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TheaterWorksUSA presents
"Ada Twist, Scientist & Friends"
Children's/Family, Musical
Oct 24, 2025
This fun musical for ages K-4 is based on the books Rosie Revere, Engineer; Iggy Peck, Architect; and Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty.
7:00PM Fri, Oct 24, 2025
$17 – $19
The Lord Chamberlain's Men Present Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
Children's/Family, Classic, Comedy/Drama
Oct 24, 2025
Classics get a fresh twist with The Lord Chamberlain's Men performng "Twelfth Night" at the ECC Arts Center on October 24. The UK's leading all-male theatre company, The Lord Chamberlain's Men brings Shakespeare's plays to life in authentic Elizabethan costume, infused with music, song, and spirited dance.
7:30PM Fri, Oct 24, 2025
$Children 12 and Under FREE – $$35 adults
The Rocky Horror Show
Comedy, Musical
Runs Oct 24 - Nov 09, 2025
Let's do the time-warp again with The Rocky Horror Show!
7:30PM Fri, Oct 24, 2025
$32.00 – $37.00
7:30PM Sat, Oct 25, 2025
$32.00 – $37.00
2:00PM Sun, Oct 26, 2025
$32.00 – $37.00
7:30PM Fri, Oct 31, 2025
$32.00 – $37.00
7:30PM Sat, Nov 01, 2025
$32.00 – $37.00
2:00PM Sun, Nov 02, 2025
$32.00 – $37.00
7:30PM Fri, Nov 07, 2025
$32.00 – $37.00
7:30PM Sat, Nov 08, 2025
$32.00 – $37.00
2:00PM Sun, Nov 09, 2025
$32.00 – $37.00
An Evening with Chris Thile
Music
Oct 24, 2025
MacArthur Fellow and Grammy Award-winning mandolinist, singer, songwriter and composer Chris Thile, hailed as “an all-round musician” (The Guardian), brings his genre-spanning artistry to Symphony Center. This wide-ranging …
8:00PM Fri, Oct 24, 2025
from $49
The Spongebob Musical Youth Edition
Children's/Family, Musical
Runs Oct 25 - Nov 02, 2025
Condensed version of the hit Broadway musical tailored for young performers and audiences.
11:00AM Sat, Oct 25, 2025
$15.00 – $20.00
2:00PM Sat, Oct 25, 2025
$15.00 – $20.00
6:00PM Sun, Oct 26, 2025
$15.00 – $20.00
11:00AM Sat, Nov 01, 2025
$15.00 – $20.00
2:00PM Sat, Nov 01, 2025
$15.00 – $20.00
6:00PM Sun, Nov 02, 2025
$15.00 – $20.00
Collide, A staged reading of new work by Ted Williams III
Staged Reading
Oct 25, 2025
2:00PM Sat, Oct 25, 2025
AG After Dark
Cabaret, Circus, Physical Theater, Pride, Variety
Oct 25, 2025
Join us in celebrating pride month with AG After Dark: A Queer Circus Cabaret. This show features an all-queer cast of circus artists, burlesque performers, and drag queens celebrating a …
7:00PM Sat, Oct 25, 2025
from $25
Ailey II
Dance
Oct 25, 2025
Blending modern masterpieces with bold new works, Dance Magazine calls Ailey II “second to none.”
7:30PM Sat, Oct 25, 2025
$58 – $62
Paul O'Dette and Aaron Sheehan
Music
Oct 25, 2025
One of the most influential figures in his field, lutenist Paul O’Dette has helped define the technical and stylistic standards to which 21st-century performers of early music aspire. …
7:30PM Sat, Oct 25, 2025
$15 – $40
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
with Live Shadow Cast and Audience Partici...pation
Comedy, Film/Documentary, Musical, Spooky Season
Oct 25, 2025
Feel the antici…pation! One of the highlights of the Halloween season, The Rocky Horror Picture Show with live shadow cast returns to The Center’s stage with this classic …
8:00PM Sat, Oct 25, 2025
$10 – $20
Herbie Hancock
Music
Oct 26, 2025
A living legend, always looking forward After Herbie Hancock’s 2024 performance at Symphony Center, the Chicago Tribune hailed him as “one of music’s most catalytic forces,” seamlessly navigating his vast catalog …
7:00PM Sun, Oct 26, 2025
from $65
The House That Will Not Stand
Drama, Spooky Season
Runs Oct 28 - Dec 14, 2025
In early nineteenth-century New Orleans, widowed mother Beartrice struggles to manage her headstrong daughters after the death of her second husband. But as the matriarch takes her place as head of the household, a more ominous transfer of power transpires in the region. The French-owned Louisiana Territory is about to be acquired by the United States, threatening the liberty of the free people of color residing on the land. A gripping examination of intersecting captivities, THE HOUSE THAT WILL NOT STAND follows four women in mourning as they look ahead to an uncertain and haunting future.
