Theatre with a side of life
A Red Orchid Theatre remounts last year’s fan favorite BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA for a limited four week engagement. John is a birder. He searches, observes, identifies, and logs seeing different types of birds. What began as a casual hobby has become his life’s work. When his daughter Caitlyn arrives to hang out in the backyard, ...
TimeLine Theatre presents the World Premiere of THE BIRTH OF THE PILL. Margaret Sanger’s crusade for birth control is pretty legendary. The others collaborating in pursuit of The Pill aren’t perhaps as familiar. Dr. John Rock, Catholic obstetrician, teaching the rhythm method. Dr. Pincus working in vitro fertilization. And Katharine McCormick, advocate for women’s rights and ...
Pam Dickler and Rob Kolson present the four-week return engagement of I KILLED ANDY BREITBART. In 2012, a community activist, Chicago theatre producer and President Obama become unexpectedly connected to the sudden death of a well-known, right-wing conspiracist. In Andrew Breitbart’s blog, posted after his sudden death, he wrote about the 1998 production “The Love Song ...
Apollo Theater Chicago and Sketchworks Comedy present VAPE! THE GREASE PARODY. Who doesn’t remember the cult classic movie starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton John? A boy and girl meet and fall in love during the summer. Complications arise when they return to school. He’s a T-Bird greaser and she’s a wholesome Australian exchange student. To ...
Broadway in Chicago presents THE NOTEBOOK the Musical. An old woman has Alzheimers. Her husband faithfully reads to her daily from a notebook. It describes the love story of their life. His hope is the words and memories will bring her back to him. Nicholas Sparks wrote the best selling novel in 1996. It became a ...
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 ...