If you’ve seen Hershey Felder in his many portrayals of famous composers like George Gershwin, Irving Berlin or Tchaikovsky, you can always count on an authentic, stellar performance. That’s why I was so excited to see him perform, “Monsieur Chopin, A Play With Music,” making his debut at Writers Theatre in Glencoe. In “Monsieur Chopin,” Felder transforms himself into the master pianist, bringing to life the brilliant 19th-century Polish composer whose works continue to be played today across the globe. Felder wrote the script as well as designed the opulent Parisian set. Hershey Felder as Cho ..read more

The College of Dupage McAninch Arts Center, more affectionately known as (the MAC) presents Chicago a cappella for its second concert, “History of Harmony,” on Sunday, April 28, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. in the Belushi Performance Hall. Free parking is available in all College of DuPage campus lots. The lot nearest the McAninch Arts Center is labeled Fawell A on the campus map. Tickets are $38 for general admission and $48 for preferred admission. Battle of the Girl and Boy bands from the 1990s This is your second and last chance to be thoroughly entertained by a phenomenal professional premier ten-p ..read more

Guys and Dolls won the 1950 Tony Award for Best Musical. Frank Loesser created the music and lyrics with the book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. The production is based on Damon Runyon’s two short stories, “The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown (1933) and Blood Pressure.” Guys and Dolls also use characters and plot elements from other Runyon stories. It ran for twelve hundred performances on Broadway. In 1954 Samuel Goldwyn bought the movie story Guys and Dolls for one million dollars. The movie’s total cost was five and a half million dollars. It was a good bet. The film won two Golden Globes for Be ..read more

Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre proudly presents The Music Man, a family-friendly classic popular comedy tale. It is timely enough to delight every generation. The production has everything from wicked hijinks to sweet romances, corny jokes, campy antics, and spirit-uplifting familiar musical tunes. Reiniger Meredith Willson wrote the book, music, and lyrics to The Music Man as an homage to his home state of Iowa. The story was a collaboration between Meredith Willson and Frank Lacey. The musical garnered six Tony Awards when it premiered on Broadway in 1957. It won Best Musical. The cast album ..read more

The National Hellenic Museum (NHM) is proud to announce the prominent attorneys, judges and jurors for Pericles on Wednesday, April 17 at 7 p.m. at the Harris Theater (205 E. Randolph Street, Chicago). Bringing together nationally renowned attorneys in a contemporary courtroom setting, The Trial of Pericles continues NHM’s exploration of how the ancient Greeks grappled with timeless controversies that continue to shape modern society. At this dynamic live event, prosecutors and defense attorneys present an ancient case regarding citizenship, voting right ..read more

Cast of “The Choir of Man.” Photo by Michael Brosilow. It’s a bar, it’s a concert, it’s a play. It’s like nothing you’ve ever seen before, and it’s now live at the Apollo Theatre in Chicago through July 14, recently extended due to rave reviews! The Choir of Man showcases a talented group of musicians who play multiple instruments as they sing and tell the stories of their lives on the stage that doubles as a bar, The Jungle. They invite the audience to come dance with them, offering them beer and Pina Coladas. On the second floor of the set are four additional musicians who rotate down to the ..read more

Sometimes theatre is grand and epic in scale, like Goodman Theatre’s recent production of The Penelopiad. Other times, it’s intimate, with just a few actors, a small crew, and a handful of audience members. The latter is the case with COCK, written by Mike Bartlett and directed by Wren Wesner in a production currently running at Open Space Arts. The play takes place in a space no larger than a studio apartment, with just four actors and room for twenty audience members circling the playing space. L-R: Sonya Robinson, Elliot Hall, Kevin Woodrow The story centers on John, who has a serious roman ..read more

By Jennifer Lunz and Weston Gleffe Whether you’re a resident of the Chicago North Center neighborhood or just passing through, Cobblestone Restaurant (N Lincoln) should be on your radar. Cobblestone is an European American eatery, inspired by the cuisine of the Czech Republic. The name symbolizes the connection between the old and new continents, as European cities and towns are commonly paved with granite cobblestones. Chef Andre Overton This small neighborhood gem offers a brand new spring menu from the amazingly talented Chef Andre Overton, who just started there in January 2024. With 28 ye ..read more

Acclaimed British-born Idris Khan, a 2017 appointed O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) for services to Art in the Queen’s Birthday Honors List, is a contemporary conceptual artist who began his career using the medium of photography to create a new vision of art. Photographs capture one moment in time. Khan extends time through repetition. He layers scans and photographs from art, music, literature, philosophical, and spiritual sources to effect memory and emotion and give tribute to classical artists who came before. Every…Bernd and Hilla Becher Spherical Type Gasholder (2004 ..read more

By Fran Zell Back when Stephen Sondheim turned 70, he reflected in a lengthy New York Times interview about what it meant to him to see the New York premiere of Saturday Night 45 years after he wrote it. “I don’t have any emotional reaction to Saturday Night at all— except fondness,”  Sondheim said then. “It’s not bad stuff for a 23 year old.” Photo Credit Elizabeth Stenholt Photography – Front to Back, Maxwel J DeTogne & Joe Giovannetti, Maliha Sayed, Elya Faye Bottiger & Ismael GarciaPhoto Credit Elizabeth Stenholt Photography – Front to Back, Maxwel J DeTogne & Joe Giovanne ..read more