Harris Theater for Music and Dance

Harris Theater for Music and Dance The Harris Theater for Music and Dance is Chicago’s primary residence for music and dance.
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We are happy to announce our new board members — Desirée Moore and Keyonn Pope!They will join our board who continues to...
06/09/2026

We are happy to announce our new board members — Desirée Moore and Keyonn Pope!

They will join our board who continues to support our mission in uplifting the performing arts.

✨ Desirée Moore is an experienced disputes lawyer and a co-chair of Venable's Sports Law Group.

✨ Keyonn Pope is a tech-savvy litigator and business-minded advisor, as well as partner at Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP.

Illinois took a major step to protect live music fans. House Bill 4984, banning speculative ticketing, passed the Senate...
06/05/2026

Illinois took a major step to protect live music fans. House Bill 4984, banning speculative ticketing, passed the Senate on May 30. Once signed into law this summer, it will give consumers legal protection against fraudulent ticket vendors.

Thank you to Representative State Rep. Nabeela Syed and State Senator Steve Stadelman for your leadership, and to the General Assembly for passing this bill with unanimous, bipartisan support.

We are proud to be among the organizations that helped advocate: Auditorium Theatre, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Joffrey Ballet, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Ravinia Festival.

OFFER FROM OUR PARTNERS // What happens when doing the right thing means losing everything? Directed by celebrated Chica...
05/14/2026

OFFER FROM OUR PARTNERS // What happens when doing the right thing means losing everything? Directed by celebrated Chicago director and TimeLine Company Member Ron OJ Parson, don't miss Amy Herzog's award-winning new take on Ibsen's masterwork about citizens standing up to power.

When a respected doctor in a small town in Norway makes a deadly discovery that threatens the health of the entire village, the truth becomes inconvenient, and the doctor finds himself the target of the very community he's trying to protect. The inaugural production at TimeLine's new home in Uptown, AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE is now playing.

📅 Now through June 7, 2026
📍TimeLine Theatre Company's new home in Uptown: 5035 N. Broadway, Chicago, IL 60640

🎟️ Use code HARRIS10 for $10 off tickets

🔗https://timelinetheatre.com/enemy-people

📸 Courtesy of Timeline Theatre

✨ Big announcement ✨The Harris Theater Executive Committee has unanimously appointed Michael McStraw, long-standing Trus...
05/08/2026

✨ Big announcement ✨

The Harris Theater Executive Committee has unanimously appointed Michael McStraw, long-standing Trustee and current Executive Director of Chicago Dance History Project, as Interim President and CEO to succeed Lori Dimun.

Michael McStraw brings a wealth of experience to the interim CEO role. As a Harris Theater trustee for nearly a decade and having previously served as Executive Director of Giordano Dance Chicago, one of the Harris Theater's earliest Resident Companies, Michael is intimately familiar with the Harris Theater’s mission and strategic goals.

“I am honored to lead the Harris Theater during this transition,” said Michael McStraw.

The Harris Theater Board of Trustees will launch a global search for a permanent successor. A period of transition between Dimun and McStraw is underway to ensure solid and careful continuity.

Click the link to learn more:
🔗 https://ow.ly/vF6p50YWHpr

📸 Todd Rosenberg Photography | Courtesy Giordano Dance Chicago

Our Icons and Innovators Gala honoring one of our founders and namesake Joan W. Harris was an unforgettable celebration ...
05/06/2026

Our Icons and Innovators Gala honoring one of our founders and namesake Joan W. Harris was an unforgettable celebration — exceeding its goal and raising nearly $1.4M to support the Harris Theater’s future and mission.

From a stunning performance curated by The Juilliard School to an elevated dining experience on the Harris Theater Rooftop, the evening was truly inspirational.

Thank you to The Juilliard School, Catering Sponsor J&L Catering & Events and Content Sponsor Make It Better Foundation for your partnership.

🔗 If you’d like to support the Harris, click here: https://give.harristheaterchicago.org/annual

📸 Photos by Kyle Flubacker and Peter Pawinski

Don't miss three exceptional productions from Chicago leading companies staged at three of the city's most renowned venu...
04/30/2026

Don't miss three exceptional productions from Chicago leading companies staged at three of the city's most renowned venues!

🎤 Turn back in time for an energetic Friday evening with Chicago Gay Men's Chorus's Cher the Love, bringing Cher’s biggest songs to the stage in celebration of her 80th birthday.

