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Blue Man Group
Jun14
Dec31
Theatre & Performing Arts

Blue Man Group

Blue Man Group is comedy, theater and rock concert all rolled into one.  Having recently celebrated 25 years at the Briar Street theatre, this wildly popular…

Wednesday, June 14th
8:00 a.m.Sunday, December 31st
8:00 a.m.
Briar Street Theatre
3133 N. Halsted, Chicago, IL, 60657
The Light
Aug20
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Light

Two-character drama by Chicago playwright Loy A. Webb Not every marriage proposal goes as planned. Loy A. Webb’s THE LIGHT introduces us to Rashad and…

Sunday, August 20th
3:00 p.m.4:30 p.m.
Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre in the Noyes Cultural Arts Center
927 Noyes Steet
No Man’s Land
Aug20
Theatre & Performing Arts

No Man’s Land

In the drawing room of his stately Hampstead mansion, the wealthy, aging Hirst hosts his newfound acquaintance, the enigmatic Spooner, for an evening of endless…

Sunday, August 20th
3:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
1650 N. Halsted St.
The Writer
Aug20
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Writer

Join us for an onstage experience, unlike anything you have ever seen before! A playwright wants to create a new story for a new world…

Sunday, August 20th
3:00 p.m.5:30 p.m.
The Edge Theater
5451 N Broadway Ave, Chicago, IL, 60640
Rough House Theater Company Presents: We Missed The Train And Had To Wait
Aug20
Theatre & Performing Arts

Rough House Theater Company Presents: We Missed The Train And Had To Wait

We Missed the Train and Had to Wait playfully re-envisions Anton Chekhov’s 1904 play The Cherry Orchard in a palette of clown, mime and found-object puppets. As society…

Lincoln Park

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Sunday, August 20th
7:00 p.m.8:00 p.m.
Sunday in the Park with Lyric
Aug20
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Sunday in the Park with Lyric

Join us for an evening of beautiful music as artists from The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center perform a variety of favorites…

Sunday, August 20th
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Millennium Park
201 E Randolph Street
The Spongebob Musical
Aug20
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

The Spongebob Musical

When the citizens of Bikini Bottom discover that a volcano will soon erupt and destroy their humble home, SpongeBob and his friends must come together to save…

Sunday, August 20th
7:00 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Chopin Theatre
1543 W. Division St. , Chicago, IL, 60642
Sunday in the Park with Lyric
Aug20
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Sunday in the Park with Lyric

Join us for an evening of beautiful music as artists from The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center perform a variety of favorites…

Sunday, August 20th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Millennium Park
201 E Randolph Street
In The Back/On The Floor
Aug20
Theatre & Performing Arts

In The Back/On The Floor

IN THE BACK/ON THE FLOOR examines the issues that minimum wage workers face through the lives of several employees at a big-box retail store. Though…

Sunday, August 20th
8:00 p.m.
Chicago Dramatists
1105 W. Chicago Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60642
Pippin
Aug20
Theatre & Performing Arts

Pippin

Music Theater Works, recently launched its 43rd season with the highly recommended “Avenue Q,” announced the cast and creative team for its second production in…

Sunday, August 20th
8:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie
9501 Skokie Blvd.
MJ-The Musical
Aug22
Theatre & Performing Arts

MJ-The Musical

BROADWAY’S MOST ELECTRIFYING NEW MUSICAL! He is one of the greatest entertainers of all time. Now, Michael Jackson’s unique and unparalleled artistry is finally coming…

Tuesday, August 22nd
2:00 p.m.4:30 p.m.
James M. Nederlander Theatre
24 W. Randolph, Chicago, IL, 60601
Chicago Dance’s 11th Annual Chicago Dance Month Returns with Live at Lunch Performances at The Green
Aug23
Theatre & Performing Arts

Chicago Dance’s 11th Annual Chicago Dance Month Returns with Live at Lunch Performances at The Green

See Chicago Dance, the dance industry’s nonprofit service organization, is proud to announce that its popular annual offering, Chicago Dance Month, returns this June. Now…

