ComedySportz Chicago
Feb27
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 27th
7:00 p.m.8:30 p.m.
Malarkey Comedy Company
1501 N Kingsbury St
The Rules of Bad Behavior – A Sketch Comedy Show
Feb27
Music & Comedy

The Rules of Bad Behavior – A Sketch Comedy Show

The Rules of Bad Behavior get recklessly applied to everything in this all-new, all-original sketch comedy revue! From awkward run-ins with Keanu Reeves at the…

Friday, February 27th
7:00 p.m.8:30 p.m.
The Den Theatre
1331 North Milwaukee Avenue
Monster Jam 2026
Feb27
Sports & Recreation

Monster Jam 2026

Monster Jam is scheduled for multiple performances at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont from Friday, February 27, 2026, through Sunday, March 1, 2026. The event,…

Friday, February 27th
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Allstate Arena
6920 Mannheim Road
CHARGES (The Supplicants)
Feb27
Theatre & Performing Arts

CHARGES (The Supplicants)

  Theatre Y Presents CHARGES (The Supplicants) German title: Die Schutzbefohlenen     “those entrusted to protection”        Written by Elfriede Jelinek Translation by Gitta Honegger…

Friday, February 27th
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Theatre Y
3611 W Cermak Rd
Alex Quow at The Comedy Bar
Feb27
Music & Comedy

Alex Quow at The Comedy Bar

2-Item Minimum Per Guest Valid ID Required for Entry First Come, First Served Seating No Outside Food or Beverage Alex Quow is a New York…

Friday, February 27th
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
The Comedy Bar
162 E Superior St, Chicago, IL 60611
Hamnet
Feb27
Theatre & Performing Arts

Hamnet

“Elegant and beguiling” – Evening Standard (UK) Warwickshire, 1582. Agnes Hathaway, a natural healer, meets the Latin tutor, William Shakespeare. Drawn together by powerful but…

Friday, February 27th
7:00 p.m.9:30 p.m.
The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare
800 East Grand Avenue
The Improvised Shakespeare Company®
Feb27
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 27th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
iO Theater
1501 N. Kingsbury St.
HERE: in our bodies
Feb27
Theatre & Performing Arts

HERE: in our bodies

Chicago-based HERE: productions will be presenting their devised cabaret variety show HERE: in our bodies at Steppenwolf Theatre’s Winter LookOUT Series. This show flies in…

Lincoln Park

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Friday, February 27th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
My Life as a Cowboy
Feb27
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 27th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Open Space Arts
1411 W. Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL, 60640
Devil’s Daughter
Feb27
Music & Comedy

Devil’s Daughter

The hottest show in town, Devil’s Daughter, features a cast of seasoned comedians who have performed together in Chicago and around the country for over a decade.…

Friday, February 27th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
iO Theater
1501 N. Kingsbury St.
Come Back, Little Sheba
Feb27
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 27th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
American Blues Theater
5627 N Lincoln Blvd
The Original Improv Gladiators: Season 39
Feb27
Music & Comedy

The Original Improv Gladiators: Season 39

What started as an idea to fill a recently vacated production slot back in January of 2008 has turned into a sure-fire hit improv-aganza and…

Friday, February 27th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Cornservatory
4210 N Lincoln Ave
Morning, Noon, and Night
Feb27
Theatre & Performing Arts

Morning, Noon, and Night

Shattered Globe’s 35th season continues with the Midwest Premiere of Morning, Noon, and Night, a mind-bending exploration of teens, family, surveillance, and connection in a…

Friday, February 27th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Theater Wit
Miss Julie
Feb27
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 27th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Court Theatre
5535 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL, 60637
The Servant of Two Master Chefs
Feb27
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Servant of Two Master Chefs

On the eve of a wedding meant to unite two rival Chicago pizza dynasties, a celebrity chef’s unexpected return from the dead throws everything into…

Friday, February 27th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
The Theatre School at DePaul University
2350 N. Racine Ave, Chicago, IL, 60614
The Dance of Death
Feb27
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 27th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Redtwist Theatre Presents “Confederates”
Feb27
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 27th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Redtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Feb27
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

“I have heard from a reliable source that no Dominican male has ever died a virgin. I shall be the first.” Oscar knows that a…

Friday, February 27th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Goodman Owen Theatre
170 N. Dearborn, Chicago, IL, 60601
The Pets
Feb27
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Pets

Bramble Theatre Company begins its 2026 season with a workshop production of The Pets, written by Dizzy Turek and directed by Dan Washelesky, running February 11…

Friday, February 27th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Bramble Arts Loft
Red Light Winter
Feb27
Theatre & Performing Arts

Red Light Winter

This darkly funny Pulitzer Prize Finalist presents a complicated love triangle that explores desire, obsession, and the emptiness behind its character’s lives. In a grimy…

Friday, February 27th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Greenhouse Theater Center
2257 North Lincoln Avenue
Changing Channels
Feb27
Theatre & Performing Arts

Changing Channels

Based on actual events, CHANGING CHANNELS is set backstage at the DuMont Television Network in New York City in 1952. It is the peak of the “Red…

Friday, February 27th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
City Lit Theater
1020 W. Bryn Mawr, Chicago, IL, 60660
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago: Winter Series
Feb27
Theatre & Performing Arts

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago: Winter Series

Hubbard Street returns to the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Feb. 26-Mar. 1, 2026, to present a thrilling Winter Series program of works that…

Friday, February 27th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Porchlight Music Theatre Presents “The Irish… and How They Got That Way”
Feb27
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…

Friday, February 27th
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”
Feb27
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…

Friday, February 27th
7:30 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Theater Wit