The Fizz Show
May20
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

The Fizz Show

Join iO house team Fizz for Chicago’s most carbonated improv show. Wednesdays at 10 p.m., Fizz cracks open a high-octane, full-sugar set of one-night-only scenes,…

Wednesday, May 20th
10:00 p.m.11:00 p.m.
iO Theater
1501 N. Kingsbury St.
Les Misérables
May21
Theatre & Performing Arts

Les Misérables

STILL THE WORLD’S MOST POPULAR MUSICAL Cameron Mackintosh’s acclaimed production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon, Les Misérables, makes a triumphant return…

Thursday, May 21st
Cadillac Palace Theatre
151 W. Randolph St. , Chicago, IL, 60601
Theater of the Mind
May21
Theatre & Performing Arts

Theater of the Mind

Now through July 12, 2026 Multiple experiences per day at the Reid Murdoch Building, 333 N LaSalle Visit TheateroftheMindChicago.com for dates, times, and tickets Created…

Thursday, May 21st
Reid Murdoch Building – 333 N LaSalle
333 N LaSalle
The Three Little Pigs at Stahl Family Theatre
May21
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Three Little Pigs at Stahl Family Theatre

Meet Roxanne, Petunia, and Babe…three Sister Piggies who set out to build their own houses.  Roxanne (the Rock’n Roll Pig) builds hers out of Sticks,…

Thursday, May 21st
10:30 a.m.11:30 a.m.
Stahl Family Theatre
5900 W Belmont Ave
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
May21
Theatre & Performing Arts

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

This musical is JUST RIGHT!  This show is based on the classic story of a young girl who ventures into the woods and stumbles on…

Thursday, May 21st
10:30 a.m.11:30 a.m.
Beverly Arts Center of Chicago
2407 W. 111th St. , Chicago, IL, 60655
Spamalot
May21
Theatre & Performing Arts

Spamalot

THE SHOW THAT SET BROADWAY BACK 1,000 YEARS…RETURNS! TOURING ACROSS AMERICA THE TONY AWARD-WINNING BEST MUSICAL COMEDY MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT Peter Marks of The Washington…

Thursday, May 21st
5:00 p.m.7:00 p.m.
CIBC Theatre
18 W. Monroe St. , Chicago, IL, 60602
The Conspirators Presents “Tartuffe, or The Charlatan”
May21
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Conspirators Presents “Tartuffe, or The Charlatan”

The Conspirators present Tartuffe, or, The Charlatan by playwright Molière (1622-1673), directed by Wm. Bullion, at Stars & Garters, 3914 N. Clark St., May 8…

Thursday, May 21st
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Stars & Garters
3914 N Clark St
An Enemy of the People
May21
Theatre & Performing Arts

An Enemy of the People

An award-winning new take on the historic masterwork about citizens standing up to power.  When a respected doctor in small-town Norway makes a deadly discovery…

Thursday, May 21st
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
TimeLine Theatre Company
5035 N Broadway
Stars & Garters Presents “Stars & Garters After Dark”
May21
Theatre & Performing Arts

Stars & Garters Presents “Stars & Garters After Dark”

Chicago’s brand new Stars & Garters, 3914 N Clark St, presents Stars & Garters After Dark, every Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Rouge Room.…

Thursday, May 21st
7:00 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Stars and Garters Club
3914 N Clark St
Dark Side of the Pillow Sketch Comedy Show
May21
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Dark Side of the Pillow Sketch Comedy Show

The thoughts you have at 2 a.m.? We put them on stage. Looking for a night out that feels unmistakably Chicago? Dark Side of the…

Thursday, May 21st
7:30 p.m.8:30 p.m.
The De Matt Theater at The Second City
230 W North Ave
Dumb and Drummer
May21
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Dumb and Drummer

Chicago’s best comedians doing their best material over live jazz! Every third Thursday at The Lincoln Lodge Theatre, Hosted by Jamaal Sanders, Hunter Hirsch, and…

Thursday, May 21st
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
The Lincoln Lodge Theater
2040 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Covenant
May21
Theatre & Performing Arts

