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Marriott Theatre Announces Spectacular 2025 Season in Celebration of Upcoming 50th Anniversary
Feb5
Jan4
Theatre & Performing Arts

Marriott Theatre Announces Spectacular 2025 Season in Celebration of Upcoming 50th Anniversary

Marriott Theatre for Young Audiences will feature a remarkable season of beloved titles for kids of all ages. Chicagoland’s longest-running musical theatre invites theatergoers to…

Wednesday February 5, 2025
7:00 p.m.Sunday January 4, 2026
11:30 p.m.
Marriott Theatre
10 Marriott Dr.
Three of Cups Theatre Presents Macbeth
Aug2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Three of Cups Theatre Presents Macbeth

Runs Jul 24 – Aug 02, 2025 Three of Cups Theatre Company presents Macbeth, the age-old story of tyranny, fate, and the destructive nature of unchecked power. Inspired…

Saturday, August 2nd
7:30 a.m.9:30 p.m.
The Den Theatre
1331 N Milwaukee Ave
Teatro Zinzanni
Aug2
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, August 2nd
12:00 p.m.3:00 p.m.
Spiegeltent – Cambria Hotel
32 W. Randolph
Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches
Aug2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches

Part One of Tony Kushner’s two-part, Pulitzer Prize-winning expansive, poetic, and politically charged look at the ‘80s in America. In the midst of the AIDS…

Saturday, August 2nd
12:00 p.m.3:00 p.m.
Windy City Playhouse
3014 W. Irving Park Rd.
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
Aug2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast

Be Our Guest at Disney’s newly reimagined 30th Anniversary production of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, the breathtaking musical filled with the romance and grandeur audiences know and…

Saturday, August 2nd
2:00 p.m.4:30 p.m.
Cadillac Palace Theatre
151 W. Randolph St. , Chicago, IL, 60601
Three of Cups Theatre Presents Macbeth
Aug2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Three of Cups Theatre Presents Macbeth

Runs Jul 24 – Aug 02, 2025 Three of Cups Theatre Company presents Macbeth, the age-old story of tyranny, fate, and the destructive nature of unchecked power. Inspired…

Saturday, August 2nd
3:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.
The Den Theatre
1331 N Milwaukee Ave
Frontieres Sans Frontieres
Aug2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Frontieres Sans Frontieres

Frontieres Sans Frontieres  By Phillip Howze Directed by Kezia Waters  July 17th – August 24th, 2025  Thursdays 7 pm, Saturdays 3 pm & 7 pm,…

Saturday, August 2nd
3:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.
Theatre Y
3611 W Cermak Rd
Àkójọpọ̀ Presents: South Side Sisters, Sounds, Stories – A Night In The Park
Aug2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Àkójọpọ̀ Presents: South Side Sisters, Sounds, Stories – A Night In The Park

South Side Sisters, Sounds, and Stories “South Side Sisters, Sounds, & Stories” is an outdoor storytelling concert celebrating the remarkable musical and historical legacies of…

Saturday, August 2nd
4:00 p.m.6:00 p.m.
4434 South Lake Park Avenue Kennicott (Jonathan) Park Chicago, IL
4434 South Lake Park Avenue Kennicott
ComedySportz Chicago
Aug2
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…

Saturday, August 2nd
6:00 p.m.7:30 p.m.
Malarkey Comedy Company
1501 N Kingsbury St
Love’s Labour’s Lost
Aug2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Love’s Labour’s Lost

One of William Shakespeare’s early comedies performed free, outdoors, in six Chicago parks. It follows the King of Navarre and his three companions as they attempt to…

Saturday, August 2nd
6:00 p.m.7:40 p.m.
Touhy Park
7348 N. Paulina Ave.
Teatro Zinzanni
Aug2
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, August 2nd
6:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Spiegeltent – Cambria Hotel
32 W. Randolph
The Infinite Wrench
Aug2
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, August 2nd
7:00 p.m.8:00 p.m.
The Neo-Futurist Theater
5153 N. Ashland Ave.
Pass Over
Aug2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Pass Over

A provocative riff on WAITING FOR GODOT and THE BOOK of EXODUS. PASS OVER is a rare piece of emotionally charged theater by a bold American voice. Twenty-something Moses and Kitch stand…

Saturday, August 2nd
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre in the Noyes Cultural Arts Center
927 Noyes Steet
Frontieres Sans Frontieres
Aug2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Frontieres Sans Frontieres

Frontieres Sans Frontieres  By Phillip Howze Directed by Kezia Waters  July 17th – August 24th, 2025  Thursdays 7 pm, Saturdays 3 pm & 7 pm,…

Saturday, August 2nd
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Theatre Y
3611 W Cermak Rd
Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika
Aug2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika

Part Two of Tony Kushner’s two-part, Pulitzer Prize-winning expansive, poetic, and politically charged look at the ‘80s in America. In the midst of the AIDS…

Saturday, August 2nd
7:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Windy City Playhouse
3014 W. Irving Park Rd.
The Color Purple
Aug2
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Color Purple

Twenty years since its Broadway musical debut, The Color Purple is reborn in Lili-Anne Brown’s revelatory production—“perfection on every level!” (Chicago Sun-Times). It’s a celebration of life,…

Saturday, August 2nd
7:30 p.m.
Goodman Albert Theatre
170 N. Dearborn, Chicago, IL, 60601
Baby Wants Candy! The Original Completely Improvised Musical
Aug2
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, August 2nd
7:30 p.m.8:30 p.m.
The Second City
1616 N. Wells St.
Clued In
Aug2
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, August 2nd
7:30 p.m.8:30 p.m.
The Second City
1616 N. Wells St., Theater on the Second Floor
The Improvised Shakespeare Company®
Aug2
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Improvised Shakespeare Company®

The Improvised Shakespeare Company® proudly presents its critically-acclaimed, long-running hit show Improvised Shakespeare Chicago, now in its 19th year! Join us for an evening of…

Saturday, August 2nd
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
iO Theater
1501 N. Kingsbury St.
Improvised Shakespeare
Aug2
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Improvised Shakespeare

Critically-acclaimed improvised comedy featuring the language and themes of William Shakespeare

Saturday, August 2nd
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
iO Theater
1501 N. Kingsbury St.
The Original Improv Gladiators: Season 38
Aug2
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

The Original Improv Gladiators: Season 38

What started as an idea to fill a recently vacated production slot back in January of 2008 has turned into a sure-fire hit improv-aganza and…

Saturday, August 2nd
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Cornservatory
4210 N Lincoln Ave
Tom & Eliza
Aug2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Tom & Eliza

Tom & Eliza is a dual meditation on the choices we make (and those we don’t) in a world that spins relentlessly into the future. Performed…

Saturday, August 2nd
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
TUTA Theatre
4670 N. Manor Avenue
Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train
Aug2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train

A cage-rattling prison drama from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis (BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY) that boldly examines faith, dignity, and our system of justice.…

Saturday, August 2nd
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
City Lit Theater
1020 W. Bryn Mawr, Chicago, IL, 60660
Sentinels
Aug2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Sentinels

We’ve all heard about the all-male “secret society” at Yale.  But, what if there was an all-female secret society that makes its home out of…

Saturday, August 2nd
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Howard Street Theatre
721 Howard St.
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