BUST BY PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST ZORA HOWARD COMES TO CHICAGO, APPEARS ON STAGE APRIL 19th – MAY 18th
**LILEANA BLAIN-CRUZ'S CAST FEATURES MARK BEDARD, CECIL BLUTCHER, CAROLINE CLAY, BERNARD GILBERT, CAITLIN HARGRAVES, JORGE LUNA, VICTORIA OMOREGIE, KEITH RANDOLPH SMITH, RAYMOND ANTHONY THOMAS, IVAN CECIL WALKS AND RENIKA WILLIAMS-BLUTCHER** ***THE WORLD-PREMIERE CO-PRODUCTION WITH ALLIANCE THEATRE IS PRODUCED IN ASSOCIATION WITH SONIA FRIEDMAN PRODUCTIONS, KHALIAH NEAL AND THOMAS SWAYNE***

****HIGHLY RECOMMENDED  While there is no denying that Puccini's "La Boheme" is one of -- if not the -- world's most beloved and popular operas, Lyric Opera of Chicago took a bit of an artistic gamble when they announced that they would be presenting "La Boheme" during their 2024/2025 season for an astounding ten performances. Just to give you some idea of how gargantuan that number of performances is, most individual operas presented by Lyric Opera each season are scheduled for no more than the standard five performances (sometimes that number can go as high as six if it is a specialized work or one that features a highly-coveted new rising star or one who is already established as a superstar in the international opera world). The risk on Lyric's part has paid off quite handsomely with this gorgeous production which feels as fresh and vital as it must have felt immediately upon its premiere in 1896. 4 BIG SPOTLIGHTS

NIRPC invites public comment on its draft Fiscal Year 2026-2030 Transportation Improvement Program, draft NWI 2050+ Metropolitan Transportation Plan Amendment No. 2, and draft Air Quality Conformity Determination Report

CHALLENGE IT ALL: BABES WITH BLADES THEATRE COMPANY ANNOUNCES 2025 SEASON || The New Season Features an Extended Run of its New Works Festival, Fighting Words and a World Premiere Production, The Mark, about a Young Woman’s Struggle within her own Intersectionality in a Militant Dystopian Society

Paramount welcomes Matt McClure as Carl Perkins in Million Dollar Quartet, still rockin’ at Stolp Island Theatre through June 2025 || Carl Perkins’ 93rd birthday is Wed, April 9, stay after the matinee for a talkback with McClure and Sam Pearson

Stage Salute to Swedish Supergroup ABBA! || ABBA Mania May 30 at Theatre at the Center!

Shirley Heinz Land Trust Spring Benefit - Grow with Us! || May 3rd || William E. Urschel Pavilion, Valparaiso

Water Quality Monitoring Training is Soon! || Play a crucial role in keeping our waterways clean.

Oak Park Festival Theatre 50th Anniversary Summer Season is... William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night!

DUNES ARTS SUMMER THEATRE ANNOUNCES 2025 SEASON || Individual Tickets and Season Subscriber Tickets on Sale Now; Season Subscribers Invited to Exclusive April 10th Season Announcement Party at the Highly Anticipated New French Restaurant, The Heron Bistro