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Best Musicals in March 2025

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical at Drury Lane Theatre Oakbrook Terrace

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

Tracing the career of Carole King, and endorsed by the beloved Grammy winner herself, Beautiful was the feel-good Broadway hit of 2014, scoring two Tony Awards. Described by The New York Times as "A complex, revitalizing portrait of the real, conflicted person within the reluctant star", enjoy this new staging from Drury Lane Theatre, here to inspire from January 2025.

Sunny Afternoon at Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Sunny Afternoon

The hit musical heads this side of the pond for its North America debut, giving Chicago theatregoers the first chance to discover the story of The Kinks - sprinkled with a little Olivier-winning musical stardust of course! Written by Joe Penhall with music and lyrics provided by the Kinks' Ray Davies, Sunny Afternoon was a hit in London in 2014, where the production scooped up four 2015 Oliver Awards, including Best New Musical.

A Midsummer Night's Dream at Chicago Shakespeare Theater

A Midsummer Night's Dream

This season, don't miss the Bard's wondrous supernatural rom-com as the magic comes to you in this local production. A delightful and dizzying tale that still enraptures audiences after 400 years, prepare to enter a realm where a tiff between fairy royalty gets very, very out of hand, affecting supernatural folk and mortals alike!