Find Touch Tours, ASL-Interpreted, Audio-Described, Open-Captioned and Autism-Friendly performances on our Access calendar.
Merry, Merry Chicago!
Holiday, Music
Runs Dec 19 - Dec 23, 2025
There’s nothing like hearing holiday music played by a world-renowned orchestra and chorus. Head to Orchestra Hall — decked in boughs of holly — for a program of …
7:30PM Fri, Dec 19, 2025
from $55
1:00PM Sat, Dec 20, 2025
from $55
1:00PM Sun, Dec 21, 2025
from $55
4:30PM Sun, Dec 21, 2025
from $55
7:30PM Mon, Dec 22, 2025
from $55
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from $55
4:30PM Tue, Dec 23, 2025
from $55
New Philharmonic: New Year's Eve Concert
Holiday, Music
Dec 31, 2025
Ring in 2026 with Maestro Muspratt as he conducts a fun and exciting New Year’s Eve pops concert featuring a variety of light classics, Strauss waltzes, arias, guest singer, champagne and surprises! A joyous night of reflecting back while looking ahead together through music.
1:00PM Wed, Dec 31, 2025
$70 – $80
5:00PM Wed, Dec 31, 2025
$70 – $80
8:30PM Wed, Dec 31, 2025
$70 – $80
The Unknown Variable
Drama, New Work
Runs Jan 08 - Feb 01, 2026
Separated from her bābā in Iran and living in a strange new land, a determined young girl contacts the President, Santa Claus, and God to determine the unknown variable – when her father will be granted a Visa from the United States so they can be reunited.
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A Live Presentation of 2001: A Space Odyssey
Music
Runs Jan 09 - Jan 10, 2026
Hailed as one of the greatest films of all time, Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi epic 2001: A Space Odyssey — renowned for its stunning visuals and groundbreaking use of classical music …
7:30PM Fri, Jan 09, 2026
from $75
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from $75
Dudok Quartet Amsterdam
Music
Jan 09, 2026
Judith van Driel and Marleen Wester, violin; Marie-Louise de Jong, viola; David Faber, cello Acclaimed for its “sublime, incandescent” playing (Chicago Classical Review), the Dudok Quartet Amsterdam is the …
7:30PM Fri, Jan 09, 2026
$15 – $40
Lorenzo Micheli, guitar
Music
Jan 10, 2026
Since winning the Guitar Foundation of America’s annual competition in 1999, Lorenzo Micheli has been a prolific player in the international classical guitar scene. Over his career, Micheli …
7:30PM Sat, Jan 10, 2026
$15 – $40
Bienen Faculty and Guests
Music
Jan 11, 2026
An evening of chamber music with Bienen faculty and special guests from Chicago’s classical music scene.
3:00PM Sun, Jan 11, 2026
$15 – $40
Eureka Day
Runs Jan 13 - Mar 08, 2026
Chicago’s acclaimed TimeLine Theatre Company returns to the Broadway Playhouse (following previous hit productions OSLO and THE LEHMAN TRILOGY)! At Berkeley, California’s ultra-progressive Eureka Day School, every decision is …
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Chicago Premiere!
Birds of North America
Comedy/Drama, New Work
Runs Jan 15 - Feb 22, 2026
John and his daughter Caitlyn are birders. As they scan the skies over their backyard in suburban Maryland looking for elusive birds, years go by. Children grow up and parents age. The climate and the world change in small and vast ways. BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA takes a close look at the relationship of a father and daughter over the course of a decade as they struggle to understand the parts of one another that defy understanding.
7:00PM Thu, Jan 15, 2026
$15 – $50
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$15 – $50
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$15 – $50
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$15 – $50
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Vertavo String Quartet
Music
Jan 16, 2026
Øyvor Volle and Annabelle Meare, violin; Berit Cardas, viola; Bjørg Lewis, cello “The whole concert was treasurable, the musicianship impeccable, and over all shone the extraordinary beauty of the …
7:30AM Fri, Jan 16, 2026
$15 – $40
Sinfónica de Minería
Music
Jan 18, 2026
Mexico’s leading orchestra, the Sinfónica de Minería, makes its Symphony Center debut led by Carlos Miguel Prieto, a conductor praised for his “extraordinary ferocity and drive” (The Guardian). Revueltas’ …
3:00PM Sun, Jan 18, 2026
from $49
Trio Seoul
Music
Jan 18, 2026
Jinjoo Cho, violin; Brannon Cho, cello; Kyu Yeon Kim, piano Trio Seoul was founded in 2021 by Bienen School associate professor of violin Jinjoo Cho, pianist Kyu Yeon Kim, …
3:00PM Sun, Jan 18, 2026
$15 – $40
The Three Little Pigs at the Beverly Arts Center
Children's/Family, Musical
Runs Jan 22 - Apr 03, 2026
Meet Roxanne, Petunia, and Babe…three Sister Piggies who set out to build their own houses. Roxanne (the Rock n’ Roll Pig) builds hers out of Sticks, Petunia (The Pretty Pig) builds hers out of Straw, and Babe (the sensible, smart Pig) builds hers out of bricks! Which house will the Big Bad Wolf Huff and Puff and blow down? Don’t miss CKC’s most popular show!
