Past Performances
2019-2020 Season
| Buffalo Theatre Ensemble: Holmes & Watson |
Friday, Sept. 5 – Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019 |
| Chris Botti |
Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019 |
| New Philharmonic: Ode to Joy: Beethoven’s 9th Symphony |
Saturday, Sept. 28 & Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019 |
| College Theater: The Wolves |
Thursday, oct. 3 – Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019 |
| Mexico Beyond Mariachi: Sugar Skull! A Día de los Muertos Musical adventure |
Friday, Oct. 4, 2019 |
| An Evening with the BoDeans |
Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019 |
| The Kingdom Choir |
Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019 |
| REZA: Edge of Illusion |
Friday, Oct. 11, 2019 |
| An Evening with Branford Marsalis |
Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019 |
| National Theatre Live: I’m Not Running |
Wednesday, Oct. 16 |
| John Hiatt |
Friday, Oct. 25, 2019 |
| The Four Italian Tenors: Viva Italia! |
Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019 |
| New Philharmonic: Jens Lindemann |
Saturday, Nov. 2 & Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019 |
| Ailey II |
Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019 |
| Blue Note Records 80th Birthday Celebration – The State of Jazz 2019 |
Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019 |
| College Theater: Macbeth |
Thursday, Nov. 14 – Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019 |
| TheaterWorksUSA: Pete the Cat |
Friday, Nov. 15, 2019 |
| The Midtown Men |
Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019 |
| National Theatre Live: 42nd Street |
Thursday, Nov. 21 & Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019 |
| Presley, Perkins, Lewis & Cash |
Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019 |
| The Second City: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Sweater |
Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019 |
| Salt Creek Ballet: The Nutcracker with New Philharmonic |
Saturday, Dec. 14 & Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019 |
| New Philharmonic: New Year’s Eve Concert |
Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019 |
| Colin Mochrie presents HYPROV: Improv Under Hypnosis |
Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020 |
| New Philharmonic: The Merry Widow |
Friday, Jan. 24, Saturday, Jan. 25, & Sunday, Jan. 26 2020 |
| Buffalo Theatre Ensemble: The Cake |
Friday, Jan. 31 – Sunday, Mar. 1, 2020 |
| National Theatre Live: Kinky Boots |
Thursday, Feb. 6 & Saturday, Feb. 9, 2020 |
| Hot Club of Cowtown |
Friday, Feb. 7, 2020 |
| Hiplet Ballerinas |
Saturday, Feb 8, 2020 |
| The Best of The Second City |
Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020 |
| Ballet Folclórico Nacional de México de Silva Lozano |
Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020 |
| College Theater: Scenes from an Execution |
Thursday, Feb. 27 – Sunday, Mar. 15, 2020 |
| The Capitol Steps |
Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020 |
| National Theatre Live: Small Island |
Tuesday, Mar. 3 & Sunday, Mar. 8, 2020 |
| Theater WorksUSA: Dog Man: the Musical |
Friday, Mar. 6, 2020 |
| Cirque Éloize Hotel |
Saturday, Mar. 7, 2020 |
| Lewis Black: It Gets Better Every Day Tour | CANCELLED |
Saturday, Mar. 14, 2020 |
| Drum Tao 2020 |
Sunday, Mar. 15, 2020 |
| College Theater: Clue: On Stage | CANCELLED |
Thursday, Mar. 26 – Sunday, Apr. 5, 2020 |
| New Philharmonic: A Salute to Frida | CANCELLED |
Saturday, Apr. 18 & Sunday, Apr. 19 2020 |
| Buffalo Theatre Ensemble: Naperville | CANCELLED |
Friday, May 1 – Sunday, May 31, 2020 |
2018-2019 Season
| Buffalo Theatre Ensemble: The Ding Dong or How the French Kiss |
Thursday, Sept. 6 – Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018 |
| The Scared Scriptless tour |
Friday, Sept. 14, 2018 |
| The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation – LIVE |
Friday, Sept. 21, 2018 |
| New Philharmonic: Show Boat & Show Tunes |
