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Children's theater and family-friendly plays in Chicago
Chicago is a theater town, and stage shows meant for kids and families are as robust as the grown-up offerings. Some companies, like Chicago Children’s Theatre and Emerald City Theatre, dedicate their whole missions to entertaining and educating little ones; others, like Chicago Shakespeare Theater and Lifeline Theatre, make chldren’s theater part of a varied programming mix. With so many options, it’s never to early to get kids invested in the arts.
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The Night Season
Strawdog finds famliar truths in Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s Chekhovian Irish family
Great Expectations
British playwright Tanika Gupta’s adaptation brings a colonial eye to Charles Dickens’s orphan story
American Hero
Subway meets Sartre in Bess Wohl’s dark comedy about sandwich artists gone rogue
She Loves Me
You’re sure to love Marriott’s smartly cast and strongly staged revival of this most romantic comedy
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We’re Gonna Die
Young Jean Lee’s charming theatrical rock show makes us think about our inevitable demise and like it
She Loves Me
You’re sure to love Marriott’s smartly cast and strongly staged revival of this most romantic comedy
The Night Season
Strawdog finds famliar truths in Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s Chekhovian Irish family
Aladdin
Disney unleashes its lavish magic as the Broadway musical kicks off its national tour in Chicago
Spamilton
Musical-satire mastermind Gerard Alessandrini’s latest follows its source material into an open Chicago run
Hamilton
Nobody’s throwing away their shot in this top-shelf Chicago staging of the most talked-about new musical in years
