Wands at the ready. J.K Rowling and Jack Thorne's theatrical heavyweight, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is heading on tour! Following record-breaking and multi-award-winning runs on London's West End and Broadway, Chicago audiences can now experience the magic of the astounding production as it launches the trek with a 21-week engagement at the James M. Nederlander Theatre, beginning in fall 2024. A continuation of The Boy Who Lived's story, 'Cursed Child catches up with Harry and co as grown-ups where the challenges of adulthood, jobs, and kids prove far scarier than anything Voldemort could have cooked up!

Enter the Victorian London of Charles Dicken's incredible imagination as Metropolis Performing Arts Center revives their beloved production of A Christmas Carol this year! A festive feast like no other, join the miserly business owner Ebenezer Scrooge as he learns to appreciate his fellow men, thanks to a trio of spooky visitors!

If you are a fan of Frank Capra's seminal holiday movie, then this is a unique way to experience it live on stage! This radio play version of the film sees five actors play all the characters in a story that takes us back to the true meaning of Christmas. Follow the trials and tribulations of the hardworking George Bailey whose kind-hearted sacrifices through his life push him to the edge - until he realizes with a little divine help how he has touched the lives of everybody around him.

Penny-pinching and bad-tempered old miser Ebenezer Scrooge goes on the adventure of his life, from his past to his present and beyond and learns that the value of gold will never equal that of genuine love for his fellow men. Back at the Drury Lane Theatre, the classic tale thrills with its beloved characters and message of compassion, love and kindness and of course, Christmas spirit!

Chicago Latino Theatre Alliance and Peru's Teatro La Plaza combine to present an extra special production of Hamlet, in a boundary-breaking way you've never seen before! Featuring a cast of performers with Down syndrome, the unique adaptation re-imagines the famous question of "to be or not to be?" through the perspective of issues of discrimination and representation, reframing Shakespeare's classic to explore the lived experience of the performers themselves.

Written by Frederick Knott and filmed for Alfred Hitchcock's 1950 thrilling classic of cocktails and intrigue, don't miss the juicy Dial M For Murder as it comes to town. The story of an ex-tennis pro turned house-husband and would-be criminal mastermind Tony Wendice, and his nefarious plot to murder his philandering wife, Margot, this genre-defining thriller is sure to have you on the edge of your seat!