Best bets: Beatles tribute 'Rain' comes to Rosemont
Beatlemania
The acclaimed Beatles tribute show“Rain” comes to the suburbs after playing Broadway for an extra two shows this Saturday at the Rosemont Theatre, 5400 N. River Road, Rosemont. $24.50-$59.50. (800) 745-3000 or rosemonttheatre.com. 3 and 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26
Wild Willey
Soap opera star Walt Willey (“All My Children”) appears in his one-man show, “Wild Bill! An Evening with James Butler Hickok,” this weekend at Fox Valley Repertory at Pheasant Run Resort, 4051 E. Main St., St. Charles. (630) 584-6342 or foxvalleyrep.org. 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, and 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26
Dance to it
New works by choreographers Roni Koresh and Autumn Eckman are on the bill for Giordano Dance Chicago's fall engagement that also includes revivals of Liz Imperio's “La Belleza de Cuba,” Brock Clawson's “Give and Take” and Kiesha Lalama's “Alegria” this weekend at Millennium Park's Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph Drive, Chicago. $15-$60. (312) 334-7777 or giordanodance.org. 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, and Saturday, Oct. 26
Alpacas aplenty
Those lovable llama-like animals compete and are on display at the 2013 Illinois Alpaca Show this weekend at the Lake County Fairgrounds, 1060 Peterson Road, Grayslake. No admission charge. (847) 680-7200 or (815) 482-1298 or illinoisalpacashow.com. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26; 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27
By a nose
A Russian bureaucrat's honker separates itself and goes on the run in Shostakovich's operatic comedy “The Nose.”See the acclaimed William Kentridge-designed production in select movie theaters this Saturday and Wednesday as part of The Metropolitan Opera's Live in HD series. Ticket prices vary by venue, but largely $24. Visit fathomevents.com for exact locations. 11:55 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 26; taped encore 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30
Joy of sax
Young saxophone sensation Vincent Ingala performs a jazz concert this Saturday in the intimate Montrose Room at the InterContinental O'Hare Hotel, 5300 N. River Road, Rosemont. $29. (847) 544-5300 or montroseroom.com. 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26
Raised voices
Get an earful of sung praises when the Harlem Gospel Choir performs Saturday at the Edman Memorial Chapel at Wheaton College, 401 E. Franklin Ave., Wheaton. $45; $40 students/seniors. (630) 752-5010 or wheaton.edu. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26
Plan Ahead
Power vocals
Broadway veteran and vocal recording star Linda Eder (“Jekyll and Hyde”) performs in concert on Saturday, Nov. 9, at North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie. $58-$75. (847) 673-6300 or northshorecenter.org. 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9
Bronx to Broadway
Academy Award nominee Chazz Palminteri (“Bullets Over Broadway,” “Modern Family”) performs his one-man Broadway show “A Bronx Tale” on Saturday, Nov. 10, at the Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main St., St. Charles. $49-$89. (630) 962-7000 or oshows.com. 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10