Theater openings in September
Indiana
September 6th, 8:00 pm, Slow Food, Towle Theater, 5205 Hohman Avenue, Hammond. $24. FYI (219) 937-8780 or www.towletheater.org
September 19th, 7:00 pm, Voices from the Heartland (Local Playwrights), Dunes Summer Theatre, 288 Shady Oak Dr., Michigan City. FYI (219) 879-7509 or www.dunesarts.org.
September 26th, 8:00 pm, Young Frankenstein, Memorial Opera House, 104 Indiana Avenue, Valparaiso. $50 loge, $25 Adults, $23 Seniors/Students/Military. FYI (219) 548-9137 or https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?ticketing=pcmoh
Illinois
September 1st, 3:00 pm, World Premiere, The House of Ideas, City Lit Theatre Company, second floor (accessible via elevator), Edgewater Presbyterian Church, 1020 West Bryn Mawr Avenue, Chicago. $25-$35. FYI (773) 293-3682 or www.citylit.org
September 5th, 7:00 pm, The Audience, Drury Lane Oakbrook, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace. FYI (630) 530-0111 or www.drurylaneoakbrook.com. TicketMaster (312) 559-1212 or www.ticketmaster.com.
September 6th, 7:30 pm, World Premiere, Royko: The Toughest Man In Chicago, Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division St., Chicago. FYI https://royko.brownpapertickets.com/.
September 6th, 7:30 pm, The Outsider, Buffalo Theatre Ensemble (BTE), Playhouse Theatre, McAninch Arts Center on the campus of College of DuPage, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn. $44. FYI www.btechicago.com. or www.AtTheMAC.org.
September 6th, 8:00 pm, World Premiere, The Ship and the Sea, Curious Theatre Branch, Facility Theatre, 1138 N. California Ave., Chicago. FYI CuriousTheatreBranch.com.
September 7th, 7:30 pm, First Date, Oil Lamp Theatre, 1723 Glenview Road, Glenview. $48. FYI https://www.oillamptheater.org/mainstage-productions/first-date
September 10th, 7:30 pm, The Book of Mormon, Cadillac Palace Theatre, 151 W. Randolph, Chicago. FYI (800) 775-2000, all Ticketmaster retail locations and www.BroadwayInChicago.com.
September 11th, 7:00 pm, Water People Theatre presents "The Delicate Tears of the Waning Moon" ("Las delicadas lágrimas de la luna menguante"), Institute Cervantes Chicago, 31 W Ohio St, Chicago. $25-$30. FYI waterpeople.org.
September 12th, 7:30 pm, Jackalope Theatre Company presents 15th Annual Living Newspaper Festival, Broadway Armory Park, 5917 N. Broadway, Chicago. $15-$30. FYI (773) 340-2543 or www.jackalopetheatre.org
September 12th, 7:30 pm, The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk, Northlight Theatre, North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie. FYI (847) 673-6300 or www.northlight.org/subscribe.
September 13th, 7:00 pm, Henry V, Jentes Family Courtyard Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, 600 E. Grand, Chicago. FYI (312) 595-5600 or www.chicagoshakes.com.
September 13th, 7:30 pm, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, Writers Theatre, 325 Tudor Court, Glencoe. FYI (847) 242-6000 or www.writerstheatre.org.
September 13th, 7:30 pm, Chicago Premiere, Light Switch, QUEER EXPRESSION series, Open Space Arts. 1411 W. Wilson Ave., Chicago. $25.00 ($20 for seniors and students, $15 for OSA members). FYI www.openspacearts.org
September 14th, 7:30 pm, Rigoletto, Lyric Opera, Lyric Opera House, 20 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago. FYI lyricopera.org/newseason.
September 14th, 7:30 pm, East Texas Hot Links, Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago. FYI (773) 753-4472 or www.CourtTheatre.org.
September 14th, 7:30 pm, Illinois Premiere, The Cottage, Citadel Theatre, West Campus building, Lake Forest School District, 300 S. Waukegan Rd., Lake Forest. $45. FYI (847) 735-8554, ext. 1 or www.citadeltheatre.org
September 22nd, 6:00 pm, Noises Off, Downstairs Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted, Chicago. FYI (312) 335-1650 or www.steppenwolf.org
September 22nd, 6:00 pm, Gift Theatre presents TOPDOG/UNDERDOG, Filament Theatre (4041 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago. FYI 773-283-7071 or boxoffice@thegifttheatre.org
September 23rd, 7:00 pm, Inherit the Wind, Albert Theatre, Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn, Chicago. FYI (312) 443-3800 or www.goodmantheatre.org.
September 24th, 7:30 pm, Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations, CIBC Theatre, 18 W. Monroe, Chicago. FYI (800) 775-2000, all Ticketmaster retail locations and www.BroadwayInChicago.com.
September 26th, 7:00 pm, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, James M. Nederlander Theatre, 24 W. Randolph, Chicago. FYI (800) 775-2000, all Ticketmaster retail locations and www.BroadwayInChicago.com.
September 26th, 7:30 pm, Fidelio, Lyric Opera, Lyric Opera House, 20 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago. FYI lyricopera.org/newseason.
September 27th, 7:00 pm, Stephen King's Misery, American Blues Theater, 5627 N. Lincoln, Chicago. FYI www.americanbluestheater.com.
September 28th, 1:00 & 7:00 pm, Spider-Man™: Across the Spider-Verse Live in Concert, Cadillac Palace Theatre, 151 W. Randolph, Chicago. $40-$105. FYI www.BroadwayInChicago.com
September 29th, 3:00 pm, Jackie Taylor’s Blue Eyed Soul Sung By Brown Eyed People, Black Ensemble Theatre, 4450 N. Clark, Chicago. FYI 773-769-4451 or www.blackensembletheater.org.
Wisconsin
September 4th, Stranger by Agatha Christie, Peninsula Players, 4351 Peninsula Players Road, Fish Creek (Door County), WI $47-$53. FYI (920) 868-3287 or tickets@peninsulaplayers.com
Elsewhere
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