2022 - 2023 SEASON


The Second City Swipes Right: “An Incomplete Guide to The Ultimate Date Night”
May
25

The Second City Swipes Right: “An Incomplete Guide to The Ultimate Date Night”

It’s love at first laugh with The Second City! Bring your partner, lover, significant other, spouse, friend with benefits, friend with EXTRA benefits, platonic BFF, or your spectacularly single self to The Second City Swipes Right: An Incomplete Guide to The Ultimate Date Night, the brand-new experience you’ve been aching for. Spend a naughty 90 minutes with our caliente cast of comedians as they (consensually) annihilate everything that turns us on—and off—about love, dating, relationships, and everything else in-between the sheets.

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The Book of Mormon
May
19

The Book of Mormon

The New York Times calls it “the best musical of this century.” The Washington Post says, “It is the kind of evening that restores your faith in musicals.” And Entertainment Weekly says, “Grade A: the funniest musical of all time.” Jimmy Fallon of The Tonight Show calls it “Genius. Brilliant. Phenomenal.” It’s THE BOOK OF MORMON, the nine-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical.

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The Book of Mormon
May
18

The Book of Mormon

The New York Times calls it “the best musical of this century.” The Washington Post says, “It is the kind of evening that restores your faith in musicals.” And Entertainment Weekly says, “Grade A: the funniest musical of all time.” Jimmy Fallon of The Tonight Show calls it “Genius. Brilliant. Phenomenal.” It’s THE BOOK OF MORMON, the nine-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical.

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The Book of Mormon
May
17

The Book of Mormon

The New York Times calls it “the best musical of this century.” The Washington Post says, “It is the kind of evening that restores your faith in musicals.” And Entertainment Weekly says, “Grade A: the funniest musical of all time.” Jimmy Fallon of The Tonight Show calls it “Genius. Brilliant. Phenomenal.” It’s THE BOOK OF MORMON, the nine-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical.

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National Geographic Live – Maureen Beck “Improbable Ascent”
May
1

National Geographic Live – Maureen Beck “Improbable Ascent”

Paraclimber Maureen Beck learned how to rock climb one-handed through trial and error—one of her early adaptive climbing innovations involved taping a metal ladle to her arm. It wasn’t long before she was tackling some of the hardest climbs by a one-handed athlete, securing two world championships in the process. In her constant pursuit of new challenges, she journeyed to Canada’s Cirque of the Unclimbables to attempt the first unassisted adaptive climb of the Lotus Flower Tower.

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Isabella Rossellini “Darwin’s Smile”
Apr
29

Isabella Rossellini “Darwin’s Smile”

Iconic actress Isabella Rossellini’s new one woman show Darwin’s Smile reconciles two worlds that are often at the opposite ends: art and science. In her usual comical tones, she demonstrates how acting could be used to understand the mysterious nature of animals and their emotions. With humor and simple devices she plays on stage dogs, cats, chickens, peacocks, and of course Charles Darwin!

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San Salvador
Apr
21

San Salvador

Hailing from Correze in south-western France, San Salvador is a six-voice and percussion collective that combines Occitan poetry with hypnotic vocal harmonies propelled by surging percussion. Their compositions use the Occitan language—a Romance language spoken in southern France, Italy’s Occitan Valleys, and in parts of Spain and Monaco— as a rhythmic instrument, combining poetry with hypnotic vocal harmonies cascading over shifting patterns of compelling percussion to create their own songs.

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Dorrance Dance
Apr
12

Dorrance Dance

Dorrance Dance is an award-winning tap dance company based in New York City. Founded in 2011 by Artistic Director and 2015 MacArthur Fellow Michelle Dorrance, the company shares the incredibly dynamic range that tap dance has to offer through performance & education.

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Nate Smith + KINFOLK
Apr
7

Nate Smith + KINFOLK

A drummer, composer, and producer from Chesapeake, Virginia, Nate Smith is known for his visceral, instinctive, and deep-rooted style of drumming. This has led to three Grammy nominations and work with esteemed artists, including: Pat Metheny, Dave Holland, Brittany Howard, Van Hunt, The Fearless Flyers, Norah Jones, and Somi. Smith fuses his original compositions with an eclectic mix of music, including everything from jazz to R&B to hip-hop to pop.

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Catapult
Mar
19

Catapult

Catapult, An America’s Got Talent finalist, features incredible dancers who work behind a screen to create magical shadow silhouettes of shapes from the world around us. Be amazed as you watch their bodies transform into a mountain, an elephant, a dragon, or even a helicopter! You’ll never figure out how they do it, and you won’t know what they will create next – you’ll be surprised and delighted again and again. Packed with hundreds of shape transformations, the show is full of humor, emotion and engaging stories.

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Los Lobos with Special Guest Gaby Moreno
Mar
14

Los Lobos with Special Guest Gaby Moreno

Gaining international stardom in 1987 with their version of “La Bamba”, Los Lobos have released 17 critically acclaimed studio albums over a 40+ year career. Opening the show and sitting in for a portion of Los Lobos’ set is Latin Grammy winner and Emmy nominated-singer-songwriter Gaby Moreno.

