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Theatre & Performing Arts
The Nutcracker
With its inspiring story, exquisite music, and masterful choreography, The Nutcracker captures the spirit of the holiday season. As the city’s only annual traditional Nutcracker, Ballet Chicago’s production…
Theatre & Performing Arts
A Christmas Carol
“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” Rediscover a Dickens’ classic with an adaptation that “makes you…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Much Ado About Nothing
Just in time for the holiday season, Shakespeare’s wittiest rom-com is “as merry as the day is long!” Beatrice is living it up as a…
Theatre & Performing Arts
It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago!
George Bailey – the Everyman from small town Bedford Falls whose dreams of escape and adventure were stopped by family obligation and civic duty –…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Who’s Holiday! at Theater Wit
Christmas Day is in our grasp. Why the vodka? Glad you asked! The tot from The Grinch has grown, you see! She’s cursing and drinking,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Long Christmas Dinner
THE LONG CHRISTMAS DINNER – nine decades long in just one 75-minute act – showcases the lives of several generations of the Bayard family. Wilder…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Clowns
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson travel to the country to spend the holidays with an old army comrade of Watson’s. What they don’t know is…
Theatre & Performing Arts
‘Twas the Night Before… by Cirque du Soleil
The magic of ‘Twas the Night Before… by Cirque du Soleil is back for a limited run this holiday season at The Chicago Theatre, December…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Nutcracker
With its inspiring story, exquisite music, and masterful choreography, The Nutcracker captures the spirit of the holiday season. As the city’s only annual traditional Nutcracker, Ballet Chicago’s production…
Theatre & Performing Arts
‘Twas the Night Before… by Cirque du Soleil
The magic of ‘Twas the Night Before… by Cirque du Soleil is back for a limited run this holiday season at The Chicago Theatre, December…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Christmas with C.S. Lewis
Get in the holiday spirit with Christmas with C.S. Lewis, arriving in Chicago at the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place. This evocative theatrical experience…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Charles Dickens Begrudgingly Performs ‘A Christmas Carol’ Again
Clownshow is proud to present Blake Montgomery in his award-winning solo production Charles Dickens Begrudgingly Performs ‘A Christmas Carol’ Again, at Theater Wit, 1229 W.…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Who’s Holiday! at Theater Wit
Christmas Day is in our grasp. Why the vodka? Glad you asked! The tot from The Grinch has grown, you see! She’s cursing and drinking,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Amadeus
Vienna: a cacophony of music and intrigue. The emperor’s composer, Antonio Salieri, holds court until the flamboyant entrance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: prodigy and wild…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Manual Cinema’s Christmas Carol
Manual Cinema’s awe-inspiring, one-of-a-kind rendition of the Dickens classic returns to the Studebaker Theater this holiday season! Avowed holiday skeptic Aunt Trudy has been reluctantly…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Wheel of Improv
Chicago’s top comedians battle it out for laughs, glory, and sweet sweet points in an interactive game show, featuring a live studio audience (that’s you!)…
Theatre & Performing Arts
‘Twas The Night Before… By Cirque du Soleil
Due to overwhelming success, the celebrated holiday theatrical ‘Twas the Night Before… by Cirque du Soleil is returning to The Chicago Theatre for a limited…
Music & Comedy
The Disco Biscuits: U.S. 2025 Tour
Get ready, Chicago — the legendary The Disco Biscuits are heading your way for a high‑energy live show at Thalia Hall. Known for their unique…
Music & Comedy
Chicago’s Best Stand Up
Welcome to The Laugh Factory – Chicago, where Chicago’s Best Stand Up will be hitting the stage on December 21, 2025, at 9:00 PM. Get…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Joffrey Ballet’s The Nutcracker
Experience magic this holiday season with two-time Tony Award®-winner Christopher Wheeldon’s ‘The Nutcracker’. On a magical Christmas Eve, mere months before the opening of Chicago’s…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Phantom of the Opera
THE BRILLIANT ORIGINAL RETURNS “MORE SPECTACULAR THAN EVER” – Sunday Express The Phantom is back to thrill audiences once again! Cameron Mackintosh presents a revitalized…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
By A Thread: Nature’s Resilience
By A Thread: Nature’s Resilience dives into the science of biodiversity and what it takes to protect it—showcasing the research, conservation, and education work happening…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Illinois Holocaust Museum presents Experience360
Illinois Holocaust Museum presents Experience360 provides a panoramic view through history and truth, inviting visitors of all backgrounds to witness stories of survival, ask questions, and reflect…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Take Care with Peanuts: The Exhibit
Good grief! Join Charlie Brown and the Peanuts Gang at Chicago Children’s Museum! Step into Take Care with Peanuts: The Exhibit and be transported into…
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