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Bottle Fly world premiere
Dec2
Jan10
Theatre & Performing Arts

Bottle Fly

World Premiere of a new play by Jacqueline Goldfinger, author of last seasons’ Babel. This beautiful depiction of queer survival in the Everglades captures the…

Monday December 2, 2024Friday January 10, 2025
Redtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave
Rodgers & Hammersteins Ciderella
Dec2
Feb1
Theatre & Performing Arts

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella celebrates the timeless enchantment of this magical fairy tale. Follow the classic story of Cinderella and her quest to attend the…

Monday December 2, 2024Saturday February 1, 2025
Marriott Theatre
10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire, IL, 60069
Boy Gets Girl peeking through blinds
Dec3
Dec27
Theatre & Performing Arts

Boy Gets Girl

A mystery thriller by Rebecca Gilman. The life of a successful career woman takes a terrifying turn when a seemingly innocent blind date spirals into…

Tuesday December 3, 2024Friday December 27, 2024
Skokie Theatre
7924 Lincoln Ave, Skokie, IL, 60077
Bottle Fly world premiere
Dec3
Jan11
Theatre & Performing Arts

Bottle Fly

World Premiere of a new play by Jacqueline Goldfinger, author of last seasons’ Babel. This beautiful depiction of queer survival in the Everglades captures the…

Tuesday December 3, 2024Saturday January 11, 2025
Redtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave
Rodgers & Hammersteins Ciderella
Dec3
Feb2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella celebrates the timeless enchantment of this magical fairy tale. Follow the classic story of Cinderella and her quest to attend the…

Tuesday December 3, 2024Sunday February 2, 2025
Marriott Theatre
10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire, IL, 60069
Boy Gets Girl peeking through blinds
Dec4
Dec28
Theatre & Performing Arts

Boy Gets Girl

A mystery thriller by Rebecca Gilman. The life of a successful career woman takes a terrifying turn when a seemingly innocent blind date spirals into…

Wednesday December 4, 2024Saturday December 28, 2024
Skokie Theatre
7924 Lincoln Ave, Skokie, IL, 60077
Bottle Fly world premiere
Dec4
Jan12
Theatre & Performing Arts

Bottle Fly

World Premiere of a new play by Jacqueline Goldfinger, author of last seasons’ Babel. This beautiful depiction of queer survival in the Everglades captures the…

Wednesday December 4, 2024Sunday January 12, 2025
Redtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave
Rodgers & Hammersteins Ciderella
Dec4
Feb3
Theatre & Performing Arts

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella celebrates the timeless enchantment of this magical fairy tale. Follow the classic story of Cinderella and her quest to attend the…

Wednesday December 4, 2024Monday February 3, 2025
Marriott Theatre
10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire, IL, 60069
League of Chicago Theatres
Dec4
Jan3
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…

Wednesday December 4, 2024
7:30 a.m.Friday January 3, 2025
3:00 a.m.
Pride Arts Center
4139 N. Broadway, Chicago, IL, 60613
Boy Gets Girl peeking through blinds
Dec5
Dec29
Theatre & Performing Arts

Boy Gets Girl

A mystery thriller by Rebecca Gilman. The life of a successful career woman takes a terrifying turn when a seemingly innocent blind date spirals into…

Thursday December 5, 2024Sunday December 29, 2024
Skokie Theatre
7924 Lincoln Ave, Skokie, IL, 60077
Bottle Fly world premiere
Dec5
Jan13
Theatre & Performing Arts

Bottle Fly

World Premiere of a new play by Jacqueline Goldfinger, author of last seasons’ Babel. This beautiful depiction of queer survival in the Everglades captures the…

Thursday December 5, 2024Monday January 13, 2025
Redtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave
Rodgers & Hammersteins Ciderella
Dec5
Feb4
Theatre & Performing Arts

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella celebrates the timeless enchantment of this magical fairy tale. Follow the classic story of Cinderella and her quest to attend the…

Thursday December 5, 2024Tuesday February 4, 2025
Marriott Theatre
10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire, IL, 60069
League of Chicago Theatres
Dec5
Jan4
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…

