Theatre with a side of life
Babes with Blades presents the World Premiere of “yo ho.” Mark is a military man kidnapped by pirates. Onboard the ship, sparks fly when Mark meets Andy, Calico Jack’s second in command. Whether they are mopping the deck or fending off the British, the duo flirt with the fearless swagger of buccaneers destined to be caught. ...
Chicago Magic Lounge welcomes back world-renowned magician Ondřej Pšenička in 52 LOVERS. The magic starts with laundry. At an unassuming laundromat in Andersonville, the spin cycle is set to hocus pocus. Individuals arrive to a small storefront with a wall of washing machines. The lighting is garishly bright in the seemingly forgettable commercial space. On closer ...
Broadway in Chicago presents the Tony Award-winning musical, SUFFS. USA is celebrating 250 years of democracy. For women, it’s more like 105 years and for black women, it’s 60 years. Women were denied the right to vote until 1920. Decades later, The Voting Act of 1965 enforced it for all. The change didn’t just happen. It ...
Goodman Theatre presents the World Premiere Production of ICEBOY! OR THE COMPLETELY UNTRUE STORY OF HOW EUGENE O’NEILL CAME TO WRITE ‘The Iceman Cometh.’ It’s 1939, NYC. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Eugene O’Neill is in a writing slump and on a never-ending bender. Across town, Broadway star Vera Vimm extravagantly outbids museums to secure a caveman encased ...
Broadway in Chicago presents WATER FOR ELEPHANTS. Jacob ran away to the circus in his youth. As an old man, he reflects on those years traveling the country. After his parents were killed in a car crash, he lost everything. Jacob hopped a circus train trying to escape his grief and the Depression. When he meets ...
Tin Drum Theatre Company presents the Chicago Premiere of SOUTHERN RAPTURE. It’s the 1980s. In a Southern city in the United States, Marjorie is directing a new play. It tells the story of homosexuals succumbing to a disease. The gay aspect of the show has the town rattled and rumors of male frontal nudity has angered ...
North America’s biggest illusion show, CHAMPIONS OF MAGIC, comes to Chicago for the summer. Do you believe in magic? CHAMPIONS OF MAGIC are ready to solidify or trick you into questioning that belief. The CHAMPIONS includes four magicians, Richard Young, Sam Strange, Liberty Larsen and Fernando Velasco plus traveling crew. These magician assistants work hand-held cameras, buckle ...
Steppenwolf Theatre presents Chicago premiere CATCH AS CATCH CAN. Roberta and Theresa worry about their kids. Roberta fears the divorced Robbie is canoodling with his ex and that Danielle and Sam will never get married. Meanwhile, Theresa is concerned she has only met Timmy’s elusive fiancé once. A Christmas party brings moms, sons, daughter and husband ...
Jackalope Theatre presents the World Premiere of ANDY WARHOL PRESENTS: THE COCAINE PLAY. Andy Warhol is stuck. He spends days staring at a blank canvas unmoved while his lover Michael paints nonstop. When Marilyn Monroe wanders into the restaurant he works at, he asks to paint her. She says no. He does it anyway. He creates ...
Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents the North American Premiere of BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN. Ennis doesn’t say much. Jack says everything! Two strangers are assigned to work together herding sheep. In the vast isolation of a mountain, they discover within themselves and each other a magnetic attraction. Their fiery passion is the answer to their loneliness. They have each ...