It’s the ultimate feel-good show that has audiences coming back again and again to relive the thrill. Mamma Mia! tells the story of a mother, a daughter, three possible dads, and an unforgettable trip down the aisle. Bride-to-be Sophie wants nothing more than to have her father at her wedding. But there’s a small problem: She has no idea which of mom Donna’s three former boyfriends might be the guy. So Sophie invites them all to the festivities, surprising her fiercely independent mom. The show’s tale of enduring love and friendship features the fabulous hit songs “Dancing Queen,” “S.O.S.,” “The Winner Takes It All,” “Take a Chance on Me” and the high-energy title tune. Whether it’s your first time being enchanted or your fourteenth, every time feels like the first time at Mamma Mia!

TIckets for three performances on November 10th and 11th are available on Goldstar starting at $49 (plus service charge).

A living legend of comedy, John Cleese co-founded the landmark British comedy troupe Monty Python and starred in classic films like A Fish Called Wanda and TV series like Fawlty Towers. Now he comes to Chicago’s Athenaeum Theatre for an evening of revealing and hilarious stories from his life. Cleese will entertain with tidbits from his new autobiography, So, Anyway, taking you behind the scenes of such highly quoted comedies as Monty Python’s The Life of Brian and The Holy Grail, which served as the inspiration for the Tony-winning Broadway smash Spamalot. Get tickets to this one-night only event on November 5 at 7:30 for the Goldstar discount price of $46.

Based on the perennial holiday film favorite starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Vera-Ellen and Rosemary Clooney, this stage adaptation of White Christmas tells the story of two successful song-and-dance men who fall in love with a pair of beautiful sisters while struggling to save the fading Vermont inn owned by their former commanding general. Like a gorgeous Christmas card come to life on stage, this beloved musical features the songs “Blue Skies,” “Sisters,” “I Love a Piano” and the best-selling single of all time, “White Christmas.” This song-and-dance extravaganza is bound to brighten anyone’s holiday — unwrap all the musical magic at Drury Lane Theatre.  Get tickets starting at $26.50 (half price!) for performances over the next couple of weeks on Goldstar.  Enjoy this Holiday Favorite before crummy weather hits is my motto.

A Charlie Brown Christmas: Stage Adaptation of Holiday Fave with tickets ranging from $25-$30 and dates starting in December and running into early January.

Join Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang for “the merriest Christmas ever” in this stage adaptation of the beloved animated holiday special A Charlie Brown Christmas. Kids — from preschoolers to preteens — will thrill to see their favorite characters come to life on stage at Chicago’s Broadway Playhouse in a story that’s sure to get even the biggest Grinch in the holiday spirit. Emerald City Theatre’s A Charlie Brown Christmas centers around good ol’ Charlie Brown who, alarmed by the commercialism he sees all around him during the season of giving, tries to find the true meaning of Christmas.  You’ll receive a $5 Goldstar gift certificate with each purchase of two or more tickets.

Glam up the most ghoulish holiday of the year, Halloween, by celebrating it on a yacht! Don your sexiest costumes and most fetching masks and kick off the weekend by setting sail on the Anita Dee II Yacht from the famous Navy Pier. While you’re Shipwrecked Aboard the Mystic Blue Yacht, spin around the dance floor to a live DJ, sip from the cash bar and stare out at Chicago’s beautiful, architecturally stunning skyline. After all, the Windy City is one of the most impressive and gorgeous cities in the country — and how better to appreciate it than from Lake Michigan?  Tickets start at Comp!

This Halloween weekend, take your party on the water for the spookiest cruise around, Nightmare on Lake Michigan. Grab a group of your best friends, come dressed in your sexiest, scariest or funniest costumes and get ready for a monster mash aboard the swanky Mystic Blue Yacht. You’ll board from Chicago’s iconic Navy Pier, then set out along the lakeshore, taking in the gorgeous views of the skyline at night. Hit the dance floor as the live DJ spins beats and the multiple cash bars keep the drinks flowing.  Tickets start at Comp!

