Baby Wants Candy! The Original Completely Improvised Musical
May9
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, May 9th
7:30 p.m.8:30 p.m.
The Second City
1616 N. Wells St.
Clued In
May9
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, May 9th
7:30 p.m.8:30 p.m.
The Second City
1616 N. Wells St., Theater on the Second Floor
The Improvised Shakespeare Company®
May9
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, May 9th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
iO Theater
1501 N. Kingsbury St.
Tablao en Casa – Primavera Flamenca
May9
Theatre & Performing Arts

Tablao en Casa – Primavera Flamenca

Casa Triana Flamenco presents Tablao en Casa, an evening of flamenco dance and music featuring 30 dancers and live musicians at the Ruth Page Center…

Saturday, May 9th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Ruth Page Center for the Arts
1016 North Dearborn Street
Out Here
May9
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…

Saturday, May 9th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Court Theatre
5535 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL, 60637
Covenant
May9
Theatre & Performing Arts

Covenant

BY YORK WALKER DIRECTED BY MALKIA STAMPLEY “Everybody got a secret.” Expect one devilish twist after another in Covenant, a mythic and suspenseful new play hailed…

Saturday, May 9th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Goodman Theatre
170 N. Dearborn St.
Call Me Elizabeth
May9
Theatre & Performing Arts

Call Me Elizabeth

A one-woman show about the life of Elizabeth Taylor, written and performed by Kayla Boye. Through an intimate conversation at the Beverly Hills Hotel, CALL…

Saturday, May 9th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Hoover-Leppen Theatre
3656 North Halsted Street
Crime and Punishment
May9
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…

Saturday, May 9th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
TUTA Theatre
4670 N. Manor Ave.
First Floor Theater’s “WORK HARD HAVE FUN MAKE HISTORY”
May9
Theatre & Performing Arts

First Floor Theater’s “WORK HARD HAVE FUN MAKE HISTORY”

A catalog of all the possible phone calls that exist. A play that is not about corporations, not about warehouses, and certainly not about billionaires.…

Saturday, May 9th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Raven Theatre Company
6157 N. Clark St.
Out Here
May9
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…

Saturday, May 9th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Court Theatre
5535 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL, 60637
Oil Lamp Theater Announces “Poor Behavior” by Theresa Rebeck
May9
Theatre & Performing Arts

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…

Saturday, May 9th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Oil Lamp Theater
1723 Glenview Rd, Glenview, IL, 60025
Redtwist Theatre’s “‘Night Mother” By Marsha Norman
May9
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…

Saturday, May 9th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Redtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre Presents “The Wedding Singer”
May9
Theatre & Performing Arts

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre Presents “The Wedding Singer”

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, located in the heart of downtown Arlington Heights, 111 W. Campbell St., is proud to announce the cast and creative team…

Saturday, May 9th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
111 W Campbell Street
Wild Door Theater Presents “Maybe Tomorrow”
May9
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,…

Saturday, May 9th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture
2936 N. Southport Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60657
Wild Door Theater Presents “Maybe Tomorrow”
May9
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,…

Saturday, May 9th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture
2936 N. Southport Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60657
I Hate Hamlet
May9
Theatre & Performing Arts

I Hate Hamlet

By Paul Rudnick. Andrew Rally has it all: TV fame, a glamorous girlfriend, a devoted agent, the perfect New York apartment and the chance to…

Saturday, May 9th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
St. Bonaventure Oratory
1625 W Diversey Parkway
“Going Bacharach” Presents the Greatest Hits of Bacharach at the Apollo Theater
May9
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…

Saturday, May 9th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Apollo Theater
2550 N. Lincoln Ave.
Always…Patsy Cline
May9
Theatre & Performing Arts

Always…Patsy Cline

This musical play, complete with down-home country humor and big-hearted emotion, includes hits Crazy, I Fall to Pieces, Sweet Dreams, Walkin’ After Midnight and more! Starring ensemble member Liz Chidester as Patsy…

Saturday, May 9th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
American Blues Theater
5627 N Lincoln Blvd
Scaramouche
May9
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…

Saturday, May 9th
7:30 p.m.10:00 p.m.
City Lit Theater
1020 W. Bryn Mawr, Chicago, IL, 60660
The Lincoln Lodge
May9
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Lincoln Lodge

The Lincoln Lodge stand-up comedy and variety showcase plays every Friday and Saturday night in Chicago’s glamorous Logan Square! In addition to The Lodge’s rotating…

Saturday, May 9th
8:00 p.m.9:30 p.m.
The Lincoln Lodge Theater
2040 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble Presents “Architecture of Memory”
May9
Theatre & Performing Arts

Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble Presents “Architecture of Memory”

Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble (CDE) presents the world premiere of Architecture of Memory, May 8 – 23, at Chicago Danztheatre, 1650 W. Foster Avenue. Architecture of…

Saturday, May 9th
8:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble
1650 W Foster Ave
moonwatchers
May9
May26
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 –…

Saturday, May 9th
8:00 p.m.Tuesday, May 26th
2:30 p.m.
Greenhouse Theater Center
2257 North Lincoln Avenue
Best Of Annoyance Sketch
May9
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Best Of Annoyance Sketch

Enjoy the best sketch comedy Chicago has to offer! The Annoyance Theatre has been at the crux of the comedy scene in Chicago for over…

Saturday, May 9th
9:30 p.m.10:30 p.m.
The Annoyance Theatre
851 W. Belmont Ave.
Chicago the Musical promotional image
May10
Theatre & Performing Arts

CHICAGO the Musical

CHICAGO is still the one musical with everything that makes Broadway shimmy-shake: a universal tale of fame, fortune, and all that jazz, with one showstopping…

Sunday, May 10th
Auditorium
50 East Ida B. Wells Drive