7:00PM Tue, Oct 28, 2025
$25.00
7:00PM Fri, Oct 31, 2025
$25.00
1:00PM Sat, Nov 01, 2025
$25.00
7:00PM Sat, Nov 01, 2025
$25.00
1:00PM Sun, Nov 02, 2025
$25.00
7:00PM Mon, Nov 03, 2025
$38.00
7:00PM Fri, Nov 07, 2025
$38.00
1:00PM Sat, Nov 08, 2025
$38.00
7:00PM Sat, Nov 08, 2025
$38.00
1:00PM Sun, Nov 09, 2025
$38.00
7:00PM Mon, Nov 10, 2025
$25.00
7:00PM Fri, Nov 14, 2025
$38.00
1:00PM Sat, Nov 15, 2025
$38.00
7:00PM Sat, Nov 15, 2025
$38.00
7:00PM Sun, Nov 16, 2025
$25.00
7:00PM Fri, Nov 21, 2025
$38.00
1:00PM Sat, Nov 22, 2025
$38.00
7:00PM Sat, Nov 22, 2025
$38.00
1:00PM Sun, Nov 23, 2025
$38.00
7:00PM Mon, Nov 24, 2025
$25.00
7:00PM Fri, Nov 28, 2025
$38.00
1:00PM Sat, Nov 29, 2025
$38.00
7:00PM Sat, Nov 29, 2025
$38.00
1:00PM Sun, Nov 30, 2025
$38.00
7:00PM Mon, Dec 01, 2025
$25.00
7:00PM Fri, Dec 05, 2025
$38.00
1:00PM Sat, Dec 06, 2025
$38.00
7:00PM Sat, Dec 06, 2025
$38.00
1:00PM Sun, Dec 07, 2025
$38.00
7:00PM Mon, Dec 08, 2025
$25.00
7:00PM Fri, Dec 12, 2025
$38.00
1:00PM Sat, Dec 13, 2025
$38.00
7:00PM Sat, Dec 13, 2025
$38.00
1:00PM Sun, Dec 14, 2025
$38.00
As You Like It
Musical
Runs Oct 30 - Dec 14, 2025
The classic story of finding refuge and love in new surroundings is freshly told with a folk-pop score from the Tony Award-winning composer of Suffs.
7:30PM Thu, Oct 30, 2025
7:30PM Fri, Oct 31, 2025
7:30PM Sat, Nov 01, 2025
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7:00PM Sun, Dec 14, 2025
Muti Conducts Strauss, Hindemith & Dvořák 9
Music
Runs Oct 30 - Nov 01, 2025
Music Director Emeritus for Life Riccardo Muti returns with an all-time orchestral favorite: Dvořák’s New World Symphony. Its glorious melodies capture the folk songs and spirituals the composer heard in …
7:30PM Thu, Oct 30, 2025
from $49
1:30PM Fri, Oct 31, 2025
from $49
7:30PM Sat, Nov 01, 2025
from $49
Carrie: The Musical
Drama, Spooky Season
Runs Oct 30 - Nov 02, 2025
Stephen King's cult classic takes the stage in Carrie: The Musical. Join us for a bone-chilling experience this Halloweekend! It'll be a night you'll never forget.
8:00PM Thu, Oct 30, 2025
$25.00
8:00PM Fri, Oct 31, 2025
$25.00
8:00PM Sat, Nov 01, 2025
$25.00
2:00PM Sun, Nov 02, 2025
$25.00
PlayStation the Concert
Runs Oct 31 - Nov 01, 2025
Immerse yourself in the worlds of PlayStation™ like never before at PlayStation: The Concert. This revolutionary live experience takes you on a journey through the most celebrated scores …
7:00PM Fri, Oct 31, 2025
7:30PM Sat, Nov 01, 2025
Disney's The Little Mermaid
Musical
Runs Oct 31 - Nov 09, 2025
Based on one of Hans Christian Andersen's most beloved stories and the classic animated film, Disney's The Little Mermaid is a hauntingly beautiful love story. With music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater and book by Doug Wright, Features irresistible songs, including "Under the Sea," "Kiss the Girl" and "Part of Your World."
