Category Archives: Theatre

Delightful Comic Fantasy “Sylvia” – Mighigan City
Canterbury Summer Theatre presents its final show of the 2022 season, Sylvia, a comic fantasy, performing August 4-6, with no Wednesday matinee for this production. (Michael Schutza as Greg, Sarah Foster as Sylvia the dog and Aubrey Brummett as Kate, pictured from left,) Written by A. R. Gurney, the play concerns Greg, a middle-aged married…

Gilligan’s Island Musical Coming to Footlight Players – M.C.
Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale… Footlight Players brings this family friendly show to the stage for a 2-hour musical tour of the television classic Gilligan’s Island. Opening August 5 and running through August 21, our favorite little buddy, Gilligan (J Swindell), Skipper (Thom Nelson), and Professor (Ken Siegfried) lead the castaways…

“The Box” Theatre is Coming to Detroit & Chicago For Prison Reform
“End of Isolation Tour” presents “The BOX,” a play written by Sarah Shourd, a survivor of solitary confinement, in collaboration with other survivors to Detroit on August 9th and 10th, 2022 and Also August 5th – 7th at Haymarket House in Chicago. Everyone is affected by prison reform when…

“Reefer Madness” Coming To Hammond in July
The Towle Theater is proud to present the third show in their 2022 season. Reefer Madness is a musical comedy by Kevin Murphy and Dan Studney and is directed by Towle Theater Managing Director, Jeff Casey with Musical Direction by Ron Attreau and Choreography by Colin Funk. Reefer Madness is sponsored by Calumet College of…

Canterbury Summer Theatre Announces 2022 Schedule
CANTERBURY SUMMER THEATRE ANNOUNCES 2022 SEASON! Canterbury Summer Theatre, one of the Midwest’s oldest professional summer companies, is proud to announces its slate of productions for 2022, the 54th season for CST! Artistic Director, Ray Scott Crawford, will return for his 37th season leading the company. He will be joined by David…

Footlight Players Presents “The Sound Of Music”
For the first three weeks of June, Footlight Players brings the beloved musical classic, the Sound of Music, to their stage in Michigan City. Come see Adrianna LeDonne as Maria, the newly appointed governess of the seven Von Trapp children. She and Captain Von Trapp, played by Noel Carlson, butt heads almost immediately over how…

L’Arc En Ciel Theatre Presents “The Odd Couple”
L’ARC EN CIEL THEATRE GROUP, now in its 17th year at Great Oaks in Cedar Lake (after 38 years as Lake Central Theatre Guild), proudly present Neil Simon’s classic comedy “THE ODD COUPLE, featuring 8 crazy “characters” played by some of the most experienced actors in the Region! This classic…

Next To Normal – A Rock Musical – by Dunes Art Foundation
Next to Normal, the rock musical with music by Tom Kitt, book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey This popular American rock musical that explores life with mental illness was winner of three Tony awards and the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Directed by Steve Scott and music direction by Andrew Flasch, this performance will feature…

“Southern Fried Funeral” Live Theatre in Whiting Indiana
“Southern Fried Funeral” on Marian Theatre Guild’s April Menu Dewey Frye is dead and the rest of his family is left to pick up the pieces – that is, if they don’t kill each other first. Funerals bring out the worst, the best, and the funniest in people as you’ll see with Marian Theatre…

Hope And Gravity Show At Towle Theater
The second show in their 2022 season was announced by Towle Theater, Hammond Indiana. A comedy, Hope and Gravity by Michael Hollinger, is directed by Suzanne Nyhan and assistant directed by Kara Nyhan. “Hope and Gravity” is sponsored by Calumet College of St. Joseph, Purdue University Northwest, Vanis Salon and Day Spa and DG Law. …