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Little Red Riding Hood
May24
Aug4
Theatre & Performing Arts

Little Red Riding Hood

Chicago Kids Company – Theater for Children (CKC) presents Little Red Riding Hood, a one-hour musical adaptation! Don’t Stray From the Path! That’s the advice…

Wednesday, May 24th
10:30 a.m.Friday, August 4th
11:30 a.m.
MJ-The Musical
Aug1
Theatre & Performing Arts

MJ-The Musical

BROADWAY’S MOST ELECTRIFYING NEW MUSICAL! He is one of the greatest entertainers of all time. Now, Michael Jackson’s unique and unparalleled artistry is finally coming…

Tuesday, August 1st
James M. Nederlander Theatre
24 W Randolph St.
The Who’s Tommy
Aug1
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Who’s Tommy

The groundbreaking pop-culture musical sensation is reimagined in a new production. Myth and spectacle combine in a fresh reinvention of The Who’s exhilarating 1969 rock…

Tuesday, August 1st
Goodman Theatre
170 N. Dearborn St.
Rush Hour Concerts | | Deborah Sobol Memorial
Aug1
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Rush Hour Concerts | | Deborah Sobol Memorial

RUSH HOUR CONCERTS | | DEBORAH SOBOL MEMORIAL Avalon String Quartet Blaise Magnière and Marie Wang, violin Anthony Devroye, viola Cheng-Hou Lee, cello Oksana Ezhokina,…

Tuesday, August 1st
5:45 p.m.6:30 p.m.
Porchlight’s “Broadway in your Backyard” at Stout Park
Aug1
Theatre & Performing Arts

Porchlight’s “Broadway in your Backyard” at Stout Park

This summer Porchlight Music Theatre welcomes the return of the free summer concert series, Broadway in your Backyard, running from June 27 – August 8,…

Tuesday, August 1st
6:00 p.m.
Stout Park
5446 S. Greenwood Ave.
Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical
Aug1
Theatre & Performing Arts

Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical

From humble beginnings in his hometown of Kenner, Louisiana, Lloyd Price overcame incredible obstacles on his way to a revolutionary musical career. He became the…

Tuesday, August 1st
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Fine Arts Building | Studebaker Theater
410 South Michigan Avenue
No Man’s Land
Aug1
Theatre & Performing Arts

No Man’s Land

In the drawing room of his stately Hampstead mansion, the wealthy, aging Hirst hosts his newfound acquaintance, the enigmatic Spooner, for an evening of endless…

Tuesday, August 1st
8:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
1650 N. Halsted St.
The Who’s Tommy
Aug2
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Who’s Tommy

The groundbreaking pop-culture musical sensation is reimagined in a new production. Myth and spectacle combine in a fresh reinvention of The Who’s exhilarating 1969 rock…

Wednesday, August 2nd
Goodman Theatre
170 N. Dearborn St.
Pinocchio
Aug2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Pinocchio

Chicago Kids Company – Theater for Children (CKC) presents Pinocchio, a one-hour musical adaptation! Can you help Pinocchio make the right choices and become a…

Wednesday, August 2nd
10:30 a.m.11:30 a.m.
Beverly Arts Center
2407 W. 111th Street
Chicago Dance’s 11th Annual Chicago Dance Month Returns with Live at Lunch Performances at The Green
Aug2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Chicago Dance’s 11th Annual Chicago Dance Month Returns with Live at Lunch Performances at The Green

See Chicago Dance, the dance industry’s nonprofit service organization, is proud to announce that its popular annual offering, Chicago Dance Month, returns this June. Now…

Wednesday, August 2nd
12:00 p.m.1:00 p.m.
The Green at 320
320 S. Canal St.
Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical
Aug2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical

From humble beginnings in his hometown of Kenner, Louisiana, Lloyd Price overcame incredible obstacles on his way to a revolutionary musical career. He became the…

Wednesday, August 2nd
2:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.
Fine Arts Building | Studebaker Theater
410 South Michigan Avenue
Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical
Aug2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical

From humble beginnings in his hometown of Kenner, Louisiana, Lloyd Price overcame incredible obstacles on his way to a revolutionary musical career. He became the…

