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The Thanksgiving Play
The Thanksgiving Play
4/25 - 6/2/2024


Four (very) well-intentioned theatre people walk into an elementary school. The work at hand: a Thanksgiving pageant that won’t ruffle any feathers. What could possibly ...

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical


Before she was the Carole King we know today, she was a young songwriter from Brooklyn trying to make a name for herself. Beautiful – ...

Annie Jr
4/26 - 4/28/2024


It's upbeat plot and flamboyant characters have made Annie one of the most beloved musicals in history--what girl hasn't dreamed of performing the title role ...


Learning Stage: book: David Simpatico; lyrics: Greg Cham, Ray Cham, Andy Dodd, Matthew Gerrard, Faye Greenberg, Jamie Houston, David N. Lawrence, Bryan Louiselle, Robbie Nevil, ...


Welcome to the Hundred Acre Wood, where Winnie the Pooh is once again in search of honey. Along the way, he meets his pals Tigger, ...


Godspell book by John-Michael Tebelak music & lyrics by Stephen Schwartz conceived & originally directed by John-Michael Tebelak based on The Gospel According to St. ...


Celebrate the 100th birthday of one of the world’s most beloved children's authors - Roald Dahl - with a fantastical tale of a boy, his ...

Little Shop Of Horrors
4/26 - 4/28/2024


A down-and out skid row floral assistant becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for fresh blood. Soon ...


Feed the need for musical hilarity with this delicious sci-fi smash about a man-eating plant, featuring the 2003 Broadway orchestrations....


Feed the need for musical hilarity with this delicious sci-fi smash about a man-eating plant, featuring the 2003 Broadway orchestrations....

Look Closer with Joshua Jay
Look Closer with Joshua Jay
4/4 - 4/28/2024


Fresh off a popular New York City run that launched at the legendary Carnegie Hall, internationally renowned magician  Joshua Jay  returns to the Rhapsody Theater ...

Mary Poppins Jr
4/26 - 4/28/2024


One of the most popular Disney movies of all time is capturing hearts in a whole new way: as a practically perfect musical! Mary Poppins ...

Mean Girls Jr
4/25 - 4/28/2024


The Plastics have deemed Broadway Junior worthy of their presence in Mean Girls JR! This musical from book writer Tina Fey (30 Rock), lyricist Nell Benjamin (Legally ...

Sapphic Showcase
Sapphic Showcase
4/19 - 4/28/2024


 A series of 10-minute plays interspersed with standup and spoken word performers....

Seussical
4/20 - 4/28/2024


Celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday and promote excitement in reading and literature with Seussical! This whimsical musical is based on the books of Dr. Seuss and ...

Sondheim Tribute Revue
Sondheim Tribute Revue
3/8 - 4/28/2024


Stephen Sondheim is widely acknowledged as the most innovative, most influential, and most important composer and lyricist in modern Broadway history. For more than 50 ...

Sondheim Tribute Revue
3/8 - 4/28/2024


EPAC would not be where it is today without the incomparable works of Stephen Sondheim. The Stephen Sondheim Society notes that Sondheim was “widely acknowledged as ...

The Music Man
4/25 - 4/28/2024


The Music Man, a classic American musical brimming with small-town charm and a touch of con artistry, follows the fast-talking Harold Hill. He arrives in ...

Richard II
Richard II
4/27 - 4/29/2024


Chicago's Sandbox Theatre Collective and Circuit Theatre Company present RICHARD II, the first of Shakespeare's history plays, to be held Saturday April 27th, Sunday April ...

Drunk Shakespeare Chicago
Drunk Shakespeare Chicago
5/2 - 4/30/2024


"To beer...or not to beer?" You are cordially invited to a meeting of The Drunk Shakespeare Society! The stage is set in a hidden library. ...

The Addams Family Young@Part
The Addams Family Young@Part
1/16 - 4/30/2024


Rehearsals : Tuesdays, January 16 – April 30, 2024; 5-7pm (no rehearsal/class on March 26) Cost : $360, includes 2 tickets to the final show ...


THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story and it’s every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ...


