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Porchlight Music Theatre Presents the Tony Award-Winning Fun Home
Jan26
Theatre & Performing Arts

Porchlight Music Theatre Presents the Tony Award-Winning Fun Home

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,…

Sunday, January 26th
2:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.
Ruth Page Center for the Arts
1016 N. Dearborn St.
Glassheart
Jan26
Theatre & Performing Arts

Glassheart

Chicago premiere of a new play by Chicago-based playwright Reina Hardy. A modern-day reimagining of the Beauty and the Beast fairy tale. The Beast has…

Sunday, January 26th
3:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.
City Lit Theater
1020 W. Bryn Mawr, Chicago, IL, 60660
Music of the Baroque: Minkowski Conducts
Jan26
Theatre & Performing Arts

Music of the Baroque: 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…

Sunday, January 26th
3:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.
North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie
9501 Skokie Blvd.
The Inner Compass
Jan26
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Inner Compass

Identity can be both innate and shaped by context and environment. It can both inform our choices and cause our identity to evolve moment by…

Sunday, January 26th
5:30 p.m.8:00 p.m.
Haymarket Pub & Brewery
737 W Randolph St
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Jan26
Theatre & Performing Arts

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

IT’S TIME TO BELIEVE IN MAGIC Broadway’s Spellbinding Sensation Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is coming to Chicago on its first-ever North American Tour. Join the…

Sunday, January 26th
6:30 p.m.8:30 p.m.
James M. Nederlander Theatre
24 W. Randolph St.
Jackalope Theatre Company’s The Singularity Play
Jan26
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,…

Sunday, January 26th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Edgewater’s Berger Park
6205 N. Sheridan Rd.
Boy Gets Girl
Jan26
Theatre & Performing Arts

Boy Gets Girl

Boy Gets Girl by Rebecca Gilman The life of a successful career woman takes a terrifying turn when a seemingly innocent blind date spirals into…

Sunday, January 26th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Choose Chicago
7924 Lincoln Ave
Bramble Theatre Company’s Festival of Unfinished Work
Jan26
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…

Sunday, January 26th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Bramble Arts Loft
Fat Ham
Jan26
Theatre & Performing Arts

Fat Ham

A boisterous Southern cookout sets the scene for a Black, queer discovery of self and resilience in this Pulitzer Prize-winning, five-time Tony nominated “uproarious reimagining…

Sunday, January 26th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Goodman Owen Theatre
170 N. Dearborn, Chicago, IL, 60601
Teatro ZinZanni Featuring Liv Warfield And Cunio Through February
Jan27
Theatre & Performing Arts

Teatro ZinZanni Featuring Liv Warfield And Cunio Through February

Teatro ZinZanni, named “Best Night Out in Chicago” by CS Magazine, is thrilled to announce their current production has been extended through February 16th due…

Monday, January 27th
Teatro ZinZanni Chicago
32 West Randolph Street
League of Chicago Theatres
Jan27
Jan30
Theatre & Performing Arts

Encounters with Light

Encounters with Light features Martha Graham’s 1931 masterpiece, Primitive Mysteries as well as a world premier by guest artist, Vershawn Sanders Ward. Original choreography by…

Monday, January 27thThursday, January 30th

New Monuments | Chicago Brendan Fernandes
Jan27
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…

Monday, January 27th
11:00 a.m.5:00 p.m.
Grant Park
301 S Columbus Dr
A Raisin in the Sun Public Programs: Community Reads Social
Jan27
Theatre & Performing Arts

A Raisin in the Sun Public Programs: Community Reads Social

Don’t miss the Community Reads Social, one of the public programs complementing Court Theatre’s production of A Raisin in the Sun.  Guests will be invited…

Monday, January 27th
5:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.
Blackstone Branch at the Chicago Public Library
4904 S. Lake Park Avenue
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Jan27
Theatre & Performing Arts

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

IT’S TIME TO BELIEVE IN MAGIC Broadway’s Spellbinding Sensation Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is coming to Chicago on its first-ever North American Tour. Join the…

Monday, January 27th
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
James M. Nederlander Theatre
24 W. Randolph St.
Lust for Life: A Rock-Out BurlyQ Revue
Jan27
Theatre & Performing Arts

Lust for Life: A Rock-Out BurlyQ Revue

LUST FOR LIFE is back from its brief hiatus and READY TO ROCK AWAY THE MONDAY MOPES in their brand new home, Lemon! Hosted, produced, & curated by…

Monday, January 27th
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Lemon, 1600 W Grand Ave
1600 W Grand Ave
Bramble Theatre Company’s Festival of Unfinished Work
Jan27
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…

Monday, January 27th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Bramble Arts Loft
Teatro ZinZanni Featuring Liv Warfield And Cunio Through February
Jan28
Theatre & Performing Arts

Teatro ZinZanni Featuring Liv Warfield And Cunio Through February

Teatro ZinZanni, named “Best Night Out in Chicago” by CS Magazine, is thrilled to announce their current production has been extended through February 16th due…

Tuesday, January 28th
Teatro ZinZanni Chicago
32 West Randolph Street
League of Chicago Theatres
Jan28
Jan31
Theatre & Performing Arts

Encounters with Light

Encounters with Light features Martha Graham’s 1931 masterpiece, Primitive Mysteries as well as a world premier by guest artist, Vershawn Sanders Ward. Original choreography by…

Tuesday, January 28thFriday, January 31st

Alice in Wonderland
Jan28
Theatre & Performing Arts

Alice in Wonderland

Follow Alice as she travels down the Rabbit Hole to the most amazing places!  Along her fantastic journey she’ll meet the Mad Hatter, March Hare,…

Tuesday, January 28th
10:30 a.m.11:30 p.m.

New Monuments | Chicago Brendan Fernandes
Jan28
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…

Tuesday, January 28th
11:00 a.m.5:00 p.m.
Grant Park
301 S Columbus Dr
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Jan28
Theatre & Performing Arts

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

IT’S TIME TO BELIEVE IN MAGIC Broadway’s Spellbinding Sensation Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is coming to Chicago on its first-ever North American Tour. Join the…

Tuesday, January 28th
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
James M. Nederlander Theatre
24 W. Randolph St.
Bramble Theatre Company’s Festival of Unfinished Work
Jan28
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…

Tuesday, January 28th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Bramble Arts Loft
Teatro ZinZanni Featuring Liv Warfield And Cunio Through February
Jan29
Theatre & Performing Arts

Teatro ZinZanni Featuring Liv Warfield And Cunio Through February

Teatro ZinZanni, named “Best Night Out in Chicago” by CS Magazine, is thrilled to announce their current production has been extended through February 16th due…

Wednesday, January 29th
Teatro ZinZanni Chicago
32 West Randolph Street
League of Chicago Theatres
Jan29
Feb1
Theatre & Performing Arts

Encounters with Light

Encounters with Light features Martha Graham’s 1931 masterpiece, Primitive Mysteries as well as a world premier by guest artist, Vershawn Sanders Ward. Original choreography by…

Wednesday, January 29thSaturday, February 1st

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