May 06, 2025
Downers Grove

Midwest Ballet Theatre’s 'Peter Pan' to fly back to Tivoli Theatre in Downers Grove

By SUBURBAN LIFE

Anne Gandolfi as Peter Pan, and Lydia Zimmerman as Capt. Hook, both of Downers Grove, will be featured in Midwest Ballet Theatre's "Peter Pan" at the Tivoli Theatre. (Submitted photo)

Join Capt. Hook, TigerLily, Tinkerbell and the rest of the gang, when Midwest Ballet Theatre presents its full-length, original story ballet "Peter Pan" at 1:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, March 9 and 10, in the Tivoli Theatre, 5021 Highland Ave., Downers Grove.
 
Based on the classic tale by J. M. Barrie, MBT's production of "Peter Pan" premiered in its current form in 1992, with music by Bizet/Auber/Grieg, danced by the young talent of Midwest Ballet. Choreography is by MBT Artistic Director Mim Eichmann.

In the last two decades, MBT's "Peter Pan" has played to thousands of children and their families and remains an audience favorite, Eichmann says. Dancers in the production are from Downers Grove, Darien, Westmont, Clarendon Hills, Naperville, Lemont, Itasca, Lombard and Willowbrook.
 
Tickets cost $15, and $13 for seniors, students and children, and are available through www.midwestballet.org with a credit card purchase using the Brown Paper Tickets link on the site.  Tickets also are available by sending a ticket order form (downloadable from the website) and check to:  Midwest Ballet Theatre, P.O. Box 508, Downers Grove, IL 60515. There is general seating for the ballet, whose run time is about 75 minutes.

For more information, call 630-971-9751. Group orders are available for eight or more people, and must be ordered by March 3 for the $1 off discount; call for details.

The nonprofit troupe's performances of "Peter Pan" are sponsored by Merrill Lynch, Inc.