The Brainy and Beautiful Belle yearns to escape her provincial life...and her brute of a suitor, Gaston. However, Belle gets more adventurous than she wanted ...


Ashland Productions - 2016 Broadway World Mpls winner of Best Community Theater presents their Middle School production: Disney's Lion King Jr. RAFIKI gathers the ANIMALS ...


In a magical kingdom fathoms below, the beautiful young mermaid Ariel longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above. But first, ...

Las Locas Comedy Presents: Chingona Comedy Hour - May 2024


CALLING ALL CHINGONAS!! Every first Thursday of the month, Las Locas Comedy celebrates all the badass women in our lives with a hot night of ...


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Review: JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE at Goodman Theatre


by Zac Thriffiley - April 25, 2024

Under the meticulous direction of Chuck Smith, the Goodman’s newest revival of JOE TURNER’S COME AND GONE emphasizes the play’s continued relevance through masterful performances that find cause for celebration and laughter even in the face of oppression. The production has already been extended thr...

Review: BROOKLYN LAUNDRY at Northlight Theatre


by Zac Thriffiley - April 22, 2024

Under the direction of BJ Jones, John Patrick Shanley's newest play boasts a talented cast gifted with good humor and heartfelt emotion, but the uneven script feels as though it shrank in a dryer fed by clichés rather than coins....

Review: GUYS AND DOLLS at Drury Lane Theatre, Oakbrook Terrace


by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - April 19, 2024

The number of sinners at the mission impresses General Cartwright (Heidi Kettenring in another comedic gem), especially Big Jule (KC McNeil in his Drury debut).  As Adelaide and Nathan are trying to leave to get married, the mission band arrives with its new leader Sky Masterson. He and Sarah were m...

Review: THE MUSIC MAN at Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire IL


by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - April 22, 2024

The newest production at Marriott Lincolnshire is Meredith Willson’s classic and beloved The Music Man. Director/choreographer Katie Spelman has stayed true to the script and has made the fictional town of River City – based on Willson’s hometown of Mason City, Iowa – come to life....

Review: ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD at Court Theatre


by Zac Thriffiley - April 09, 2024

Charles Newell's final project as Court Theatre's artistic director offers audiences a hilarious exploration of what makes us human as well as a stunning reminder of his keen dramaturgical instincts. The production has already been extended through April 28 due to critical acclaim and popular demand...

Review: THE CHOIR OF MAN at Apollo Theater


by Rachel Weinberg - April 04, 2024

Raise a glass to THE CHOIR OF MAN, a rollicking good time of a show. The show’s a UK transfer and it transports audiences to the fictitious pub The Jungle, modeled after classic Irish and British pubs. Therein, the eponymous nine man choir serves up pop and rock hits on tap. THE CHOIR OF MAN is all ...

Review: PETER PAN National Tour Presented by Broadway In Chicago


by Zac Thriffiley - March 29, 2024

This newest adaptation of PETER PAN unquestionably corrects injustices that never should have been committed in the first place. But by flying Peter so enthusiastically into 2024, the creative team has stripped him and his story of some of their magic, making the boy who wouldn't grow up more out of...

Review: JERSEY BOYS at Mercury Theater Chicago


by Rachel Weinberg - March 29, 2024

Mercury Theater Chicago has staged a “homegrown” production of JERSEY BOYS full of Chicago heart. The bio jukebox musical has graced Chicago tour stages over the years (in fact, I had a chuckle looking back at the review of the first national tour I wrote for my high school newspaper), but this is t...

Review: PURPOSE at Steppenwolf Theatre Company


by Rachel Weinberg - March 25, 2024

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins has set the table for one hell of a family dinner in PURPOSE. Directed by Phylicia Rashad in a world premiere for Steppenwolf, this family drama keenly focuses on the privileged Jasper family, whose patriarch is a Civil Rights icon. The first act moves at a brilliant clip with...

Review: CIRQUE DU SOLEIL CRYSTAL at NOW Arena Hoffman Estates


by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - March 23, 2024

Crystal, the latest Cirque du Soleil production and playing through Sunday, March 24 at the NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, is the story about a young woman escaping the realities of her life by living in her imagination....



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