Find Touch Tours, ASL-Interpreted, Audio-Described, Open-Captioned and Autism-Friendly performances on our Access calendar.
Next to Normal
Runs Sep 19 - Sep 28, 2025
The Lodge Performing Arts Center 18 Villa Court, Elgin, IL Book and Lyrics by Brian Yorkey Music by Tom Kitt Winner of three 2009 Tony Awards, including Best Musical Score and the …
7:30PM Fri, Sep 19, 2025
$$30.0 – $$32.00
7:30PM Sat, Sep 20, 2025
$$30.00 – $$32.00
1:00PM Sun, Sep 21, 2025
$$30.00 – $$32.00
7:30PM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
$$30.00 – $$32.00
1:00PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
$$30.00 – $$32.00
7:30PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
$$30.00 – $$32.00
1:00PM Sun, Sep 28, 2025
$$30.00 – $$32.00
at Skokie Theatre
Pippin
Musical
Runs Sep 05 - Sep 28, 2025
A captivating musical about a young man’s search for meaning and fulfillment in life. With dazzling choreography, an unforgettable score by Stephen Schwartz, (Wicked) and a mix of heart, humor, and spectacle,
7:30PM Fri, Sep 19, 2025
$42 – $48
7:30PM Sat, Sep 20, 2025
$42 – $48
2:00PM Sun, Sep 21, 2025
$42 – $48
7:30PM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
$42 – $48
7:30PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
$42 – $48
2:00PM Sun, Sep 28, 2025
$42 – $48
3 Stages of Love
Cabaret
Runs Sep 05 - Sep 19, 2025
Ghostlight begins its 9th Season with the first of a three-part cabaret experience devised by Ensemble Member Khnemu Menu-Ra, 3 Stages of Love, featuring a blend of Shakespeare and song, along with original pieces.
8:00PM Fri, Sep 19, 2025
Ages 13+
The Cosmic Underground Show
Magic
Runs Sep 13 - Oct 31, 2025
The Cosmic Underground Show is a 90-minute, fast-paced, and hilariously mind-bending experience that blends cutting-edge magic with retro-futuristic flair. Set inside the recently unearthed Cosmic Underground Theater—a hidden …
8:00PM Fri, Sep 19, 2025
$33.00
8:00PM Sat, Sep 20, 2025
$33.00
8:00PM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
$33.00
8:00PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
$33.00
8:00PM Fri, Oct 03, 2025
$33.00
8:00PM Sat, Oct 04, 2025
$33.00
8:00PM Fri, Oct 10, 2025
$33.00
8:00PM Sat, Oct 11, 2025
$33.00
8:00PM Fri, Oct 17, 2025
$33.00
8:00PM Sat, Oct 18, 2025
$33.00
8:00PM Fri, Oct 24, 2025
$33.00
8:00PM Sat, Oct 25, 2025
$33.00
8:00PM Fri, Oct 31, 2025
$33.00
Hitch*Cocktails
Comedy, Improv
Runs May 23 - Dec 26, 2025
A Chicago based improv comedy show and drinking game based on the works of Alfred Hitchcock. Based on an audience suggestion, the cast weave together an intricate Hitchcock-like …
9:30PM Fri, Sep 19, 2025
$20
9:30PM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
$20
9:30PM Fri, Oct 03, 2025
$20
9:30PM Fri, Oct 10, 2025
$20
9:30PM Fri, Oct 17, 2025
$20
9:30PM Fri, Oct 24, 2025
$20
9:30PM Fri, Oct 31, 2025
$20
9:30PM Fri, Nov 07, 2025
$20
9:30PM Fri, Nov 14, 2025
$20
9:30PM Fri, Nov 21, 2025
$20
9:30PM Fri, Nov 28, 2025
$20
9:30PM Fri, Dec 05, 2025
$20
9:30PM Fri, Dec 12, 2025
$20
9:30PM Fri, Dec 19, 2025
$20
9:30PM Fri, Dec 26, 2025
$20
Say Gay Plays with About Face Theatre and Silk Road Cultural Center
Silk Road Cultural Center
Staged Reading
Sep 20, 2025
Say Gay Plays is a theatre & activism project started by Voyage Theatre in New York and receiving its Chicago premiere this fall. The royalty-free plays are used to organize communities, combat harmful anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and rhetoric, and raise essential funds for local organizations.
