Coming Soon:
May 25th, 7:00-8:00 pm, "Carol Leonnig with Andrea Mitchell on the Rise and Fall of the Secret Service" Chicago Humanities Festival. Live-streamed on YouTube. Free but registration required. FYI https://www.chicagohumanities.org/events/carol-leonnig-zero-fail/
May 27th, 7:00-8:00 pm, "Politics and Society: Hate Speech" Chicago Humanities Festival. Live-streamed on YouTube. Free but registration required. FYI https://www.chicagohumanities.org/events/hate-speech/
May 28th, 29th, 30th, June 4th, 5th, 6th, "DISNEY’S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST JR." The Performer's School. Live-streamed Fridays and Saturdays at 7 pm, Sundays at 2 pm. $30-$100. FYI www.performersschool.com
May 29th, 8:00 pm, “The Magic Parlour at Home” starring Dennis Watkins. Interactive performance via Zoom (computer with functioning camera and microphone required). Maximum of 30 tickets will be sold for each performance. $49 per household (select dates at $65). FYI www.themagicparlourchicago.com.arch
June 2021, "Ages of the Moon" a filmed play by Sam Shepherd (run time 55 minutes), Steppenwolf NOW Virtual Stage, Virtual Membership $75. FYI (312) 335-1650, or www.steppenwolf.org/now.
Week of June 1st, "Il trovatore" (2018) and "Elektra" (2019), Lyric Opera Streaming On Demand, listen to complete live opera performances from past Lyric seasons on www.lyricopera.org and through a variety of music streaming platforms. FYI www.lyricopera.org/opera-streaming
June 1st, 7:00 pm, Live Virtual Reading of "Shakespeare's R & J" Pride Arts. $10.00. FYI (773)857-0222 or www.pridearts.org
June 5th, 8:00 pm, “The Magic Parlour at Home” starring Dennis Watkins. Interactive performance via Zoom (computer with functioning camera and microphone required). Maximum of 30 tickets will be sold for each performance. $49 per household (select dates at $65). FYI www.themagicparlourchicago.com.arch
June 9th, "Ride Share" Black Lives, Black Words (BLBW) in partnership with Writers Theatre. Play filmed at a Los Angeles studio and virtually accessible for streaming at Writers Theatre. $35-$40. FYI https://www.writerstheatre.org/ride-share.
June 10th, 7:00 pm, "The New Classics: Songs from the New Golden Age of Musical Theater” a virtual cabaret, Lyric Opera of Chicago. Free to audiences on Lyric’s Facebook and YouTube channels. FYI www.lyricopera.org/newclassics.
June 12th, 8:00 pm, “The Magic Parlour at Home” starring Dennis Watkins. Interactive performance via Zoom (computer with functioning camera and microphone required). Maximum of 30 tickets will be sold for each performance. $49 per household (select dates at $65). FYI www.themagicparlourchicago.com.arch
June 14th through July 11th, "Titanic (Scenes from the British Wreck Commissioner's Inquiry, 1912)" Court Theatre. Streaming tickets are on sale now for digital viewing. $20. FYI (773) 753-4472 or www.CourtTheatre.org.
June 17th, 6:00 pm, Pride Month event, Find Your Family 2nd Story's CultureBuilds in partnership with Lawrence Hall and Brave Space Alliance featuring a true, original story by teller Chris Thoren. Zoom. Free but registration required. FYI www.culturebuilds.com/events.
June 19th, 8:00 pm, “The Magic Parlour at Home” starring Dennis Watkins. Interactive performance via Zoom (computer with functioning camera and microphone required). Maximum of 30 tickets will be sold for each performance. $49 per household (select dates at $65). FYI www.themagicparlourchicago.com.arch
June 26th, 8:00 pm, “The Magic Parlour at Home” starring Dennis Watkins. Interactive performance via Zoom (computer with functioning camera and microphone required). Maximum of 30 tickets will be sold for each performance. $49 per household (select dates at $65). FYI www.themagicparlourchicago.com.arch
July 13th, "Drive-In at the End of the World" part of Sideshow’s “The Freshness Initiative” Ticket sales TBA. FYI www.sideshowtheatre.org.
August 20th, 7:00 pm, "Fabuloso!" Sideshow Theatre's House Party Series. FYI www.sideshowtheatre.org.
Fall TBA, "The Red Folder Project" by Rajiv Joseph, virtual play to be packaged for the classroom. Steppenwolf for Young Adults, Steppenwolf virtual stage. FYI www.steppenwolf.org
Month of September, "The Old Country" an animated short by Tracy Letts, Steppenwolf virtual stage. Virtual memberships, $75, access to 6 productions. FYI www.steppenwolf.org
Month of September, "Night Safari" a monologue by Tracy Letts, Steppenwolf virtual stage. Virtual memberships, $75, access to 6 productions. FYI www.steppenwolf.org
Month of September, "The Stretch, a monologue by Tracy Letts, Steppenwolf virtual stage. Virtual memberships, $75, access to 6 productions. FYI www.steppenwolf.org.
September 17th, 7:00 pm, "The Whisperer's Apprentice" Sideshow Theatre's House Party Series. FYI www.sideshowtheatre.org.
Month of October, a new play, a filmed play by Tarell Alvin McCraney, Steppenwolf virtual stage. Virtual memberships, $75, access to 6 productions. FYI www.steppenwolf.org.
October 20th through November 14th, World Premiere "Into a Blaze: The Triangle Shirtwaist" Artemisia Theatre followed by thematically relevant video after-show discussions. Streaming on YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=artemisia+theatre+chicago. $15-$30. FYI www.artemisiatheatre.org.
Month of November, "The Light Remains" a filmed play by Tina Landau, Steppenwolf virtual stage. Virtual memberships, $75, access to 6 productions. FYI www.steppenwolf.org.