Perhaps the scariest thing about Halloween is not knowing which party to go to. Thankfully, there’s the Haunted Halloween Ball where you can celebrate all the thrills and chills of the season while overlooking a panoramic view of Lake Michigan at the city’s hottest and biggest costume party. Put on your sexiest, scariest, or most outrageous costumes and step inside (if you dare!) Chicago’s luxurious Grand Ballroom where tricks, treats, and frightful fun are in store. With over 20 cash bars on site, live DJs playing music long into the night and surprises lurking at every corner, the Haunted Halloween Ball is the one place where happy haunts are sure to materialize. And when the clock strikes midnight at this ball, you won’t have to hurry home because general admission also includes access to the Saints & Sinners party at Lakeview Terrace. You won’t want to miss out at this ultimate Halloween bash.  Tickets range from $5-$10.

American Blues Theater presents a live radio-style performance of Frank Capra’s holiday masterpiece on stage at Greenhouse Theater Center and Goldstar has discount tickets to performances throughout November and into December. This has been a holiday tradition in Chicago since 2002, and this year’s performance once again features the original director and ensemble that have warmed hearts for many holiday seasons. Complete with live sound effects, an original score and a cast of eight wonderful actors who bring the typical small town of Bedford Falls to life , It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago! recreates a ’40s-era radio broadcast of the heartwarming tale of troubled George Bailey’s Christmas Eve journey through his life history. The production includes holiday carols, live commercials from actual local sponsors, telegrams from the audience read onstage and a “Soldier Spotlight,” which honors one serviceman or servicewoman during each performance. After the show, the entire audience is invited to join the cast and crew for milk and cookies.

American Idiot: Green Day’s Punk Rock Opera with tickets starting at $5 (plus fee) at Goldstar.

Broadway was rocked like it had never been rocked before when Green Day’s American Idiot moved in. Based on the critically acclaimed band’s 2004 album of the same name, the musical is a punk rock opera that follows three disaffected young men. Johnny, Tunny and Will live in suburbia and know they want something else — they’re just not sure what that something is. Fear, war and drugs soon prove easier choices than freedom, eroding their friendship and dreams. With a crazed rock pulse,American Idiot at Evanston’s Ethel M. Barber Theater is an intense look into the hearts of young Americans craving purpose in a cynical world.

Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress-singer Kristin Chenoweth, fresh off her run in Broadway’s On the Twentieth Century, brings her Coming Home tour to Chicago on October 24. Chenoweth is beloved as the original Glinda in the hit musical Wicked and as Sally in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and she’s won over TV audiences with a laundry list of memorable roles, including her Emmy-nominated appearances on Glee. The songbird seamlessly incorporates pop, country, gospel, classical and, of course, musical theater numbers into her stage performance. Revel in what New York Daily News calls the “nuclear glow” of this “stick of blond dynamite” when Chenoweth brings her beautiful voice and electric personality to the Chicago Theatre.

Money is tight and times are tough in the town of Stillwater. An out-of-work Mr. Popper is stuck at home daydreaming of adventures in far-off lands, while Mrs. Popper must scrimp and save just to put beans on the table. But with the unexpected arrival of a spirited penguin named Captain Cook, a new horizon opens before them. Join this offbeat family on their unforgettable adventure in Mr. Popper’s Penguins, a world premiere musical based on the 1938 classic by Richard and Florence Atwater. The flipper-filled fun waddles from the page to the stage at Chicago’s Lifeline Theatre.  Get Goldstar tickets to Mr. Popper’s Penguins for performances through November, with prices starting at comp and going up to $7.50.

A Charlie Brown Christmas: Stage Adaptation of Holiday Fave with tickets ranging from $25-$30 and dates starting in December and running into early January.

Join Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang for “the merriest Christmas ever” in this stage adaptation of the beloved animated holiday special A Charlie Brown Christmas. Kids — from preschoolers to preteens — will thrill to see their favorite characters come to life on stage at Chicago’s Broadway Playhouse in a story that’s sure to get even the biggest Grinch in the holiday spirit. Emerald City Theatre’s A Charlie Brown Christmas centers around good ol’ Charlie Brown who, alarmed by the commercialism he sees all around him during the season of giving, tries to find the true meaning of Christmas.  You’ll receive a $5 Goldstar gift certificate with each purchase of two or more tickets.