Theater openings in April

Indiana

April 1st, 7:30 pm ET, Staged Reading, The Remains, Stageworks, The Acting Ensemble, Ensemble on the Avenue, 602 E. Mishawaka Avenue, Mishawaka.  FYI http://www.actingensemble.com

April 4th, 7:00 pm, Packing Up Polly, Footlight Players, Footlight Theatre, 1705 Franklin Street, Michigan City.  Adults $17, Children 12 & under $12.  FYI www.footlightplayers.org.

April 4th, 7:30 pm, Hammond Community Theatre presents Now and Then, Beatniks on Conkey, 420 Conkey Street, Hammond. $20 at the door.  FYI (219) 852-0848 or www.hammondcommunitytheatre.org

April 4th, 7:30 pm, Miller Community Theatre presents 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Marshall J. Gardner Center for the Arts, 540 S. Lake Street, Gary.  FYI https://millerbeacharts.org/events/the-25th-annual-putnam-county-spelling-bee/#map

April 4th, 8:00 pm, She Kills Monsters, Chicago Street Theatre, 154 W. Chicago Street, Valparaiso.  $20-$22.  FYI https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?ticketing=cstin 

April 25th, 7:30 pm ET, The Flu Season, The Acting Ensemble, Ensemble on the Avenue, 602 E. Mishawaka Avenue, Mishawaka.  FYI www.actingensemble.com.

Illinois

April 1st, 7:00 pm, No Such Thing, Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, 5779 N. Ridge Avenue, Chicago.  $39.  FYI  (773) 334-7728 or www.RivendellTheatre.org.

April 2nd, 7:00 pm, Moulin Rouge, Cadillac Palace Theatre, 151 W. Randolph, Chicago.  FYI (800) 775-2000, all Ticketmaster retail locations and www.BroadwayInChicago.com. 

April 2nd, 7:00 pm, Broadway In Chicago and Porchlight Music Theatre present TITANIQUE, Broadway In Chicago’s Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place, 175 E. Chestnut St., Chicago.  FYI (312) 977-1710 or  GroupSales@BroadwayInChicago.com.

April 3rd, 7:30 pm, Concert Presentation of Bend Toward the Light, Kokandy Productions' Chicago Musical Theatre Festival Chopin Theatre Mainstage, 1543 W. Division St., Chicago.  $20. FYI bit.ly/CMTF2025.

April 3rd, 7:30 pm, Hadestown, Coronado Theatre, 314 N. Main Street, Rockford  Tickets start at $40.  FYI www.ticketmaster.com

April 4th, 7:30 pm, Dreamgirls, The Drama Group, 330 202nd Street, Chicago Heights.  FYI at 708-755-3444 or www.dg.booktix.com.

April 4th, 7:30 pm, Concert Presentation of Man of the People: The Trials of Huey Long, Kokandy Productions' Chicago Musical Theatre Festival Chopin Theatre Mainstage, 1543 W. Division St., Chicago.  $20. FYI bit.ly/CMTF2025.

**** April 5th, 9:30 am, The Beatrix Potter Tea Party by Chicago Children's Theatre, Raven Theatre, 6157 N. Clark St. (at Granville), Chicago.  Tickets on sale March 1st.  $40; $20 children ages 3 and under.  FYI (773) 338-2177 or raventheatre.com 

April 5th, 2:30 pm, Concert Presentation of Queen Bea, Kokandy Productions' Chicago Musical Theatre Festival Chopin Theatre Mainstage, 1543 W. Division St., Chicago.  $20. FYI bit.ly/CMTF2025.

April 5th, 5:00 pm, Music Theater Works Producers Gala, Luck Be A Lady, Michigan Shores Club, 911 Michigan Ave., Chicago.  Tickets start at $250.  FYI MusicTheaterWorks.com

April 5th, 7:30 pm, Concert Presentation of The Muses, Kokandy Productions' Chicago Musical Theatre Festival Chopin Theatre Mainstage, 1543 W. Division St., Chicago.  $20. FYI bit.ly/CMTF2025.

April 6th, 2:30 pm, Concert Presentation of Big Wig, Kokandy Productions' Chicago Musical Theatre Festival Chopin Theatre Mainstage, 1543 W. Division St., Chicago.  $20. FYI bit.ly/CMTF2025.

April 6th, 6:00 pm, Chicago Premiere, The Book of Grace, Ensemble Theatre for Helen Zell, Steppenwolf Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted, Chicago.  FYI (312) 335-1650 or www.steppenwolf.org

April 9th, 7:00 pm, Golden Girls: The Laughs Continue, Genesee Theatre, 203 N. Genesee St., Waukegan.  Tickets start at $39.  FYI www.ticketmaster.com 

April 10th, Obliteration, LLC & The Revival Theater present Obliteration.  Revival Theater, 906 S. Wabash, Chicago.  $35, Students $25.  FYI https://www.the-revival.com

April 10th, The Joffrey Ballet and Chicago Symphony Orchestra, includes newly commissioned ballets by choreographers Amy Hall Garner and Nicolas Blanc set to the music of Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson and Darius Milhaud.  Armour Stage, Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan, Chicago.  FYI  joffrey.org or www.cso.org

April 11th, 6:30 - 9:30 pm, A New Leaf: A Benefit for Lifeline Theatre, Celebrate & Support Lifeline's KidSeries, Lifeline Theatre, 6912 N. Glenwood, Chicago.  $200.  FYI https://ci.ovationtix.com/36647/production/1232322?performanceId=11607344

April 11th, 7:30 pm, Translations, Writers Theatre, 325 Tudor Court, Glencoe.  FYI (847) 242-6000 or www.writerstheatre.org. 