Saturday, Sept. 29 & Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018 |
| National Theatre Live: Julie |
Thursday, Oct. 4 & Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018 |
| College Theater: Curse of the Starving Class |
Thursday, Oct. 4 – Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018 |
| Annie Moses Band |
Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018 |
| Take Me to the River: New Orleans |
Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018 |
| Bassem Youssef |
Friday, Oct. 19 ,2018 |
| Flamenco Passion |
Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018 |
| Snake Oil’s Tribute to Rock’s Biggest Stars of the ’80s |
Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018 |
| New Philharmonic: Richard Hirschl |
Saturday, Nov. 3 & Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018 |
| National Theatre Live: King Lear |
Thursday, Nov. 8 & Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018 |
| Pete the Cat |
Friday, Nov. 9, 2018 |
| College Theater: A Christmas Carol |
Friday, Nov. 23, Saturday, Nov. 24 & Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018 |
| Canadian Brass |
Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018 |
| A Doo Wop Christmas Show |
Friday, Dec. 7, 2018 |
| The Second City: Dysfunctional Holiday |
Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018 |
| National Theatre Live: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time |
Wednesday, Dec. 12 & Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018 |
| Gavin Coyle – A Celtic Christmas |
Friday, Dec. 14, 2018 |
| The Nutcracker |
Saturday, Dec. 15 & Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018 |
| A Million Dollar Christmas |
Friday, Dec. 21, 2018 |
| New Philharmonic: New Year’s Eve Spectacular |
Monday, Dec. 31, 2018 |
| Swan Lake |
Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019 |
| New Philharmonic: Die Fledermaus |
Saturday, Jan. 26 & Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019 |
| Buffalo Theatre Ensemble: Defiance |
Thursday, Jan. 31 – Sunday, Mar. 3, 2019 |
| Charlotte’s Web |
Friday, Feb. 1, 2019 |
| Bollywood Boulevard |
Saturday, Feb. 9 & Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019 |
| National Theatre Live: The Maddness of George III |
Thursday, Feb. 14 & Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019 |
| The Second City: It’s Not you, It’s Me |
Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019 |
| College Theater: The Foreigner |
Thursday, Feb. 28 – Sunday, Mar. 17, 2019 |
| Robert Cray Band |
Friday, Mar. 8, 2019 |
| The Capitol Steps |
Saturday, Mar. 9, 2019 |
| The High Kings |
Saturday, Mar. 16, 2019 |
| The Texas Tenors |
Sunday, Mar. 17, 2019 |
| Take 6 |
Friday, Mar. 22, 2019 |
| Pilobolus Shadowland: The New Adventure |
Saturday, Mar. 23, 2019 |
| Lewis Black |
Saturday, Mar. 30, 2019 |
| College Theater: 1984 |
Thursday, Apr. 4 – Sunday, Apr. 14, 2019 |
| The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System |
Friday, Apr. 5, 2019 |
| The World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra |
Sunday, Apr. 7, 3p |
| New Philharmonic: Pianist Winston Choi |
Saturday, Apr. 13 & Sunday, Apr. 14, 2019 |
| Me… Jane – The Dreams and Adventures of Young Gane Goodall |
Thursday, Apr. 25, 2019 |
| The Wonder Bread Years Starring Pat Hazell |
Sunday, Apr. 28, 2019 |
| Buffalo Theatre Ensemble: Miracle on South Division Street |
Thursday, May 2 – Sunday, Jun. 2, 2019 |
| Dee Dee Bridgewater and the Memphis Soulphony |
Friday, May 3, 2019 |
| National Geographic Live: Standing at the Water’s Edge |
Sunday, May 5, 2019 |
| Ballet Hispanico |
Saturday, May 11, 2019 |
2017-2018 Season
| The 39 Steps |
Sept. 7 – Oct. 8, 2017 |
| No Man’s Land |
Thurs & Sunday, Sept. 14 & 17 2017 |
| Mahler 5 |
Saturday& Sunday, Sept. 23 & 24, 2017 |
| The Man Behind Spotlight: Journalist Michael Rezendes |
Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017 |
| The Hit Men |
Friday, Oct. 13, 2017 |
| LIV ON: Olivia Newton-John, Beth Nielson Champamn & Amy Sky |
Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017 |
