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Theatre & Performing Arts
Joffrey at the Harris: Matters of the Heart at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance
The Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance proudly presents what is certain to be a highlight of its Harris Theater…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Lieutenant’s Dream: An Immersive Theatre School Experience
Kenneth Sawyer Goodman – playwright, businessman, and Naval Lieutenant – didn’t live to see his vision of a uniquely Chicago theatre conservatory come to pass.…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci
This duo of passionate one-act operas explores the depths of spurned lovers’ grief and the lengths they’ll go to in avenging betrayal. Deadly love triangles…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Angry F*gs
An out lesbian state senator is up for re-election. Her female opponent is a moderate conservative who has aligned herself with right-wing extremists. They’re locked…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Baldwin | Giovanni Experience
The dynamic poeticism of Spoken Word and the piercing directness of Prose are at the forefront of this momentous theatrical experience inspired by the 1971…
Music & Comedy
Brentano String Quartet
Praised for their “luxuriously warm sound” (New York Times) and “wonderful, selfless music-making” (The Times, London), the Brentano String Quartet has been a leading voice…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Ugly Lies The Bone
Jonathan Berry is BACK and he’s directing Shattered Globe’s powerful season opener UGLY LIES THE BONE. After three tours in Afghanistan, Jess returns home to…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Superior Donuts
Arthur Przybyszewski owns a decrepit donut shop in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago. Franco Wicks, a black teenager who is his only employee, wants to…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Strange Cargo: The Doom of the Demeter
Based on Chapter Seven of Bram Stoker’s DRACULA, this gothic horror high seas adventure tells the shocking events aboard the cargo ship transporting Count Dracula’s belongings from…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Friends with Guns by Stephanie Alison Walker
November 7 – December 7 | The Den Theatre written by Stephanie Alison Walker directed by Nathan Dale Short assistant direction by Emma Leeper You…
Theatre & Performing Arts
In Good Company – Chicago and Theatre Y
What if democracy isn’t just a system—but a shared movement forward? Beginning Saturday, October 18th and running Saturdays and Sundays through November 9th, 2025, Theatre…
Theatre & Performing Arts
In Good Company
What if democracy isn’t just a system—but a shared movement forward? Beginning Saturday, October 18th and running Saturdays and Sundays through November 9th, 2025, Chicagoans are invited…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Lieutenant’s Dream: An Immersive Theatre School Experience
Kenneth Sawyer Goodman – playwright, businessman, and Naval Lieutenant – didn’t live to see his vision of a uniquely Chicago theatre conservatory come to pass.…
Music & Comedy
QUIRKY with Ruth Fuerst, Benefit Show
Fulton Street Collective presents a performance w/Ruth Fuerst benefiting Albany Park Theater Project and Hyde Park Refugee Project Nov. 9th If you’re looking for a…
Music & Comedy
Jokesgiving, Presented by Class Clowns Improv
Chicago improv fans: Jokesgiving — 5 Sundays only. 6 pm @ de Maat Theater Tickets in bio.Nine friends + your suggestions = a fast, fearless, ridiculously…
Music & Comedy
Thrice: North American 2025 Tour
Thrice /w special guests Modern Color and Downward will perform live at House Of Blues on Nov. 9, 2025.
Music & Comedy
Chicago’s Best Stand Up
Welcome to Chicago’s Best Stand Up at The Laugh Factory – Chicago! Join us on September 11, 2025, at 7:00 PM for a night of…
Music & Comedy
Chicago’s Best Comedy Show at The Comedy Bar
2-Item Minimum Per Guest Valid ID Required for Entry First Come, First Served Seating No Outside Food or Beverage Get ready for a night of…
Music & Comedy
Chicago’s Best Comedy Show at The Comedy Bar
2-Item Minimum Per Guest Valid ID Required for Entry First Come, First Served Seating No Outside Food or Beverage Get ready for a night of…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Conspirators’ “Duck Soup”
The Conspirators present Duck Soup by Harry Ruby and Burt Kalmar, adapted from the Marx Brothers’ movie for the stage by Sid Feldman and directed…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Revolution(s)
By Zayd Ayers Dohrn Music and Lyrics by Tom Morello Directed by Steve H. Broadnax III October 4 – November 9, 2025 Put your hands…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Amadeus
Vienna: a cacophony of music and intrigue. The emperor’s composer, Antonio Salieri, holds court until the flamboyant entrance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: prodigy and wild…
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!)…
Music & Comedy
Chicago’s Best Stand Up
Welcome to Chicago’s Best Stand Up at The Laugh Factory – Chicago, featuring the most hilarious performers from the Windy City! On September 11, 2025,…
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