Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue

Boettcher Concert Hall

Friday, September 22, 7:30pm

Leonard Bernstein once likened Gershwin and Tchaikovsky as among the world’s most “inspired melodists,” and Tchaikovsky’s bold, booming Symphony No. 5 drives this riveting program, conducted by Music Director Brett Mitchell featuring Kevin Cole on piano.

Macbeth

The Space Theatre

Friday, October 6, 7:30pm

Forget what you know about Shakespeare’s brutal tragedy. Director Robert O’Hara is “shaking up the world, one audience at a time” (The New York Times) as he breathes new life (and death) into this raw reimagining for the grand reopening of our in-the-round Space Theatre. This ambitious reinvention reminds us that no matter what fate is foretold, the man that chooses to kill must suffer the consequences.

LA Bohéme

Ellie Caulkins Opera House

Tuesday, November 7, 7:30pm

FALL IN AND OUT OF LOVE IN PARIS. One of opera’s most beloved stories popular with well-seasoned opera fans and simply perfect for the first time opera-goer. Set in 19th century Paris, follow six impoverished young artists and students as they struggle to make ends meet, fall in and out of love, and ultimately bond together to help each other in their most desperate hours.

Chicago

The Buell Theatre

Tuesday, November 28, 7:30pm

The #1 longest-running American Musical in Broadway history Chicago has everything that makes Broadway great: a universal tale of fame, fortune and all that jazz; one show-stopping song after another; and the most astonishing dancing you’ve ever seen.