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‘Twas the Night Before… by Cirque du Soleil
The magic of ‘Twas the Night Before… by Cirque du Soleil is back for a limited run this holiday season at The Chicago Theatre, December…
Tours & Attractions
Chicago Holiday Fireworks Premier Plus Dinner Cruise on the Chicago River
Savor an elegant evening filled with magic on a Holiday Fireworks Premier Plus Dinner Cruise on the Chicago River. Enjoy the joy and enchantment of…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Teatro Zinzanni
Tickets are on sale now at https://zinzanni.com/chicago/tickets/ “Best Night Out” – CS Magazine | “You must see to believe!” – Forbes Teatro ZinZanni, Chicago’s most…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Tours & Attractions
Krampus: The Fright Before Christmas
We have transformed our haunted house into a Christmas wonderland, although it won’t be all glitter and snowflakes. You better watch out. You better not…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Amadeus
Vienna: a cacophony of music and intrigue. The emperor’s composer, Antonio Salieri, holds court until the flamboyant entrance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: prodigy and wild…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Manual Cinema’s Christmas Carol
Manual Cinema’s awe-inspiring, one-of-a-kind rendition of the Dickens classic returns to the Studebaker Theater this holiday season! Avowed holiday skeptic Aunt Trudy has been reluctantly…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Baby Wants Candy! The Original Completely Improvised Musical
“CRITICS’ PICK. TRULY AMAZING!” – New York Times “BEST VISITING IMPROV COMEDY!”– TimeOut NY “HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!” – The Onion “★★★★★” THEY ARE AN ENTERTAINMENT PHENOMENON AND I…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Clued In
After getting a single suggestion, the cast of six professional comedians asks the audience to choose a detective. Enjoy as they invent a tale of…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Long Christmas Dinner
THE LONG CHRISTMAS DINNER – nine decades long in just one 75-minute act – showcases the lives of several generations of the Bayard family. Wilder…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Improvised Shakespeare Company®
The Improvised Shakespeare Company® proudly presents its critically-acclaimed, long-running hit show Improvised Shakespeare Chicago, now in its 19th year! Join us for an evening of…
Theatre & Performing Arts
It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago!
George Bailey – the Everyman from small town Bedford Falls whose dreams of escape and adventure were stopped by family obligation and civic duty –…
Theatre & Performing Arts
‘Twas The Night Before… By Cirque du Soleil
Due to overwhelming success, the celebrated holiday theatrical ‘Twas the Night Before… by Cirque du Soleil is returning to The Chicago Theatre for a limited…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Clowns
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson travel to the country to spend the holidays with an old army comrade of Watson’s. What they don’t know is…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Oil Lamp Presents “It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play”
Oil Lamp Theater is proud to present the final production in its 2025 season, It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, November 20 –…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Lincoln Lodge
The Lincoln Lodge stand-up comedy and variety showcase plays every Friday and Saturday night in Chicago’s glamorous Logan Square! In addition to The Lodge’s rotating…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
ComedySportz Chicago
Chicago’s longest running and best interactive improv comedy experience. ComedySportz is comedy played as a sport, not comedy ABOUT sports (whew). Refs, fouls, points, games…
Music & Comedy
Chicago’s Best Stand Up
Welcome to The Laugh Factory – Chicago, where Chicago’s Best Stand Up will be taking the stage on December 27, 2025, at 9:15 PM. Get…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Best Of Annoyance Sketch
Enjoy the best sketch comedy Chicago has to offer! The Annoyance Theatre has been at the crux of the comedy scene in Chicago for over…
Music & Comedy
Joke Sistas Chicago
Joke Sistas is the unofficial sorority of the Black Women in Comedy Laff Fest with NYC as home and now DC/DMV & Chicago as Sista…
Music & Comedy
The Nasty Show: Tiny Thickemz
Welcome to The Nasty Show: Tiny Thickemz at The Laugh Factory – Chicago! This December 27th, prepare to be blown away by the one and…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Joffrey Ballet’s The Nutcracker
Experience magic this holiday season with two-time Tony Award®-winner Christopher Wheeldon’s ‘The Nutcracker’. On a magical Christmas Eve, mere months before the opening of Chicago’s…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Phantom of the Opera
THE BRILLIANT ORIGINAL RETURNS “MORE SPECTACULAR THAN EVER” – Sunday Express The Phantom is back to thrill audiences once again! Cameron Mackintosh presents a revitalized…
Lincoln Park ZooLights
Chicagoland’s favorite holiday tradition is back and brighter than ever! ZooLights Presented by Invesco QQQ and ComEd twinkles with more than 3 million lights, hundreds…
Winter Wonderfest
Spot twinkly light displays and playful pops of holiday cheer inside Navy Pier’s Festival Hall, take in the towering 42-foot Holiday Tree, and discover endless ways to…
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