From their start, Future Islands have been singular and instantly identifiable. Samuel T. Herring’s life-worn croons and cries backlit by Gerrit Welmers’ melodies and charged by the rhythms of William Cashion and Michael Lowry. There’s a pain and a joy in Herring’s voice that’s only been rivaled by their legendary live performances. Future Islands have played nearly 1,500 shows – shows that have bruised bodies, frayed vocal cords, provided escapes for audiences, and healed their messengers.
Future Islands will be performing with special guest Ed Schrader’s Music Beat.
Piano wizardry and roaring comedy combine as a talented duo play the greatest hits from classical to pop, all while re-living their humbling quest for musical greatness.
With music and lyrics by Stephen Trask and a book by John Cameron Mitchell, "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" follows the journey of Hedwig Robinson, a genderqueer East German singer leading a fictional rock and roll band. As Hedwig navigates themes of identity, love, and self-discovery, audiences are taken on a thrilling and unforgettable ride filled with heart, humor, and raw emotion
Romeo Capulet and Juliet Montegue have fallen madly in love. Unfortunately, the age-old feud between their uncompromising families forbids them from being together.
In 'Goods' by Lauren Ferebee, embark on an intergalactic journey with Marla and Sam, two resilient women navigating the cosmos as seasoned trash collectors in the year 2100. Amidst the vastness of space, their compact spaceship serves as a sanctuary from the chaos of Earth's turmoil. As they commemorate two decades of partnership, their routine anniversary route takes an unforeseen turn, thrusting them into a confrontation with the pressing issues they've sought to escape, including societal collapse and personal demons. Join them on a poignant exploration of friendship, identity, and the weight of the world they carry among the stars.
This Tony Award-nominated musical takes us inside one of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll jam sessions ever recorded, with four legendary musicians doing what they loved most: expressing life’s joy and sadness through song.
Based on Mo Willems’ Beloved Children’s Book
Whatever you do, don't let the Pigeon star in his own musical production! Written by best-selling children’s author Mo Willems, Don't Let …
Parker Players Theater Co. presents Amadeus by Peter Shaffer. Directors Chris Causer and Jenilee Houghton bring a rebellious take on a classic story. The tale of two artists …
The It’s Time Tour returns in 2024 produced by Undivided Entertainment and Live Nation Urban. It’s Time Tour Presents: Girls Night Out features co-headlining performances from Kierra Sheard, Koryn Hawthorne, Naomi Raine, and Wande. The powerhouse women of Gospel and Christian music are coming together for a must-see worship experience.
The Mad Ones invites audiences on an introspective and rebellious exploration of youth, self-discovery, and the pursuit of authenticity, as a group of high school seniors grapple with the complexities of growing up in this poignant and energetic musical featuring songs like “Freedom” and “Run Away With Me”.
Together with Chicago Park District’s Night Out in the Parks, Physical Theater Festival is returning to our favorite park for an opening day celebration of the 11th edition of …
What’s a hero’s journey without appropriately heroic music to accompany it? Heroes: A Video Game Symphony features a live orchestra performing music from epic video games such as Castlevania, Metal Gear Solid, Starfield, The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, God of War, Mass Effect, Final Fantasy, Journey, Portal 2 and The Last of Us with scenes from the games projected onto a huge screen. Step away from the console and step into a new sensory take on video games.
Scratch Night is a curated works-in-progress physical theater showcase produced by the Physical Theater Festival that presents 6 short previews that require an audience to further their development. …
This is the ensemble's fourth iteration of this play (Chicago International Puppet Festival 2024, Chicago Shakespeare Theater in May 2023, Firehouse Community Arts Center 2022).
In Little Carl, Theatre Y’s …
A young girl takes refuge in a London Tube station during WWII and confronts grief, loss, and love with the help of her favorite book, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
MACACOS is a multi award winning show about how racism and the erasure of black memories and ancestries are rooted in Brazíl's history. The performance follows a black …
"With her whimsical aesthetic, Muñoz transports us to a magical world with her shows, performances, and visual artistry." -The Guardian
"It is brave, it is well-crafted, it is side-splittingly …
Wes Anderson meets Hitchcock meets Spaghetti Western in this multi award-winning, intercontinental, inter-genre, cinematic caper of accusations, accidents and accents. Roger, a Frenchman in 1960's New York, has followed the same predictable routine for years, until a minor delay saves him from an explosion. Throwing his ordered world into chaos, Roger chases his would-be assassins around the globe. Raucously funny and endlessly inventive, this Lecoq-trained theatre company delights and stuns with live, original music and virtuosic acrobatics in this fast-paced whodunnit.Winner of the Carol Tambour Incentive Award, The Les Enfants Terribles and Greenwich Partnership Award, and Playbill’s “Pick of the Fringe” The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much is fast-paced, immediate and visceral, igniting the imagination with a whirlwind of images and sounds. Following two sell-out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe, a European tour, and an Off-West End run, Voloz Collective brings their smash hit to Chicago.