Porchlight Music Theatre Presents “The Irish… and How They Got That Way”
Feb5
Theatre & Performing Arts

Porchlight Music Theatre Presents “The Irish… and How They Got That Way”

Award-winning Porchlight Music Theatre is proud to present The Irish … and How They Got That Way, by Frank McCourt, original musical arrangements by Rusty…

Thursday, February 5th
7:30 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Ruth Page Center for the Arts
1016 North Dearborn Street
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company Presents “Hedda Gabler”
Feb5
Theatre & Performing Arts

Remy Bumppo Theatre Company Presents “Hedda Gabler”

Remy Bumppo Theatre Company’s 30th anniversary season continues with Hedda Gabler, adapted by Christopher Shinn, based on the literal translation by Anne-Charlotte Hanes Harvey and…

Thursday, February 5th
7:30 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Theater Wit
Improvsed DCOM
Feb5
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Improvsed DCOM

Dive into the nostalgia of Disney Channel Original Movies with the cast of Improvised DCOM! This All Star cast is bringing screen to stage every…

Thursday, February 5th
8:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Malarkey Comedy Company
1501 N Kingsbury St
Green Corridors
Feb5
Theatre & Performing Arts

Green Corridors

Green Corridors Written by Natalka Vorozhbyt Translated by John Freedman with Natalia Bratus Directed by Kay Martinovich Using elements of absurdity and dark humor, Green Corridors is a…

Thursday, February 5th
8:00 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Trap Door Theatre
1655 W. Cortland St.
Love is Improvised
Feb5
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Love is Improvised

An improvised take on a hit reality-TV show that dares to ask… is love truly improvised? A cast of 10 improvisers embark on a journey…

Thursday, February 5th
8:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Judy’s Beat Lounge
230 W. North Ave. 2nd Floor
Sketch Playlist
Feb5
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Sketch Playlist

Sketch Playlist is a weekly sketch show that will feature all-new sketches every single week… the ultimate sketch playlist. Come see these writers and performers…

Thursday, February 5th
9:30 p.m.10:30 p.m.
iO Theater
1501 N. Kingsbury St.
Eureka Day
Feb6
Theatre & Performing Arts

Eureka Day

Chicago’s acclaimed TimeLine Theatre Company returns to the Broadway Playhouse (following previous hit productions OSLO and THE LEHMAN TRILOGY)! At Berkeley, California’s ultra-progressive Eureka Day…

Friday, February 6th
Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place
175 E. Chestnut St .Chicago, IL 60611
Stereophonic
Feb6
Theatre & Performing Arts

Stereophonic

The most Tony Award-winning Show of 2024. The most Tony Award-nominated Play of all time. Stereophonic mines the agony and the ecstasy of creation as it zooms in on a music studio in 1976. Here, an up-and-coming rock band recording…

Friday, February 6th
CIBC Theatre
18 W. Monroe St. , Chicago, IL, 60602
Roald Dahl’s The Enormous Crocodile: The Musical
Feb6
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Roald Dahl’s The Enormous Crocodile: The Musical

The Enormous Crocodile musical brings Roald Dahl’s story to life with puppets, music, and laughs — a fun family show at Chicago’s Studebaker Theater. “For…

Friday, February 6th
Fine Arts Building | Studebaker Theater
410 South Michigan Avenue
Comedy Hour at Annoyance Theatre
Feb6
Feb7
Theatre & Performing Arts

Comedy Hour at Annoyance Theatre

Each week, Chicago comics bring the freshest, most experimental new material to the Annoyance for the Comedy Hour. The weekly show is an eclectic mix…

Friday, February 6th
12:00 a.m.Saturday, February 7th
1:00 a.m.
Annoyance Theatre & Bar
851 W. Belmont Ave., 2nd Fl.
Peter Pan at Chicago Kids Company
Feb6
Theatre & Performing Arts

Peter Pan at Chicago Kids Company

Follow Peter Pan and Tinkerbell to Neverland! The adventures are endless in a world of pirates and mayhem. Let your imagination fly to a place…

