Theatre with a side of life
Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents the U.S. Premiere of THE LORD OF THE RINGS - A Musical Tale. Both diehard Tolkien fans and complete novices to Middle Earth will enjoy the epic storytelling in Chicago Shakes’ latest production. The creative team of Shaun McKenna and Matthew Warchus (books and lyrics) bring J.R.R. Tolkien’s beloved fantasy from page ...
Pegasus Theatre presents DONTRELL, WHO KISSED THE SEA. Playwright Nathan Alan Davis penned a contemporary folktale rooted in ancestral mysticism. Dontrell Jones the Third (played by Blake Dupree) is the whiz kid. Although his family sees his future clearly in academic pursuits, Dontrell is pulled in a different direction. He feels his destiny is to journey ...
Goodman Theatre presents the World Premiere production of MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL The Musical. Before true crime podcasts and shocking documentaries, John Berendt published his 1994 blockbuster non-fiction book, “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.” Berendt told the real life story of a murder in Savannah, Georgia. It was a ...
Steppenwolf Theatre presents LITTLE BEAR RIDGE ROAD. Ethan returns to Idaho to settle his dad’s affairs. Sarah reluctantly welcomes him back home. Although their relationship isn’t initially clear, their annoyance with each other is palpable. Playwright Samuel D. Hunter’s set-up engages immediately. This duo face-off like a well-scripted reality show. Their interactions feel organically awkward. It’s ...
Broadway in Chicago presents SIX The Musical. Divorced. Beheaded. Died! Divorced. Beheaded. Survived!! This concert-styled musical engages from the first note. These Queens came back to life to compete against each other. The contest is to determine whose life was the most tragic. Despite the disconcerting theme of abusive, murdering husband, SIX is everything but sad. ...
Chicago Shakespeare Theater, in association with Andy Jones and Dylan Pager, presents THE ENIGMATIST: David Kwong a magician, crossword constructor and master class storyteller! THE ENIGMATIST is a show like no other. And it really starts before it begins. Audience members are encouraged to arrive 20-30 minutes before curtain to wander through the puzzle garden. Each ...
Broadway in Chicago presents the Pre-Broadway, World Premiere of DEATH BECOMES HER. DEATH becomes… all of hers and him. This killer cast is da bomb! Tony Award nominees Megan Hilty (Madeline), Jennifer Simard (Helen), and Christopher Sieber (Ernest) plus Grammy Award-winning and Destiny’s Child alum Michelle Williams (Viola) put on quite the show. This wickedly funny ...
A Red Orchid Theatre presents the World Premiere of TURRET. Playwright and Director Levi Holloway debuts a new sci-fi mystery. In an isolated bunker, two survivors coexist on a regime of routine and whiskey. Holloway drops the audience in a day-in-the-life of Green (played by a commanding Michael Shannon) and Rabbit (played by a versatile Travis ...
Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents the World Premiere of JUDGEMENT DAY. Tony and Emmy Award-Winning Actor Jason Alexander brings his iconic George- Costanza-style-humor to Chicago. Alexander (Sammy) is starring in a new show about a morally bankrupt man grappling with the great beyond. After a near-death experience, Sammy learns that God and heaven exist. This realization makes ...
Blue in the Right Way presents its inaugural production WOMEN BEWARE WOMEN. Blue in the Right Way, Chicago’s newest theatre company, makes a lasting impression in its ambitious debut. Co-founders Kevin V. Smith and Daiva Bhandari dust off Thomas Middleton’s classic. Their queer, feminist adaptation is a unique take on Middleton’s 1621 psychosexual revenge tragedy. Smith ...