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Magic VS Science hosted by Thom Britton and Jacob Mayfield
Apr5
Theatre & Performing Arts

Magic VS Science hosted by Thom Britton and Jacob Mayfield

Tickets for Magic VS Science hosted by Thom Britton and Jacob Mayfield in Chicago🎫 VIP – Get a free VIP bag full of various merchandise from Thom Britton…

Friday, April 5th
8:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Sideshow Gelato
4819 North Western Avenue
The Factory Theater Announces Party at the Pantheon: A Modern Greek
Apr5
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Factory Theater Announces Party at the Pantheon: A Modern Greek

CHICAGO – The Factory Theater, 1623 W. Howard St., is proud to announce the second production of The Factory’s 28th season, Party at the Pantheon:…

Friday, April 5th
8:00 p.m.10:30 p.m.
The Factory Theater
1623 W. Howard St. , Chicago, IL, 60626
Improvised Sitcom
Apr5
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Improvised Sitcom

Cue the laugh track- it’s a very special episode of your favorite long running tv show! The gang gets up to the same ‘ol wacky…

Friday, April 5th
8:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
The Second City
230 W North Ave., 2nd Floor
Voila: The Improvised Musical
Apr5
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Voila: The Improvised Musical

iO Chicago presents: a fully made-up, off-off-off Broadway style musical every Friday at 10pm in the Fremont Theater. Spend your Friday night with us. See…

Friday, April 5th
10:00 p.m.11:30 p.m.
The iO Theater, 1501 N Kingsbury St, Chicago, IL 60642, USA,
The iO Theater, 1501 N Kingsbury St, Chicago, IL 60642, USA,
Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble presents the world premiere of “Meditations On Being”
Apr6
Theatre & Performing Arts

Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble presents the world premiere of “Meditations On Being”

CHICAGO – Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble (CDE) begins its 22nd season with “Meditations On Being,” March 1 – 9 in the Auditorium at Ebenezer Lutheran Church,…

Saturday, April 6th
8:00 a.m.5:00 p.m.
1650 W Foster Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
1650 W Foster Ave
Once Upon a Symphony: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Apr6
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Once Upon a Symphony: Goldilocks and the Three Bears

When young Goldilocks stumbles upon a quaint cottage and goes inside to explore, she has no idea it belongs to three bears who are on…

Saturday, April 6th
10:00 a.m.10:45 a.m.
Chicago Symphony Center
220 S Michigan Ave
Bramble Theatre Company announce Community Open House
Apr6
Theatre & Performing Arts

Bramble Theatre Company announce Community Open House

CHICAGO – Bramble Theatre Company, founded by Matthew Lunt and Karissa Murrell Myers, is proud to announce a Community Open House on Saturday, April 6…

Saturday, April 6th
10:00 a.m.4:00 p.m.
5545 N. Clark St.
Once Upon a Symphony: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Apr6
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Once Upon a Symphony: Goldilocks and the Three Bears

When young Goldilocks stumbles upon a quaint cottage and goes inside to explore, she has no idea it belongs to three bears who are on…

Saturday, April 6th
11:45 a.m.12:30 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Center
220 S Michigan Ave
Teatro Zinzanni
Apr6
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Teatro Zinzanni

Tickets are on sale Now at https://zinzanni.com/chicago/ for Love, Chaos, & Dinner ! Teatro Zinzanni returns to the vibrant Chicago Loop inside the velvet walls…

Saturday, April 6th
12:00 p.m.3:00 p.m.
Spiegeltent – Cambria Hotel
32 W. Randolph
Purpose
Apr6
Theatre & Performing Arts

Purpose

For decades, the influential Jasper family has been a pillar of Black American Politics: civil rights leaders, pastors and congressmen. But like all families, there…

Saturday, April 6th
3:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.
Working – A Musical
Apr6
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…

Saturday, April 6th
3:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.
Jedlicka Performing Arts Center
3801 S. Central Ave. , Cicero, IL, 60804
Teatro Zinzanni
Apr6
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Teatro Zinzanni

Tickets are on sale Now at https://zinzanni.com/chicago/ for Love, Chaos, & Dinner ! Teatro Zinzanni returns to the vibrant Chicago Loop inside the velvet walls…

Saturday, April 6th
6:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Spiegeltent – Cambria Hotel
32 W. Randolph
The Infinite Wrench
Apr6
Music & 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…

Saturday, April 6th
7:00 p.m.8:00 p.m.
The Neo-Futurist Theater
5153 N. Ashland Ave.
PUFFS, or, Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic
Apr6
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…

Saturday, April 6th
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Otherworld Theatre
3914 N. Clark St.
The Roar Speakeasy: A Prohibition Era Experience
Apr6
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…

Saturday, April 6th
7:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
The Roar on Rush
437 N. Rush Street
Baby Wants Candy! The Original Completely Improvised Musical
Apr6
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, April 6th
7:30 p.m.8:30 p.m.
The Second City
1616 N. Wells St. , Chicago, IL, 60614
Clued In
Apr6
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, April 6th
7:30 p.m.8:30 p.m.
The Second City
1616 N. Wells St., Theater on the Second Floor
BIG LOVE
Apr6
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…

Saturday, April 6th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Chicago Dramatists
1105 W. Chicago Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60642
Jackalope Theatre Company’s 16th Season Begins the the Smuggler, at its new home in Berger Park
Apr6
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…

Saturday, April 6th
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
Apr6
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…

Saturday, April 6th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Theater Wit
1229 W. Belmont Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60657
The Rooster Play
Apr6
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…

Saturday, April 6th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Open Space Arts
1411 W. Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL, 60640
Churchill
Apr6
Theatre & Performing Arts

Churchill

Winston Churchill has just been awarded honorary US citizenship by President John F. Kennedy. In recognition of this unprecedented occasion, The American-Oxford Society has asked…

Saturday, April 6th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place
175 E. Chestnut St
GDC: “Season 61 | UNLIMITED!” Spring Harris Theater Engagement
Apr6
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…

Saturday, April 6th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
The Harris Theater for Music and Dance
205 E. Randolph, Chicago, IL, 60601
Klaus Mäkelä & Yuja Wang
Apr6
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Klaus Mäkelä & Yuja Wang

Bartók’s Second Piano Concerto is an exhilarating showcase for Yuja Wang, whom the San Francisco Chronicle called “quite simply the most dazzlingly, uncannily gifted pianist in the…

Saturday, April 6th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Center
220 S Michigan Ave
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