Candlelight: Tribute to Queen is a glowing, immersive concert that transforms the band’s stadium-sized rock into lush, cinematic string arrangements performed live in a sea of flickering candles, letting every hook and harmony hit with fresh emotion and intimacy. Over about an hour, you’ll hear instantly recognizable favorites like “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Don’t Stop Me Now,” “We Will Rock You,” “Somebody to Love,” “Another One Bites the Dust,” “Killer Queen,” “Radio Ga Ga,” “Love of My Life,” and “We Are the Champions,” all reimagined by a live string quartet for a night that feels both epic and beautifully close-up.

Candlelight: Tribute to The Beatles is an immersive concert that wraps the Fab Four’s timeless catalog in the warm glow of candlelight, as a live string quartet transforms iconic melodies into lush, cinematic arrangements that feel both intimate and electrifying. Over about an hour, the program moves through beloved classics like “I Want To Hold Your Hand,” “Penny Lane,” “Strawberry Fields,” “Come Together,” “Here Comes the Sun,” “With A Little Help From My Friends,” “Help!,” “Eleanor Rigby,” “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” “Blackbird,” “A Day in the Life,” “Yesterday,” and “Let It Be,” creating a nostalgic, sing-along-friendly night where every hook lands with fresh emotion in a beautifully atmospheric setting.

Candlelight: Best of Bridgerton on Strings is a romantic, Regency-tinged concert experience that invites you to step into the world of Netflix's hit series as a live string ensemble reimagines the show's most beloved melodies in glowing, candlelit atmosphere. With sweeping, elegant arrangements that capture Bridgerton's drama, wit, and heart, the performance blends the sophistication of classical music with the thrill of hearing familiar themes and pop favorites from the series transformed into something intimate and cinematic-an enchanting night that feels like an invitation to the event of the season.

Candlelight: Tribute to Coldplay on Strings is an immersive live-music experience that transforms Coldplay's biggest anthems into lush, cinematic arrangements performed by the Metropolis String Quartet beneath the warm glow of candlelight, letting familiar melodies land with fresh intimacy and emotional punch. The setlist spans fan favorites like "Clocks," "Shiver," "Speed of Sound," "Trouble," "Fix You," "Paradise," "Something Just Like This," "Yellow," "The Scientist," "feelslikeimfallinginlove," and "A Sky Full of Stars," creating an hour of soaring crescendos, tender quiet moments, and sing-along energy-reimagined in a way that feels both elegant and deeply moving.

Experience the haunting romance of PHANTOM IN CONCERT, the stunning musical by Maury Yeston (NINE andTITANIC) and Arthur Kopit, inspired by Gaston Leroux's classic novel. This elegant concert presentation showcases the lush, melodic score and sweeping storytelling that set this version apart from all others. With its rich orchestrations and deeply human characters, PHANTOM offers a poignant and powerful take on the legendary tale of love, obsession, and music beneath the Paris Opera House. A must-see for musical theatre lovers and romantics alike.

Twenty years ago, Admiral Prospera was betrayed and exiled to a dying planet. Now her enemies have crash-landed at her doorstep. Armed with forbidden wormhole technology and a storm born from vengeance, she'll reclaim everything-or lose what matters most.

Black Boys Cry is a powerful, nationally acclaimed stage play that follows seven Black men as they navigate love, loss, trauma, faith, and healing. With a blend of humor, heart, and raw honesty, the show opens up necessary conversations around mental health, masculinity, and vulnerability in Black communities. It’s an emotional, thought-provoking night of theatre that leaves audiences laughing, reflecting, and deeply moved.

Candlelight: Tribute to Fleetwood Mac on Strings is a glowing, immersive concert that transforms Fleetwood Mac’s iconic soft-rock sound into lush, cinematic string arrangements performed live in a sea of flickering candles. Expect an intimate, emotionally rich journey through favorites like “Everywhere,” “Gypsy,” “You Make Loving Fun,” “Never Going Back Again,” “Don’t Stop,” “Gold Dust Woman,” “Go Your Own Way,” “Landslide,” “Little Lies,” “Songbird,” “Rhiannon,” and “The Chain,” where familiar melodies take on new warmth and drama—part sing-along nostalgia, part classical reimagining, and entirely transportive.

Candlelight: Neo-Soul Favorites is a smooth, candlelit concert experience that reimagines modern R&B, neo-soul, and hip-hop favorites through lush live string arrangements, letting familiar grooves and hooks land with new intimacy and cinematic warmth. Performed by the Listeso String Quartet, the set moves through a feel-good, slow-burn playlist that can include SZA's "Good Days," Lauryn Hill's "Ex-Factor," Solange's "Don't Touch My Hair," Miguel's "Adorn," Frank Ocean's "Thinkin Bout You," Prince's "Purple Rain," Sade's "Smooth Operator," D'Angelo's "Untitled (How Does It Feel)," Childish Gambino's "Redbone," H.E.R.'s "The Best Part," Alicia Keys' "You Don't Know My Name," and Boyz II Men's "End of the Road," creating an immersive night that feels equal parts soulful, elegant, and deeply vibey under the glow of candlelight.

