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Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts
Chicago Cultural Center New Play Residency Series
This February, Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events offers public readings of new theatre projects that are current recipients of the Chicago Cultural…
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…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds
CHICAGO – The Young People’s Theatre of Chicago’s “bouncy and bodacious” smash-hit production of Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus opened YPT’s 2024-2025 season…
Theatre & Performing Arts
A Raisin in the Sun
New York Drama Critics Award winner, Tony Award nominee for Best Play, and the first play written by a Black woman to be produced on…
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…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Lottery Day
On a hot September afternoon in Chicago, the matriarch of a quickly gentrifying neighborhood invites her friends and family for a barbeque that will go…
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…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Mr. Parker
Terry Parker is a middle-aged man navigating life after a profound personal loss. As he works to rediscover his identity and adjust to unexpected changes,…
Music & Comedy
Tchaikovsky 6
Join the Lakeview Orchestra for an unforgettable February concert: Tchaikovsky 6! Experience the powerful performances of Walker’s Lyric for Strings, Bruch’s Violin Concerto featuring the…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Notes for Peace Reunion
Notes for Peace is an initiative of the Negaunee Music Institute at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra that empowers families across Chicago who have lost children to gun…
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,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Twelve Angry Jurors – presented by Beverly Theatre Guild Chicago
The Beverly Theatre Guild is thrilled to present the timeless courtroom drama Twelve Angry Jurors on February 14-16, 2025. This well-known theatrical work is set…
Music & Comedy
Lakeview Orchestra Performs Tchaikovsky 6
The concert will take place on February 16th at 2:00 PM at the Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture. We will be performing Tchaikovsky’s Symphony…
Theatre & Performing Arts
One Party Consent
Trust is tricky. You enter working relationships and it’s unprofessional not to offer it. When you feel your trust challenged, you convince yourself that you’re…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Fool for Love
In a sweltering motel room in the Mojave Desert, May and Eddie lick their wounds and get ready for another relentless round. This brawl is…
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…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Hubbard Street Dance Company Winter Series
Building on the success of their sold-out Fall Series in November, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (HSDC) continues Season 47 with the highly anticipated second engagement!…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Tetzlaff Plays Sibelius
The rugged, windswept beauty of Sibelius’ Violin Concerto is a perfect showcase for Christian Tetzlaff, whose “fiery and compelling” 2022 CSO performance was named one…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Hedda Gabler
Hedda Tesman returns from her honeymoon to the brutal banality of domestic life: an agonizingly bland husband; a living room full of dying flowers; and…
Music & Comedy
Winter Blues: An Evening of Art & Live Music at Patrician Gallery
Winter Blues: An Evening of Art & Live Music at Patrician Gallery Date: January 16, 2025 Time: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM Location: Patrician Gallery & Gatherings ❄️✨Shake…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Beetlejuice Jr.
It’s our show now, kid. The ghost-with-the-most comes to the stage in Beetlejuice JR., the frightfully funny musical based on the beloved motion picture turned Broadway phenomenon. Lydia…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Love At First Bite: An Original Sketch Revue
Love At First Bite is an original Lunar New Year/Valentine’s Day sketch revue written and hosted by Asian Takeout Improv, featuring some of Chicago’s best…
Music & Comedy
Early Bird Comedy Special
Laugh Factory Presents Early Bird Special Hosted by Steven Springer.
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…
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