Theater This Week

Now Playing in Indiana    

September 2nd, 7:30 pm ET, Staged Reading, Wit, Stageworks, The Acting Ensemble, Ensemble on the Avenue, 602 E. Mishawaka Avenue, Mishawaka.  FYI http://www.actingensemble.com

September 5th & 6th, 9:00 pm ET, Acting Ensemble After Hours, the WTF Series presents The Fireside Theatre's The Further Adventures of Nick Danger Private Eye and other full-frontal skullduggery (as sanctioned by the Department of Redundancy Department,  Acting Ensemble on the Avenue, 602 E. Mishawaka Avenue, Mishawaka, IN. $10. FYI https://www.actingensemble.com/box-office

September 5th through 13th, August Wilson's Seven Guitars, Warner Studio Theatre, South Bend Civic Theatre, 403 N. Main, South Bend.  $25-$37. (Some performances are old Out). FYI (574) 234-1112 or www.sbct.org.

Now Playing in Illinois:  

September 7th, One Night Only, Hersey Felder's Great American Songbook Sing-a-long, Writers Theatre, 325 Tudor Court, Glencoe.  FYI (847) 242-6000 or www.writerstheatre.org.  

Through September 7th, JESUS HOPPED THE ‘A’ TRAIN, City Lit Theater, 1020 W. Bryn Mawr, on the second floor (accessible via elevator) of the Edgewater Presbyterian Church.  $33-$38.  FYI  (773) 293-3682 or www.citylit.org 

Through September 7th, Invictus Theatre presents ANGELS IN AMERICA, PART ONE: MILLENNIUM APPROACHES and ANGELS IN AMERICA, PART TWO: PERESTROIKA, running in repertory.  Windy City Playhouse, 3014 W. Irving Park Road, Chicago.  $25-$38.  FYI www.invictustheatreco.com.

September 6th through 14th, Babes With Blades Theatre Company (BWBTC), New Works Festival "Fighting Words", Bramble Arts Loft, 5545 N. Clark St., Chicago.  Pay-what-you-can.  Tickets go on sale August 6th.  FYI www.babeswithblades.org

Through September 14th, Side by Side with Sondheim, Oil Lamp Theater, Oil Lamp Theater, 1723 Glenview Road, Glenview. $55. FYI OilLampTheater.org. 

Through September 14th, PrideArts presents A New Brain, Hoover-Leppen Theatre at Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted, Chicago. $35. FYI 773-661-0770 or www.pridearts.org.

Through September 20th, The Factory Theater and Unheard of Company present The Meaningful Action Theatre Company Presents A Workshop Reading of “Muffed: A Recounting of Farmington, Maine’s 43rd Annual Chester Greenwood Day Devised by the Members of the Meaningful Action Theatre Company and Produced by David New” The Factory Theater, 1623 W. Howard St., Chicago. $10-$30. FYI 312-275-5757 or TheFactoryTheater.com.

Through September 21st, 44 -THE OBAMA MUSICAL, The Studebaker Theater in the Fine Arts Building, 410 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago.  Tickets start at $44.  FYI https://44theobamamusical.com/tickets. 

Through September 21st, Chicago/Midwest Premiere, Hersey Felder's Rachmaninoff and the Tsar, Writers Theatre, 325 Tudor Court, Glencoe.  FYI (847) 242-6000 or www.writerstheatre.org.  

Through September 27th, Love Chaos & Dinner, Teatro Zinzanni, Spiegeltent ZaZou, Hotel Cambria, 32 W. Randolph, Chicago.  $99-$129.  FYI https://zinzanni.com/chicago/

Through September 28th, DUNGEONS & DRAGONS The Twenty-Sided Tavern, Broadway In Chicago’s Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place, 175 E. Chestnut St., Chicago.  FYI www.BroadwayInChicago.com.

Through September 28th, Otherworld Theater Company presents TWIHARD! A Twilight Musical Parody. Apollo Theater, 2550 N Lincoln Ave., Chicago. FYI www.twihardthemusical.com. 

Through September 28th, Kokandy Productions presents Amélie, Chopin Theatre, 1543 W Division St., Chicago.  FYI www.kokandyproductions.com.

September 5th through 28th, Curious Theatre Branch & Prop Thtr present 36th Annual Rhinoceros Theater Festival, Facility Theatre, 1138 N. California; Labyrinth Arts Club, 3658 N. Pulaski Ave.; Jarvis Square Theatre, 1439 W. Jarvis Ave., Chicago. Pay-what-you-can pricing, with a $20 suggested price. FYI RhinoFest.com

Through September 29th, White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, Running in rep with Tom & Eliza. TUTA Theatre, 4670 N Manor Ave, Chicago.  $20-$60.  FYI www.tutatheatre.org

September 4th through 29th, Tom & Eliza, Running in rep with White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, TUTA Theatre, 4670 N Manor Ave, Chicago.  $20-$60.  FYI www.tutatheatre.org

September 4th through October 5th, World Premiere, The First Lady of Television, Northlight Theatre, North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie.  FYI (847) 673-6300  or www.northlight.org

Through October 5th, Things with Friends, American Blues Theater, 5627 N. Lincoln, Chicago.  FYI (773) 654-3103 or www.americanbluestheater.com

Through October 12th, Chicago-area Premiere, Come from Away, Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd, Aurora. FYI (630) 896-6666 or www.paramountaurora.com.

Through October 19th, Catch Me If You Can, Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire.  FYI (847) 634-0200 or www.marriotttheatre.com

September 3rd through October 26th, Dial M for Murder, Drury Lane Oakbrook, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace. FYI (630) 530-0111 or www.drurylaneoakbrook.com. TicketMaster (312) 559-1212 or www.ticketmaster.com.

Through December 28th, 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.

Through January 4th, Million Dollar Quartet, Paramount’s new Stolp Island Theatre, 5 E. Downer Place, Suite G,, Aurora.  FYI (630) 896-6666 or www.paramountaurora.com.

Open Run, 113th Mainstage Revue, This Too Shall Slap, The Second City, 230 W. North Avenue, Chicago.  FYI (312) 337-3992 or www.secondcity.com.

Open Run, The Second City's e.t.c. 49th Revue, The Second City, 230 W. North Avenue, Chicago.  FYI (312) 337-3992 or www.secondcity.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

Now Playing in Michigan:

Now Playing in Wisconsin:

September 3rd through October 19th, Steel Magnolias, Peninsula Players, 4351 Peninsula Players Drive, Fish Creek, WI.  $51-$59. FYI (920) 868-3287 or www.peninsulaplayers.com.

Now Playing Elsewhere: 

Through September 7th, Ken Ludwig's The Three Musketeers, TheatreSquared, 477 W. Spring Street in downtown Fayetteville, Arkansas.  FYI (479) 777-7477 or theatre2.org/subscribe.

Now Playing in London: 

Link to London guide: https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/news/your-guide-to-london-theatre-shows

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