Hots Dogs with Santa returns to Wintrust Field, December 14th.

Lubeznik Center for the Arts Hosts Ladies' Sip & Shop Event || Sunday, December 10th

Governor Eric J. Holcomb announced today that applications will be accepted through January 31, 2024, for the 2024–2025 Governor’s Fellowship.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater announces the cast and creative team of ILLINOISE || A new kind of musical based on Sufjan Stevens’ acclaimed concept album || With music and lyrics by Grammy and Oscar-nominated Sufjan Stevens || Story by Tony Award winner Justin Peck and Pulitzer Prize winner Jackie Sibblies Drury || Directed and choreographed by Justin Peck || Running January 28th–February 18th

TIMELINE THEATRE TO PRESENT CHICAGO PREMIERE OF ANNA DEAVERE SMITH’S NOTES FROM THE FIELD, JANUARY 31 - MARCH 24, 2024 || Director Mikael Burke makes his TimeLine debut staging Smith’s searing, timely play about America’s school-to-prison pipeline

***RECOMMENDED***      No one does fairy tales (pun intended) as well as PrideArts.

And no one does adult adaptations of children's fairy tales better than Tom Whalley. After a very successful run of Whalley's "Jack Off the Beanstalk" in December of 2022, PrideArts is once again presenting a holiday version of one of Whalley's very British pantomime interpretations with the hilarious "Sleeping with Beauty."  3 SPOTLIGHTS

**** Highly Recommended   Mel Brooks’ hilarious musical, "Young Frankenstein", has returned to Chicago.  You can catch the kids from Transylvania cavorting on the stage at Mercury Theater Chicago through December 31st.  If the 1974 movie starring Gene Wilder and Peter Boyle made you laugh, you’ll love the musical adaptation.  You don’t want to miss this production, it’s hilarious, in large part because Sean Fortunato is brilliant as the young doc.  4 BIG Spotlights

PORCHLIGHT MUSIC THEATRE ANNOUNCES TONY AWARD-NOMINATED SEAN ALLAN KRILL AND BROADWAY’S KATHY VOYTKO TO STAR IN PORCHLIGHT IN CONCERT: SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE, MAY 11 AND 12 AT THE STUDEBAKER THEATER
|| Single Tickets go on sale on Tuesday, Dec. 5 at 12 p.m. for this Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Stephen Sondheim’s Masterpiece Musical, Directed for Porchlight by Artistic Director Michael Weber and Music Directed by David Fiorello

2023 NEW STAGES FESTIVAL OF FIVE NEW WORKS KICKS OFF WITH PUNK/METAL/HIP HOP AND BLUES MUSICALS

Samantha Bean has been named Director of Marketing and Communications for the Porter County Community Foundation (PCCF).