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Theatre & Performing Arts
Monday Night PlayGround
PlayGround-Chicago presents Season 5 MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND November 2, 2026, 7pm CT NEW VENUE: The Den & Simulcast Topic: AMERICA 250: The Dreamers, The Builders &…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Jerker, or The Helping Hand
One of the most provocative and enduring theatrical works to emerge from the AIDS crisis. The play follows J.R. and Bert, two gay men who…
Theatre & Performing Arts
HERE: for the holidays
A fitting show the night before the Midterm Elections— HERE: for the holidays on Monday, November 2 at 7:30PM at The Newport Theater; an innocently…
Theatre & Performing Arts
ATPT Announces Final Season of “Port of Entry”
After four years of sold-out performances, Port of Entry returns for its final season beginning Oct. 29. Created by Albany Park Theater Project and Third…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts
America@250 – Now is the Time: Artists Go to Work
On July 4, 2026, America turned 250 years old. To reckon with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is to reckon with freedom…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Little Shop of Horrors
SOMETHING BIG IS GROWING ON SKID ROW… A down-on-his-luck floral assistant discovers an exotic plant with a craving for human flesh. As the carnivorous plant…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Adirondack Chair Circle
A gaggle of suburban moms, armed with pickleball paddles and hard kombucha, are ready to take on the school board in the fight of their…
Theatre & Performing Arts
A Quiet End
sSaged reading of Robin Swados’ deeply human drama about three gay men living together during the early years of AIDS. The play examines friendship, chosen…
Theatre & Performing Arts
ATPT Announces Final Season of “Port of Entry”
After four years of sold-out performances, Port of Entry returns for its final season beginning Oct. 29. Created by Albany Park Theater Project and Third…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Naked Angels Tuesdays@9 Chicago
Tuesdays@9 Chicago is a popular cold-reading series that meets every Tuesday at 8:00 at Chicago Dramatists. Writers have 10 minutes of their newest writing read…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts
America@250 – Now is the Time: Artists Go to Work
On July 4, 2026, America turned 250 years old. To reckon with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is to reckon with freedom…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Always, Sometimes, Maybe
Always, Sometimes, Maybe is an award winning, internationally acclaimed solo show about a janitor so lonely she makes her friends out of trash. When Lou…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Adirondack Chair Circle
A gaggle of suburban moms, armed with pickleball paddles and hard kombucha, are ready to take on the school board in the fight of their…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Porchlight Music Theatre’s Little Shop of Horrors
For more than four decades, the Tony Award-winning musical Little Shop of Horrors has delighted millions of fans around the world with the funny and…
Theatre & Performing Arts
ATPT Announces Final Season of “Port of Entry”
After four years of sold-out performances, Port of Entry returns for its final season beginning Oct. 29. Created by Albany Park Theater Project and Third…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts
America@250 – Now is the Time: Artists Go to Work
On July 4, 2026, America turned 250 years old. To reckon with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is to reckon with freedom…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
You Are Here Presents: Fear
Think Sesame Street, but queerer and for adults. Hopping wildfires, Jessee is stuck on scared! From the climate crisis to the hyper surveillance state, Jessee’s…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Vape! The Grease Parody
Vape! lovingly pokes fun at all of the wonderful moments, sexual innuendos, outrageous characters, rivalries and secret romances from the original musical. The hair products may…
Theatre & Performing Arts
73 Seconds
Obie Award winner and “multi-media whiz” (New York Times) Jared Mezzocchi tells the story of his mother’s relationship to NASA and outer space while asking us to…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Chicago Repertory Ballet: The Capulets
Chicago Repertory Ballet Revives Its Acclaimed Original Story Ballet Following its gripping world premiere in 2025, Chicago Repertory Ballet proudly brings back The Capulets for…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Jerker, or The Helping Hand
One of the most provocative and enduring theatrical works to emerge from the AIDS crisis. The play follows J.R. and Bert, two gay men who…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Sophia Bush: A Life in Progress
Join actress and activist Sophia Bush for an intimate evening of unflinchingly honest storytelling. Live in conversation, she will open up about her childhood in…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Year One
Anna has her hands full living in a house with her brother, mother-in-law, and adult son. As her son drifts into a dangerous new ideology,…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Beethoven 5 & Mao Fujita
Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, with its iconic four-note motif, stands as a powerful testament to the resilience of the human spirit. Strauss’ Burlesque — written when the composer…
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