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From NPR and WBEZ Chicago
Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!
Select Thursday Evenings in the Studebaker Theater
Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! is NPR’s Peabody Award-winning quiz show. Host Peter Sagal leads a rotating panel of comedians, listener contestants, and celebrity guests through a rollicking review of the week’s news.
With lyrical beauty and emotional honesty, this pathbreaking new opera illuminates how we can reach understanding across generations and open doors of memory, hope and compassion.
Join WBEZ for a special event with Senator Chris Murphy as he unpacks his new book, Crisis of the Common Good: The Fight for Meaning and Connection in a Broken America.
Chicago Opera Theater Presents
Trusted
Vanguard Initiative: Concert World Premiere
May 30, 2026 3:00 pm
Through a dynamic score by COT’s Vanguard Composer in Residence, Aaron Israel Levin, and a taut, contemporary libretto by Marella Martin Koch, the opera delves into the complexities of family bonds, the weight of inherited legacies, and the search for redemption in a world where trust—once lost—may never be regained.
Champions of Magic
June 6 – July 5
The phenomenal Champions Of Magic bring their acclaimed illusion spectacular to Chicago for a limited engagement this summer. See the production that critics have described as ‘the most spectacular show’, ‘two hours of mind-twisting, logic-defying entertainment’ and ‘the summer blockbuster of magic shows’.
Seven Thirty Theatre Presents
Memphis the Musical
October 24 – 25
Set in the underground clubs, radio stations, and recording studios of 1950s Memphis, the Tony Award®-winning Broadway musical Memphis tells an inspiring story of music, passion, and breaking barriers.
Plan your visit
New musicals. Open studios. Podcast tapings. Architecture tours. All this and more at the Fine Arts Building!
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