2:00PM Sat, Sep 20, 2025
Free
Joyce DiDonato & the CSO
Music
Sep 20, 2025
Kick off the new season in style! Superstar mezzo-soprano and 2025/26 CSO Artist-in-Residence Joyce DiDonato joins Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider and the CSO for a celebratory program of vocal pieces …
6:30PM Sat, Sep 20, 2025
from $59
Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika
Drama, Pride
Runs Jun 14 - Sep 21, 2025
The second part of Tony Kushner’s two-part, Pulitzer Prize-winning expansive, poetic, and politically-charged look at the ‘80s in America. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative …
7:00PM Sat, Sep 20, 2025
$45.00
12:00PM Sun, Sep 21, 2025
$45.00
Magic VS Science
Cabaret, Circus, Comedy, Magic, Performance Art
Runs Sep 06 - Sep 27, 2025
Thom Britton (FreakShow & Tell) is a fire-wielding science savant. Nolan Webster is Chicago’s Most Mysterious Person—an enigmatic rogue who manipulates minds & bends perception. They have teamed up.
7:00PM Sat, Sep 20, 2025
$33.99 – $69.99
7:00PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
$33.99 – $69.99
Whirled News Tonight
Comedy, Improv, Open Run
Runs Jan 11 - Oct 25, 2025
Every Saturday at 7:30pm. Twenty years running! The audience provides inspiration by picking their top stories from the day’s news. From these journalistic suggestions, a team of experienced …
7:30PM Sat, Sep 20, 2025
$30.00
7:30PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
$30.00
7:30PM Sat, Oct 04, 2025
$30.00
7:30PM Sat, Oct 11, 2025
$30.00
7:30PM Sat, Oct 11, 2025
$30.00
7:30PM Sat, Oct 18, 2025
$30.00
7:30PM Sat, Oct 25, 2025
$30.00
MONDO BURLESCO: Chicago's Wildest Burlesque Show!
Cabaret, Variety
Runs Sep 20 - Dec 27, 2025
Explore the weird and wonderful world of burlesque striptease at Mondo Burlesco, in Chicago's iconic Stars & Garters nightclub!
10:00PM Sat, Sep 20, 2025
$28.00 – $45.00
10:00PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
$28.00 – $45.00
10:00PM Sat, Oct 04, 2025
$28.00 – $45.00
10:00PM Sat, Oct 18, 2025
$28.00 – $45.00
10:00PM Sat, Oct 25, 2025
$28.00 – $45.00
10:00PM Sat, Nov 01, 2025
$28.00 – $45.00
10:00PM Sat, Nov 15, 2025
$28.00 – $45.00
10:00PM Sat, Nov 22, 2025
$28.00 – $45.00
10:00PM Sat, Nov 29, 2025
$28.00 – $45.00
10:00PM Sat, Dec 06, 2025
$28.00 – $45.00
10:00PM Sat, Dec 13, 2025
$28.00 – $45.00
10:00PM Sat, Dec 20, 2025
$28.00 – $45.00
10:00PM Sat, Dec 27, 2025
$28.00 – $45.00
Late Nite Catechism
Comedy
Runs Jun 01 - Sep 28, 2025
Late Nite Catechism is part catechism class, part stand-up routine.
