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Grease Acknowledges its Origins in Chicago at the Drury Lane Theatre from April 21 through June 4, 2023

April 21, 2023 Susan Lillis 0

Oakbrook Terrace, just outside Chicago, is hosting a production of Grease that pays homage to its original roots as a Chicago-based production. Two amateur actors, Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, created Grease in 1971, staging […]

“Damn Yankees” at the Marriott Lincolnshire a Timely Opening for Spring Fever Baseball Fans on April 21-June 4

April 21, 2023 Susan Lillis 0

Despite the National Football League and National Basketball Association surpassing baseball in fan popularity. America’s favorite pastime is still considered baseball, the historic Godfather of American sports. Spring is the perfect time to relish in […]

Rock Out To “The Tina Turner Musical” at the Nederlander Theatre Chicago March 16-April 2

March 16, 2023 Susan Lillis 0

Broadway in Chicago presents Tina Turner’s biography from the darkness of abandonment and abuse to global success achieving an international spotlight sensation with a dozen Grammy Awards. Dubbed the Queen of Rock and Roll, Tina […]

Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre Presents You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown through April 1, 2023

February 26, 2023 Susan Lillis 0

Amazingly enough, this delightful musical romp through Charles Schulz’s Peanuts Comic Strip was almost never to be. Its inception was a song recording by American composer Clark Gesner. He wrote songs based on Peanut’s comic […]

Marriott Lincolnshire Presents “Big Fish” A Musical of Mythical Status February 1-March 19, 2023

February 4, 2023 Susan Lillis 0

Do we ever really know our parents, especially who they were before we existed? Michael Kurowski as William Bloom, a journalist on the deathbed of his salesman father is determined to reconcile their rocky relationship. […]

First Folio Theatre Presents “And Neither Have I Wings To Fly” January 25-February 26, 2023

January 30, 2023 Susan Lillis 0

Family is everything in this 1950’s Irish Romantic heart-felt ghost tale. It is a perfect play for celebrating the upcoming Valentine’s holiday as it is a story of love, loss, family, redemption, reconciliation and finally […]

Escape to Summer at the 2023 Discover Boating® at McCormick Place South Chicago Boat Show

January 11, 2023 Susan Lillis 0

No better place to shop and compare the top sea-worthy vehicles than the 2023 Discover Boating® Chicago Boat Show at McCormick Place South on January 11-15. With over 500 vendors offering every marine vehicle from […]

First Folio Theatre in Oakbrook Presents Heartfelt Holiday Fare “Little Women”

December 19, 2022 Susan Lillis 0

First Folio Theatre, 1717 West 31st Street in Oak Brook, Illinois presents the WORLD PREMIERE of Little Women from December 17 through January 15, 2023. This play is a readaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic […]

Hyatt Lodge Invites You to Their Holiday Haven Santa Suite Treat

December 1, 2022 Susan Lillis 0

Experience the magic of Hyatt Lodge’s Santa Suite at 2815 Jorie Boulevard, Oakbrook, Illinois. This Festive Santa Suite is the perfect way to celebrate Christmas until December 25. The decked-out Santa Suite can host the […]

Entertainment

Tickle Your Funny Bone With a Trip to Oakbrook to Relish the Hit “Jeeves Intervenes”

November 10, 2022 Susan Lillis 0

Top-tier First Folio Theatre is reviving its very first 2008 P. G. Wodehouse adaptation of the famed duo Bertie and Jeeves they ever produced: Jeeves Intervenes. Margaret Raether’s adaptation captures Wodehouse’s dry British wit and […]