Theater This Week
Now Playing in Indiana
January 18th, Anniversary & Preview Night, Beatniks on Conkey, 420 Conkey Street, Hammond. $20. FYI (219) 852-0848 or www.beatniksonconkey.com.
Now Playing in Illinois:
January 18th, Aanika’s Elephants, Feisty Elephant, Pam Arciero Productions, and Little Shadow Productions, Connecticut and New York. 7th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center, 740 E. 56th St., Chicago. $25-$35. Tickets @ chicagopuppetfest.org. FYI littleshadowproductions.com/aanikas-elephants
January 18th, Nasty, Brutish & Short, Rough House Theatre Co. and Links Hall, Chicago/International. 7th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, Links Hall, 3111 N. Western Ave., Chicago. $15-$20. Tickets @ chicagopuppetfest.org. FYI roughhousetheater.com/nbs
Through January 19th, Dracula: Lucy's Dream, 7th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, Studebaker Theatre 410 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. $40-$48. FYI plexuspolaire.com/dracula-en
Through January 19th, Made in Macau 2.0, Rolling Puppet Alternative Theatre, China. 7th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, Links Hall, 3111 N. Western Ave., Chicago. $15-$20. Tickets @ chicagopuppetfest.org. FYI rollingpuppet.com
Through January 19th, I Killed the Monster, Gildwen Peronno, RoiZIZO théâtre_France. 7th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, Steppenwolf's Garage Theatre, 1624 N. Halsted, Chicago. $35-$43. Tickets @ chicagopuppetfest.org. FYI roizizo.fr
January 16th through 19th, The Cabinet, Cabinet of Curiosity, Chicago. 7th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, The Biograph's Začek-McVay Mainstage, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago. $25-$33. Tickets @ chicagopuppetfest.org. FYI cocechicago.com
Through January 19th, Anywhere, Théâtre de L’Entrovert and the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, France/Chicago. 7th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, The Chopin Theatre Mainstage, 1543 W. Division St., Chicago. $35-$43. Tickets @ chicagopuppetfest.org. FYI lentrouvert.com
Through January 19th, Concerned Others, Tortoise in a Nutshell, Scotland. 7th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, Instituto Cervantes of Chicago, 31 W. Ohio St., Chicago. $25-$33. Tickets @ chicagopuppetfest.org. FYI tortoiseinanutshell.com
Through January 19th, The House by the Lake, Yael Rasooly, Israel. 7th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, MCA Chicago, 205 E. Pearson St., Chicago. $40-$48. Tickets @ chicagopuppetfest.org. FYI yael-rasooly.com
Through January 19th, Shucked, CIBC Theatre, 18 W. Monroe, Chicago. FYI (800) 775-2000, all Ticketmaster retail locations and www.BroadwayInChicago.com.
Through January 19th, The Totality of Things, Headliner, Twisted Playfest, Redtwist Theatre, 1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Chicago. $35. FYI RedtwistTheatre.org
Through January 19th, Disney's Frozen, Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd, Aurora. FYI (630) 896-6666 or www.paramountaurora.com.
Through January 25th, Jackalope Theatre Company presents The Smuggler, The Broadway Armory, 5917 N. Broadway, Chicago. $15-$35. FYI JackalopeTheatre.org
Through January 26th, 7th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, Various venues around Chicago. Follow the festival on Facebook, Instagram or Vimeo, hashtag #ChiPuppetFest. FYI chicagopuppetfest.org. Warwick Allerton Hotel, 701 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, is the Official Hotel for the Fest. Use promo code Puppetfest2025 for discounted rates during festival dates with. Visit warwickhotels.com/warwick-allerton-chicago or call (312) 440-1500 to reserve.
Through January 26th, Free Neighborhood Tour, 7th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival. Two different family-friendly puppet shows will travel to venues around the city, The Amazing Story Machine, Sandglass Theatre Company, Vermont, sandglasstheater.org & Hungry Garden, Poncili Creación, Puerto Rico, instagram.com/poncilicreacion. Stay tuned for dates, times and locations.
Through January 26th, "Spells & Superstitions," Brightside Theatre 2024-25 Season, Jekyll & Hyde in Concert. Theatre at Meiley-Swallow Hall, North Central College, 31 S. Ellsworth, Naperville. $32-$37. FYI (630) 447-TIXS (8497) or www.BrightSideTheatre.com
Through January 26th, Pegasus Theatre Company presents The 38th Annual Young Playwrights Festival, Chicago Dramatists, 1105 W. Chicago Avenue, Chicago. $15-$30. FYI PegasusTheatreChicago.org
Through January 26th, Hitt Records, Black Ensemble Theatre, 4450 N. Clark, Chicago. FYI 773-769-4451 or www.blackensembletheater.org.
Through January 28th, The Devil Is in the Detours, 112th Revue, Mainstage, The Second City. 1616 N. Wells, Chicago. FYI www.secondcity.com.
Through February 1st, 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.
Through February 2nd, Regional Premiere, Jaja's African Hair Braiding, The Yard, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, 600 E. Grand, Chicago. FYI (312) 595-5600 or www.chicagoshakes.com.
Through February 23rd, Chicago Premiere, Glassheart, 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
Through February 23rd, Chicago Premiere, Fat Ham, a co-production with Definition Theatre. Owen Theatre, Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn, Chicago. FYI (312) 443-3800 or www.goodmantheatre.org.
Through March 2nd, Porchlight Music Theatre presents Fun Home, Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn St., Chicago. $20-$85. FYI PorchlightMusicTheatre.org
Through March 30th, Love Chaos & Dinner, Teatro Zinzanni, Spiegeltent ZaZou, Hotel Cambria, 32 W. Randolph, Chicago. $99-$129. FYI https://zinzanni.com/chicago/
Through June 29th, Million Dollar Quartet, Paramount’s new Stolp Island Theatre, 5 E. Downer Place, Suite G,, Aurora. FYI (630) 896-6666 or www.paramountaurora.com.
Through August 31st, 7:30 pm, Dennis Watkins in partnership with the Goodman Theatre & Petterino's announces The Magic Parlor with Dennis Watkins, 50 W. Randolph, Chicago. $85 ($115 for performance + encore experience). FYI (312) 443-3800 or TheMagicParlourChicago.com.
Open Run, Fridays & Saturdays, 10:30 pm, Sundays, 7 pm, The Infinite Wrench, The Neo-Futurist Theater, 5153 N. Ashland Avenue, Chicago. $20 or pay-what-you-can. FYI neofuturists.org
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Now Playing in London:
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