✨ On Saturday, Deeply Rooted Dance Theater showcase premiere performances of love, joy, and resistance as the final engagement in their 30th anniversary season.

👞 Chicago Human Rhythm Project closes out the month on National Tap Dance Day with Chicago's best "foot drummers" including Jumaane Taylor, Anthony Morigeratto, Lane Alexander, and more.

🎟️ Save 20% on tickets with the code SAVEINMAY | Offer expires Thursday, May 28

🔗 Visit harristheaterchicago.org/saveinmay to save your seats!

04/30/2026

RESIDENT COMPANY // There are ten days left until Ballet Chicago’s Balanchine + Beyond: Fascinatin’ Rhythms performance!

📅 Saturday, May 9 / 2PM + 7PM

🔗 Visit the link in our bio to purchase your tickets before they’re gone!

🎥Video courtesy of Ballet Chicago
WHO CARES?
Choreography by George Balanchine
©The George Balanchine Trust”

Happy International Dance Day! ✨ From ballet to contemporary, jazz to experimental, the artists and companies that take ...
04/29/2026

Happy International Dance Day! ✨ From ballet to contemporary, jazz to experimental, the artists and companies that take our stage never fail to move us. Here's a look back at some of the 2025–26 Harris Theater Presents Mainstage dance productions.

🎟️ Don’t forget! Today is the last day you can save 20% on Spring dance performances across Harris Theater Resident Companies and Harris Theater Presents.

An Evening with South Chicago Dance Theatre
📆 Friday, May 1

Icons and Innovators: An Evening of Award-Winning Artists
Featuring Artists Affiliated with The Juilliard School
📆 Saturday, May 2

Balanchine + Beyond: Fascinatin' Rhythms
Ballet Chicago
📆 Saturday, May 9

Spring Series
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
📆 May 14, 15, + 17

🔗 Visit harristheaterchicago.org/springdance to save your seat!

📸 Photos by Kyle Flubacker

🌷SPRING DANCE HIGHLIGHT✨ Liven up the season with a trip to the ballet! Ballet Chicago's Balanchine + Beyond series retu...
04/23/2026

🌷SPRING DANCE HIGHLIGHT✨ Liven up the season with a trip to the ballet!

Ballet Chicago's Balanchine + Beyond series returns with a vibrant new program, Fascinatin’ Rhythms, highlighting the company's exceptional artistry and range. Featuring George Balanchine’s masterworks Allegro Brillante, Tarantella, and Who Cares?, with newly staged pieces by Resident Choreographer Ted Seymour — Intermezzi and Bach Suite — this year’s performance showcases the brilliance of the company's classical repertory and the vitality of its creative vision.

📅 May 9 / 2PM + 7PM

🎟️ Save 20% on select seats for this and other Spring Dance performances. Learn more at harristheaterchicago.org/springdance

📸 Photo courtesy of Ballet Chicago

Join us next month for Icons and Innovators — a one-night-only celebration featuring exceptional artists affiliated with...
04/20/2026

Join us next month for Icons and Innovators — a one-night-only celebration featuring exceptional artists affiliated with The Juilliard School.

The performance will feature artists including legendary pianist Emanuel Ax; world-renowned violinist Midori, award-winning composers/musicians Jessie Montgomery, Nico Muhly, and Caroline Shaw; innovative violist Nadia Sirota; rising classical pianists Derek Wang and Tony Siqi Yun; recent Juilliard graduates Kayla Mak of American Ballet Theatre and Laëtitia Hollard from The Pitt; with a special appearance by actress and playwright Anna Deavere Smith; and many more.

✨ Icons and Innovators Gala
📅 Saturday, May 2, 2026
🍸 5PM - Cocktail Reception
🍽️ 6PM - Dinner
🎤 8PM - Performance

This event will bring together extraordinary artists in a special tribute to Joan Harris who has been a longtime trustee of the school.

🔗Visit harristheaterchicago.org/icons to learn more about how to purchase your performance-only ticket, and harristheaterchicago.org/gala to purchase gala tickets.

📸 Top row, left to right: Emanuel Ax, Photo by Nigel Parry, Midori, Photo by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. Bottom row, left to right: Anna Deavere Smith, Photo by Kwaku Alston HBO

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