Goodman Theatre Chicago is celebrating 100 years with its 48th annual production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, featuring a diverse cast and crew, and running through December 31.
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Lyric Opera presents two beloved gems in Cav & Pag
The Lyric Opera of Chicago presents an all-star cast in two powerful dramatic productions, Mascagni’s *Cavalleria rusticana* and Leoncavallo’s *Pagliacci*, featuring powerhouse performances by SeokJong Baek, Quinn Kelsey, Yulia Matochkina, and Russell Thomas, through November 23.
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Ballet 5:8 Presents The Future is Now
Ballet 5:8’s one-night-only performance, The Future is Now, features a world-class duet by choreographer Kevin Jenkins, alongside a showcase of emerging choreographers and a variety of inspiring works.
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The Blood Quilt off-Broadway play weaves tale of family conflict
The Blood Quilt off-Broadway play weaves tale of family conflict Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Katori Hall seems destined for another Tony nomination with her hit off-Broadway play The Blood Quilt, now playing at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre at New York’s Lincoln Center now through December 29. Visit lct.org for details. Best known for her hit Starz TV […]
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DISCPlus: 10 London Plays To Book This Autumn
The West End is set to see a host of new plays this autumn-winter, including David Tennant and Cush Jumbo in Macbeth, Tony award-nominee J. Smith-Cameron and Mark Rylance in The Taming of the Shrew, and Lily Collins and Álvaro Morte in Barcelona.
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WriteOn Joliet presents “Fragments of Time” Radio Theatre atBicentennial Park Theatre
WriteOn Joliet presents “Fragments of Time”, an original radio theater production, on April 19 and April 20 at the Billie Limacher Bicentennial Park and Theatre in Joliet, featuring nine members of the group exploring various aspects of time in original radio-style stories and poems.
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Entertainment-Met Opera Der Rosenkavalier In movie theaters Live HD Sat April 15th, Encore Weds April 19th
Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Richard Strauss’s DerRosenkavalier is dazzling. It is a brilliant updating of this Metfavorite, which has had more than 400 performances at the Met. The Met’s current production moves the setting of Strauss’s mostpopular opera from its original setting in mid-18th century Vienna, tothe time of its World Premiere in 1911. […]
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Plainfield East “Shrek The Musical” Meet and Greet
Plainfield – “Shrek The Musical” characters will be at Plainfield East High School for a special Shrekfest Meet and Greet on Saturday, March 25, 2023, from 10 a.m. to noon in the school’s cafeteria. Plainfield East HS families are invited to join everyone’s favorite swamp ogre, Shrek, and his friends for a morning of fun filled […]
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Dist. 202 high schools present 2023 spring musicals
District 202 high school student musicians and performers will do their best to stave off the winter blues when they present this year’s slate of spring musicals this March and April.
