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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…
Monday August 28, 2023
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.Pride Arts Center
4139 N. Broadway, Chicago, IL, 60613Theatre & 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…
Tuesday August 29, 2023
2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.James M. Nederlander Theatre
24 W. Randolph St.Theatre & 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…
Tuesday August 29, 2023
8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.The Den Theatre
1331 North Milwaukee AvenueTheatre & Performing Arts
Chicago Dance’s 11th Annual Chicago Dance Month Returns with Live at Lunch Performances at The Green
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…
Wednesday August 30, 2023
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.The Green at 320
320 S. Canal St.Theatre & Performing Arts
Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash
Ring of Fire showcases the story of Johnny Cash through his music. From country rock n’ roll to searing ballads of love and faith, Cash’s…
Wednesday August 30, 2023
1:30 p.m. – Sunday October 22, 2023
6:00 p.m.Drury Lane Theatre
100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace, IL, 60181Theatre & 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…
Wednesday August 30, 2023
2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.James M. Nederlander Theatre
24 W. Randolph St.Theatre & Performing Arts
CRDT presents: Inside/Out with Michelle Manzanales & “The Island”
Tickets available online until noon on day of event. Tickets will be available at the door. Our innovative Inside/Out series returns to Links Hall in Avondale!…
Wednesday August 30, 2023
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.Links Hall
3111 North Western AvenueTheatre & Performing Arts
Little Shop of Horrors
NOMINATED FOR 7 DRAMA DESK AWARDS, INCLUDING WINNER OF OUTSTANDING MUSICAL! From songwriters Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, the genius duo behind Aladdin, The Little…
Wednesday August 30, 2023
7:00 p.m. – Sunday October 15, 2023
5:30 p.m.Paramount Theatre
23 E. Galena Blvd., Aurora, IL, 60506Theatre & 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…
Wednesday August 30, 2023
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.Make Do
2210 West MorseMusic & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
LIGHTS at The Annoyance Theatre
After a sold-out, six-week summer run, LIGHTS returns to the Annoyance Theatre this month. In an effort to give back, two self-important performers (Anna Weatherwax…
Wednesday August 30, 2023
8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.Annoyance Theatre & Bar
851 W. Belmont Ave., 2nd Fl.Theatre & 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…
Wednesday August 30, 2023
8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.The Den Theatre
1331 North Milwaukee AvenueTheatre & 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…
Thursday August 31, 2023
12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.Berger Mansion
6205 N Sheridan RdTheatre & 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…
Thursday August 31, 2023
2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.James M. Nederlander Theatre
24 W. Randolph St.Theatre & 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…
Thursday August 31, 2023
3:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.The Edge Theater
5451 N Broadway Ave, Chicago, IL, 60640Theatre & Performing Arts
Bambi Banks-Couleé Presents: Bambi’s Black Box
Returning to the Steppenwolf stage, Chicago drag artist Bambi Banks-Couleé hosts a monthly musical theatre based drag show! Get ready to goop, gag, wig and…
Thursday August 31, 2023
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.Steppenwolf Theatre Company
1650 N. Halsted St.Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Live @ Lighthouse
Event Details The stage is set for a magical summer with Live @ Lighthouse, a new concert series at Lighthouse Artspace Chicago. Join us on…
Thursday August 31, 2023
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.LIGHTHOUSE ARTSPACE CHICAGO
108 W GERMANIA PLTheatre & 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…
Thursday August 31, 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…
Thursday August 31, 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…
Thursday August 31, 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…
Thursday August 31, 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…
Thursday August 31, 2023
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.Stahl Family Theatre
5900 W Belmont AveTheatre & 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…
Thursday August 31, 2023
8:00 p.m.Chicago Dramatists
1105 W. Chicago Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60642Theatre & Performing Arts
DogProv: Unleashed 2.0
Dogprov, Chicago’s premiere canine improvisation team! Join Petey the Puggle and his team of improviser humans as he takes you on a journey through life, grief,…
Thursday August 31, 2023
8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.CLASH on Clark
4416 N. Clark St., 2nd FloorTheatre & 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…
Thursday August 31, 2023
8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.The Den Theatre
1331 North Milwaukee Avenue
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