1:00PM Sun, Sep 21, 2025
$35.00
1:00PM Sun, Sep 28, 2025
$35.00
The Best is Yet to Come: Sean Allan Krill Sings Tony Bennett
Music
Runs Sep 22 - Sep 23, 2025
Sean Allan Krill sings songs made famous by Tony Bennett
7:00PM Mon, Sep 22, 2025
$65.00
1:00PM Tue, Sep 23, 2025
Rome Sweet Rome
Classic, Comedy/Drama, Literary Adaptation
Runs Sep 23 - Oct 19, 2025
Q Brothers Collective is “Nothing short of brilliant” –MTV
7:30PM Tue, Sep 23, 2025
$49.00 – $67.00
7:30PM Wed, Sep 24, 2025
$49.00 – $67.00
7:30PM Thu, Sep 25, 2025
$49.00 – $67.00
7:30PM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
$49.00 – $67.00
7:30PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
$49.00 – $67.00
2:30PM Sun, Sep 28, 2025
$49.00 – $67.00
7:30PM Tue, Sep 30, 2025
$49.00 – $67.00
1:00PM Wed, Oct 01, 2025
$49.00 – $67.00
7:30PM Wed, Oct 01, 2025
$49.00 – $67.00
7:30PM Thu, Oct 02, 2025
$49.00 – $67.00
7:30PM Fri, Oct 03, 2025
$49.00 – $67.00
2:30PM Sat, Oct 04, 2025
$49.00 – $67.00
7:30PM Sat, Oct 04, 2025
$49.00 – $67.00
2:30PM Sun, Oct 05, 2025
$49.00 – $67.00
1:00PM Wed, Oct 08, 2025
$49.00 – $67.00
7:30PM Wed, Oct 08, 2025
$49.00 – $67.00
7:30PM Thu, Oct 09, 2025
$49.00 – $67.00
7:30PM Fri, Oct 10, 2025
$49.00 – $67.00
2:30PM Sat, Oct 11, 2025
$49.00 – $67.00
7:30PM Sat, Oct 11, 2025
$49.00 – $67.00
2:30PM Sun, Oct 12, 2025
$49.00 – $67.00
7:30PM Tue, Oct 14, 2025
$49.00 – $67.00
1:00PM Wed, Oct 15, 2025
$49.00 – $67.00
7:30PM Wed, Oct 15, 2025
$49.00 – $67.00
7:30PM Thu, Oct 16, 2025
$49.00 – $67.00
7:30PM Fri, Oct 17, 2025
$49.00 – $67.00
2:30PM Sat, Oct 18, 2025
$49.00 – $67.00
7:30PM Sat, Oct 18, 2025
$49.00 – $67.00
2:30PM Sun, Oct 19, 2025
$49.00 – $67.00
Elizabeth McGovern and Aaron Costa Ganis in
Ava: The Secret Conversations
Drama
Runs Sep 24 - Oct 12, 2025
Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-nominated actor Elizabeth McGovern stars as Hollywood’s original femme fatale Ava Gardner in a critically acclaimed new play lauded by Entertainment Weekly as “mesmerizing and electric!”
8:00PM Wed, Sep 24, 2025
7:00PM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
2:00PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
7:00PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
2:00PM Sun, Sep 28, 2025
7:00PM Tue, Sep 30, 2025
2:00PM Wed, Oct 01, 2025
7:00PM Wed, Oct 01, 2025
7:00PM Fri, Oct 03, 2025
2:00PM Sat, Oct 04, 2025
7:00PM Sat, Oct 04, 2025
2:00PM Sun, Oct 05, 2025
7:00PM Tue, Oct 07, 2025
2:00PM Wed, Oct 08, 2025
7:00PM Wed, Oct 08, 2025
7:00PM Thu, Oct 09, 2025
7:00PM Fri, Oct 10, 2025
2:00PM Sat, Oct 11, 2025
7:00PM Sat, Oct 11, 2025
2:00PM Sun, Oct 12, 2025
Just(Us) Dinners
Just(Us) Dinners: Art of Living with Marcia Festen
Just(Us) Dinners: Art of Living with Marcia Festen
Sep 25, 2025
A restorative evening of Just(Us) Dinners, a space intentionally created for Black community members to come together, share a nourishing meal, and engage in honest, healing-centered conversation.
6:00PM Thu, Sep 25, 2025
$0.00
World Premiere!
Veal
Comedy/Drama, New Work
Runs Sep 25 - Nov 02, 2025
Following a violent coup, a young woman named Chelsea becomes Queen of North America. Into her new palace walk three friends from middle school with whom she hasn’t spoken in years. They’ve come to ask Chelsea for a big favor, but before she grants it, she’s going to make them revisit their shared friendship — and its terrible end.
