Jack Off the Beanstalk at Pride Arts, with Hannah Eisendrath (left) and Joe Lewis. Photo by Sara Shifflet Photography

Neilly Kelly (left) and Tyler Callahan in full panto mode in Jack Off the Beanstalk at Pride Arts. Photo by Sara Shifflet Photography

A scene from The Nutcracker, as presented by Joffrey Ballet Chicago. Photo by Cheryl Mann

The Golden Girls: The Lost Episodes, the Obligatory Holiday Special is dragging them down at the Center on Halsted Hoover-Leppen Theatre. Photo courtesy of Hell in a Handbag Productions

Midsommer Flight presents Shakespeare's Twelfth Night in the lush Lincoln Park Conservatory. Photo courtesy of Midsommer Flight