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Chicago Theater Tickets
Chicago's Best Musicals,
Drama, Dance, & Live Performance Events
Downtown
Chicago, including the area known as the Theatre District, includes several major theater venues that offer
a great variety of live performance theaters. These include the Ford
Center for Performing Arts, Cadillac Palace Theatre, the Auditorium
Theatre of Roosevelt University, and the Bank of America (previously
known as the Shubert/LaSalle Bank Theatre). See our listings below for a
sample of the upcoming performances and find tickets to
productions at each of these venues.
FEATURED
THEATRE PERFORMANCES
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Open Run |
The Blue Man Group |
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Briar Street Theatre |
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Blue Man Group is best known for its
award-winning theatrical productions which critics have described as
"ground-breaking," "hilarious," "visually stunning" and "musically
powerful." These performances feature three enigmatic bald and blue
characters who take the audience through a multi-sensory experience
that combines theatre, percussive music, art, science and vaudeville
into a form of entertainment that is like nothing else. People from
all over the world, from all walks of life and from all age groups
have become fans of Blue Man Group's show. |
| Feb 7 - 19 |
American Idiot |
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Oriental Theatre |
| Direct from Broadway, the smash-hit
musical AMERICAN IDIOT tells the story of three lifelong friends,
forced to choose between their dreams and the safety of suburbia.
Based on Green Day’s GRAMMY® Award-winning multiplatinum album and
featuring the hits “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” “21 Guns,” “Wake Me
Up When September Ends,” “Holiday” and the blockbuster title track,
AMERICAN IDIOT boldly takes the American musical where its never
gone before. With direction by Michael Mayer (Spring Awakening),
choreography by Steven Hoggett (Black Watch) and orchestrations and
arrangements Tom Kitt (Next to Normal), the result is an experience
Charles Isherwood of The New York Times declares “thrilling,
emotionally charged, and as moving as any Broadway musical I’ve seen
this year!” |
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Feb 14 - 26 |
South Pacific |
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Cadillac Palace Theatre |
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PACIFIC is based on James Michener’s Pulitzer Prize winning book
Tales of the South Pacific, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s SOUTH PACIFIC
has music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, a book
by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan. |
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Mar. 6 - 25 |
Bring It On: The Musical |
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Cadillac Palace Theatre |
| BRING IT ON:
THE MUSICAL is the explosive new musical comedy that raises the
stakes on over-the-top high school rivalries. Set against the world
of competitive cheerleading, this powerhouse new show hilariously
proves that winning isn't everything when it means losing something
- or someone - you really care about. |
| Apr 5 - Jun 2 |
Jersey Boys |
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Bank of America Theatre |
| This is the story of how four blue-collar
kids became one of the greatest successes in pop music history.
JERSEY BOYS features their hit songs “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t
Cry,” “Rag Doll,” “Oh What a Night” and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off
You.” “IT WILL RUN FOR CENTURIES!” proclaims Time Magazine. |
| Apr 21 - Jun 10 |
The Iceman Cometh |
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Goodman Theatre |
Nathan Lane and Brian Dennehy are featured
in Eugene O’Neill’s original production directed by Robert Falls.
Much of the production takes place in Harry Hope’s saloon where a
band of miserable drunks hang out awaiting the arrival of their
favorite patron Hickey. This time a newly sober Hickey gives a new
outlook on life and tries to help out his friends who are slowly
wasting away. As he tries to fix their lives it leads to a series of
events that are both comical and dramatic.
The play takes place in the early 20th century and has overpowering
political tones centering on anarchism and socialism. The play will
be running at The Goodman Theater April 21st through June 10th. Gold
Coast Tickets has great The Iceman Cometh ticket, so be sure to get
yours today! |
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Begins Dec. 11 |
The Book of Mormon |
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Bank of America Theatre |
| Winner of 9
Tony Awards® including Best Musical! From Trey Parker and Matt
Stone, four-time Emmy Award-winning creators of “South Park,” and
Tony Award-winner Robert Lopez, co-creator of the Tony Award–winning
Best Musical Avenue Q, comes The Book of Mormon, a new Broadway
musical that Jon Stewart of The Daily Show describes as, “a crowning
achievement, so good it makes me angry” and by Entertainment Weekly
as “the funniest musical of all time.” |
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