Prairie Capital Convention Center – Broadway in Springfield Fiddler on the Roof – Oct. 17 Grease – Dec. 7 888-512-2929 Broadwayinspringfield.com Theatre Council Productions, Sangamon Auditorium’s former booking agent, is bringing Broadway shows to the Prairie Capital Convention Center in a new “Broadway in Springfield” series. Other shows in the quartet of hits include The Color Purple (January) and Monty Python’s Spamalot (May).
Best of the Rest
Here are some other fall selections in and around the Springfield area:
Theater in the Park at Lincoln’s New Salem Dividing the Estate – Aug. 27-28 New Salem Harmony – Sept. 3-4 217-632-5440 theatreinthepark.net
The Little Theater on the Square – Sullivan Greater Tuna – Oct. 1-3, 8-10 Pete ’N Keely – Oct. 29-31, Nov. 5-7 The Santaland Diaries – Dec. 3-5 Irving Berlin’s White Christmas – Dec. 10-12, 15-19 217-728-7375 littletheatre.org
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Illinois The Bald Soprano and The Lesson – Oct. 7-9, 13-17 Macbeth – Oct.14-16, 20-24 Iphigenia and Other Daughters – Oct. 28-30, Nov. 3-7 217- 333-6700 krannertcenter.com
Millikin University All My Sons – Oct. 6-10 The Drowsy Chaperone – Nov. 12-14 Dead Man’s Cell Phone – Dec. 8-11 800-373-7733 Millikin.edu
Illinois State University Playboy of the Western World – Sept. 29-30, Oct. 1-3 The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – Oct. 7-10, 12-16 Measure for Measure – Oct. 27-31 Les Liaisons Dangereuses – Nov. 11-14 Major Barbara – Dec. 8-11 Dance Theatre – Dec. 9-11 Madrigal Dinners – Dec. 2-4, 9-11 309-438-8783 cfa.ilstu.edu/theatre
Jacksonville Theater Guild Rumors – Oct. 14-17 Irving Berlin’s White Christmas – Dec. 9-12 217-245-1402 jaxtg.com
ADHD Productions at the Hoogland Center for the Arts The Rocky Horror Picture Show – Oct. 28-30 adhdproductions.com 217-523-2787
Heartland Theater Company – Bloomington Woman in Mind – Sept. 16-19, 23-26, 30, Oct. 1-3 Three for the Show – Nov. 4-7, 11-14, 18-21 A Tuna Christmas – Dec. 9-12, 16-19 Heartlandtheatre.org 309-452-8709
Station in Champaign Circle Mirror Transformation – Sept. 30-Oct. 16 A Steady Rain – Oct. 28-Nov. 13 Almost, Maine – Dec. 2-18 Stationtheatre.com 309-452-8709
Contact Zach Baliva at [email protected].
Prairie Capital Convention Center brings Broadway to Springfield with Grease on Dec. 7.
