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Get ready to experience “classic” improvisation that will leave you laughing long after the curtains close! Combining lightning-fast wit, razor-sharp skills, and boundless creativity, Chicago…
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…
Friday, May 10th
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.The Neo-Futurist Theater
5153 N. Ashland Ave.Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Theatre & Performing Arts
Celebrate Mom all Week Long at Teatro ZinZanni
This Mother’s Day, give your mom the gift of quality time with her family, plus fun photo opportunities, delicious food and drink, and an unforgettable…
Friday, May 10th
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.Teatro ZinZanni Chicago
32 West Randolph StreetTheatre & 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…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
The Dee Alexander Quartet
Born on Chicago’s West Side, Dee Alexander is one of Chicago’s most gifted and respected female vocalist/songwriters. Her talents span every music genre, from Gospel…
Friday, May 10th
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.The Promontory
5311 S. Lake Park Ave. WTheatre & Performing Arts
The Murder Mystery Company Presents: “Death of a Gangster”
A two and a half hour long comedic murder mystery where you play alongside professional actors to solve the crime (or not). We welcome you…
Friday, May 10th
7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.Jenny’s Steak and Banquets
11041 Menard AvenueTheatre & 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…
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…
Theatre & Performing Arts
7NMS | Marjani Forté-Saunders and Everett Saunders, Prophet: The Order of the Lyricist
About the Performance A multi-genre storytelling project about the life journey of a lyricist, Prophet: The Order of the Lyricist illuminates the distinctive practices, systems, philosophies, and…
Friday, May 10th
7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.Edlis Neeson Theatre, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago AveTheatre & 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…
Friday, May 10th
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.Chicago Dramatists
1105 W. Chicago Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60642Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts, Comedy
DRINK! The Sketch Comedy Drinking Game: Chicago Edition
- Presented by
Corn Productions
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…
Friday, May 10th
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.Edgewater’s Berger Park
6205 N. Sheridan Rd.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…
Friday, May 10th
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.Theater Wit
1229 W. Belmont Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60657Theatre & 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…
Friday, May 10th
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
111 W. Campbell, Arlington Heights, IL, 60005Theatre & 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…
Friday, May 10th
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
800 E Grand AveTheatre & 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…
Friday, May 10th
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.Cadillac Palace Theatre
151 W. Randolph St. , Chicago, IL, 60601Theatre & Performing Arts
Fairview
Dinner is served in the Frasier household…or at least, it is cooking. With the clock ticking towards Mama’s birthday party, Beverly frantically tries to corral…
Friday, May 10th
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.Newhart Family Theatre
1020 W. Sheridan Rd.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…
Friday, May 10th
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.The Harris Theater for Music and Dance
205 E. Randolph, Chicago, IL, 60601Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Mozart & Stravinsky
The versatile Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider leads the CSO as soloist in Mozart’s richly melodic Violin Concerto No. 2 and Kreisler’s wistful Liebesleid. Trading violin bow for…
Friday, May 10th
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.Chicago Symphony Center
220 S Michigan AveTheatre & Performing Arts
Murder in the Cathedral
Murder in the Cathedral dramatizes the martyrdom of Archbishop Thomas Becket at the hands of knights loyal to Henry II in 1170. Eliot wrote it on…
Friday, May 10th
7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.City Lit Theater
1020 W. Bryn Mawr, Chicago, IL, 60660Theatre & Performing Arts
The Rooster Play
A comic discussion of identity and sexuality. John has been in a stable relationship with his boyfriend for a number of years. But when he…
Friday, May 10th
7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.Open Space Arts
1411 W. Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL, 60640Theatre & Performing Arts
Blue in the Right Way announces its inaugural production, Thomas Middleton’s Women Beware Women
CHICAGO – Blue in the Right Way is proud to present its inaugural production, Women Beware Women, freely adapted by Kevin V. Smith and Daiva…
Friday, May 10th
7:30 p.m. – 10:15 p.m.The Edge Theater
5451 N Broadway Ave, Chicago, IL, 60640Theatre & 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…
Friday, May 10th
7:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.James M. Nederlander Theatre
24 W. Randolph St.Theatre & Performing Arts
In The Back/On The Floor
IN THE BACK/ON THE FLOOR examines the issues that minimum wage workers face through the lives of several employees at a big-box retail store. Though…
Friday, May 10th
8:00 p.m.Chicago Dramatists
1105 W. Chicago Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60642- Presented by
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