Friday, February 6th
10:30 a.m.11:30 a.m.
Stahl Family Theatre
5900 W Belmont Ave
The Infinite Wrench
Feb6
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…

Friday, February 6th
7:00 p.m.8:00 p.m.
The Neo-Futurist Theater
5153 N. Ashland Ave.
ComedySportz Chicago
Feb6
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

ComedySportz Chicago

Chicago’s longest running and best interactive improv comedy experience. ComedySportz is comedy played as a sport, not comedy ABOUT sports (whew). Refs, fouls, points, games…

Friday, February 6th
7:00 p.m.8:30 p.m.
Malarkey Comedy
1501 N. Kingsbury St.
ComedySportz Chicago
Feb6
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

ComedySportz Chicago

Chicago’s longest running and best interactive improv comedy experience. ComedySportz is comedy played as a sport, not comedy ABOUT sports (whew). Refs, fouls, points, games…

Friday, February 6th
7:00 p.m.8:30 p.m.
Malarkey Comedy Company
1501 N Kingsbury St
Salome
Feb6
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Salome

Based on Oscar Wilde’s one-act play, Salome has been thrilling and fascinating audiences for more than a century. Lyric Opera of Chicago brings Sir David McVicar’s decadent…

Friday, February 6th
7:00 p.m.8:45 p.m.
Lyric Opera of Chicago
20 N. Wacker Dr. , Chicago, IL, 60606
Disney On Ice: Jump In!
Feb6
Theatre & Performing Arts

Disney On Ice: Jump In!

Disney On Ice presents “Jump In!” is coming to Allstate Arena in Rosemont from January 22 – February 8 with an all-new show featuring never-before-seen…

Friday, February 6th
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Allstate Arena
6920 Mannheim Road
Before and After, an instant drama
Feb6
Theatre & Performing Arts

Before and After, an instant drama

Life is defined in moments. Before and After explores the story leading to a life-changing event and the impact of that instant on all that…

Friday, February 6th
7:30 p.m.8:30 p.m.
Studio Momentum
1541 W Belmont Ave
The Improvised Shakespeare Company®
Feb6
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…

Friday, February 6th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
iO Theater
1501 N. Kingsbury St.
My Life as a Cowboy
Feb6
Theatre & Performing Arts

My Life as a Cowboy

Seventeen-year-old Conor feels stuck in the London suburb of Croydon and dreams of doing something unexpected—entering a country-and-western dance competition. He’s joined by Michael, a fellow lifeguard at…

Friday, February 6th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Open Space Arts
1411 W. Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL, 60640
Come Back, Little Sheba
Feb6
Theatre & Performing Arts

Come Back, Little Sheba

Midwest town. Forced into marriage due to an unexpected pregnancy, former beauty queen Lola and recovering alcoholic Doc live a quiet life of heartbreak and…

Friday, February 6th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
American Blues Theater
5627 N Lincoln Blvd
Miss Julie
Feb6
Theatre & Performing Arts

Miss Julie

August Strindberg’s Miss Julie is a confrontation of class, gender, and desire at the turn of the twentieth century that’s as relevant today as when…

Friday, February 6th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Court Theatre
5535 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL, 60637
The Dance of Death
Feb6
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Dance of Death

In the high stone tower of an isolated naval fortress, Alice and Edgar are about to celebrate 25 years of wedded bliss—if decades of resentment,…

Friday, February 6th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Redtwist Theatre Presents “Confederates”
Feb6
Theatre & Performing Arts

Redtwist Theatre Presents “Confederates”

Award-winning Redtwist Theatre presents Confederates, January 29 – March 8, by Dominique Morisseau and directed by Aaron Reese Boseman, at Redtwist Theatre, 1044 W. Bryn…

Friday, February 6th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Redtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave
The Angels of Lemnos
Feb6
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Angels of Lemnos

Clark Week Productions is proud to present The Angels of Lemnos by Jim Henry for a very special 30th anniversary run with a portion of…

Friday, February 6th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Bramble Arts Loft