The hottest clowns in Chicago are back, and they’re bringing the heat this winter. Whether you’re exploring new kinks in the New Year, spicing up your Valentine’s Day, or warming up to survive the bitter cold, the Hot Clowns are here to keep you company.
Turn back the clock to 1956 for an intimate cabaret performance with the greatest jazz vocalist of all time, Billie Holiday. More than a dozen musical numbers are interlaced with salty, often humorous reminiscences revealing a portrait of the lady and her music.
The Shaughraun follows the comical, dramatic, and outlandish adventures that arise when the young Irish gentleman, Robert Ffolliott, is framed as a rebel and captured by British officers.
A Bump on the Leg is the biographical retelling of an event from the life of Chicago resident and Irish immigrant James Mallon.
Rattled by a personal crisis, a playwright flees to Florence to study the letters between Galileo Galilei and his eldest daughter, Maria Celeste. Caught up in the threats against her father, Maria Celeste must abandon her work and join a convent. Alternating between timelines, Jessica Dickey’s captivating world premiere is a personal examination of faith, forgiveness and the cost of heeding one’s truth.
After the King of Scotland is murdered, Macbeth takes the throne. Scotland is gripped in civil war and an endless cycle of death. Macbeth, slowly driven insane by greed, power, and the ghosts of those who have been killed, tries to keep his iron grip on the throne.
And the Winner Isn't.... is a celebration of the music that was nominated for, but didn't win, the Academy Award for Best Original Song. From jazz standards to Disney singles to the pop hits of today, Mario Mazzetti will take audiences on a journey of beloved Oscar-losing songs!
Since their serendipitous start in a Southern Utah piano shop, THE PIANO GUYS have proven to be a powerhouse group without limits.
Join Lakeview Orchestra for Brahms Symphony No. 1 on April 16th at 2PM at the Athenaeum Center (2936 N Southport Ave.).
Determined and tenacious, the residents of Ipswich, UK mobilize to overcome the immense fear and media circus that unfolds following the serial murder of 5 sex workers in their small town. This experimental and innovative new musical is based on a true story, using verbatim dialogue recorded during interviews with the people of Ipswich. Brought to the American stage for the first time ever, London Road is an uplifting story that reveals how a devastating tragedy can spark empathy and engender community resilience.
Twain’s timeless classic sweeps audiences down the mighty Mississippi as the irrepressible Huck Finn helps his friend Jim escape from slavery to freedom at the mouth of the Ohio River.
Closing the Saint Sebastian Player's 2022-2023 season is a comedy by the late Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally, It’s Only A Play.
"This isn't your mother's musical..." - StageBuddy Catch the "irreverent, inventive" (KC star) original musical comedy following three unlikely - and uncensored - friends as they take on the world from pregnancy tests to empty nests... one bottle at a [...]
What if you told the whole truth and nothing but the truth? To EVERYONE? Offered his life dream, Eli wonders why he wanted it in the first place. So begins a personal mission through his life to serve up some hard truths to his coworkers, family and friends. What could possibly go wrong?
The story of the deep and enduring relationship between George Bernard Shaw, the celebrated Irish playwright, and Gene Tunney, the American world heavyweight boxing champion and his wife Polly Lauder Tunney.
Rock of Ages takes you back to the time of big bands with big egos playing big guitar solos and sporting even bigger hair! This Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical features the hits of bands including Night Ranger, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister and more.
From the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation, The Producers, comes this monster new musical comedy. The comedy genius, Mel Brooks, adapts his legendarily funny film into a brilliant stage creation – Young Frankenstein!