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Marriott Theatre Announces Spectacular 2025 Season in Celebration of Upcoming 50th Anniversary
Marriott Theatre for Young Audiences will feature a remarkable season of beloved titles for kids of all ages. Chicagoland’s longest-running musical theatre invites theatergoers to…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Shakin’ the Mess Outta Misery presented by Pegasus Theatre Chicago
Pegasus Theatre Chicago and Director ILesa Duncan proudly announces the revival of playwright Shay Youngblood’s Shakin’ the Mess Outta Misery, which follows “Daughter”, who returns…
Theatre & Performing Arts
See Chicago Dance’s Chicago Dance Month Returns This June
See Chicago Dance, the dance industry’s nonprofit service organization celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2025, is proud to announce that its popular annual offering, Chicago…
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, Theatre & Performing Arts
Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show
The Dinner Detective is the largest, award-winning, interactive comedic true crime mystery dinner show in the United States. We are now running public and private…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Teatro Zinzanni
Tickets are on sale Now at https://zinzanni.com/chicago/ for Love, Chaos, & Dinner ! Teatro Zinzanni returns to the vibrant Chicago Loop inside the velvet walls…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Scandalous Boy
The story of the love between the emperor Hadrian and Antinous in pre-Christian Rome but framed in a twenty-first century setting with the statue of…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
The Infinite Wrench
Don’t miss the longest running late-night show in Chicago! At The Infinite Wrench you’ll see 30 original plays in 60 minutes written and performed by…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Lookingglass Theatre Company Iraq, But Funny
Chicago’s Tony-Award winning Lookingglass Theatre Company is proud to announce its next production, the world premiere of Iraq, But Funny, May 29 – July 20,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The End of Reality
“The End of Reality” is [Richard Maxwell’s] most eloquent statement to date on the blurring of despair and apathy in American lives. – Ben Brantley,…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Comedy in The Pocket
Come and enjoy a night of laughter at Surge Billiards as Comedy in the Pocket returns with its monthly series! Join us for a hilarious evening…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Comedy in The Pocket
Come and enjoy a night of laughter at Surge Billiards as Comedy in the Pocket returns with its monthly series! Join us for a hilarious evening…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Comedy in The Pocket
Come and enjoy a night of laughter at Surge Billiards as Comedy in the Pocket returns with its monthly series! Join us for a hilarious evening…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika
Part Two of Tony Kushner’s two-part, Pulitzer Prize-winning expansive, poetic, and politically charged look at the ‘80s in America. In the midst of the AIDS…
Theatre & Performing Arts
You Will Get Sick
A young man with a secret. An older woman who will listen. A predatory flock of birds. An upcoming audition for The Wizard of Oz. Welcome…
Theatre & Performing Arts
War of the Worlds
Breaking news: the Martians have landed…in Chicago! Our world is being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than ours, yet just as mortal. They…
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
Lifeline Theatre Presents World Premiere of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds
Breaking news: the Martians have landed…in Chicago! Our world is watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than ours, yet just as mortal. They regard…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Support Group For The End Of The World
Support Group for the End of the World Thursday, Friday, and Saturday | 7:30 PM | June 5th – 28thTickets are $15 on Thursday, $20…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Opera Festival of Chicago Presents “Love is a Triangle”
The Opera Festival of Chicago presents Love is a Triangle, Saturday, June 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the Jarvis Opera Hall, Holtschneider Performance Center at…
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…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Improvised Shakespeare
Critically-acclaimed improvised comedy featuring the language and themes of William Shakespeare
Theatre & Performing Arts
Titanique
Broadway In Chicago presents the Porchlight Music Theatre production of TITANIQUE All aboard NYC’s must-sea musical comedy! When the music of Céline Dion makes sweet Canadian…
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