Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Ron Onesti: M&Ms used to be my favorite candy!Oct 23, 2024 10:27 pm - It’s been a whirlwind!!! We have had soooo many shows recently, even more than normal! And once again in October we have one stretch of 15 shows in 11 straight days! Live music is back … and people are loving it!
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Glenbard West Theatre goes creepy and kooky with ‘The Addams Family’ musicalOct 23, 2024 5:12 pm - Glenbard West Theatre will present its fall musical, ”The Addams Family,” based on the cartoons by Charles Addams, on Oct. 31 through Nov. 2.
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Concerts Oct. 25-31: Usher, Warrant, Diplo and moreOct 23, 2024 11:03 am - Upcoming concerts this week include Usher, Diplo, Warrant with special guest Hoodlum Johnny and more.
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Janus Theatre Co. and Moonlight Theatre team up for Halloween with ‘Macbeth’ adaptationOct 22, 2024 5:51 pm - Janus Theatre Company, in association with the Elgin Shakespeare Project and Moonlight Theatre, are teaming up to present "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare just in time for the Halloween weekend.
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Spotlight: ‘Disney’s Frozen’ commences 12-week run at Aurora’s Paramount TheatreOct 21, 2024 5:33 pm - Aurora’s Paramount Theatre presents the Midwest regional premiere of “Frozen,” the musical adapted from the hit animated film from 2013.
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Best Bets: Rosemont welcomes ‘Battlestar Galactica’ fansOct 21, 2024 12:39 pm - The Salute to Battlestar Galactica event fetes 20 years of the TV show in Rosemont, the Cleve Carney Museum of Art debuts a new exhibition devoted to classic arcade games, and Rosemont’s Parkway Bank Park hosts a Crawl-o-ween Bar Crawl.
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Rock keeps rollin’ at Aurora’s Stolp Island TheatreOct 18, 2024 2:42 pm - Paramount Theatre’s revival of “Million Dollar Quartet,” the hit jukebox musical inspired by the impromptu 1956 meeting between Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley, has been extended through June 2025 at Aurora’s Stolp Island Theatre.
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Right time, right place: Goodman’s ‘Primary Trust’ a moving tribute to the power of kindnessOct 17, 2024 8:07 am - Goodman Theatre’s Chicago premiere of the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Primary Trust” is a beautifully acted, gracefully directed reminder of the profound impact of kindness on a wounded soul.
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Spotlight: ‘Some Like It Hot’ heats up Cadillac Palace, BrightSide scares up thrills with ‘Dracula’Oct 15, 2024 12:44 pm - “Some Like It Hot,” the tuner based on Billy Wilder’s classic 1959 comedy, comes to Chicago for a brief run, while Naperville’s BrightSide Theatre celebrates the spooky season with its revival of “Dracula.”
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Concerts Oct. 18-24: Lee DeWyze, Richard Marx, Micky Dolenz, David Kushner and moreOct 15, 2024 12:10 pm - Upcoming concerts this week include Arlington Heights native Lee DeWyze at Hey Nonny, Richard Marx, Great White and Slaughter, Micky Dolenz, Vertical Horizon, Rachael Yamagata and more.