, is pleased to announce its spring 2025 production of The Distrikt of Lake Michigun: A…

Friday, March 28th
6:30 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Water Tower Place
835 N Michigan Ave
The Infinite Wrench
Mar28
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

The Infinite Wrench

Don’t miss the longest running late-night show in Chicago! At The Infinite Wrench you’ll see 30 original plays in 60 minutes written and performed by…

Friday, March 28th
7:00 p.m.8:00 p.m.
The Neo-Futurist Theater
5153 N. Ashland Ave.
Screen to Strings: Iconic Movie Scores
Mar28
Theatre & Performing Arts

Screen to Strings: Iconic Movie Scores

A thrilling experience where the magic of film music is brought to life in a stunning, live performance, surrounded by the soft glimmer of candles,…

Friday, March 28th
7:00 p.m.8:00 p.m.
Second Unitarian Church of Chicago
656 W Barry Ave
Lookingglass Theatre Company Presents Circus Quixote
Mar28
Theatre & Performing Arts

Lookingglass Theatre Company Presents Circus Quixote

After pausing its operations last year to reorganize and create a new business model, Chicago’s Tony-Award winning Lookingglass Theatre Company, in association with The Actors…

Friday, March 28th
7:00 p.m.9:30 p.m.
163 E. Pearson St.
The Winter’s Tale
Mar28
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Winter’s Tale

One of Shakespeare’s final plays, THE WINTER’S TALE is a romantic comedy with elements of tragedy. King Leontes of Sicilia falsely accuses his wife, Hermione,…

Friday, March 28th
7:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Windy City Playhouse
3014 W. Irving Park Rd.
Thomas Dunford, lute
Mar28
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Thomas Dunford, lute

“The Eric Clapton of the lute.” – BBC Magazine  Parisian lute virtuoso Thomas Dunford makes centuries-old music resonate with a modern pulse. Dunford and his lute…

Friday, March 28th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Logan Center for the Arts – Performance Hall
915 East 60th Street
Miguel Gutierrez, Super Nothing
Mar28
Theatre & Performing Arts

Miguel Gutierrez, Super Nothing

Super Nothing is a new dance performance by artist and choreographer Miguel Gutierrez. It draws on his personal archive of performance to see how the past…

Friday, March 28th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.
Titanique
Mar28
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…

Friday, March 28th
7:30 p.m.9:10 p.m.
Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place
175 E. Chestnut St .Chicago, IL 60611
Betrayal
Mar28
Theatre & Performing Arts

Betrayal

Stage and screen stars Helen Hunt (Oscar, Emmy, Golden Globe Awards), Robert Sean Leonard (Tony Award) and Ian Barford (Tony Award nominee) form the “eternal…

Friday, March 28th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Goodman Albert Theatre
170 N. Dearborn, Chicago, IL, 60601
Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble Presents “Funny, Like an Abortion”
Mar28
Theatre & Performing Arts

Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble Presents “Funny, Like an Abortion”

Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble (CDE),  located at 1650 W. Foster Ave, in collaboration with Fat Theater Project will present Funny Like an Abortion March 10 –…

Friday, March 28th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Ebenezer Lutheran Church
1650 W Foster Ave
Redtwist Theatre Presents Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus
Mar28
Theatre & Performing Arts

Redtwist Theatre Presents Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus

CHICAGO – Award-winning Redtwist Theatre announces an original adaption of William Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, by Artistic Director of Development Dusty Brown, Caroline Kidwell and Jordan…

Friday, March 28th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Redtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave
Oil Lamp Theater Presents “Lifespan of a Fact”
Mar28
Theatre & Performing Arts

Oil Lamp Theater Presents “Lifespan of a Fact”

Oil Lamp Theater is proud to present The Lifespan of a Fact, written by Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell and Gordon Farrell and directed by Oil…

Friday, March 28th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Oil Lamp Theater
1723 Glenview Rd, Glenview, IL, 60025
Legally Blonde
Mar28
Theatre & Performing Arts

Legally Blonde

Elle Woods has it all figured out- great friends, great car, great dog. When it all starts falling apart, Elle leaves behind her sunny sorority…

Friday, March 28th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Mundelein Center For The Fine & Performing Arts
1020 W Sheridan Rd
Splash Hatch on the E Going Down
Mar28
Theatre & Performing Arts

Splash Hatch on the E Going Down

Definition Theatre presents: Splash Hatch on the E Going Down by Kia Corthron directed by Cheryl Lynn Bruce Onstage March 14 – April 13, 2025 Definition…

Friday, March 28th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Definition Theatre
1160 E 55th St.
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