Can’t-Miss Stage Events (Fall Arts Preview 2021)

Photo: Abel Arciniega

As You Like It
(Chicago Shakespeare Theater)
The Bard’s Chicago home reopens its main theater with a musical reimagining of Shakespeare’s pastoral comedy set in the sixties, with more than twenty Beatles songs performed live on stage.
Opens October 6

A Recipe For Disaster
(Windy City Playhouse)
Iconic chef Rick Bayless nourishes his taste for stagecraft in a night of “immersive theater, food and farce,” that includes tastings from the chef and a cocktail from Lanie Bayless.
Opens October 6

Paradise Square
(James M. Nederlander Theatre)
A Pre-Broadway run of a major new musical about New York City during the Civil War, with a diverse and decorated creative team led by director Moisés Kaufman and choreographer Bill T. Jones.
Opens November 2

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