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Windfall
This is a story about money. Don’t let them fool you otherwise. When a father loses his child in a clash with the local police,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Giordano Dance Chicago: Ignite the Soul! Season 63
Giordano Dance Chicago (GDC), America’s Original Jazz Dance company, returns to the Harris Theater for its 63rd season, radiating energy and boundless spirit with three…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Goodnight Moon
This musical based on Margaret Wise Brown’s beloved children’s book is drenched in primary colors that pay homage to Clement Hurd’s vivid illustrations in an…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The 8th Dwarf
Binkley, an outsider dwarf from the Kingdom of Magical Land, is quiet, timid and scared of the dark — not exactly the best characteristics for…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
“I have heard from a reliable source that no Dominican male has ever died a virgin. I shall be the first.” Oscar knows that a…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Out Here
Life happens outside of your comfort zone. Out Here is a courageous new musical, developed through a dynamic collaboration with the University of Chicago. Audiences will have…
Theatre & Performing Arts
August Wilson’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
DIRECTED BY CHUCK SMITH ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR AND MUSIC DIRECTOR HARRY J. LENNIX “The more music you got in the world, the fuller it is.” Ma…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Delight in Shakespeare’s most raucous comedy! The secret lives of Windsor wives reveal there is much more to this charming, middle-class English hamlet than meets…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Mary Poppins in Concert Live to Film
Get ready for high-energy fun as Disney’s five-time Academy Award®-winning film comes to life on the big screen! Meet Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews), a magical…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Oil Lamp Theater Announces “Poor Behavior” by Theresa Rebeck
Oil Lamp Theater’s next performance in its 2026 season is Poor Behavior, written by Theresa Rebeck and directed by Lauren Katz, April 10 – May…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Cosmic Underground Show
Fridays and Saturdays, the Cosmic Underground Show blasts off for a 90-minute immersive comedy, magic, and mind-reading show. Cosmic founders Harrison Lampert (a quirky sleight-of-hand…
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
You Win Some, You Dim Sum: an uplifting comedy show
This weekend, celebrate everyday wins with Chicago Standups at a comedy show that will leave you feeling uplifted and craving dim sum! You Win Some,…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Show
The Dinner Detective is an interactive true crime murder mystery show set in the present day and based on real cold cases. Feast on a…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Dinner Detective True Crime Murder Mystery Dinner Show
North America’s largest award-winning interactive true crime murder mystery dinner show invites you into a night of laughter, mystery, and audience-driven intrigue. Enjoy a full…
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
OUT, DARN SPOT!
Fair is foul, and foul is fair, what’s gonna happen today live on air? Since 1958, Lady Marcia Macbeth has been a guiding light to…
Theatre & Performing Arts
FreakShow & Tell
21+ ONLY Brianna Wellen, Chicago Reader: Sideshow entertainer Thom Britton’s solo show is part performance, part demonstration. Britton is a charismatic performer who appears genuinely…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Concentration
On the eve of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), Concentration, Arne Weingart’s theatrical adaptation of his poetry, imagines a young poet in a World War…
Theatre & Performing Arts
CHARGES (The Supplicants)
Theatre Y Presents CHARGES (The Supplicants) German title: Die Schutzbefohlenen “those entrusted to protection” Written by Elfriede Jelinek Translation by Gitta Honegger…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Ally at Theater Wit
The Ally Written by Itamar Moses Directed by Jeremy Wechsler When Asaf’s student asks him to sign a manifesto condemning police brutality, he wants to…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Ballet Folklorico Xochitl: Sembrando Flores
Chicago, get ready to welcome Ballet Folklorico Xochitl to the Studebaker Theater—one of the city’s go-to spots for a memorable night out. **Ballet Folklorico Xochitl:…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Delight in Shakespeare’s most raucous comedy! The secret lives of Windsor wives reveal there is much more to this charming, middle-class English hamlet than meets…
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…
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