A completely new form of improv inspired by the classic Old Time Radio shows of the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. The cast of Improvised Golden Age of Radio (IGAR) takes the themes, language, and technology of the era to create an immersive improvised audio soundscape for their live audience. Taking advantage of dozens of toys on their live foley table, the sound effects and performances paint a hilarious picture of a classic drama-gone-wrong.

The New Stages Festival returns for its 21st year, transforming the Owen Theatre into a showcase for bold new work in development. This year’s lineup features script-in-hand readings of Calamity West’s FEAST!, a sharply funny holiday dinner gone off the rails that exposes privilege, money, and marriage under pressure; Hansol Jung’s Pennies, an epic, time-bending journey from a modern call center to the River Styx that wrestles with grief, guilt, and emotional burnout; Christina Anderson’s This Part of His Life Blooms, in which a newly retired man turns to his neglected garden and unburied memories to confront love, friendship, and fatherhood; and Ike Holter’s The Audience Unseen, a real-time supernatural thriller where a routine interrogation becomes a terrifying descent into the unknown. With free tickets by reservation and a focus on inventive, risk-taking storytelling, the festival offers Chicago audiences an early look at some of the country’s most exciting playwrights and plays in progress.

Candlelight: Rings and Dragons is a spellbinding, candlelit concert that brings the sound worlds of epic fantasy to life through lush live string arrangements, blending the sweeping wonder of The Lord of the Rings with the brooding power of Game of Thrones in a way that feels both cinematic and surprisingly intimate. Over the course of about an hour, you’ll travel from Middle-earth’s most beloved themes like “The Shire,” “Rivendell,” and “The Breaking of the Fellowship” to Westeros favorites including the “Game of Thrones” main theme, “Rains of Castamere,” “Light of the Seven,” and more—each piece reimagined to heighten the drama, warmth, and atmosphere under the soft glow of hundreds of candles.intimate. Over the course of about an hour, you'll travel from Middle-earth's most beloved themes like "The Shire," "Rivendell," and "The Breaking of the Fellowship" to Westeros favorites including the "Game of Thrones" main theme, "Rains of Castamere," "Light of the Seven," and more-each piece reimagined to heighten the drama, warmth, and atmosphere under the soft glow of hundreds of candles.

Candlelight: The Best of Hans Zimmer is an immersive, candlelit concert that transforms some of modern cinema’s most unforgettable scores into lush, emotionally charged string arrangements, bringing blockbuster themes into a setting that feels both epic and intimate. Performed live by a string quartet, the program sweeps through Zimmer favorites like “Time” from Inception, “This Land” from The Lion King, “A Dark Knight” from The Dark Knight, highlights from Gladiator, Interstellar (“Cornfield Chase”), Dune, Dunkirk (“Supermarine”), Sherlock Holmes (“Discombobulate”), and a Pirates of the Caribbean suite, creating an atmosphere-rich night where every crescendo hits like a movie moment—only closer, warmer, and lit by the soft glow of hundreds of candles.

At Berkeley, California's ultra-progressive Eureka Day School, every decision is made by consensus. But when a mumps outbreak hits, the school's carefully cultivated culture of inclusiveness spirals into chaos. As parents and board members clash over vaccines, personal freedoms, and viral misinformation, a community built on open-minded ideals implodes. TimeLine's Chicago premiere of Spector's Tony Award-winning play tackles one of the defining questions of our time: how do you build consensus when no one can agree on the truth?

This trailblazing new show, an electrifying fusion of Irish dance, music, theater and cinema, traces the history of Ollav Fola, the ancient Irish sage and legislator commissioned to perpetuate the legacy of one of the world's greatest kings in the British Isles. Don't miss the opportunity to experience the revolutionary new Irish dance show capturing the hearts of audiences all over the world!

John and his daughter Caitlyn are birders. As they scan the skies over their backyard in suburban Maryland looking for elusive birds, years go by. Relationships begin and end. Children grow up and parents age. The climate and the world change in small and vast ways. BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA takes a close look at the relationship of a father and daughter over the course of a decade as they struggle to understand the parts of one another that defy understanding.

Using elements of absurdity and black humor, Green Corridors is a poetic, harrowing journey through a world fractured by war. Ukrainian playwright Natalka Vorozhbyt's deeply human storytelling, brought to life by Kay Martinovich, invites us to bear witness to displacement, resistance, and the echoing pain of conflict and offers a poignant and urgent reflection on displacement, survival, and identity.