| Martial Artists & Acrobats of Tianjin, People’s Republic of China |
Sunday, Oct.15, 2017 |
| Unveiled: A One Women Play by Rohina Malik |
Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017 |
| The Best of Broadway: Rodger & Hammerstein and Andrew Lloyd Webber |
Saturday & Sunday, Oct. 21-22, 2017 |
| Take Me to the River LIVE: Memphis Soul and Rhythm & Blue Revue |
Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017 |
| Lidia Bastianich |
Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017 |
| Lonestar |
Friday, Nov. 10, 2017 |
| Amadeus |
Sunday & Thursday, Nov. 12 & 16, 2017 |
| Broadway’s Next H!t Musical |
Friday, Nov. 17, 2017 |
| Savion Glover: All Funked Up! |
Sunday, Nov. 26, 2017 |
| Theatreworks USA presents: Pete the Cat |
Friday, Dec. 1, 2017 |
| Almost Elton John and the Rocket Band: A Very Elton Christmas |
Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017 |
| The Second City: Nut-Craking Holiday Revue |
Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017 |
| Million Dollar Christmas: Presley, Perkins, Lewis & Cash |
Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017 |
| Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead |
Thursday & Tuesday, Dec. 14 & 19, 2016 |
| Gavin Coyle: A Celtic Christmas |
Friday, Dec. 15, 2017 |
| Von Heidecke’s Chicago Festival Ballet: The Nutcracker |
Saturday & Sunday, Dec. 16, 17, 2017 |
| New Philharmonic New Year’s Eve Spectacular: Viennese Classics, Movie Favorites & More! |
Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017 |
| Obession |
Thursday, Sunday & Thursday, Jan. 4 & 7, 11, 2018 |
| Moscow Festival Ballet: Cinderella |
Sunday, Jan. 14 2018 |
| La Traviata |
Saturday & Sunday, Jan. 27-28, 2018 |
| Chris Botti |
Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018 |
| Buffalo Theatre Ensemble: Time Stands Still |
Thursday – Saturday, Feb. 1 – Mar. 4, 2018 |
| Peter Pan |
Sunday & Thursday, Feb. 4, 8, 2018 |
| Theatreworks USA presents: Dragons Love Tacos |
Friday, Feb. 2, 2018 |
| Mojo & The Bayo Gypies + Mardi Gras Party |
Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018 |
| Dublin Irish Dancers: Stepping Out |
Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018 |
| The Best of The Second City |
Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018 |
| ¡Cubanismo! |
Sunday, Feb. 17, 2018 |
| Yerma |
Sunday & Thursday, Mar. 4, 8, 2018 |
| Mummenschanz: You and Me |
Saturday, Mar. 3, 2018 |
| In the Mood |
Saturday, Mar. 10, 2018 |
| Beethoven Five Piano Concertos – One Pianist |
Saturday & Sunday, Apr. 7-8, 2018 |
| Rosanne Cash |
Saturday, Apr. 14, 2018 |
| Theatreworks USA Presents: Curious George |
Saturday, Apr. 21, 2018 |
| Outside Mullingar |
Thursday-Saturday, May 3 – June 3, 2018 |
| Capitol Steps |
Saturday, May 12, 2018 |
| Carnival of the Animals |
Saturday & Sunday, May 19 – 20, 2018 |
2016-2017 Season
| Buffalo Theatre Ensemble: Don’t Dress for Dinner |
Sept. 8 – Oct. 9, 2016 |
| MOMIX: Opus Cactus |
Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016 |
| New Philharmonic: Passionate Virtuosity- Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky |
Saturday& Sunday, Sept. 24 & 25, 2016 |
| The Second City: Free Speech (WHILE SUPPLIES LAST) |
Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016 |
| An Acoustic Evening with John Hiatt |
Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016 |
| Stephen Schwartz and Friends |
Friday, Oct. 7, 2016 |
| Chicago Jazz Orchestra starring Allan Harris |
Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016 |
| The Piano Men: A Tribute to Elton John & Billy Joel |
Friday, Oct.14, 2016 |
| Herb Alpert & Lani Hall: Come Fly With Us Tour |
Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016 |
| The Shanghai Acrobats in Shanghai Nights |
Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016 |
| Rick Steves: Travel as a Political Act |
Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016 |
| New Philharmonic: An Evening of Gershwin |
Saturday & Sunday, Oct. 22 & 23 |
| An Evening with Bruce Hornsby |
Friday, Oct. 28, 2016 |
