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Baby Wants Candy! The Original Completely Improvised Musical
“CRITICS’ PICK. TRULY AMAZING!” – New York Times “BEST VISITING IMPROV COMEDY!”– TimeOut NY “HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!” – The Onion “★★★★★” THEY ARE AN ENTERTAINMENT PHENOMENON AND I…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Clued In
After getting a single suggestion, the cast of six professional comedians asks the audience to choose a detective. Enjoy as they invent a tale of…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Tom & Eliza
Tom & Eliza is a dual meditation on the choices we make (and those we don’t) in a world that spins relentlessly into the future. Performed…
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…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Improvised Shakespeare
Critically-acclaimed improvised comedy featuring the language and themes of William Shakespeare
Music & Comedy
Chicago a cappella presents Cantaré
Pack your (musical) bags! We’re heading to Mexico with songs commissioned through our ¡Cantaré! program, showcasing the vibrant voices of this beautiful country. Through music, you’ll discover…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Gangsta Baby
The hit production from the London Pub Theatre scene – first production in the US Junior is a queer sex worker in Hastings suffering from…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Things With Friends
World premiere by Kristoffer Diaz (Tony Award nominee, Pulitzer Prize finalist) Manhattan. Burt and Adele are hosting a dinner party. Steak is on the stove.…
Tours & Attractions
Big Bus Tours’ Sunset Live Tour
Big Bus Tours, the global leader in open-top bus sightseeing, invites visitors to experience the enhanced Sunset Live Tour in Chicago. Available May 8 through…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Ravel Piano Concertos & Suite from Carmen
Overview Ravel’s jazz-fueled Piano Concerto in G Major fits Alice Sara Ott “like a custom suit,” raves The New York Times. Ott presents the glittering score…
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
Big White Fog
Theodore Ward’s Big White Fog is the big shoulders on which A Raisin in the Sun stands. First completed in 1938, funded by the Federal Theatre Project, and influenced…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Refracted Theatre Company Presents “Dream Hou$e”
Award-winning Refracted Theatre Company presents Dream Hou$e, written by Eliana Pipes and directed by Laura Alcalá Baker, September 12 – October 18, at the Den…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company’s “Wish You Were Here”
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company’s first production in its 30th anniversary season is Wish You Were Here, written by Sanaz Toossi, Pulitzer Prize winner for English…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Rhapsody Theater Presents “Joshua Jay: Making Magic”
Rogers Park’s premier entertainment venue, The Rhapsody Theater, 1328 W Morse Ave, presents Joshua Jay: Making Magic, Sept. 18 – Oct. 5. Joshua Jay,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
“The Shortlist: A Refracted Festival”
Award-winning Refracted Theatre Company announces The Shortlist: A Refracted Festival, September 19 – October 18, at the Den Theatre, 1331 N. Milwaukee Ave. The Shortlist…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Ghost Fetus
Trap Door Theatre’s Trap Open Series Presents Ghost Fetus Written by Suz Evans Directed by Anna Klos Running September 11th-27th, 2025 A ghost seeking revenge.…
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…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Book of Will
Without William Shakespeare, we wouldn’t have literary masterpieces like ROMEO AND JULIET. But without Henry Condell and John Heminges, we would have lost half of…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Idle Muse Theatre Company’s World Premiere, “The Blood Countess,” at The Edge Off Broadway
Idle Muse Theatre Company is proud to announce the launch of its 2025 – 2026 season, the world premiere of The Blood Countess, September 11…
Music & Comedy
Dungeons and Drag Queens: Crossbows at Roscoe’s
The show that started it all—Dungeons and Drag Queens returns to Chicago 9/27! “Nerdy, queer, fantastic” (Seattle Times) “A hit” (Seattle Gay News) “Too much…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Pásele
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, ESCÁNDALO Comedy and iO Theater are bringing a new variety show, “Pásele,” featuring some of Chicago’s best Latine improvisers. The four…
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