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Oil Lamp Theater Announces “Poor Behavior” by Theresa Rebeck
Oil Lamp Theater’s next performance in its 2026 season is Poor Behavior, written by Theresa Rebeck and directed by Lauren Katz, April 10 – May…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Wild Door Theater Presents “Maybe Tomorrow”
Wild Door Theater presents the Midwest premiere of Maybe Tomorrow, a darkly funny and unsettling new play by Max Mondi and directed by Andrew Gallant,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Wild Door Theater Presents “Maybe Tomorrow”
Wild Door Theater presents the Midwest premiere of Maybe Tomorrow, a darkly funny and unsettling new play by Max Mondi and directed by Andrew Gallant,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Scaramouche
A musical based on the rip-roaring novel by Rafael Sabatini. Radicalized by his friend’s brutal murder on the eve of the French Revolution, a sardonic…
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…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Sonia Oyola & Bob Solone – Love Songs for You
Sonia Oyola and Bob Solone are excited to share more of their favorite love songs and duets in English/Spanish. Their shows always feature an eclectic,…
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…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
GossNight Chicago
Think Deep, Laugh Hard and Go Home Happy It’s just a big game of telephone! And… GossNight brings people together through laughter and shared curiosity…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Wheel of Improv
Chicago’s top comedians battle it out for laughs, glory, and sweet sweet points in an interactive game show, featuring a live studio audience (that’s you!)…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Zoé Soteres — Does This Song Make Me Look Dramatic? A New One-Woman Show
After being named Chicago Cabaret Professional’s 2025 Best New Chicago Cabaret Vocalist, Zoé Soteres is proud to present her first one-woman cabaret, partnering with Kyle…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Out Here
Life happens outside of your comfort zone. Out Here is a courageous new musical, developed through a dynamic collaboration with the University of Chicago. Audiences will have…
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…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Out Here
Life happens outside of your comfort zone. Out Here is a world-premiere musical, a thrilling collaboration between Court Theatre and the University of Chicago, and an intimate…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
“Going Bacharach” Presents the Greatest Hits of Bacharach at the Apollo Theater
Rediscover the soundtrack of a lifetime with GOING BACHARACH, a vibrant new revue, direct from a sold-out run in New York, celebrating the legacy of…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
moonwatchers
It is Rocco and Allen’s job to watch the moon, and it is really quite boring. Night after night, they time the sequences exactly –…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Porchlight Music Theatre Announces “Chicago Sings Broadway’s British Invasion” Annual Fundraising Concert
Porchlight Music Theatre announces its annual fundraising concert, Chicago Sings Broadway’s British Invasion, Monday, May 11 at 7 p.m., with a 5:30 p.m. reception, at…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company Presents the Return of Readings on Ravenswood
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company is proud to announce the 2026 return of its Readings on Ravenswood series, curated by Artistic Director Marti Lyons and Creative…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Chicago Cabaret Professionals presents Musical Mondays: Tony Bennett at 100
Join us as we celebrate the 100th birthday of the one and only Tony Bennett! This Chicago Cabaret Week show highlights his incredible musical legacy,…
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…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
“Going Bacharach” Presents the Greatest Hits of Bacharach at the Apollo Theater
Rediscover the soundtrack of a lifetime with GOING BACHARACH, a vibrant new revue, direct from a sold-out run in New York, celebrating the legacy of…
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…
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…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Girls Like Us — It’s My Party: Celebrating the Girls and the Groups of the 1960s
When we talk about music of the 1960s, most people think of Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and the Rolling Stones — but that’s…
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…
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