Northlight Theatre opens 2024-2025 season with "The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk" By Daniel Jamieson, Music by Ian Ross || Stage and Movement Direction by Elizabeth Margolius || Music Direction by Michael Mahler || Featuring Jack Cahill-Lemme and Emma Rosenthal
|| September 5th – October 6th
Taste of Greektown festival announces Greek restaurants and live entertainment for Chicago’s largest celebration of Hellenic cuisine and culture, September 6th – 8th || Longtime Greek restaurants include 9 Muses Bar & Grill, Athena Restaurant, Mr. Greek Gyros, Spectrum Bar & Grill and Zeus Restaurant—plus Ilios Estiatorio, a new Greek restaurant coming to Greektown soon || Popular gyros-eating competition returns, along with live Greek music and dancing, family activities, and the new Little Wise Owls outdoor sculpture exhibit along Halsted Street
Chicago Fire FC (6-12-8, 26 points) scored two second half goals to earn a point on the road in a 2-2 tie with New York City FC (11-9-6, 39 points) on Saturday night at Citi Field.
The Schaumburg Boomers left 10 on base and missed a chance to pull within a half game of the playoffs by suffering a one-run loss on Saturday night against the Florence Y’Alls by a 3-2 final.
Steppenwolf Theatre Company Announces Broadway Transfer of its Hit World Premiere PURPOSE Written by Tony Award Winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins || Directed by Two-Time Tony Award Winner Phylicia Rashad || Limited Engagement Begins Previews February 25, 2025 – Opening Mid-March!
THE GIFT THEATRE PRESENTS TOPDOG/UNDERDOG, WRITTEN BY SUZAN-LORI PARKS, SEPTEMBER 12th - OCTOBER 20th AT FILAMENT THEATRE || This Darkly Comedic Tale of Two Brothers is Directed by Shanésia Davis and Stars Gift Ensemble Members Martel Manning and Gregory Fenner
Broadway In Chicago Celebrates 25th Year with Landmark Achievements and Exciting Future
Leading up to this September’s Chicago Live! festival at Navy Pier, performing arts organizations across the city and suburbs will put their unique stamp on free experiences designed to engage their communities in the arts.
Cast and production team announced for Sandy Rustin’s comedy THE COTTAGE, opening September 14th || Citadel’s production, the first since the comedy’s 2023 Broadway engagement, will play September 11th – October 13th.
TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR REFRACTED THEATRE COMPANY’S PRODUCTION OF LAURA WINTERS’ CORONATION, OCTOBER 11th - NOVEMBER 16th, AT THE DEN THEATRE || Tova Wolff Directs This Three-Act Femme-Futurist, Political Satire
