Candlelight: 90s Hip-Hop on Strings is a high-energy, candlelit concert that flips golden-era hip-hop into lush, cinematic arrangements performed live by a string quartet, letting iconic hooks and beats hit with fresh drama and surprising emotion. Over about an hour, you’ll hear crowd-pleasing medleys celebrating legends like Fugees and Lauryn Hill, Jay-Z, Nas, Outkast, Missy Elliott, A Tribe Called Quest, Wu-Tang Clan, 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G., and Dr. Dre—plus a full-string take on Snoop Dogg’s “Gin and Juice”—creating an immersive night that feels equal parts nostalgic, elegant, and electrifying under the warm glow of candlelight.

From Tony Award winner Richard Greenberg comes a sparkling contemporary adaptation of Philip Barry's classic play that inspired the beloved 1930s film starring Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn. In the wealthy world of the Upper East Side Setons, matters of the heart are a family affair. Enter a romantic prospect from a decidedly different background-and privilege, class and personal fulfillment are thrown into sharp relief. Robert Falls directs this fresh new take on the eternal question: work to live or live to work?

Artistic Director Edward Hall stages CST's first-ever 75-minute adaptation of Shakespeare's timeless classic. Reeling from grief, the young Prince of Denmark navigates the loss of his father, his mother's betrayal, and relationships torn apart-offering a chance for young audiences to see themselves reflected through a 400-year-old story. In addition to welcoming 20,000 students to weekday matinees, this captivating production will offer performances on Saturdays for the public. Plus, every performance includes a post-show conversation with the cast to give you an insider's perspective into bringing the story to the stage!

The Irish... and How They Got That Way is an irreverent musical history of Ireland through the tumultuous 20th and 21st centuries seen through the eyes of Pulitzer Prize winning author, Frank McCourt (Angela's Ashes, 'Tis, Teacher Man) whose razor sharp wit, coupled with his trademark satirical irony and boundless love for the Irish People are all underscored by humor, heartache and a glorious score that spans 100+ years from "Danny Boy," "Galway Bay" and "The Rare Old Times" to "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ra" and U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I Am Looking For."

This glamorous rom-com returns to Lyric in a sun-soaked 1930s-era seaside country club setting, where two officers — convinced all women are fickle in love — hatch a plan to switch places and woo each other’s fiancées in disguise. Hilarity, dazzling arias, and some of Mozart’s most glorious ensemble writing ensue in this sophisticated exploration of love’s fragility and the games we play with each other’s hearts.

Trial in the Delta: The Murder of Emmett Till, the company’s award-winning live docudrama, will return in its most fully realized form yet. Featuring a powerhouse ensemble of returning artists and new voices, this urgent, unforgettable theatrical event invites audiences to confront the truth, honor a legacy, and experience history as if it were happening today.

"Dear Evan Hansen: Today is going to be a good day and here's why..." That's how Evan starts every day, writing himself a letter about why it's going to be a good day. It's a coping mechanism for this lonely, anxious high schooler looking to fit in. It's because of these letters that Evan finds himself telling a well-meaning, little white lie that snowballs into a blizzard of untruths. In the end, his unforgettable journey demonstrates there is a place for everyone to feel love, acceptance and to be seen-even when you make mistakes.

This Broadway adaptation of Ibsen's timeless drama presents a sympathetic, striking and powerful Hedda in the classic tale of her struggle to find a means of escape from a loveless, ordinary existence. Beginning with the return from her honeymoon, Hedda finds herself bored of her husband and longing for the days when she was free to exercise her wild and independent whims. With the return of an old flame and a proposition from an amorous judge, she begins a dangerous game, amusing herself by manipulating and destroying everyone around her in an attempt to regain control of her life.

International superstar Renée Fleming makes her much-anticipated return to the Lyric Opera of Chicago stage with a program based on her 2023 Grammy-winning Best Classical Vocal Solo Album. Created in partnership with the National Geographic Society, Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene blends classic Romantic Era works and contemporary works in a program that captures the evolution of the human experience in nature. With video curated by the National Geographic Society, Renée Fleming and pianist Inon Barnatan create an eclectic performance that allows audiences the opportunity for reflection on the beauty of our planet and to rekindle a love for the natural world through song.

The Greatest Night In Show Business follows Judy Garland in the hours before her legendary Carnegie Hall concert. Battling self-doubt, and the weight of her past, Judy confronts memories and her own resilience with those closest to her. Through humor, heartbreak, and songs, she reclaims her voice, proving that even at her lowest, she still has something to sing about!

Miss Julie wants to abandon her upper-class, aristocratic life and escape the expectations that trap her. Jean, her servant, wants to climb the social ladder and rise through the ranks of society. Over the course of a wine-soaked evening, the two jockey for position, using sex, status, and strategy to collide and combust.

Midwest town. Forced into marriage due to an unexpected pregnancy, former beauty queen Lola and recovering alcoholic Doc live a quiet life of heartbreak and regret until Marie, a young college student, becomes their boarder. Must see intimate and explosive immersive experience.

This spellbinding, romantic journey begins with a simple encounter between two people. But what happens next defies the boundaries of the world we think we know—delving into the infinite possibilities of their relationship and raising questions about the difference between choice and destiny. Performed by alternating casts of two men and two women.

Lemnos follows Nathan Spandrel, an unhoused man with an intellectual disability who copes with a traumatic past by believing he can become an angel. And today he's found something very special, "his gift from god:" it's a little baby boy. And he's still alive.

No CGI here! Experience an epic journey of theatrical imagination. Dragons and treasure and orcs-oh my! Tolkien's saga of Middle-earth begins right here. With a small acting ensemble and a soaring original score, YPT's engaging and innovative staging reminds us that the least among us all can change the course of great events.

In Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1967, Ponyboy Curtis, his best friend Johnny Cade and their Greaser family of 'outsiders' battle with their affluent rivals, the Socs. THE OUTSIDERS navigates the complexities of self-discovery as the Greasers dream about who they want to become in a world that may never accept them. With a dynamic original score, THE OUTSIDERS is a story of friendship, family, belonging...and the realization that there is still "lots of good in the world."

Warwickshire, 1582. Agnes Hathaway, a natural healer, meets the Latin tutor, William Shakespeare. Drawn together by powerful but hidden impulses, they create a life together and make a family. When the plague steals 11-year-old Hamnet from his loving parents, they must each confront their loss alone. And yet, out of the greatest suffering, something of extraordinary wonder is born. Experience the US premiere of the Royal Shakespeare Company's stage adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's best-selling novel, adapted by award-winning playwright Lolita Chakrabarti (Hymn, Life of Pi, Red Velvet), and directed by Erica Whyman. Pulling back a curtain on the story of the greatest writer in the English language and the woman who was the constant presence and purpose of his life, Hamnet is a love letter to passion, birth, grief, and the magic of nature.