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Forbes Organ Series: Felix Hell “To Hell and Bach”
Feb
18

Forbes Organ Series: Felix Hell “To Hell and Bach”

A native of Germany, Felix Hell is one of the most respected concert organists in the world. He has been featured as a recitalist and concerto soloist in more than 1,000 concerts throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. He is known for his diverse and innovative programming, drawing upon a repertoire encompassing five centuries, as well as frequently collaborating with composers on new music for the organ.

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The Lone Bellow
Feb
15

The Lone Bellow

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The Lone Bellow are an articulate and emotionally intelligent roots rock group that came together after three Southerners pulled up stakes and moved to Brooklyn. Their music embraces the dynamics of bluegrass and gospel, the fire of rock & roll, and the passion of the blues while sharing tales of folks trying to make something of their lives, sometimes against long odds.

Opening for The Lone Bellow will be Indie duo Tall Heights.

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A.I.M by Kyle Abraham “An Untitled Love”
Feb
9

A.I.M by Kyle Abraham “An Untitled Love”

An Untitled Love is legendary choreographer Kyle Abraham’s new evening-length work. Drawing from the catalogue of Grammy Award-winning R&B legend D’Angelo, this creative exaltation pays homage to the complexities of self love and Black love, while serving as a thumping mixtape celebrating our culture, family and community.

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Alicia Olatuja
Feb
3

Alicia Olatuja

Alicia Olatuja’s performance of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” during the second inauguration of President Barack Obama stunned a global audience of millions and catapulted her to stardom as one of the most sought after female jazz singers of our time. Backed by a quartet of talented musicians and the intimacy of the Spanos Theatre, this will be an evening that can’t be missed!

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Voices Of Mississippi
Feb
1

Voices Of Mississippi

“Voices of Mississippi” is an immersive multimedia experience and concert event that celebrates the people and art of the southern blues, gospel, and storytelling traditions. Based on and inspired by the acclaimed 2019 double Grammy winning four-disc box set of the same name, “Voices of Mississippi,” the program features musical performances by notable Mississippi artists, including Grammy award winner and Blues Hall of Famer Bobby Rush, fife master Shardé Thomas, and Luther and Cody Dickinson of the North Mississippi Allstars, plus archival film and images.

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Terence Blanchard Featuring The E-Collective with Turtle Island Quartet
Jan
18

Terence Blanchard Featuring The E-Collective with Turtle Island Quartet

Oscar nominee, five-time Grammy-winner and 2018 USA Fellow trumpeter/composer Terence Blanchard  has been a consistent artistic force for making powerful musical statements concerning painful American tragedies – past and present. From his expansive work composing the scores for Spike Lee films, Blanchard has interwoven melodies that created strong backdrops to human stories.

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Watkins Family Hour
Nov
16

Watkins Family Hour

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Watkins Family Hour is a bluegrass musical collaborative led by siblings Sara Watkins and Sean Watkins, who also form two-thirds of the Americana music group Nickel Creek. The Watkins Family Hour got its start as a monthly variety show at Largo in Los Angeles. The special guest for this performance will be singer, songwriter Margaret Glaspy.

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Forbes Organ Series: Olivier Latry
Nov
8

Forbes Organ Series: Olivier Latry

French organist Olivier Latry is one of the most distinguished concert organists in the world today. One of three titular organists at the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, he is also Professor of Organ at the Paris Conservatory of Music, and Organist Emeritus with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra in Canada.

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Somos Amigos: with Sonia De Los Santos & The Okee Dokee Brothers
Oct
30

Somos Amigos: with Sonia De Los Santos & The Okee Dokee Brothers

As childhood friends growing up in Denver Colorado, Joe Mailander and Justin Lansing were always exploring the outdoors. Now, as the Grammy and five-time Parents’ Choice Award-winning Okee Dokee Brothers, they have put this passion for the outdoors at the heart of their Americana Folk music. They will be joined by Latin Grammy nominee Sonia De Los Santos for an afternoon of bilingual family-friendly music and song.

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Carla Morrison
Oct
28

Carla Morrison

Mexican born indie-pop singer and composer Carla Morrison is known for her raw retellings of emotional, personal heartbreaks and this honest approach earned her multiple Grammy nominations and Latin Grammy wins over the course of five albums.

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National Geographic Live – Ronan Donovan “Social by Nature”
Oct
24

National Geographic Live – Ronan Donovan “Social by Nature”

Chimpanzees, wolves, and gorillas are among the most charismatic of the social mammals we know—besides ourselves. They’re also under threat. Join biologist-turned-photographer Ronan Donovan as he talks about the incredible similarities we humans share with other social mammals in the animal kingdom, and what we can learn from them.

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Michelle Wolf
Oct
21

Michelle Wolf

Wolf has quickly become one of the most influential voices in the comedy landscape with the Village Voice calling her “the voice comedy needs right now” and The Daily Beast declaring, “Michelle Wolf is the future of stand-up comedy.”

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Malpaso Dance Company
Oct
18

Malpaso Dance Company

In the ten years since its establishment in 2012, Malpaso Dance Company has become one of the most sought after Cuban dance companies with a growing international profile.

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