The phenomenal Champions Of Magic bring their acclaimed illusion spectacular to Chicago for a limited engagement this summer. See the production that critics have described as ‘the most …
The boots are back! Kinky Boots will lift your spirits to high-heeled heights! Celebrated with six Tony Awards®, including Best Musical, a Grammy Award® for Best Musical Theatre Album, and …
Heartbreaking love story based on the novella that inspired the Oscar-winning film comes to the stage with soulful new music in this North American premiere.
Following the incredibly favored Anna Karenina, choreographer Yuri Possokhov and composer Ilya Demutsky have teamed up again for the Chicago premiere of Eugene Onegin, a full length-production inspired by Alexander Pushkin's poetic novel.
A Jewish family braves the darkest and most consequential chapters of the 20th century in this epic masterpiece from the late Tom Stoppard. Under the direction of Carey Perloff, a frequent collaborator and dear friend of Stoppard’s, this new production features script revisions the two made expressly for our theatre. Don’t miss the largest production in Writers Theatre history and the final play from one of our era’s greatest playwrights.
Think you’ve got baggage? Try dating when you have centuries of dating history and a literal body count. Sink your teeth into Lookingglass Theatre’s sharply funny world premiere where the only thing more frightening than vampires (and a serial killer on the loose) is having to meet your new in-laws. This romantic-comedy-meets-horror-story explores love, commitment, family…and, of course, vampires.
When Eden and Michael become accessories to murder, they face a crisis that is compounded by the fact that the murderer is their pet Rottweiler, and the victim …
Now extended through June 21 due to popular demand!
This musical revue, complete with down home country humor and big-hearted emotion, includes hits Crazy, I Fall to Pieces, Sweet …
Los Angeles. Harare. Worlds apart. In The Continuum traces two parallel lives breaking apart — comic, kaleidoscopic, and life altering. Over the course of a single weekend, Abigail …
A brother and sister parse through their late father’s journal in an attempt to learn why their birthright has been left to a family friend instead. As their research proves futile, the secrets of their family history inevitably are revealed. A play about architecture, love triangles, and when the most critical moments of history are left unrecorded.
Based on the ancient Greek tragedy and first produced under Nazi censorship in 1944 Paris, Anouilh’s retelling of Sophocles’ play explores the conflict between individual conscience and political necessity. Two strong-willed heroes debate the meaning of power and responsibility. Their pride and stubbornness doom them – and their loved ones – to an inevitable but inspiring end.
From the playwright of The Luckiest, Nice Girl and Thinner Than Water comes a spectacular new play that captures the restless heat of adolescence on the edge of change—where desire, identity, and escape collide in one unforgettable summer on the brink of adulthood.
Ana Morgana, inmigrante, marginada, pero, sobre todo, artista, trasciende su realidad cotidiana imaginándose una estrella: La Lupe. Cantando las canciones de la famosa mujer, contando la vida de …
Le Bal is a newly commissioned devised play inspired by Ettore Scola’s iconic film—a sweeping, dialogue-free production that tells the story of political and personal transformation through dance, music, and fashion. Set to a musical score and timeline of the 1920’s through modern day, Le Bal uses movement and sound to capture the emotional pulse of a changing world. From intimate moments to global shifts, this immersive theatrical experience brings decades of U.S. and world history vividly to life.
In an anonymous meeting room, a group of people —always eight—gather to sing. Best known for the Broadway hit NATASHA, PIERRE, & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812, Dave …
A theater company in the South scandalizes an entire city with their production of Angels in America. Eric Coble’s Southern Rapture turns this civic eruption into a wickedly funny satire about artistic freedom.