Three University of Illinois stage productions open at Krannert Center Nov. 5-14

URBANA - Three University of Illinois stage productions open at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts over the next two weeks, according to the center's event pages.

Illinois Theatre's "Fairview," Jackie Sibblies Drury's 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, directed by Geovonday Jones, runs in the Studio Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 5, 6, 7, 11, 12 and 13, and at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14. Standard tickets are $35.

Illinois Theatre's "Sense and Sensibility," Jessica Swale's adaptation of the Jane Austen novel, directed by Nisi Sturgis, runs in the Colwell Playhouse at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 6, 7, 11, 12 and 13, and at 2 p.m. Nov. 14. Standard tickets are $35.

Lyric Theatre @ Illinois stages "Singin' in the Rain" in the Tryon Festival Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 9, 10, 12 and 13, and at 2 p.m. Nov. 14, with stage direction and choreography by Jeremy Benton and music direction by Michael Tilley. Standard tickets are $48.

Also at Krannert, the Varsity Men's Glee Club performs its Dad's Day concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, in Foellinger Great Hall; standard tickets are $10. The center says U of I students never pay more than $10 a ticket.

Source: Krannert Center pages for Fairview, Sense and Sensibility, Singin' in the Rain and the Glee Club concert, and the Krannert calendar (read Nov. 1, 2026).