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The Fly Honeys at Thalia Hall
Voted Chicago’s best dance production of 2022 for their pride month show at Thalia Hall, the Fly Honeys return with an all-new four-night production this…
Thursday August 31, 2023
8:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.Thalia Hall
1807 South Allport StreetTheatre & Performing Arts
MJ-The Musical
BROADWAY’S MOST ELECTRIFYING NEW MUSICAL! He is one of the greatest entertainers of all time. Now, Michael Jackson’s unique and unparalleled artistry is finally coming…
Friday September 1, 2023
2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.James M. Nederlander Theatre
24 W. Randolph St.Theatre & Performing Arts
Working – A Musical
Based on Studs Terkel’s best-selling book of interviews with American workers, Working paints a vivid portrait of the workers that the world so often takes…
Friday September 1, 2023
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.Jedlicka Performing Arts Center
3801 S. Central Ave. , Cicero, IL, 60804Theatre & Performing Arts
The Writer
Join us for an onstage experience, unlike anything you have ever seen before! A playwright wants to create a new story for a new world…
Friday September 1, 2023
3:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.The Edge Theater
5451 N Broadway Ave, Chicago, IL, 60640Theatre & Performing Arts
Raw and Fragile Closing Reception with Artist Talks
Closing Reception with Artist Talks: Friday, September 1, 5 pm–8 pm Additional Information: ALMA Art and Interiors 3636 S. Iron Street Chicago IL 60609…
Friday September 1, 2023
5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.Alma Art and Interiors
3636 South Iron StreetMusic & 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…
Friday September 1, 2023
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.The Neo-Futurist Theater
5153 N. Ashland Ave.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 September 1, 2023
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.Otherworld Theatre
3914 N. Clark St.Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
The Spongebob Musical
When the citizens of Bikini Bottom discover that a volcano will soon erupt and destroy their humble home, SpongeBob and his friends must come together to save…
Friday September 1, 2023
7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.Chopin Theatre
1543 West Division StreetTheatre & Performing Arts
as though your body were right
This work is an invitation to confront the bodiliness of being human. It is a shared experience of the vulnerability of being a body, and…
Friday September 1, 2023
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.Make Do
2210 West MorseTheatre & Performing Arts
Gay Card
GAY CARD is the hilariously heartwarming story of Logan Kapler, a one-friend loser who has never belonged. But now he’s starting college with a trick…
Friday September 1, 2023
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.Pride Arts Center
4139 N. Broadway, Chicago, IL, 60613Theatre & Performing Arts
The 39 Steps
This fast-paced, family friendly whodunit is based on the novel by John Buchan and the Hitchcock movie by the same name but told with more…
Friday September 1, 2023
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.Stahl Family Theatre
5900 W Belmont AveTheatre & Performing Arts
The Innocence of Seduction
The second play in Mark Pracht’s projected “Four-Color Trilogy” of plays set during the early years of the comic book industry, The Innocence of Seduction…
Friday September 1, 2023
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.City Lit Theater Company
1020 W. Bryn Mawr Ave.Theatre & Performing Arts
Cat’s Cradle
Join the famed Hoenikker family on the Caribbean Island of San Lorenzo for a satirical tale of how “pure” scientific research, banana republic politics, and…
Friday September 1, 2023
7:30 p.m. – Sunday October 22, 2023
2:30 p.m.Lifeline Theatre
6912 N. Glenwood, Chicago, IL, 60626Theatre & 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 September 1, 2023
8:00 p.m.Chicago Dramatists
1105 W. Chicago Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60642Theatre & Performing Arts
Artemisia Theatre Presents: a hit dog will holler
Join us for the Chicago premiere of a hit dog will holler by Inda Craig-Galván, directed by Myesha-Tiara. About the play: When racism and oppression…
Friday September 1, 2023
8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.The Den Theatre
1331 North Milwaukee AvenueTheatre & Performing Arts
Curious Theatre Branch’s World Premiere of “Moon at the Bottom of the Ocean,” Sept. 1 – 23 at Chicago Dramatists
Curious Theatre Branch presents the first production in its 35th season, the world premiere of Moon at the Bottom of the Ocean, written by Bryn…
Friday September 1, 2023
8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.Chicago Dramatists
1105 W. Chicago Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60642Theatre & Performing Arts
The 2nd Story Presents: Year 25
2nd Story is real stories by real people for real change. Their deeply held belief is that personal stories can build a bolder and kinder…
Lincoln Park
Event detailsFriday September 1, 2023
8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.Steppenwolf Theatre Company
1700 N HalstedMusic & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
The Fly Honeys at Thalia Hall
Voted Chicago’s best dance production of 2022 for their pride month show at Thalia Hall, the Fly Honeys return with an all-new four-night production this…
Friday September 1, 2023
8:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.Thalia Hall
1807 South Allport StreetMusic & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
The Paper or Plastic Recycled Comedy Hour
The Paper Or Plastic Recycled Comedy Hour: Chicago’s almost eco-friendly sketch team presents an hour (plus change) of their favorite sketches, guest comedians, and collectible…
Friday September 1, 2023
9:30 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.The Newport Theater
956 W. Newport Ave.Theatre & Performing Arts
Tend
Tend is a service-based performance experience fulfilling a socially requisite and biologically exigent allogrooming need. Structured as a one hour appointment, the self-care informed dance…
Saturday September 2, 2023
12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.Berger Mansion
6205 N Sheridan RdTheatre & Performing Arts
The 39 Steps
This fast-paced, family friendly whodunit is based on the novel by John Buchan and the Hitchcock movie by the same name but told with more…
Saturday September 2, 2023
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.Stahl Family Theatre
5900 W Belmont AveTheatre & Performing Arts
MJ-The Musical
BROADWAY’S MOST ELECTRIFYING NEW MUSICAL! He is one of the greatest entertainers of all time. Now, Michael Jackson’s unique and unparalleled artistry is finally coming…
Saturday September 2, 2023
2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.James M. Nederlander Theatre
24 W. Randolph St.Theatre & Performing Arts
Chicago Dance’s 11th Annual Chicago Dance Month Performance
See Chicago Dance, the dance industry’s nonprofit service organization, is proud to announce that its popular annual offering, Chicago Dance Month, returns this June. Now…
Saturday September 2, 2023
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.Navy Pier
300 East Grand AvenueTheatre & Performing Arts
Working – A Musical
Based on Studs Terkel’s best-selling book of interviews with American workers, Working paints a vivid portrait of the workers that the world so often takes…
Saturday September 2, 2023
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.Jedlicka Performing Arts Center
3801 S. Central Ave. , Cicero, IL, 60804
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