| The Havana Cuba All- Stars: Cuban Nights |
Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016 |
| Theatreworks USA presents: Junie B.’s Essential Guide to School |
Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016 |
| A Christmas Carol |
Friday, Saturday, & Sunday, Nov. 25, 26, & 27, 2016 |
| Wynonna & The Big Noise Christmas |
Friday, Dec. 2, 2016 |
| Kathleen Madigan – The Mermaid Lady Tour |
Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016 |
| The Second City Dysfunctional Holiday Revue |
Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016 |
| Gavin Coyle ” A Celtic Christmas” |
Friday, Dec. 16, 2016 |
| Von Heidecke Chicago Festival Ballet The Nutcracker with New Philharmonic |
Saturday & Sunday, Dec. 17 & 18, 2016 |
| New Philharmonic: New Year’s Eve with an International Twist |
Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016 |
| Russian National Theatre: Swan Lake |
Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017 |
| New Philharmonic: The Mikado |
Saturday & Sunday, Jan. 28 & 29, 2017 |
| Buffalo Theatre Ensemble: Good People |
Feb. 2- Mar. 5 2017 |
| Theatreworks USA presents: Pete the Cat |
Friday, Feb. 3, 2017 |
| Giordano Dance Chicago |
Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017 |
| Frank… A Musical Journey: Rick Michel and His 12- Piece Orchestra |
Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 |
| The Five Irish Tenors |
Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017 |
| Theatreworks USA presents: The Lighting Thief |
Friday, Feb. 24, 2017 |
| Seven Things I’ve Learned: An Evening with Ira Glass |
Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017 |
| Mike Super 2.OH! |
Saturday, March 3, 2017 |
| The High Kings |
Friday, March 10, 2017 |
| Black Violin |
Saturday, March 11, 2017 |
| The World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra |
Sunday, March 19, 2017 |
| Capitol Steps |
Saturday, April 1, 2017 |
| New Philharmonic: ENCORE! |
Saturday & Sunday, Apr. 8 & 9, 2017 |
| Music City Hit- Makers |
Friday, April 28, 2017 |
| Buffalo Theatre Ensemble: Improbable Fiction |
May 4- June 4, 2017 |
| The Chicago Symphony Orchestra presents Once Upon a Symphony: The Bremen Town Musicians |
Sunday, May 17, 2017 |
| Salt Creek Ballet presents Alice in Wonderland |
Saturday & Sunday, May 15 & May 14, 2017 |
2015-2016 Season
| MAC Motown: Signed, Sealed, Delivered |
Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015 |
| Robert Cray |
Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015 |
| Sinatra Forever: A Tribute to Frank Sinatra starring Rich Michel |
Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015 |
| New Philharmonic: Heavenly Bodies of Holst |
Saturday & Sunday, Oct. 3 & 4, 2015 |
| Cirque Zuma Zuma |
Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015 |
| Bee Gees Night Fever |
Friday, Oct. 16, 2015 |
| Ailey II |
Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015 |
| Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone |
Friday, Oct. 23, 2015 |
| Mike Super – Magic & Illusion |
Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015 |
| National Acrobats and Circus of the People’s Republic of China perform Peking Dreams |
Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015 |
| Erik Larson |
Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015 |
| New Philharmonic: Baird and Berlioz |
Saturday & Sunday, Nov. 14 & 15, 2015 |
| Kenny Rogers presents The Toy Shoppe featuring Alan Thicke |
Friday, Dec. 4, 2015 |
| The Second City Dysfunctional Holiday Revue |
Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015 |
| A Christmas Carol in Hog Patch Holler |
Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015 |
| Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood: Two Man Group |
Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015 |
| Von Heidecke Chicago Festival Ballet The Nutcracker with New Philharmonic |
Saturday & Sunday, Dec. 19 & 20, 2015 |
| New Philharmonic: New Year’s Eve with an International Twist |
Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015 |