Thursday December 5, 2024
7:30 a.m.Saturday January 4, 2025
3:00 a.m.
Pride Arts Center
4139 N. Broadway, Chicago, IL, 60613
The Joffrey Ballet’s The Nutcracker
Dec6
Dec28
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Joffrey Ballet’s The Nutcracker

Experience magic this holiday season with two-time Tony Award®-winner Christopher Wheeldon’s ‘The Nutcracker’. On a magical Christmas Eve, mere months before the opening of Chicago’s…

Friday December 6, 2024Saturday December 28, 2024
Lyric Opera of Chicago
20 N. Wacker Dr., Ste. 860
Boy Gets Girl peeking through blinds
Dec6
Dec30
Theatre & Performing Arts

Boy Gets Girl

A mystery thriller by Rebecca Gilman. The life of a successful career woman takes a terrifying turn when a seemingly innocent blind date spirals into…

Friday December 6, 2024Monday December 30, 2024
Skokie Theatre
7924 Lincoln Ave, Skokie, IL, 60077
Bottle Fly world premiere
Dec6
Jan14
Theatre & Performing Arts

Bottle Fly

World Premiere of a new play by Jacqueline Goldfinger, author of last seasons’ Babel. This beautiful depiction of queer survival in the Everglades captures the…

Friday December 6, 2024Tuesday January 14, 2025
Redtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave
Rodgers & Hammersteins Ciderella
Dec6
Feb5
Theatre & Performing Arts

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella celebrates the timeless enchantment of this magical fairy tale. Follow the classic story of Cinderella and her quest to attend the…

Friday December 6, 2024Wednesday February 5, 2025
Marriott Theatre
10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire, IL, 60069
The Nutcracker
Dec6
Dec28
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Nutcracker

On a magical Christmas Eve, mere months before the opening of Chicago’s 1893 World’s Fair, Marie and her mother, a sculptress creating the fair’s iconic…

Friday December 6, 2024
7:00 a.m.Saturday December 28, 2024
2:00 a.m.
Lyric Opera of Chicago
20 N. Wacker Dr. , Chicago, IL, 60606
League of Chicago Theatres
Dec6
Jan5
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 December 6, 2024
7:30 a.m.Sunday January 5, 2025
3:00 a.m.
Pride Arts Center
4139 N. Broadway, Chicago, IL, 60613
Millennium Park Holiday Sing-Alongs
Dec6
Dec20
Music & Comedy

Millennium Park Holiday Sing-Alongs

Bundle up and belt out songs in celebration of Chicago’s diverse holiday traditions in Millennium Park’s Wrigley Square on Fridays, December 1, 13, and 20.…

Friday December 6, 2024
8:00 a.m.Friday December 20, 2024
5:00 p.m.
Millennium Park
201 E Randolph St
Festive Tea at The Ritz-Carlton, Chicago
Dec6
Dec29
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events

Festive Tea at The Ritz-Carlton, Chicago

Enjoy a delightful afternoon of scrumptious holiday-inspired treats during Festive Tea at The Ritz-Carlton, Chicago every weekend from November 29 through December 22. Tea service…

Friday December 6, 2024
11:00 a.m.Sunday December 29, 2024
2:00 p.m.
The Ritz Carlton Chicago
160 E Pearson St, Chicago, IL 60611
Antigone
Dec7
Dec16
Theatre & Performing Arts

Antigone

Sophocles’ Antigone, translated by poet and MacArthur Fellow Anne Carson, remains unequaled in its ability to combine all the fundamental contradictions of the human condition…

Saturday December 7, 2024Monday December 16, 2024
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Dec7
Dec16
Theatre & Performing Arts

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Experience the magic of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory like never before! Follow the adventures of Charlie Bucket, a kindhearted boy who wins a golden…

Saturday December 7, 2024Monday December 16, 2024
Boy Gets Girl peeking through blinds
Dec7
Dec31
Theatre & Performing Arts

Boy Gets Girl

A mystery thriller by Rebecca Gilman. The life of a successful career woman takes a terrifying turn when a seemingly innocent blind date spirals into…

Saturday December 7, 2024Tuesday December 31, 2024
Skokie Theatre
7924 Lincoln Ave, Skokie, IL, 60077
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