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Frozen: The Broadway Musical
Nov21
Theatre & Performing Arts

Frozen: The Broadway Musical

THE REGIONAL PREMIERE! Nominated for a Tony Award for Best Musical, this sparkling Disney fairytale has been reimagined for the stage. The theatrical production of…

Thursday November 21, 2024
Paramount Theatre
23 E. Galena Blvd., Aurora, IL, 60506
League of Chicago Theatres
Nov21
Nov24
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…

Thursday November 21, 2024Sunday November 24, 2024
Newhart Family Theatre
1020 W. Sheridan Rd.
Antigone
Nov21
Nov30
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…

Thursday November 21, 2024Saturday November 30, 2024
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Nov21
Nov30
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…

Thursday November 21, 2024Saturday November 30, 2024
Blue on stage
Nov21
Dec6
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…

Thursday November 21, 2024Friday December 6, 2024
Lyric Opera of Chicago
20 N. Wacker Dr. , Chicago, IL, 60606
Boy Gets Girl peeking through blinds
Nov21
Dec15
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 November 21, 2024Sunday December 15, 2024
Skokie Theatre
7924 Lincoln Ave, Skokie, IL, 60077
Bottle Fly world premiere
Nov21
Dec30
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 November 21, 2024Monday December 30, 2024
Redtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave
Rodgers & Hammersteins Ciderella
Nov21
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 November 21, 2024Tuesday January 21, 2025
Marriott Theatre
10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire, IL, 60069
Vilde Frang
Nov21
Nov23
Theatre & Performing Arts

Tchaikovsky Swan Lake

Swan Lake is the quintessential ballet score – a resplendent fable of dreamlike transformation. Tchaikovsky’s ballet suite caps a program of musical storytelling that includes…

Thursday November 21, 2024Saturday November 23, 2024
League of Chicago Theatres
Nov21
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 November 21, 2024
7:30 a.m.Saturday December 21, 2024
3:00 a.m.
Pride Arts Center
4139 N. Broadway, Chicago, IL, 60613
Alice in Wonderland
Nov21
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,…

Thursday November 21, 2024
10:30 a.m.11:30 p.m.
Beverly Arts Center
2407 W. 111th Street
New Monuments | Chicago Brendan Fernandes
Nov21
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…

Thursday November 21, 2024
11:00 a.m.5:00 p.m.
Grant Park
301 S Columbus Dr
LOVE SONG by John Kolvenbach from Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Nov21
Theatre & Performing Arts

LOVE SONG by John Kolvenbach from Remy Bumppo Theatre Company

CHICAGO – Remy Bumppo Theatre Company is pleased to announce the cast, creative and production teams for Love Song, written by John Kolvenbach and directed…

Thursday November 21, 2024
2:30 p.m.5:00 p.m.
Theater Wit
Teatro Zinzanni
Nov21
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…

Thursday November 21, 2024
6:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Spiegeltent – Cambria Hotel
32 W. Randolph
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Nov21
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…

Thursday November 21, 2024
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
James M. Nederlander Theatre
24 W. Randolph St.
A Beautiful Noise
Nov21
Theatre & Performing Arts

A Beautiful Noise

HE UNTOLD TRUE STORY OF A BROOKLYN KID WHO BECAME A CHART-BUSTING, SHOW-STOPPING, AWARD-WINNING AMERICAN ICON Created in collaboration with Neil Diamond himself, A BEAUTIFUL…

Thursday November 21, 2024
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Broadway in Chicago
17 N State St Ste 810
Yippee Ki Yay – A Diehard Parody
Nov21
Theatre & Performing Arts

Yippee Ki Yay – A Diehard Parody

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…

Thursday November 21, 2024
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place
175 E. Chestnut St .Chicago, IL 60611
ANNIE returns to Chicago this holiday season!
Nov21
Theatre & Performing Arts

ANNIE returns to Chicago this holiday season!

The iconic 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…

Thursday November 21, 2024
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
The Chicago Theatre
175 N. State
The Roar Speakeasy: A Prohibition Era Experience
Nov21
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Roar Speakeasy: A Prohibition Era Experience

Go back in time to Chicago’s Prohibition Era at The Roar on Rush! A lively Speakeasy that lights the way to a hidden 4-room cocktail…

Thursday November 21, 2024
7:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
The Roar on Rush
437 N. Rush Street
The RSC’s Pericles
Nov21
Theatre & Performing Arts

The RSC’s Pericles

Royal Shakespeare Company returns to Chicago for the first time in 30 years as part of a new, ongoing partnership with CST Direct from a run…

Thursday November 21, 2024
7:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Chicago Shakespeare Courtyard Theater
800 E. Grand, Chicago, IL, 60611
Dumb and Drummer
Nov21
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Dumb and Drummer

Chicago’s best comedians doing their best material over live jazz! Every third Thursday at The Lincoln Lodge Theatre, Hosted by Jamaal Sanders, Hunter Hirsch, and…

Thursday November 21, 2024
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
The Lincoln Lodge Theater
2040 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Jackalope Theatre Company’s The Singularity Play
Nov21
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,…

Thursday November 21, 2024
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Edgewater’s Berger Park
6205 N. Sheridan Rd.
Hedwig and The Angry Inch
Nov21
Theatre & Performing Arts

Hedwig and The Angry Inch

With music and lyrics by Stephen Trask and a book by John Cameron Mitchell, “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” follows the journey of Hedwig Robinson,…

Thursday November 21, 2024
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
The Den Theatre
1331 N Milwaukee Ave
Redtwist Theatre presents the world premiere of Bottle Fly
Nov21
Theatre & Performing Arts

Redtwist Theatre presents the world premiere of Bottle Fly

CHICAGO – Award-winning Redtwist Theatre is proud to announce the world premiere of Jacqueline Goldfinger’s Bottle Fly, directed by Co-Artistic Director Eileen Dixon, October 17…

Thursday November 21, 2024
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Redtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave
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