Gaige Howard blasted a three-run homer in the bottom of the first inning as the Schaumburg Boomers tallied a 6-1 win over the Evansville Otters at Wintrust Field on Saturday night.

**** Recommended   The Marriott Theatre production of "Gypsy" is a musical treat.  I’ve seen "Gypsy" multiple times so I wasn’t particularly excited to see it again, but this production reached out and grabbed me.  This Rose (Lucia Spina) is phenomenal.  She absolutely owns the stage.  The rest of the cast is pretty darn good too.  I’m pretty sure "Gypsy" will reach out and grab you too.  4 Spotlights

**** Highly Recommended   Hell in a Handbag is one of my absolute favorite Chicago theater companies.  Their unauthorized parodies of old black and white films and TV shows from the fifties, packed with double entendres, puns, running sight gags and bad wigs, never fail to make me laugh!  Understanding that, fans of Angela Lansbury’s TV series "Murder She Wrote" will love Hell in a Handbag’s newest parody, "Murder ReWrote".  I’m happy to say that Handbag has scored again.  Be prepared for murder, mayhem and a lot of laughs.  "Murder ReWrote" is hilarious – and it’s a musical.  4 BIG Spotlights  

Oak Park Festival Theatre presents An Indie-Rock Musical, Beth Hyland's Seagulls || October 12th through November 19th || Join us for our first-ever musical!

Tickets on sale for Drury Lane Theatre’s production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s CINDERELLA || Music by Richard Rodgers, Original Book & Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II || New Book by Douglas Carter Beane || Orchestrations by Danny Troob || Music Adaptation & Arrangements by David Chase || November 8, 2023 – January 7, 2024

The Auditorium Theatre presents Sugar Hill: The Ellington/Strayhorn Nutcracker || Tuesday, December 19th through Saturday, December 30th

INDIANA ART BY INDIANA ARTISTS || Experience the 99th annual Hoosier Art Salon exhibition || Open now through Oct. 22nd || Indiana State Museum

Writers Theatre kicks off 2023/24 Season with EURYDICE || Written by Sarah Ruhl || Directed by Artistic Director Braden Abraham
|| September 21-October 22

Due to overwhelming demand, TheatreSquared extends DIAL M FOR MURDER | Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher; Written by Frederick Knott | Directed by Melissa Rain Anderson || Seven performances added—show must close September 17 || "A cat-and-mouse waiting game, with enough twists and sudden hitches to keep the chills and thrills running." – THE NEW YORK TIMES

THE LEHMAN TRILOGY TO PLAY BROADWAY IN CHICAGO’S BROADWAY PLAYHOUSE AT WATER TOWER PLACE || SEPTEMBER 19th - OCTOBER 29th