Covenant

BY YORK WALKER DIRECTED BY MALKIA STAMPLEY “Everybody got a secret.” Expect one devilish twist after another in Covenant, a mythic and suspenseful new play hailed…

Thursday, May 21st
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Goodman Theatre
170 N. Dearborn St.
Crime and Punishment
May21
Theatre & Performing Arts

Crime and Punishment

Dostoyevsky’s epic novel distilled into a 90-minute play for three-actors and performed in TUTA’s hyper-intimate 24-seat theater. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT focuses on the plight of…

Thursday, May 21st
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
TUTA Theatre
4670 N. Manor Ave.
First Floor Theater’s “WORK HARD HAVE FUN MAKE HISTORY”
May21
Theatre & Performing Arts

First Floor Theater’s “WORK HARD HAVE FUN MAKE HISTORY”

A catalog of all the possible phone calls that exist. A play that is not about corporations, not about warehouses, and certainly not about billionaires.…

Thursday, May 21st
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Raven Theatre Company
6157 N. Clark St.
Windfall
May21
Theatre & Performing Arts

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,…

Thursday, May 21st
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
1650 N. Halsted St. , Chicago, IL, 60614
[producing body] Presents “Spaceman”
May21
Theatre & Performing Arts

[producing body] Presents “Spaceman”

[producingbody] is pleased to announce the Chicago premiere of Spaceman, by Leegrid Stevens and directed by Eric Slater, May 19 – June 13, at The…

Thursday, May 21st
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
The Edge Off Broadway Theatre
1133 W Catalpa Ave.
Redtwist Theatre’s “‘Night Mother” By Marsha Norman
May21
Theatre & Performing Arts

Redtwist Theatre’s “‘Night Mother” By Marsha Norman

Award-winning Redtwist Theatre announces the cast and creative team for ‘night Mother, April 16 – May 24, by Marsha Norman and directed by Executive Artistic…

Thursday, May 21st
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Redtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre Presents “The Wedding Singer”
May21
Theatre & Performing Arts

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre Presents “The Wedding Singer”

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, located in the heart of downtown Arlington Heights, 111 W. Campbell St., is proud to announce the cast and creative team…

Thursday, May 21st
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
111 W Campbell Street
Always…Patsy Cline
May21
Theatre & Performing Arts

Always…Patsy Cline

This musical play, complete with down-home country humor and big-hearted emotion, includes hits Crazy, I Fall to Pieces, Sweet Dreams, Walkin’ After Midnight and more! Starring ensemble member Liz Chidester as Patsy…

Thursday, May 21st
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
American Blues Theater
5627 N Lincoln Blvd
Hookman
May21
Theatre & Performing Arts

Hookman

For fans of movies like I Know What You Did Last Summer, Freaky & Scream, Bump in the Night Theatre brings slashers to the stage…

Thursday, May 21st
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Bramble Arts Loft
Le Bal
May21
Theatre & Performing Arts

Le Bal

Le Bal is a newly commissioned devised play inspired by Ettore Scola’s iconic film—a sweeping, dialogue-free production that tells the story of political and personal…

Thursday, May 21st
8:00 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Trap Door Theatre
1655 W. Cortland St.
FIRE HOUSE
May21
Theatre & Performing Arts

FIRE HOUSE

You step inside Chicago’s oldest firehouse, preserved perfectly in time. A company of firefighters is preparing for the line of duty as a string of…

Thursday, May 21st
8:00 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Firehouse Art Studio
1123 W. Roosevelt Rd.
Les Misérables
May22
Theatre & Performing Arts

Les Misérables

STILL THE WORLD’S MOST POPULAR MUSICAL Cameron Mackintosh’s acclaimed production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon, Les Misérables, makes a triumphant return…

Friday, May 22nd
Cadillac Palace Theatre
151 W. Randolph St. , Chicago, IL, 60601
Theater of the Mind
May22
Theatre & Performing Arts

Theater of the Mind

Now through July 12, 2026 Multiple experiences per day at the Reid Murdoch Building, 333 N LaSalle Visit TheateroftheMindChicago.com for dates, times, and tickets Created…

Friday, May 22nd
Reid Murdoch Building – 333 N LaSalle
333 N LaSalle