7:00PM Thu, Sep 25, 2025
$15 – $50
7:00PM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
$15 – $50
7:00PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sun, Sep 28, 2025
$15 – $50
7:00PM Thu, Oct 02, 2025
$15 – $50
7:00PM Fri, Oct 03, 2025
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sat, Oct 04, 2025
$15 – $50
7:00PM Sat, Oct 04, 2025
$15 – $50
7:00PM Thu, Oct 09, 2025
$15 – $50
7:00PM Fri, Oct 10, 2025
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sat, Oct 11, 2025
$15 – $50
7:00PM Sat, Oct 11, 2025
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sun, Oct 12, 2025
$15 – $50
7:00PM Thu, Oct 16, 2025
$15 – $50
7:00PM Fri, Oct 17, 2025
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sat, Oct 18, 2025
$15 – $50
7:00PM Sat, Oct 18, 2025
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sun, Oct 19, 2025
$15 – $50
7:00PM Thu, Oct 23, 2025
$15 – $50
7:00PM Fri, Oct 24, 2025
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sat, Oct 25, 2025
$15 – $50
7:00PM Sat, Oct 25, 2025
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sun, Oct 26, 2025
$15 – $50
7:00PM Thu, Oct 30, 2025
$15 – $50
7:00PM Fri, Oct 31, 2025
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sat, Nov 01, 2025
$15 – $50
7:00PM Sat, Nov 01, 2025
$15 – $50
3:00PM Sun, Nov 02, 2025
$15 – $50
POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
Comedy
Runs Sep 25 - Oct 02, 2025
Selina Fillinger’s acclaimed theatrical farce imagines what happens behind the locked doors of that big pearly house. The answer contains, but is not limited to briefings, meetings, backtracking, honoring our veterans, female-pride conventions, breast-pumping, blue razz slushies, drugs, Crocs, with copious amounts of chaos and attempts to contain it. Witness Loyola Theatre transport 1600 Pennsylvania Ave to our Laboratory Underground Theatre in the basement of Mundelein Center for the Fine and Performing Arts.
7:30PM Thu, Sep 25, 2025
$10 – $25
7:30PM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
$10 – $25
7:30PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
$10 – $25
2:00PM Sun, Sep 28, 2025
$10 – $25
7:30PM Tue, Sep 30, 2025
$10 – $25
7:30PM Wed, Oct 01, 2025
$10 – $25
7:30PM Thu, Oct 02, 2025
$10 – $25
Ravel Piano Concertos & Suite from Carmen
Runs Sep 25 - Sep 28, 2025
Ravel’s jazz-fueled Piano Concerto in G Major fits Alice Sara Ott “like a custom suit,” raves The New York Times. Ott presents the glittering score alongside Ravel’s magnificent Piano …
7:30PM Thu, Sep 25, 2025
from $49
1:30PM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
from $49
7:30PM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
from $49
3:00PM Sun, Sep 28, 2025
from $49
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Audio Play/Podcast, Open Run
Runs Jan 09 - Dec 18, 2025
Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! is National Public Radio’s Peabody Award-winning comedy news quiz show. Host Peter Sagal leads a rotating panel of comedians, writers, listener contestants, and celebrity …
7:30PM Thu, Sep 25, 2025
$20.00 – $45.00
7:30PM Thu, Oct 02, 2025
$20.00 – $45.00
7:30PM Thu, Oct 23, 2025
$20.00 – $45.00
7:30PM Thu, Oct 30, 2025
$20.00 – $45.00
7:30PM Thu, Nov 13, 2025
$20.00 – $45.00
7:30PM Thu, Nov 20, 2025
$20.00 – $45.00
7:30PM Thu, Dec 11, 2025
$20.00 – $45.00
7:30PM Thu, Dec 18, 2025
$20.00 – $45.00
Faking the Band
Comedy, Improv, Musical
Runs Sep 05 - Sep 27, 2025
For one night only, a legendary band is reuniting.
12:00AM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
$15 – $20
12:00AM Sat, Sep 27, 2025
$15 – $20
ARTRAGEOUS
Comedy/Drama, Music, Performance Art
Sep 26, 2025
The ECC Arts Center season kicks off with the wildly imaginative ARTRAGEOUS, a fusion of art, music, theater, and creativity.
7:30PM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
$$20 children 12 and under – $$40 adults
Collison of Rhythm
Music
Sep 26, 2025
Collision of Rhythm is an electrifying duo that turns every stage into a lively spectacle, delivering a performance that feels like a 12-person ensemble. With their unique blend of talent, they've wowed audiences on major shows such as The Tonight Show and America’s Got Talent. With drumming, tap dancing, rhythmic juggling, marimba, piano, saxophone, flute and so much more, the show has been described as “Stomp meets Blue Man meets Cirque du Soleil.”
7:30PM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
$$15 – $$20
Aida Cuevas: 50 Years Singing to México
Dance, Music
Sep 26, 2025
Prepare for an evening of passion, tradition and the soul-stirring beauty of timeless music. Aida Cuevas, the unrivaled queen of ranchera music and “La Voz de México” (the …
8:00PM Fri, Sep 26, 2025
from $45