| Moscow Festival Ballet Cinderella |
Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016 |
| New Philharmonic: Cosi fan tutte (Women Are Like That) |
Saturday & Sunday, Jan 23 & 24, 2016 |
| Jessica Fellowes |
Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016 |
| Hooking Up with The Second City |
Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016 |
| Fiesta Mexico-Americana! Los Lobos with Ballet Folklorico Mexicano |
Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016 |
| Elephant & Piggie’s We Are in a Play |
Friday, Feb. 26, 2016 |
| Turtle Island Quartet |
Friday & Saturday, Feb. 26 & 27, 2016 |
| Montana Repertory Theatre’s All My Sons |
Saturday, March 5, 2016 |
| Monterey Jazz Festival |
Friday, March 11, 2016 |
| Ramsey Lewis |
Saturday, March 12, 2016 |
| Close to You: Music of the Carpenters |
Friday & Saturday, March 18 & 19, 2016 |
| Thodos Dance Chicago: A Light in the Dark The Story of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan |
Saturday, March 19, 2016 |
| In the Mood |
Sunday, March 20, 2016 |
| Hot Club of San Francisco |
Friday & Saturday, April 1 & 2, 2016 |
| The Lettermen |
Friday, April 1, 2016 |
| Jolere – Images Come to Life |
Wednesday, April 13, 2016 |
| New Philharmoinc: Dueling Pianos |
Saturday, April 16 & 17, 2016 |
| Capitol Steps |
Saturday, April 23, 2016 |
| Under the Streetlamp |
Saturday, May 7, 2016 |
| Bible Bingo |
Saturday & Sunday, May 7 & 8, 2016 |
| Lewis Black |
Thursday, May 19, 2016 |
2014 Grand Opening Season
| Keb’ Mo’ |
February 8, 2014 |
| Kurt Elling |
February 16, 2014 |
| MAC Madness ft. Jim Belushi and the Board of Comedy |
March 8, 2014 |
| David Sedaris |
March 16, 2014 |
| Club MAC: Leftover Cuties |
March 21’22, 2014 |
| Chicago Jazz Philharmonic |
March 22, 2014 |
| Club MAC: Hot Club Cowtown |
March 28, 2014 |
| Cherish the Ladies |
March 28, 2014 |
| U.S. Air Force Band and Singing Sergeants |
April 4, 2014 |
| Classic Albums Live |
April 5, 2014 |
| Madeleine Peyroux |
April 6, 2014 |
| New Philharmonic: The Ultimate Rebel – Ludwig Van! |
April 12’13, 2014 |
| Isabel Wilkerson |
April 15, 2014 |
| Pilobolus |
April 17, 2014 |
| Capitol Steps |
May 3, 2014 |
| Colbie Caillat |
August 29, 2014 |
| Cherry Poppin’ Daddies |
September 12, 2014 |
| New Philharmonic: Puccini’s Tosca |
September 20, 21, 2014 |
| Ides of March 50th Anniversary Show |
September 27, 2014 |
| Neil Berg’s 100 Years of Broadway |
September 28, 2014 |
| Story Pirates |
October 4, 2014 |
| Frank Caliendo |
October 4, 2014 |
| Oktoberfest with New Philharmonic |
October 11’12, 2014 |
| Doktor Kaboom! |
October 24, 2014 |
| A Steady Rain |
October 24’26, 2014 |
| Club MAC: Livingston Taylor |
November 14’15, 2014 |
| A Christmas Carol |
November 28’December 2, 2014 |
| Danu: A Christmas Gathering: Feile Na Nallog |
December 6, 2014 |
| Clint Black |
December 12, 2014 |
| Chicago Festival Ballet: The Nutcracker |
December 20’21, 2014 |
| New Year’s Eve with New Philharmonic |
December 31, 2014 |
| New Shanghai Circus |
January 9, 2015 |
| Russian National Ballet |
January 17, 2015 |
| New Philharmonic: Ravel and Rachmaninoff |
February 7’8, 2015 |
| Second City 55th Anniversary Tour |
February 14, 2015 |
| Hot Club of Cowtown |
February 20’21, 2015 |
| Rhythm of the Dance |
February 27, 2015 |
| Soul Children of Chicago and Anima |
February 28, 2015 |
| Gregory Porter |
March 1, 2015 |
| Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo |
March 7, 2015 |
| Mike Birbiglia |
March 13, 2015 |
| Jim Brickman: The Platinum Tour |
March 14, 2015 |
| The Acting Company Presents “Macbeth” |
March 20, 2015 |
| The Acting Company Presents “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court” |
March 21, 2015 |
| Hotel California |
April 10, 2015 |
| Theatreworks USA Presents Junie B. Jones |
April 11, 2015 |
| The World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra |
April 12, 2015 |
| Daniel Levitin |
April 14, 2015 |
| New Philharmonic: Bach to Bock |
April 18’19, 2015 |
| Swing Gitan |
May 2, 2015 |
| The Capitol Steps |
May 9, 2015 |
