If You Split a Second is a powerful drama that examines how one rash decision can ruin lives.  Mick Johnson is a man with everything:  a new job promotion, the warm home, a loving wife and two young children.  But after succumbing to his rage in a moment of anger, he loses it all.  Now he sits in prison reliving that flash of fury and thinking of the life he could have had. Written by award-winning Chicago playwright Dana Lynn Formby, this new production runs as part of the Pegasus Players’ 2013 season exploring choices.

Comp tickets are available for performances through the beginning of June.  Service fees on the comp tickets is $7 (full ticket price is $25).

Tickets have been added to the Goldstar inventory for the Jonas Bros July10th show; tickets are almost half off.  This fresh-faced trio of musical siblings known to fans as the JoBros made their mark as one of America’s top-selling musical acts of the new millennium, selling more than 20 million albums. Now back after a three-year hiatus, Nick, Joe and Kevin Jonas bring their 2013 tour to the Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island, Chicago’s newly-expanded outdoor stage. The teen idols’ wholesome image and good looks helped rocket the New Jersey natives to stardom on the Disney Channel and elsewhere. Along the way, the brothers released four albums, a 3-D concert film, and won nearly 50 awards across the globe, including a Grammy nomination in 2008 for Best New Artist. Most recently seen in their popular reality TV series Married to Jonas, the Jonas Brothers’ current sound is an electrifying combination of pop, rock, classic R& amp;B, techno and dance. Their fifth studio disc is due out in 2013, while its first single “Pom Poms” is already a hit on the Billboard Top 40.

Get tickets to Shaping Sound, Featuring So You Think You Can Dance and Dancing With the Stars Cast for half price!  Movement, speed, physical strength and pure passion take the stage as dance ensemble Shaping Sound — featuring the stars of Oxygen’s hit reality series All the Right Moves — comes to the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park. Emmy-nominated choreographers and So You Think You Can Dance superstars Travis Wall, Nick Lazzarini, Teddy Forance and Kyle Robinson lead this dynamic company of contemporary dancers from SYTYCD, Dancing With the Stars and world-renowned dance companies. Their exhilarating collaboration makes for a visually stunning mash-up of genres and styles.

Expectant parents Nick and Colby are looking forward to a normal, happy life with their newborn. But their expectations crumble when something turns out to be very wrong with their offspring, a one-eyed being that Colby refers to as a “smudge.” Laced with both horror and laughter, Smudge follows the couple as they struggle with the meaning of life and their capacity to love. Written by Emmy Award-winning playwright Rachel Axler (Parks and Recreation, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart), the show was a success Off-Broadway. The cast of Smudge features Ka-Tet company members Stevie Chaddock Lambert and Scott Allen Luke with Andrew Marchetti. Comp tickets are for June performance dates.

Today Goldstar shows 20 freebies, from festivals to musicals. check ’em out…

The legendary Auditorium Theatre plays host to an exciting evening of live music and world-premiere dance, featuring Giordano Dance Chicago, now celebrating its 50th season as one of the nation’s most respected jazz ensembles. They’ll perform alongside six of the city’s top companies, specially chosen to premiere new and original works they’ve created as part of the Music + Movement Festival. Participating in this prestigious showcase are Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre, Chicago Human Rhythm Project, DanceWorks Chicago, Kuumba Lynx, Mexican Dance Ensemble and Thodos Dance Chicago.  Get free tickets to the May 15th 7:30 performance (fees total $7).

Navy Pier is always an exciting place, but for one weekend in May it’ll be the site of the Chicago Green Festival, the nation’s largest and most dynamic sustainability event. You’ll have the chance to hear from leaders in the social justice and environmental community, including speakers, entrepreneurs and activists such as former CNBC host Dylan Ratigan, Marianne Williamson, Emmanuel Pratt, Danny Seo, Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman, Greg Palast and John Perkins. There’s also an organic beer and wine garden featuring exclusive performances from local DJs, as well as yoga classes, cooking demos, a bike-repair workshop, art installations, a unique marketplace featuring the latest and greatest in sustainable products and services and much more. Bring the kids too, and they can get in on the act in the Green Kids Zone.  There’s so much to see and do that you’ll want to go both days (May 18 & 19) — your free ticket is good for the entire weekend!  The service fee (there’s always a service fee) on this deal is $4.75.

Spend a magical afternoon with Pat Boone, who’ll take you on a breathtaking, multimedia autobiographical portrait of his 50 years as a recording star. In this funny, and often touching, show, Boone sings the hits that made him famous and tells the crazy stories that encapsulate showbiz. From his early No. 1 hits like “Ain’t That A Shame” to his film and TV career, Boone will take you inside a Hollywood life unlike any other. And at 78, Boone still has the chops to prove why he’s still one of the all-time greats.  Get half-price tickets to the May 13 and 14 1:30 pm performances at Drury Lane Oak Brook – great Mother’s Day idea.

As a Neo-Nazi group plans a demonstration in one of the largest Holocaust survivor populations in the United States, the ideals of freedom of speech vs. human decency collide in the drama The Invasion of Skokie. Failed businessman Morry is outraged by the demonstration, while his daughter Debbie begins to fall in love with someone who isn’t Jewish, bringing to the forefront notions of memory, culture and identity and how to retain it for future generations. Humorous, bittersweet and engaging, The Invasion of Skokie explores the complex territory of history and culture.

Yacht Rock Revue bills itself as the “Greatest Show on Surf.” It’s a tribute to the soft rock sounds of the ’70s like Hall & Oates, Michael McDonald, Steely Dan and the rest of the Time-Life Infomercial Catalog. Their spot-on renditions of these bands and their most popular songs have won over audiences across the U.S. and of course these guys haven’t missed the opportunity to take their sound to the high seas, performing on music cruises with Weezer, Kid Rock and fitness guru Jillian Michaels. The band’s popularity comes from their ability to blend their tribute act with original entertainment and comedic troupe, resulting in a performance that’s all their own. They’ve won awards ranging from “Best Place to Get Drunk With Your Dad” to “Best Overall Music Act in Atlanta” and been spotlighted in the New York Times, Pitchfork, the Guardian UK, Spin, TimeOut New York, Billboard, and MTV.com.

Freebie tickets have service charges in varying amounts; in this case it’s a $3.50 service fee and a $1 agency fee.  You will always have a service charge, even if you pay the full price (but it will be less).

With the largest cast ever to visit the United States, Cirque Shanghai returns in triumph to Chicago with Cirque Shanghai: Dragon’s Thunder, its latest and most dazzling show. Watch some of the finest acrobats in the world leap, tumble and juggle with a flexibility and precision that borders on the unbelievable. The outright daring of acts like “The Chinese Flex Bar” and “Gravity Swings” will take your breath away, while the thunderous beat of the “Dragon Drums” will stir your soul. Back from last year’s show are fan-favorite features like the “Wheel of Destiny” as well as Imperial Thunder, China’s finest daredevil motorcycle troupe. Be amazed, amused and ultimately enchanted by human skill pushed to the limits and beyond in Cirque Shanghai: Dragon’s Thunder.

Couple of sold out performances, but many others available through the end of May.