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By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Nov8
Dec15
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 Sweetie Pie,” Gloria Mitchell-lands…

Friday November 8, 2024Sunday December 15, 2024

Dog Man The Musical illustration
Nov8
Dec1
Theatre & Performing Arts

Dog Man: The Musical

Recommended for ages 5 and up. Back by popular demand, Dog Man: The Musical is a hilarious production based on the worldwide bestselling series from…

Friday November 8, 2024Sunday December 1, 2024
The Studebaker Theater
410 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, Il, 60605
The Secret Garden
Nov8
Dec22
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Secret Garden

This enchanting classic of children’s literature is reimagined in brilliant musical style by composer Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of night,…

Friday November 8, 2024Sunday December 22, 2024
Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
721 Howard St., Evanston, IL, 60202
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Nov9
Dec16
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 Sweetie Pie,” Gloria Mitchell-lands…

Saturday November 9, 2024Monday December 16, 2024

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Nov10
Dec17
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 Sweetie Pie,” Gloria Mitchell-lands…

Sunday November 10, 2024Tuesday December 17, 2024

ANNIE returns to the Chicago Theatre
Nov12
Dec1
Theatre & Performing Arts

ANNIE returns to the Chicago Theatre

Tony Award-winning musical ANNIE is returning to Chicago this holiday season with a limited three-week engagement at The Chicago Theatre from November 12 through December…

Tuesday November 12, 2024
7:30 p.m.Sunday December 1, 2024
9:30 p.m.
Chicago Theatre
Dames at Sea
Nov13
Dec15
Theatre & Performing Arts

Dames at Sea

Musical parody of large, flashy 1930’s Busby Berkeley-style musical in which a chorus girl, newly arrived off the bus from the Midwest to New York…

Wednesday November 13, 2024Sunday December 15, 2024

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Nov14
Dec21
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 Sweetie Pie,” Gloria Mitchell-lands…

Thursday November 14, 2024Saturday December 21, 2024

The Wickhams Christmas at Peberley
Nov14
Dec15
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley

The Wickhams brings a new holiday tale with romance, intrigue and celebration. As the events of Miss Bennet unfold upstairs at Pemberley, during the same…

Thursday November 14, 2024
7:30 a.m.Sunday December 15, 2024
3:00 a.m.
McAninch Arts Center
425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn, IL, 60137
League of Chicago Theatres
Nov15
Dec2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Mercy Killing

A play about the breakup of a love affair between a cisgender lesbian and a self-described genderqueer trans person who is not a woman and…

Friday November 15, 2024Monday December 2, 2024
Open Space Arts
1411 W. Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL, 60640
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Nov15
Dec22
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 Sweetie Pie,” Gloria Mitchell-lands…

Friday November 15, 2024Sunday December 22, 2024

League of Chicago Theatres
Nov15
Theatre & Performing Arts

Throbbin’ Wood

PrideArts continues its holiday tradition of presenting its adults-only British pantos. The fine folk of Got-wood Forest are terrorized by taxes imposed by the wicked…

Friday November 15, 2024
7:30 a.m.Sunday December 15, 2024
3:00 a.m.
Pride Arts Center
4139 N. Broadway, Chicago, IL, 60613
League of Chicago Theatres
Nov16
Dec3
Theatre & Performing Arts

Mercy Killing

A play about the breakup of a love affair between a cisgender lesbian and a self-described genderqueer trans person who is not a woman and…

Saturday November 16, 2024Tuesday December 3, 2024
Open Space Arts
1411 W. Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL, 60640
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Nov16
Dec23
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 Sweetie Pie,” Gloria Mitchell-lands…

Saturday November 16, 2024Monday December 23, 2024

League of Chicago Theatres
Nov16
Theatre & Performing Arts

Throbbin’ Wood

PrideArts continues its holiday tradition of presenting its adults-only British pantos. The fine folk of Got-wood Forest are terrorized by taxes imposed by the wicked…

Saturday November 16, 2024
7:30 a.m.Monday December 16, 2024
3:00 a.m.
Pride Arts Center
4139 N. Broadway, Chicago, IL, 60613
A Christmas Carol
Nov16
Dec30
Theatre & Performing Arts

A Christmas Carol

The “perfect Chicago holiday tradition” (Chicago Parent). Rediscover the magic of Dickens’ classic with a fresh, heartwarming adaptation that “makes you believe kindness can win”…

Saturday November 16, 2024
2:00 p.m.Monday December 30, 2024
7:00 p.m.
Goodman Albert Theatre
170 N. Dearborn, Chicago, IL, 60601
Blue on stage
Nov17
Dec2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Blue

Blue is destined to become an American classic. Co-produced by Lyric, The Glimmerglass Festival, and Washington National Opera, the opera presents the moving story of…

Sunday November 17, 2024Monday December 2, 2024
Lyric Opera of Chicago
20 N. Wacker Dr. , Chicago, IL, 60606
League of Chicago Theatres
Nov17
Dec4
Theatre & Performing Arts

Mercy Killing

A play about the breakup of a love affair between a cisgender lesbian and a self-described genderqueer trans person who is not a woman and…

Sunday November 17, 2024Wednesday December 4, 2024
Open Space Arts
1411 W. Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL, 60640
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Nov17
Dec24
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 Sweetie Pie,” Gloria Mitchell-lands…

Sunday November 17, 2024Tuesday December 24, 2024

League of Chicago Theatres
Nov17
Theatre & Performing Arts

Throbbin’ Wood

PrideArts continues its holiday tradition of presenting its adults-only British pantos. The fine folk of Got-wood Forest are terrorized by taxes imposed by the wicked…

Sunday November 17, 2024
7:30 a.m.Tuesday December 17, 2024
3:00 a.m.
Pride Arts Center
4139 N. Broadway, Chicago, IL, 60613
Blue on stage
Nov18
Dec3
Theatre & Performing Arts

Blue

Blue is destined to become an American classic. Co-produced by Lyric, The Glimmerglass Festival, and Washington National Opera, the opera presents the moving story of…

Monday November 18, 2024Tuesday December 3, 2024
Lyric Opera of Chicago
20 N. Wacker Dr. , Chicago, IL, 60606
Blue on stage
Nov19
Dec4
Theatre & Performing Arts

Blue

Blue is destined to become an American classic. Co-produced by Lyric, The Glimmerglass Festival, and Washington National Opera, the opera presents the moving story of…

Tuesday November 19, 2024Wednesday December 4, 2024
Lyric Opera of Chicago
20 N. Wacker Dr. , Chicago, IL, 60606
Yippee Ki Yay building explosion
Nov19
Dec15
Theatre & Performing Arts

Yippee Ki Yay

Acclaimed retelling of classic film Die Hard from Richard Marsh “ Fringe First-winner, London poetry slam champion, BBC Audio Drama Best Scripted Comedy Drama award-winner…

Tuesday November 19, 2024Sunday December 15, 2024
Broadway Playhouse
175 E. Chestnut Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60611
Blue on stage
Nov20
Dec5
Theatre & Performing Arts

Blue

Blue is destined to become an American classic. Co-produced by Lyric, The Glimmerglass Festival, and Washington National Opera, the opera presents the moving story of…

Wednesday November 20, 2024Thursday December 5, 2024
Lyric Opera of Chicago
20 N. Wacker Dr. , Chicago, IL, 60606
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