Best Bets: 'Jersey Boys' returns for a limited run in Chicago

Posted March 31, 2019 7:00 am

By Scott C. Morgan

Jonathan Cable, Jonny Wexler, Eric Chambliss and Corey Greenan star in the national tour of “Jersey Boys,” which returns to Chicago for an eight-show run at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University. Courtesy of Joan Marcus

'Walk Like a Man'

“Jersey Boys,” the Tony Award-winning musical biography of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, tours back to the Windy City for an eight-show run starting Tuesday at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, 50 E. Ida B. Wells Drive, Chicago. $30-$161.50. (800) 775-2000 or auditoriumtheatre.org. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, April 2-5; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, April 6; and 2 p.m. Wednesday and Sunday, April 3 and 7

The CatVideoFest 2019 comes to the Charlestown 18 Cinema in St. Charles at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 31. Associated Press, 2011

Viral kitties

Gather with other fans of online felines at the CatVideoFest 2019 sponsored by the AfterImage Film Fest to benefit local cat shelters at the Charlestown 18 Cinema, 3740 E. Main St., St. Charles. $6. (630) 587-3300 or classiccinemas.com. 2 and 3:50 p.m. Sunday, March 31

Caffeinated classical

Jane Glover conducts the Music of the Baroque in the concerts “Hot Coffee - Bach & Haydn” featuring the former's “Coffee Cantata” and the latter's Symphony No. 22 (“The Philosopher”) at two locations: at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie, $27-$78, then at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph Drive, Chicago, $10-$78. (312) 551-1414 or baroque.org. 3 p.m. Sunday, March 31, in Skokie and 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 1, in Chicago

Mexican romantic

Celebrated Latin music star Marco Antonio Solís returns with his “Y La Historia Continúa” tour at the Allstate Arena, 6920 N. Mannheim Road, Rosemont. $59-$195. (800) 745-3000 or allstatearena.com. 7 p.m. Sunday, March 31

Richard E. Grant and Melissa McCarthy were both Academy Award nominated for their acclaimed performances in the 2018 forgery buddy film "Can You Ever Forgive Me?" Courtesy of Mary Cybulski/Fox Searchlight Pictures

Literary forgery

See why both Melissa McCarthy and Richard E. Grant were Academy Award nominated for their performances as friends in forgery in “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” The After Hours Film Society screens the critically acclaimed 2018 film on Monday at the Tivoli Theatre, 5021 Highland Ave., Downers Grove. $10. (630) 534-4528 or afterhoursfilmsociety.com. 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 1

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