Due to popular demand a matinee performance has been added for Nate Bargatze: The Be Funny Tour coming to the Adler Theatre on October 29. Event Date and Time: Sunday, October 29 at 4:00 PM. General On-Sale: Friday, May 12 at 10:00 AM. EXCLUSIVE PRESALE TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR ADLER THEATRE EMAIL CLUB MEMBERS: Use promotional code: GREATEST Presale Starts: Thursday, May 11 at 10 AM Presale Ends: Thursday, May 11 at 10 PM (12 hours only) Hailed this year as “The Nicest Man in Stand-Up,” by The Atlantic Magazine and a “Rising Star,” by CBS Morning, 2021 Grammy nominated comedian and podcaster... Read More

Free outdoor theater returns to Lincoln Park as the Genesis Guild season opens with “The Two Gentlemen of Verona!” Come enjoy some free Shakespeare in the park – performances are June 17, and 18 at 7:00 PM. Thought by some scholars to be the first play written by Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona is a comedy that tells the story of two young men, sent away from home to learn how to be gentlemen, who fall in love with the same woman. Two Gentlemen of Verona is also the Genesius Guild’s annual high school production, with a cast featuring outstanding talent from high schools across... Read More

Circa ’21’s signature event, MUSIC ON THE MARQUEE returns June 15! We’re thrilled to present this unique and popular concert experience atop our iconic marquee! Bring a lawn chair and join the Circa ’21 Bootleggers, the cast of MAMMA MIA and a few special guests as they entertain you in this special live concert, held on the street in Downtown Rock Island! Hosted by Circa ’21 veterans, Brad Hauskins, Tristan Tapscott, and Bobby Becher, this cabaret will feature a wide range of fabulous music! We will have a full bar as well as food items available for purchase. The... Read More

The Black Box Theatre in downtown Moline opens their production of “Hello Dolly” June 1 and running through the 10th. Hello, Dolly! is a 1964 musical with lyrics and music by Jerry Herman and a book by Michael Stewart, based on Thornton Wilder‘s 1938 farce The Merchant of Yonkers, which Wilder revised and retitled The Matchmaker in 1955. The musical follows the story of Dolly Gallagher Levi, a strong-willed matchmaker, as she travels to Yonkers, New York, to find a match for the miserly “well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire” Horace Vandergelder. The show has become one... Read More

Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse’s latest production is a massive hit musical that’s currently the ninth-longest-running Broadway musical of all time, a five-time Tony Award nominee and internationally beloved! Enjoying a Quad Cities run through July 8, Mamma Mia’s collection of timeless ABBA tunes inspired the New York Post to call the experience “one of those nights when you sit back and let a nutty kind of joy just sweep over you,” and the pop/rock revue is being brought to stage life by a spectacular team of professional actors.  MAMMA MIA! will be presented at Circa ’21... Read More

“Be Our Guest” and experience Disney’s Beauty and the Beast like never before on May 13! In a “tale as old as time” Belle’s love must save the cursed prince and his entire castle from eternal enchantment. Watch this timeless animated classic in its entirety as the Quad City Symphony Orchestra and chorus performs every note of Alan Menken’s Oscar®-winning score, including favorite songs “Belle,” “Something There,” “Gaston,” and “Beauty and the Beast.” Save your favorite seat from year to year with a QCSO at the Movies Subscription! Learn more: Quad City Symphony Orchestra Sponsored,... Read More

ABBA-SOLUTELY FABULOUS!! Over 54 million people all around the world have fallen in in love with the characters, the story and the music that make “Mamma Mia!”the ultimate feel-good show! A mother. A daughter. Three possible dads. And a trip down the aisle you’ll never forget! ​Writer, Catherine Johnson’s, sunny and funny tale unfolds on a Greek island paradise. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter’s quest to discover the identity of her father brings three men from her mother’s past back to the island they last visited 20 years ago. ​The story-telling magic of... Read More

That’s so fetch! Rock Island High School Theatre & Music will be performing Mean Girls High Version the first week of May. Based on the motion picture film “Mean Girls” the Theatre Department will give its own spin on it. People have three days to see the show, May 4th – May 6th. Tickets are $5 for students and $7 for students.    Read More

Little Women AUDITIONS By Louisa May Alcott, adapted by Marisha Chamberlain Directed by Madelyn Dorta Auditions will take place at Playcrafters Barn Theatre in Moline… -Saturday, April 29th from 1-3 PM -Sunday, April 30th from 4-6 PM Performance Dates: • Friday, July 21 – Sunday, July 23 • Friday, July 28 – Sunday, July 30 • July 25-27 (Benefit performances) Rehearsals will depend on the actors’ availability and will begin around May 15th. All actors who are cast must be available for all show dates, as well as tech week. Play Summary: Under the guidance of their beloved mother,... Read More

Continuing its 46th season with the return of a fantastically popular musical comedy based on a movie smash, the Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse will treat patrons to the fighting and frolicking of GRUMPY OLD MEN: THE MUSICAL. Running through May 6, this audience favorite was deemed  “sometimes touching, sometimes raucous, and at all times enticing” by the City Journal-Tribune and is being brought to life by a sensational group of professional actors!  GRUMPY OLD MEN: THE MUSICAL will be presented on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 5:30 p.m. and Wednesday... Read More