Ariel, King Triton's youngest daughter, wishes to pursue the human Prince Eric in the world above, bargaining with the evil sea witch, Ursula, to trade her tail for legs. But the bargain is not what it seems, and Ariel needs the help of her colorful friends, Flounder the fish, Scuttle the seagull and Sebastian the crab to restore order under the sea.
7:30PM Fri, Oct 31, 2025
$18 – $22
7:30PM Sat, Nov 01, 2025
$18 – $22
2:00PM Sun, Nov 02, 2025
$18 – $22
7:30PM Fri, Nov 07, 2025
$18 – $22
7:30PM Sat, Nov 08, 2025
$18 – $22
2:00PM Sun, Nov 09, 2025
$18 – $22
John Waters
A Live Director's Commentary and Screening
Comedy, Film/Documentary, Spooky Season
Oct 31, 2025
The Center welcomes the king of camp, John Waters, for an unforgettable evening of cult cinema and twisted storytelling. Expect an endless bag of transgressive tales and hetero-non-aggressive …
8:00PM Fri, Oct 31, 2025
$39 – $69
The Baldwin Giovanni Experience
Black History Month, New Work, Performance Art
Runs Nov 01 - Nov 16, 2025
Celebrating the words and ideas of James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni
7:00PM Sat, Nov 01, 2025
$32.00
3:00PM Sun, Nov 02, 2025
$32.00
7:00PM Sat, Nov 08, 2025
$32.00
3:00PM Sun, Nov 09, 2025
$32.00
7:00PM Sat, Nov 15, 2025
$32.00
3:00PM Sun, Nov 16, 2025
$32.00
Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci
Classic, Drama, Music, Opera
Runs Nov 01 - Nov 23, 2025
This duo of passionate one-act operas explores the depths of spurned lovers’ grief and the lengths they’ll go to in avenging betrayal. Deadly love triangles unfold against starkly …
7:30PM Sat, Nov 01, 2025
from $60
7:00PM Tue, Nov 04, 2025
from $47
7:00PM Fri, Nov 07, 2025
from $60
2:00PM Sun, Nov 09, 2025
from $73
2:00PM Wed, Nov 12, 2025
from $63
7:30PM Sat, Nov 15, 2025
from $60
2:00PM Thu, Nov 20, 2025
from $47
2:00PM Sun, Nov 23, 2025
from $71
New Philharmonic: "Romeo & Juliet" | "Cinderella"
Children's/Family, Classic, Music
Runs Nov 01 - Nov 02, 2025
Tchaikovsky composes our first tale of love, the overture-fantasy based on Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. Also on the program: the enchanted music of Prokofiev’s Cinderella where a fairy godmother sets true love’s destiny in motion.
7:30PM Sat, Nov 01, 2025
$57
3:00PM Sun, Nov 02, 2025
$57
1619: The Journey of a People
Runs Nov 02 - Nov 08, 2025
3:00PM Sun, Nov 02, 2025
2:00PM Sat, Nov 08, 2025
Beatrice Rana
Music
Nov 02, 2025
Beatrice Rana brings her exquisite artistry to a program brimming with color and intensity. In Debussy’s Etudes, Book II, she demonstrates “a clear understanding of what can make that …
3:00PM Sun, Nov 02, 2025
from $39
Million Dollar Quartet Christmas
Musical
Runs Nov 05, 2025 - Jan 04, 2026
From the creators of MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, your favorite Rock 'n' Roll legends return this Christmas for a brand-new holiday musical experience. Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley come together again to celebrate the holidays at Sun Records studio, filled to the brim with Christmas cheer and enough musical talent to power a city grid. Jam-packed with the sounds of the season and the chart toppers that made the “Million Dollar Quartet” famous, the gang is up to their usual antics as we journey through stories of Christmas past, present, and future.
7:00PM Wed, Nov 05, 2025
7:00PM Thu, Nov 06, 2025
7:30PM Fri, Nov 07, 2025
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