Theater openings in April
Indiana
April 2nd, 7:30 pm ET, Staged Reading, Love and Baseball, Acting Ensemble, Ensemble on the Avenue, 602 E. Mishawaka Avenue, Mishawaka. FYI http://www.actingensemble.com/box-office
April 5th, 7:30 pm, Steel Magnolias, Hammond Community Theatre, Beatniks on Conkey, 420 Conkey Street, Hammond. $20. FYI (219) 852-0848 or http://hammondcommunitytheatre.org/steel.html
April 25th, Beautiful: The Carol King Musical, 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
April 1st, 7:00 pm, Inanimate, Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago. $15-$55. FYI (773) 975-8150 or theaterwit.org
April 3rd, 7:30 pm, The Choir of Man, Apollo Theater, 2550 N. Lincoln Avenue Chicago. Tickets start at $35. FYI (773) 935-6100 or www.ticketmaster.com.
April 3rd, 7:30 pm, Emery Entertainment, Inc. and Broadway In Chicago present CHURCHILL, starring David Payne, Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place, 175 E. Chestnut St, Chicago. $75. FYI (800) 775-2000, all Ticketmaster retail locations and www.BroadwayInChicago.com.
April 5th, 7:30 pm, Cock, Open Space Arts, 1411 W. Wilson, Chicago. $20-$25. FYI (773) 332-0468 or openspacearts.com/
April 5th, 7:30 pm, Giordano Dance Chicago (GDC) presents “Season 61 | UNLIMITED!” Spring engagement, featuring the world premiere of “Gershwin in B” choreographed by Al Blackstone, Harris Theater at Millennium Park, 205 E. Randolph Street, Chicago. $20-$90. FYI (312) 334-7777 or www.harristheaterchicago.org
April 5th, 7:30 pm, Look Closer with Joshua Jay, The Rhapsody Theater Chicago, 1328 W. Morse Avenue, Chicago. Tickets start at $45. FYI https://rhapsodytheater.com/
April 6th, 7:30 pm, Rosencranz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago. FYI (773) 753-4472 or www.CourtTheatre.org.
April 10th, 7:30 pm, Ondřej Pšenička's 52 Lovers, Chicago Magic Lounge, 5050 N. Clark Street, Chicago. FYI (312) 366-4500 or chicagomagiclounge.com.
April 12th, 7:30 pm, Hersey Felder as Monsieur Chopin: A Play with Music, Writers Theatre, 325 Tudor Court, Glencoe. FYI (847) 242-6000 or www.writerstheatre.org.
April 12th, 7:30 pm, Quartet, The Drama Group, 330 202nd Street, Chicago Heights. FYI (708) 755-3444 or www.dramagroup.org.
**** April 13th & 14th, 9:30 & 11:30 am, A Year with Frog and Toad, Chicago Children's Theatre, 100 S. Racine St., Chicago. All ages. FYI (312) 374-8835 or chicagochildrenstheater.org.
April 13th, 8:00 pm, The S Paradox, Babes with Blades Theatre Company, The Factory Theater, 1623 W. Howard St, Chicago. $20-$35. FYI BabesWithBlades.org.
April 17th, 7:00 pm, National Hellenic Museum presents The Trial of Pericles, Harris Theatre, 205 E. Randolph, Chicago. $100, Students with ID, $50. 1.5 hours of continuing legal education (CLE) for attorneys. FYI (312) 655-1234 or nationalhellenicmuseum.org/trial-pericles
April 17th, 7:30 pm, The Music Man, Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire. FYI (847) 634-0200 or www.marriotttheatre.com
April 18th, 7:00 pm, Guys and Dolls, 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 19th, 7:00 pm, Eddie Izzard performs Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand, Chicago. Tickets start at $69. FYI (312) 595.5600 or www.chicagoshakes.com.
April 19th, 7:00 pm, Or, by Liz Duffy Adams, Winter Readings, Oak Park Theatre Festival. Cheney Mansion, Park District of Oak Park, 220 N. Euclid Avenue, Oak Park. $45, $50 at the door. FYI https://oakparkfestival.com/project/winter-readings-2024/?mc_cid=4bae807cf9&mc_eid=df68248792
April 19th, 7:30 pm, A Workshop Production, Black Bear Island, Silk Road Cultural Center in collaboration with Stage Center Theatre at Northeastern Illinois University, Building F, Northeastern Illinois University, 3701 W Bryn Mawr Ave, Chicago. $2-$20. FYI https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/U-Pass/6605
April 19th, 7:30 pm, Brooklyn Laundry, Northlight Theatre, North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie. FYI (847) 673-6300 or www.northlight.org/subscribe.
April 19th, How to Know the Wild Flowers: A Map, Josephine Louis Theater, Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts at Northwestern University, 20 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston. FYI (847) 491-7282 or https://wirtz.northwestern.edu/box-office/
April 19th, 7:30 pm, Baby, Citadel Theatre, located in the West Campus building of the Lake Forest School District 300 S. Waukegan Road, Lake Forest. $40-$45. FYI (847) 735-8554, ext. 1 or www.citadeltheatre.org
April 20th, 7:30 pm, Broadway in Chicago & Congo Square Theatre present HOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED, Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place, 175 E. Chestnut, Chicago. FYI (800) 775-2000, all Ticketmaster retail locations and www.BroadwayInChicago.com.
April 22nd, 7:00 pm, Jump, Shattered Globe Theatre, Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago. FYI (773) 975-8150 or sgtheatre.org.
April 24th, 7:00 pm, August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone, Albert Theatre, Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn, Chicago. FYI (312) 443-3800 or www.goodmantheatre.org.
April 25th, 7:30 pm, Midsummer Night's Dream, Joffrey Ballet, Lyric Opera House, 20 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago. FYI (312) 386-8905 or www.joffrey.org.
Elsewhere
April 17th, Fat Ham, TheatreSquared, 477 W. Spring Street in downtown Fayetteville, Arkansas. FYI (479) 777-7477 or theatre2.org/subscribe.
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