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Praize Productions Presents Black Love Reigns Supreme
May3
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.…

Friday, May 3rd
7:00 p.m.8:30 p.m.
Logan Center for the Arts – Performance Hall
915 E 60th St
PUFFS, or, Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic
May3
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…

Friday, May 3rd
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Otherworld Theatre
3914 N. Clark St.
The Murder Mystery Company Presents: “Death of a Gangster”
May3
Friday, May 3rd
7:00 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Palm Court Resaurant
1912 North Arlington Heights Road
The Roar Speakeasy: A Prohibition Era Experience
May3
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…

Friday, May 3rd
7:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
The Roar on Rush
437 N. Rush Street
The Speculative Archive: Deanna Bowen & Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich
May3
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Speculative Archive: Deanna Bowen & Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich

Presented as part of The Speculative Archive: Contemporary Black Experimental Film and Video, Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich & Deanna Bowen in person, in conversation with Christopher Harris…

Friday, May 3rd
7:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Logan Center for the Arts – Screening Room
915 E 60th St
A Barrie Cole Play Festival: Hamburgers and Disappointment
May3
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…

Friday, May 3rd
7:30 p.m.
3658 N. Pulaski Road
3658 N. Pulaski Road
GRAMMY® winners Third Coast Percussion collaborates with 2024® GRAMMY Award winner and CSO Mead Composer-in-Residence Jessie Montgomery
May3
Theatre & Performing Arts

GRAMMY® winners Third Coast Percussion collaborates with 2024® GRAMMY Award winner and CSO Mead Composer-in-Residence Jessie Montgomery

Third Coast Percussion (TCP), the Chicago-based GRAMMY® Award-winning quartet of classically trained percussionists, presents a new collaborative concert Jessie Montgomery + Third Coast Percussion with…

Friday, May 3rd
7:30 p.m.
DePaul University School of Music Holtschneider Performance Center, Allen Recital Hall
2330 N Halsted St,
BIG LOVE
May3
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…

Friday, May 3rd
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
May3
Friday, May 3rd
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
May3
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 3rd
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
May3
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 3rd
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Theater Wit
1229 W. Belmont Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60657
9 to 5: The Musical
May3
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…

Friday, May 3rd
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
111 W. Campbell, Arlington Heights, IL, 60005
Chicago Shakespeare Theater: Judgment Day
May3
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…

Friday, May 3rd
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
800 E Grand Ave
Death Becomes Her – The Musical
May3
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…

Friday, May 3rd
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
May3
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 3rd
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
May3
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…

Friday, May 3rd
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place
175 E. Chestnut St
Joffrey Ballet: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
May3
Theatre & Performing Arts

Joffrey Ballet: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Far from a Shakespearean tale, Ekman’s ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ is a mind-bending trip to a surreal realm of unearthly delights. Set during the traditional Scandinavian…

Friday, May 3rd
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Lyric Opera of Chicago
20 N. Wacker Dr. , Chicago, IL, 60606
The Simon & Garfunkel Story
May3
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…

Friday, May 3rd
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
CIBC Theatre
18 W. Monroe St. , Chicago, IL, 60602
The Rooster Play
May3
Theatre & 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 3rd
7:30 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Open Space Arts
1411 W. Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL, 60640
Close Encounters of the Third Kind in Concert
May3
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Close Encounters of the Third Kind in Concert

Immerse yourself in Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi masterpiece with John Williams’ pioneering score performed by the CSO. The film stars Richard Dreyfuss as an Indiana utility…

Friday, May 3rd
7:30 p.m.10:10 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Center
220 S Michigan Ave
Blue in the Right Way announces its inaugural production, Thomas Middleton’s Women Beware Women
May3
Theatre & 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 3rd
7:30 p.m.10:15 p.m.
The Edge Theater
5451 N Broadway Ave, Chicago, IL, 60640
Godspell – 2012 Revival
May3
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…

Friday, May 3rd
7:30 p.m.10:30 p.m.
Baer Theater at Morgan Park Academy
2153 W 111th St, Chicago, IL, 60643
Mamma Mia
May3
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…

Friday, May 3rd
7:30 p.m.10:30 p.m.
James M. Nederlander Theatre
24 W. Randolph St.
In The Back/On The Floor
May3
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 3rd
8:00 p.m.
Chicago Dramatists
1105 W. Chicago Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60642
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