Wednesday, August 2nd
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Fine Arts Building | Studebaker Theater
410 South Michigan Avenue
The Chicago Artists Workshop Presents: Bleuet Performed by Karim Sulayman; Featuring Matthew Duvall and Lisa Kaplan
Aug2
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Chicago Artists Workshop Presents: Bleuet Performed by Karim Sulayman; Featuring Matthew Duvall and Lisa Kaplan

A rare, intimate evening with Grammy award-winning Tenor, Karim Sulayman. Ranging from Billy Bragg to Francis Poulence to Sam Cooke, this is music of innocence,…

Lincoln Park

Event details
Wednesday, August 2nd
8:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
No Man’s Land
Aug2
Theatre & Performing Arts

No Man’s Land

In the drawing room of his stately Hampstead mansion, the wealthy, aging Hirst hosts his newfound acquaintance, the enigmatic Spooner, for an evening of endless…

Wednesday, August 2nd
8:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
1650 N. Halsted St.
Pippin
Aug2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Pippin

Music Theater Works, recently launched its 43rd season with the highly recommended “Avenue Q,” announced the cast and creative team for its second production in…

Wednesday, August 2nd
8:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie
9501 Skokie Blvd.
The Who’s Tommy
Aug3
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Who’s Tommy

The groundbreaking pop-culture musical sensation is reimagined in a new production. Myth and spectacle combine in a fresh reinvention of The Who’s exhilarating 1969 rock…

Thursday, August 3rd
Goodman Theatre
170 N. Dearborn St.
Pinocchio
Aug3
Theatre & Performing Arts

Pinocchio

Chicago Kids Company – Theater for Children (CKC) presents Pinocchio, a one-hour musical adaptation! Can you help Pinocchio make the right choices and become a…

Thursday, August 3rd
10:30 a.m.11:30 a.m.
Beverly Arts Center
2407 W. 111th Street
Porchlight’s “Broadway in your Backyard” at Schreiber Park
Aug3
Theatre & Performing Arts

Porchlight’s “Broadway in your Backyard” at Schreiber Park

This summer Porchlight Music Theatre welcomes the return of the free summer concert series, Broadway in your Backyard, running from June 27 – August 8,…

Thursday, August 3rd
6:00 p.m.
Schreiber Park
1552 W. Schreiber Ave.
PUFFS, or, Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic
Aug3
Theatre & Performing Arts

PUFFS, or, Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic

Otherworld Theatre Company, the premier sci-fi and fantasy theatre company in North America, stages Matt Cox’s PUFFS, or, Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain…

Thursday, August 3rd
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Otherworld Theatre
3914 N. Clark St.
The Spongebob Musical
Aug3
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

The Spongebob Musical

When the citizens of Bikini Bottom discover that a volcano will soon erupt and destroy their humble home, SpongeBob and his friends must come together to save…

Thursday, August 3rd
7:00 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Chopin Theatre
1543 W Division St.
The Art of Bowing
Aug3
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Art of Bowing

A world premiere! Three actors stumble onto an empty stage as they realize the theatre has died. In a last-ditch effort to revive it, they…

Thursday, August 3rd
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
The Den Theatre
1331 N. Milwaukee Ave.
The Rockefeller Special
Aug3
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

The Rockefeller Special

A true story of the man that made the monopoly, the fighter for the free market, the All-American asshole. John D. Rockefeller is on full…

Thursday, August 3rd
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Cornservatory
4210 N Lincoln Ave
In The Back/On The Floor
Aug3
Theatre & Performing Arts

In The Back/On The Floor

IN THE BACK/ON THE FLOOR examines the issues that minimum wage workers face through the lives of several employees at a big-box retail store. Though…

Thursday, August 3rd
8:00 p.m.
Chicago Dramatists
1105 W. Chicago Ave.
No Man’s Land
Aug3
Theatre & Performing Arts

No Man’s Land

In the drawing room of his stately Hampstead mansion, the wealthy, aging Hirst hosts his newfound acquaintance, the enigmatic Spooner, for an evening of endless…

Thursday, August 3rd
8:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
1650 N. Halsted St.
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