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Marriott Theatre Presents Come From Away
Marriott Theatre, Chicagoland’s longest-running musical theatre presents Come From Away, the internationally celebrated musical that was nominated for seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, captured four Laurence Olivier Awards,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Halloween Creepy Crawlies
Halloween Creepy Crawlies is a family friendly dance production produced by Darvin Dances that explores the mysteries of Halloween through a lost ghost’s search for…
Theatre & Performing Arts
(dark) Toilet Fire (matter(s))
No matter how different we all are, we are united by one commonality: our need to go. Using the structure of an ancient religious ritual,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
T A K E | Visceral Dance Chicago
An immersive work set to an electronic recorded score mixed with live music, takes the audience “on a journey from darkness to light” TAKE is…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Goodman Premieres The 7 Fingers’ THE ATTIC – THINGS I’VE SEEN WHILE LYING ON MY BACK
The 7 Fingers is “pulse-raising magic” (The New York Times). From the primal vista of her childhood bedroom springs Shana Carroll’s wildly imaginative, ground-breaking memoir that…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Holy Ghost Bingo: God, Goblins, & Games!
Holy Ghost Bingo: God, Goblins, & Games is a Halloween-themed interactive comedy play written by Vicki Quade, one of the authors of the hit comedy,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Dance Divas 2026: “Everything Old Is New Again”
Dance Divas 2026 brings together more than 40 of Chicago’s finest dancers from local dance companies for a dazzling night of stunning performances, glamorous looks,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
I.A. Inteligencia Actoral – Destinos: 9th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival
I.A. Inteligencia Actoral by Aguijón Theater. Written by: Flavio González Mello. Directed by: Marcela Muñoz A couple of weeks before a theater company opens Hamlet, its…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Sanctuary Stories
“SANCTUARY STORIES: A JOURNALISM THEATER PROJECT” captures in words and images the lives and communities deeply connected with — and affected by — immigration in…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Topdog/Underdog
“Take thuh cards and show me whatcha got!” Brothers Lincoln and Booth, named in jest, are two Black men living in America just trying to…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Swallow
THE SWALLOW is set during a private singing lesson between a choral director and a new student. As they work together on a song, what initially…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Refracted Theatre Company Presents “I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire”
Award-winning Refracted Theatre Company is proud to announce the cast and creative team of I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire, written by Samantha Hurley and…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Oil Lamp Theater Presents “Dial M for Murder”
Oil Lamp Theater is proud to announce the cast and creative team for its next production, Dial M for Murder, October 2 – November 1,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Vladimir
About this show In a world where facts are manipulated and fear is currency, the truth becomes dangerous. As a new authoritarian government tightens its…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Factory Theater Presents the World Premiere of “Radical Futures”
The Factory Theater and Artistic Director Michael Jones are proud to announce the first production of its 32nd season, the world premiere of B.Z Florida’s…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
DETROIT ’67
Detroit ’67 A Play by Dominique Morisseau Directed by Aaron Reese Boseman Running through November 1, 2026 ★★★★ “HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. THE CAST IS FIRE!” –Bonnie…
Theatre & Performing Arts
YippieFest
3-day theater happening with a wide variety of back-to-back shows from more than 30 groups/artists. Including short plays, improv, monologues, sketch comedy, stand-up, music, and…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Redtwist Theatre Presents The First Show of Its 22nd Season, “Prayer Circle”
Award-winning Redtwist Theatre’s new 22nd season, “State of Violence,” begins with Prayer Circle, September 17 – November 8, by Erik Gernand and directed by Executive…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Vintage Tunes, Modern Gal
Fresh off a national tour of fringe festivals, including Elgin Fringe (“Spirit of the Fringe” award winner), Minnesota Fringe, Green Bay Fringe, and the Old…
Theatre & Performing Arts
What Would Have to Happen?
PROJECT LEAD Saniah Johnson What Would Have To Happen? is an original one-act play presented as a staged reading that explores the fragile intersection of…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Dance Divas 2026: “Everything Old Is New Again”
Dance Divas 2026 brings together more than 40 of Chicago’s finest dancers from local dance companies for a dazzling night of stunning performances, glamorous looks,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Halloween Creepy Crawlies
Halloween Creepy Crawlies is a family friendly dance production produced by Darvin Dances that explores the mysteries of Halloween through a lost ghost’s search for…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Pandemonium, Please Hold
The Second City’s 114th Mainstage Revue Pandemonium, Please Hold is a loud, fast, and gloriously unhinged night of comedic mayhem. The Second City’s six-person cast…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Kanan Gill Live!
Kanan Gill will perform his brand-new stand-up show in Chicago on Sunday, October 11, 2026.
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