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The Simon & Garfunkel Story
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Simon & Garfunkel Story

The Simon & Garfunkel Story is touring North America again this year! Using huge projection photos and original film footage, featuring a full live band…

Saturday, May 4th
2:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.
CIBC Theatre
18 W. Monroe St. , Chicago, IL, 60602
Godspell – 2012 Revival
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts

Godspell – 2012 Revival

Prepare ye for the timeless tale of friendship, loyalty and love in a masterful retelling of the original sensation with dazzling new arrangements and lyrics. Godspell…

Saturday, May 4th
2:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.
Baer Theater at Morgan Park Academy
2153 W 111th St, Chicago, IL, 60643
Mamma Mia
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts

Mamma Mia

A mother. A daughter. 3 possible dads. And a trip down the aisle you’ll never forget! Set on a Greek island paradise where the sun…

Saturday, May 4th
2:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.
James M. Nederlander Theatre
24 W. Randolph St.
9 to 5: The Musical
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts

9 to 5: The Musical

Three unlikely friends take control of their office and learn there is nothing they can’t do, even in a man’s world. Set in the late…

Saturday, May 4th
3:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
111 W. Campbell, Arlington Heights, IL, 60005
Someone Dies! Microbudget Filmmaking Q&A and Screening
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts

Someone Dies! Microbudget Filmmaking Q&A and Screening

Houston film collective, Monster Closet, will host an educational screening of feature film: Someone Dies! at The Annoyance Theatre and Bar on Saturday, May 4th…

Saturday, May 4th
3:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.
Annoyance Theatre & Bar
851 W. Belmont Ave., 2nd Fl.
Late Nite Catechism
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts

Late Nite Catechism

Call it Loretta Young meets Carol Burnett and Whoopi Goldberg. Late Nite Catechism is part catechism class, part stand-up routine. Written by Vicki Quade &…

Saturday, May 4th
5:00 p.m.7:00 p.m.
Greenhouse Theater Center
2257 North Lincoln Avenue
Teatro Zinzanni
May4
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…

Saturday, May 4th
6:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Spiegeltent – Cambria Hotel
32 W. Randolph
The Infinite Wrench
May4
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…

Saturday, May 4th
7:00 p.m.8:00 p.m.
The Neo-Futurist Theater
5153 N. Ashland Ave.
Praize Productions Presents Black Love Reigns Supreme
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts

Praize Productions Presents Black Love Reigns Supreme

Black Love Reigns SupremeMay 3rd & 4th, 2024 | 7:00pmLogan Center | Performance Hall915 E. 60th Street | ChicagoTickets: $45 – $125 Award-winning Praize Productions, Inc.…

Saturday, May 4th
7:00 p.m.8:30 p.m.
Logan Center for the Arts – Performance Hall
915 E 60th St
Enchanting Seascape: Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra Presents La Mer on May 4th
May4
Saturday, May 4th
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church, 149 W Brush Hill Road, Elmhurst, IL 60126
149 W Brush Hill Road
PUFFS, or, Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic
May4
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…

Saturday, May 4th
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Otherworld Theatre
3914 N. Clark St.
The Roar Speakeasy: A Prohibition Era Experience
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Roar Speakeasy: A Prohibition Era Experience

Go back in time to Chicago’s Prohibition Era at The Roar on Rush! A lively Speakeasy that lights the way to a hidden 4-room cocktail…

Saturday, May 4th
7:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
The Roar on Rush
437 N. Rush Street
A Barrie Cole Play Festival: Hamburgers and Disappointment
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts

A Barrie Cole Play Festival: Hamburgers and Disappointment

CHICAGO, IL – Sweetback Productions, in collaboration with Labyrinth Arts, is proud to announce Hamburgers and Disappointment: Plays about Enoughness, a festival of works by…

Saturday, May 4th
7:30 p.m.
3658 N. Pulaski Road
3658 N. Pulaski Road
Baby Wants Candy! The Original Completely Improvised Musical
May4
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…

Saturday, May 4th
7:30 p.m.8:30 p.m.
The Second City
1616 N. Wells St. , Chicago, IL, 60614
Clued In
May4
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…

Saturday, May 4th
7:30 p.m.8:30 p.m.
The Second City
1616 N. Wells St., Theater on the Second Floor
9 to 5: The Musical
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts

9 to 5: The Musical

Three unlikely friends take control of their office and learn there is nothing they can’t do, even in a man’s world. Set in the late…

Saturday, May 4th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
111 W. Campbell, Arlington Heights, IL, 60005
BIG LOVE
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts

BIG LOVE

[producingbody]’s second show – BIG LOVE by Charles Mee a play – 90 minutes, no intermission. Fifty brides flee their fifty grooms and seek refuge…

Saturday, May 4th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Chicago Dramatists
1105 W. Chicago Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60642
DRINK! The Sketch Comedy Drinking Game: Chicago Edition
May4
Saturday, May 4th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Cornservatory
4210 N Lincoln Ave
Jackalope Theatre Company’s 16th Season Begins the the Smuggler, at its new home in Berger Park
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts

Jackalope Theatre Company’s 16th Season Begins the the Smuggler, at its new home in Berger Park

CHICAGO – Jackalope Theatre Company is proud to launch its 16th season at its new home in Edgewater’s Berger Park, 6205 N. Sheridan Rd., with…

Saturday, May 4th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Edgewater’s Berger Park
6205 N. Sheridan Rd.
LOVE SONG by John Kolvenbach from Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts

LOVE SONG by John Kolvenbach from Remy Bumppo Theatre Company

CHICAGO – Remy Bumppo Theatre Company is pleased to announce the cast, creative and production teams for Love Song, written by John Kolvenbach and directed…

Saturday, May 4th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Theater Wit
1229 W. Belmont Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60657
Chicago Shakespeare Theater: Judgment Day
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts

Chicago Shakespeare Theater: Judgment Day

“Landing all the jokes… Moritz von Stuelpnagel tackles darkly funny materials with a shrewd balance of heightened reality, warped sitcom & underlying pathos” –Hollywood Reporter Emmy and Tony…

Saturday, May 4th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
800 E Grand Ave
Death Becomes Her – The Musical
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts

Death Becomes Her – The Musical

Madeline Ashton is the most beautiful actress (just ask her) ever to grace the stage and screen. Helen Sharp is the long-suffering author (just ask…

Saturday, May 4th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Cadillac Palace Theatre
151 W. Randolph St. , Chicago, IL, 60601
GDC: “Season 61 | UNLIMITED!” Spring Harris Theater Engagement
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts

GDC: “Season 61 | UNLIMITED!” Spring Harris Theater Engagement

Giordano Dance Chicago, America’s original jazz dance company, presents their spring engagement at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph St. at…

Saturday, May 4th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
The Harris Theater for Music and Dance
205 E. Randolph, Chicago, IL, 60601
How I Learned What I Learned
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts

How I Learned What I Learned

Broadway In Chicago is excited to join Congo Square Theatre Company in announcing its continued 25th Anniversary celebration with the Chicago premiere of HOW I LEARNED…

Saturday, May 4th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place
175 E. Chestnut St
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