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Theatre & Performing Arts
Hundreds and Hundreds of Stars
Motherhood, marijuana, and the multiverse collide in this Chicago-set story of family, immigration, and American identity. Like millions of Americans, Clara is doing her best…
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…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Muti Conducts Strauss, Hindemith & Dvořák 9
Overview Music Director Emeritus for Life Riccardo Muti returns with an all-time orchestral favorite: Dvořák’s New World Symphony. Its glorious melodies capture the folk songs and spirituals…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Mr. Wolf
12 years ago, Theresa was stolen from her parents. Now a precocious 15-year-old, she has been rescued and returned to a family that had nearly…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Neighborhood of the Loners
The Neighborhood of the Loners is a place where residents live without social interactions or contact with the world around them. This sanctuary of solitude…
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
Oil Lamp Theater Presents “Gaslight”
Oil Lamp Theater is proud to present Gaslight (Angel Street), October 2 – November 2, by Patrick Hamilton and directed by Susan Gorman at Oil…
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
The Lincoln Lodge
The Lincoln Lodge stand-up comedy and variety showcase plays every Friday and Saturday night in Chicago’s glamorous Logan Square! In addition to The Lodge’s rotating…
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…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Phantom of the Opera Silent Film with Live Orchestra
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA: The Silent Film with Live Orchestra Experience the magic of the silent silver-screen with a live 30-piece orchestra in this…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Phantom of the Opera – The silent film with live orchestra
This unique production was created by Minneapolis composer/conductor Philip Shorey. It features a symphony mixed with choral musicians, modern electronic music, a rock n’ roll…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Factory Theater’s “The Sporting Life”
The Factory Theater, 1623 W. Howard St., presents The Sporting Life, October 10 – November 22, written by Marjorie Muller and directed by Kayla Menz.…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Babes With Blades Theatre Company’s “The Mark”
Babes With Blades Theatre Company’s (BWBTC) is proud to present the world premiere of The Mark, October 11 – November 22 at The Edge Theater,…
Music & Comedy
Lavar Walker at The Comedy Bar
2-Item Minimum Per Guest First Come, First Served Seating No Outside Food or Beverage Valid ID Required at Entry After winning the 2012 National Miller…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Best Of Annoyance Sketch
Enjoy the best sketch comedy Chicago has to offer! The Annoyance Theatre has been at the crux of the comedy scene in Chicago for over…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Infinite Exorcism
THE POWER OF EXPERIMENTAL THEATER COMPELS YOU… This Halloween, join the Neos in embracing the occult as we conjure 30 demonic plays and expel them…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Sound of Music
For 65 years, THE SOUND OF MUSIC has been one of our “favorite things.” With its timeless story and irresistibly charming score, this Rodgers & Hammerstein classic…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Ear Taxi Festival
The Ear Taxi Festival 2025, themed “The Composer’s Voice,” is a landmark event showcasing contemporary concert music across Chicagoland from October 3 through November 2,…
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…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Leo Lionni’s Frederick
While other mice are gathering food for the winter, Frederick daydreams the summer away. But when fall weather comes, it is Frederick who has stored…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Pigmented Black Fine Art Faire
Pigment International’s Pigmented: Black Fine Art Faire will take place October 31 – November 2, 2025, at the acclaimed Zhou B Art Center, located at 1029…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Hundreds and Hundreds of Stars
Motherhood, marijuana, and the multiverse collide in this Chicago-set story of family, immigration, and American identity. Like millions of Americans, Clara is doing her best…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Neighborhood of the Loners
The Neighborhood of the Loners is a place where residents live without social interactions or contact with the world around them. This sanctuary of solitude…
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