April 12th, 7:30 pm, Hell in a Handbag Productions presents a World Premiere, Scary Town.  The Clutch, 4335 N. Western Ave., Chicago.  $35, VIP Reserved $43.  FYI handbagproductions.org or buytickets.at/hellinahandbagproductions/1618086

April 13th, 3:00 pm, Victory Gardens Theater, in association with Relentless Theatre Group present the Midwest Premiere of David Mamet's Harry Johnson.  Victory Gardens Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln, Chicago.  $64-$69.  FYI victorygardens.stagey.net/projects/12019

April 16th, 7:00 pm, Titanic the Musical, Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire.  FYI (847) 634-0200 or www.marriotttheatre.com

April 17th, 7:00 pm, Chicago Premiere, The Da Vinci Code, Drury Lane Oakbrook, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace. FYI (630) 530-0111 or www.drurylaneoakbrook.com. TicketMaster (312) 559-1212 or www.ticketmaster.com.

April 17th, 7:30 pm, Prayer for the French Republic, Northlight Theatre, North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie.  FYI (847) 673-6300  or www.northlight.org/subscribe.

April 17th, 7:30 pm, Arts Judaica, SURVIVORS by Wendy Kout, City Lit Theater, 1020 W. Bryn Mawr on the second floor of the historic Edgewater Presbyterian Church. Tickets are $20.00 and may be purchased at  https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/survivors

April 18th, 7:30 pm, A Jukebox for the Algonquin, 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

April 22nd, 7:00 pm, RIVERDANCE 30 – THE NEW GENERATION, Cadillac Palace Theatre, 151 W. Randolph Street, Chicago.  Tickets will go on sale at a later date.  www.BroadwayInChicago.com

April 24th, 7:00 pm, Shattered Globe Theatre presents A Tale of Two Cities, Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont, Chicago.  FYI (773) 975-8150, www.sgtheatre.org or www.theaterwit.org

April 25th, 7:30 pm, Curious Theatre Branch presents The Infinity Play, Jarvis Square Theatre, 1439 W. Jarvis Ave., Chicago. $20.  FYI CuriousTheatreBranch.com

April 25th, 7:30 pm, "Spells & Superstitions," Brightside Theatre 2024-25 Season, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Theatre at Meiley-Swallow Hall, North Central College, 31 S. Ellsworth, Naperville.  $32-$37.  FYI (630) 447-TIXS (8497) or www.BrightSideTheatre.com

April 25th, 7:30 pm, Lyric Premiere, Rising Stars in Concert, Lyric Opera, Lyric Opera House, 20 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago.  FYI lyricopera.org/newseason.

April 25th, A.B.L.E.-Artists Breaking Limits & Expectations present a re-imagined Frankenstein.  Upstairs Studio, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand Avenue, Chicago.  Pay-what-you-can $15-$45.  FYI (312) 595-5600 or chicagoshakes.com/frankenstein

April 25th, Man of La Mancha, Northwestern University, Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts.  Ethel M. Barber Theater, 30 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston.  $25-$30.  FYI https://wirtz.northwestern.edu/man-of-la-mancha/

**** April 25th, Imagine U: A Tale of Peter Rabbit, Northwestern University, Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts.  Mussetter-Struble Theater, 1949 Campus Drive, Evanston.  Ages 3-6.  Adults $20, Children $12.  FYI https://wirtz.northwestern.edu/imagine-u-peter-rabbit/

April 26th, 7:30 pm, Berlin, Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago.  FYI (773) 753-4472 or www.CourtTheatre.org.

April 28th, 7:00 pm, World Premiere, BUST, An Afrocurrentist Play, a co-production with Alliance Theatre.  Albert Theatre, Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn, Chicago.  FYI (312) 443-3800 or www.goodmantheatre.org.

April 28th, 7:30 pm, The Story Theatre presents At the Wake of a Dead Drag Queen, Raven Theatre Schwartz Stage, 6157 N. Clark St. (at Granville), Chicago.  $10-$40.  FYI (773) 338-2177 or thestorytheatre.org/tickets

Wisconsin

April 25th, 8:00 pm, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre presents Million Dollar Quartet, Wilson Theater at Vogel Hall, Marcus Performing Arts Center, 121 E. State Street, Milwaukee.  FYI (414) 224-9490 or www.MilwaukeeRep.com,

Elsewhere

April 16th, In the Grove of Forgetting, TheatreSquared, 477 W. Spring Street in downtown Fayetteville, Arkansas.  FYI (479) 777-7477 or theatre2.org/subscribe.

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