Wednesday, August 23rd
12:00 p.m.1:00 p.m.
The Green at 320
320 S. Canal St.
Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts | Rainer Crosett, Cello and Kuang-Hao Huang, Piano
Aug23
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts | Rainer Crosett, Cello and Kuang-Hao Huang, Piano

DAME MYRA HESS MEMORIAL CONCERTS |  RAINER CROSETT, CELLO  KUANG-HAO HUANG, PIANO Program: Nadia Boulanger – Three Pieces for Cello and Piano   Manuel de…

Wednesday, August 23rd
12:15 p.m.1:00 p.m.
Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago
55 E. Wacker Drive
MJ-The Musical
Aug23
Theatre & Performing Arts

MJ-The Musical

BROADWAY’S MOST ELECTRIFYING NEW MUSICAL! He is one of the greatest entertainers of all time. Now, Michael Jackson’s unique and unparalleled artistry is finally coming…

Wednesday, August 23rd
2:00 p.m.4:30 p.m.
James M. Nederlander Theatre
24 W. Randolph, Chicago, IL, 60601
Gypsy
Aug23
Oct15
Theatre & Performing Arts

Gypsy

The mother of all musicals Gypsy is the tale of the ultimate ambitious stage mother, fighting for her daughters’ success while secretly yearning for her…

Wednesday, August 23rd
7:30 p.m.Sunday, October 15th
4:00 p.m.
Marriott Theatre
10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire, IL, 60069
LIGHTS at The Annoyance Theatre
Aug23
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

LIGHTS at The Annoyance Theatre

After a sold-out, six-week summer run, LIGHTS returns to the Annoyance Theatre this month. In an effort to give back, two self-important performers (Anna Weatherwax…

Wednesday, August 23rd
8:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Annoyance Theatre & Bar
851 W. Belmont Ave., 2nd Fl.
Pippin
Aug23
Theatre & Performing Arts

Pippin

Music Theater Works, recently launched its 43rd season with the highly recommended “Avenue Q,” announced the cast and creative team for its second production in…

Wednesday, August 23rd
8:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie
9501 Skokie Blvd.
Tend
Aug24
Theatre & Performing Arts

Tend

Tend is a service-based performance experience fulfilling a socially requisite and biologically exigent allogrooming need. Structured as a one hour appointment, the self-care informed dance…

Thursday, August 24th
12:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.
Berger Mansion
6205 N Sheridan Rd
MJ-The Musical
Aug24
Theatre & Performing Arts

MJ-The Musical

BROADWAY’S MOST ELECTRIFYING NEW MUSICAL! He is one of the greatest entertainers of all time. Now, Michael Jackson’s unique and unparalleled artistry is finally coming…

Thursday, August 24th
2:00 p.m.4:30 p.m.
James M. Nederlander Theatre
24 W. Randolph, Chicago, IL, 60601
The Writer
Aug24
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Writer

Join us for an onstage experience, unlike anything you have ever seen before! A playwright wants to create a new story for a new world…

Thursday, August 24th
3:00 p.m.5:30 p.m.
The Edge Theater
5451 N Broadway Ave, Chicago, IL, 60640
Unsent Live Show
Aug24
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Unsent Live Show

UNSENT returns to Chicago Thursday, August 24th at The Joinery! What better way to spend a Chicago summer night than patio drinks, a historic venue, and ten…

Thursday, August 24th
6:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
The Joinery Chicago
2533 W Homer St.
PUFFS, or, Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic
Aug24
Theatre & Performing Arts

PUFFS, or, Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic

Otherworld Theatre Company, the premier sci-fi and fantasy theatre company in North America, stages Matt Cox’s PUFFS, or, Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain…

Thursday, August 24th
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Otherworld Theatre
3914 N. Clark St.
The Spongebob Musical
Aug24
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

The Spongebob Musical

When the citizens of Bikini Bottom discover that a volcano will soon erupt and destroy their humble home, SpongeBob and his friends must come together to save…

Thursday, August 24th
7:00 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Chopin Theatre
1543 W. Division St. , Chicago, IL, 60642
as though your body were right
Aug24
Theatre & Performing Arts

as though your body were right

This work is an invitation to confront the bodiliness of being human. It is a shared experience of the vulnerability of being a body, and…

Thursday, August 24th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Make Do
2210 West Morse
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