Children’s author and illustrator Arnold Lobel’s beloved characters hop from the page to the stage in the Tony-nominated musical A Year With Frog And Toad, based on his popular children’s book that follows two best friends – the cheerful, popular Frog and grumpy, but lovable Toad – through four fun-filled seasons.
Call it Loretta Young meets Carol Burnett and Whoopi Goldberg. Call it part catechism class, part stand-up routine. Written by Vicki Quade & Maripat Donovan, it’s an interactive …
In its 7th season, South Chicago Dance Theatre is a flourishing local company that presents a seamless fusion of classical and contemporary dance. Audiences will be in awe …
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Improvised Jane Austen tells a tale, on the spot, in the style of the most beloved 19th-century author. In each original story, you may be introduced to headstrong …
Chicago a cappella teams up with Deke Sharon, the “Father of Contemporary A Cappella” and music director of “Pitch Perfect,” to bring to life the history of pop vocal harmony from the early 20th century to today.
PlayGround is thrilled to announce the selected plays and playwrights for our annual ten-minute play fest, BEST OF PLAYGROUND(CHICAGO) ’24, including first-time festival writers Daniel Arzola, Zach Barr, alfonzo kahlil, Juliet Kang Huneke, and J.S. Puller and returning Best of alumna Tanuja Devi Jagernauth. PlayGround will celebrate these artists and their place within the next generation of great playwrights in Chicago and beyond. Tickets can be reserved at https://tickets.playground-sf.org for live performances at Theater Wit and simulcast online, April 29 at 7pm CT and on-demand for one week. Admission is free (donations gratefully accepted) but advance reservations are required.
Come along with Jack and his best friend Carmelita (a Spanish-Speaking Cow), as they try to save their village from a crazy Giant! Along the way you’ll meet a beautiful singing Harp, a Golden Goose, and a wacky Bean Salesman. Watch the Giant Beanstalk grow on stage!
Two men survive in a facility deep underground somewhere in the wild woods of the Pacific Northwest, hiding away from something terrible looming just outside. Ensnared in a relentless loop of endless tomorrows, they discover the wolf isn’t at the door, he’s already inside, waiting in the creeping darkness all around them. Turret is an excavation of masculinity, love, loss and isolation. A claustrophobic carnival of carnage, carrier pigeons, cribbage, whiskey, music, mischief and mayhem.
Three unlikely friends take control of their office and learn there is nothing they can’t do, even in a man’s world. Set in the late 1970s, this hilarious story of friendship and revenge in the Rolodex era is outrageous, thought-provoking, and even romantic. Featuring the music and lyrics of Dolly Parton!
Playhouse Theatre | $44 Adult | $42 Senior
By the creator and executive producer of the Amazon series Outer Range, BTE’s production is the world premiere!
by Brian Watkins
Directed by Kurt Naebig
Granddad …
Granddad is gone. No elegies. No dirges. No dowries. It all goes in the grave. But three sisters can’t forget what’s buried when an impossible discovery upends their …
Hell in a Handbag Productions is pleased to continue its 22nd season with the world premiere of POOR PEOPLE! The Parody Musical, an insane homage to many of the characters, songs and tropes of those very expensive Broadway and West End musicals about the less fortunate (Annie, Oliver!, Les Miz, Sweeney Todd... you get the gist).
When Dad feels like a little bit of Sunday afternoon time out, Bluey and Bingo have other plans! Join them as they pull out all of the games and cleverness at their disposal to get Dad off that bean bag.
The timeless enchantment of a magical fairy tale is reborn with originality, charm and elegance plus with great warmth and more than a touch of hilarity. This enthralling …
Based on the Gospel of Saint Matthew, Godspell 2012 is the timeless tale of friendship, loyalty, and love in a masterful retelling of the original sensation. It uses song, dance, and a variety of storytelling techniques to relay the parables that Jesus shared with his disciples. Filled with high spirited musical styles ranging from pop to vaudeville, this theatrical celebration is a reminder that kindness, tolerance, and love should live on vibrantly.
The first full production in Chicago since the early 1950s (though there have been concert readings from time to time) of Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot, author of Cats and a series of letters to Groucho Marx, among other works. The play dramatizes the martyrdom of Archbishop Thomas Becket at the hands of knights loyal to Henry II in 1170. Eliot wrote it on commission to be performed in the sanctuary at Canterbury Cathedral, the room where Becket was murdered; his depiction of the killing draws from the eye-witness account of Edward Grim, a monk who was wounded trying to protect the Archbishop. This production will be staged in the sanctuary of Edgewater Presbyterian Church, the building in which City Lit resides.
At Peter and Rita’s wedding a mysterious Old Man kisses the bride. This kiss causes Rita’s soul and the Old Man’s to change places. Peter must track down the Old Man and free his young bride from the aging and diseased body before it’s too late.