10:30AM Thu, Jan 22, 2026
$18 – $22
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Isidore String Quartet
Music
Jan 23, 2026
Adrian Steele and Phoenix Avalon, violin; Devin Moore, viola; Joshua McClendon, cello The Boston Musical Intelligencer praises the Isidore String Quartet’s “invigorating and refreshing” playing and “bold virtuosity.” Winner of a …
7:30PM Fri, Jan 23, 2026
$15 – $40
Salome
Classic, Music, Opera
Runs Jan 25 - Feb 14, 2026
Based on Oscar Wilde’s one-act play, Salome has been thrilling and fascinating audiences for more than a century. Lyric Opera of Chicago brings Sir David McVicar’s decadent production — which is set …
2:00PM Sun, Jan 25, 2026
from $60
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from $60
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from $47
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from $60
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from $47
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from $71
Kirill Gerstein
Music
Jan 25, 2026
Join pianist and polymath Kirill Gerstein for a program exploring Liszt and Brahms, two Romantic-era luminaries. Celebrated for his “insightful, boldly projected playing” (Chicago Classical Review), Gerstein opens …
3:00PM Sun, Jan 25, 2026
from $39
Stereophonic
Musical
Runs Jan 27 - Feb 08, 2026
The most Tony Award-winning Show of the year. The most Tony Award-nominated Play of all time. Stereophonic mines the agony and the ecstasy of creation as it zooms in on a music studio in 1976. Here, an up-and-coming rock band recording a new album finds …
7:00PM Tue, Jan 27, 2026
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1:00PM Sun, Feb 08, 2026
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On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio & Gloria Estefan
Musical
Runs Jan 28 - Mar 22, 2026
The rhythm is gonna get you!
Filled with the exhilarating music of the Miami Sound Machine, this celebration of Gloria Estefan’s greatest hits will have you dancing in the aisles.
On Your Feet! contains some strong language.
Run Time: 2 hours 15 minutes including intermission
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Salonen, Trifonov & Beethoven
Music
Runs Jan 29 - Feb 01, 2026
Over a misty landscape of storybook castles and deeply carved valleys, a solitary horn calls out at dawn. Bruckner’s Romantic Symphony begins its four-movement journey, encompassing birdsong, forest dances and …
7:30PM Thu, Jan 29, 2026
from $49
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The Illusion
Madison Street Theater
Runs Jan 29 - Feb 15, 2026
A lawyer, desperate to find the son he drove away years before, travels in the dead of night to a mysterious cave. There, a wizard conjures up visions …
7:30PM Thu, Jan 29, 2026
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Unnecessary Farce
Comedy
Runs Jan 29 - Mar 01, 2026
Jan 29 – Mar 1 | Thur - Sat 7:30p, Sun 3p Playhouse Theatre $43 Senior* | $45 Adult* Crime doesn’t pay, but it sure is funny By Paul Slade Smith Directed by …
7:30PM Thu, Jan 29, 2026
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MFA Collaboration Series: Hand to God
Performance Art
Runs Jan 30 - Feb 01, 2026
After the death of his father, meek Jason finds an outlet for his anxiety at the Christian Puppet Ministry, in the devoutly religious, relatively quiet small town of Cypress, Texas. Jason’s complicated relationships with the town pastor, the school bully, the girl next door, and—most especially—his mother are thrown into upheaval when Jason’s puppet, Tyrone, takes on a shocking and dangerously irreverent personality all its own. Hand to God explores the startlingly fragile nature of faith, morality, and the ties that bind us.
7:30PM Fri, Jan 30, 2026
$8 – $20
2:00PM Sat, Jan 31, 2026
$8 – $20
7:30PM Sat, Jan 31, 2026
$8 – $20
2:00PM Sun, Feb 01, 2026
$8 – $20
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
Comedy/Drama, Dance
Jan 31, 2026
Dance enthusiasts can look forward to the internatinally celebrated Les ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, a playful and virtuosic all-male ballet company that's equal parts comedy and technical brillance.
7:00PM Sat, Jan 31, 2026
$$45 adults – $$20 for children under 12
Purse String Productions Golden Girls
Comedy, Musical
Jan 31, 2026
Experience the joy of friendship as Purse String Productions performs a never-seen episode of everyone’s favorite Golden Girls. Laugh along as Dorothy, Blanche, Rose, and Sophia face new challenges that strengthen their friendship and weaken their defense for cheesecake. Be prepared to sing and clap along as the cast of exceptional drag artists perform 80s-era songs to highlight each of their stories. It will be an evening celebrating the spirit of friendship and saying, “thank you for being a friend!”
8:00PM Sat, Jan 31, 2026
$$25 – $$30