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Blue Man Group
Blue Man Group is comedy, theater and rock concert all rolled into one. Having recently celebrated 25 years at the Briar Street theatre, this wildly…
Friday, January 12th
8:00 a.m. – Tuesday, December 31st
10:00 a.m.Briar Street Theatre
3133 N. Halsted, Chicago, IL, 60657Theatre & Performing Arts
The Neo-Futurists Present: THE INFINITE WRENCH
At THE INFINITE WRENCH you’ll see thirty original plays in sixty minutes, written and performed by The Neo-Futurist Ensemble. Each play offers something different, be…
Friday, July 5th
7:00 a.m. – Sunday, December 15th
7:00 a.m.Neo-Futurist Theater
5153 N. Ashland Ave.Theatre & Performing Arts
Dennis Watkins’ The Magic Parlour
Award-Winning, Third-Generation Magician and Mind-Reader Dennis Watkins has joined forces with Goodman Theatre and Petterino’s to create a one-of-a-kind magic theater in the heart of…
Thursday, July 11th
7:30 a.m. – Sunday, December 29th
2:00 a.m.Petterino's
150 N. Dearborn St.Theatre & Performing Arts
Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!
Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! is National Public Radio’s Peabody Award-winning comedy news quiz show. Host Peter Sagal leads a rotating panel of comedians, writers,…
Thursday, July 11th
7:30 a.m. – Thursday, December 19th
7:30 a.m.The Studebaker Theater
410 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, Il, 60605Theatre & Performing Arts
The Devil is in the Detours
Have you ever wanted to escape? The Second City presents the 112th Mainstage Revue The Devil is in the Detours, a hilarious and unhinged descent into…
Tuesday, July 23rd – Tuesday, December 31stThe Second City
230 West North AvenueTheatre & Performing Arts
Teatro Zinzanni
Experience the magic of Teatro ZinZanni on the 14th floor of the Cambria Hotel in the vibrant Chicago Loop. This one-of-a-kind entertainment experience promises a…
Thursday, July 25th
7:00 a.m. – Tuesday, December 31st
6:00 a.m.Theatre & Performing Arts
Due to Popular Demand, Teatro ZinZanni Extends Current Production Starring Locally Renowned Artist Liv Warfield, Through December
Get ready for more laughter, thrills, and delectable delights! Teatro ZinZanni‘s spectacular production, which opened in May 2024 and has been receiving critical acclaim and…
Sunday, September 29th
6:00 p.m. – Tuesday, December 31st
11:30 p.m.Teatro ZinZanni Chicago
32 West Randolph StreetTheatre & Performing Arts
Seven Guitars
The Chicago storefront premiere of August Wilson’s searing drama about six friends in the Hill District of Pittsburgh in 1948 mourning the death of their…
Friday, October 18th
7:30 a.m. – Sunday, December 1st
3:00 a.m.City Lit Theater
1020 W. Bryn Mawr, Chicago, IL, 60660Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts
ATHENAEUM CENTER FOR THOUGHT AND CULTURE WELCOMES ACADEMY AWARD®-WINNING CINEMATOGRAPHER ROGER DEAKINS
Chicago’s not-for-profit Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture proudly welcomes legendary Academy Award®-winning cinematographer Roger Deakins and his longtime collaborator/wife James Deakins (aka ‘Team Deakins’)…
Friday October 18, 2024
10:00 a.m. – Wednesday April 30, 2025
4:00 p.m.Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture
2936 N. Southport Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60657Theatre & Performing Arts
Pericles
Direct from a run in the Swan Theatre at the company’s home in Stratford-upon-Avon! In her and Daniel Evans’ first season as the RSC’s co-artistic…
Sunday, October 20th
6:00 a.m. – Saturday, December 7th
7:00 a.m.Chicago Shakespeare Courtyard Theater
800 E. Grand, Chicago, IL, 60611Theatre & Performing Arts
Bottle Fly
World Premiere of a new play by Jacqueline Goldfinger, author of last seasons’ Babel. This beautiful depiction of queer survival in the Everglades captures the…
Tuesday, October 22nd – Friday, November 29thRedtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr AveTheatre & Performing Arts
Bottle Fly
World Premiere of a new play by Jacqueline Goldfinger, author of last seasons’ Babel. This beautiful depiction of queer survival in the Everglades captures the…
Wednesday, October 23rd – Saturday, November 30thRedtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr AveTheatre & Performing Arts
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
It’s The Golden Age of Hollywood, and the streets of Los Angeles teem with aspiring starlets. When Vera Stark-maid to “America’s Sweetie Pie,†Gloria Mitchell-lands…
Thursday, October 24th – Friday, November 29thThe Den Theatre
1331 N Milwaukee Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60622Theatre & Performing Arts
Bottle Fly
World Premiere of a new play by Jacqueline Goldfinger, author of last seasons’ Babel. This beautiful depiction of queer survival in the Everglades captures the…
Thursday, October 24th – Sunday, December 1stRedtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr AveTheatre & Performing Arts
Leroy and Lucy
Two lost souls meet at a crossroads, in the dead of night, deep in the Mississippi of it all.  With a yearning guitar between them,…
Thursday, October 24th
7:30 a.m. – Sunday, December 15th
3:00 a.m.Steppenwolf Theatre Company
1650 N. Halsted St. , Chicago, IL, 60614Theatre & Performing Arts
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
It’s The Golden Age of Hollywood, and the streets of Los Angeles teem with aspiring starlets. When Vera Stark-maid to “America’s Sweetie Pie,†Gloria Mitchell-lands…
Friday, October 25th – Saturday, November 30thThe Den Theatre
1331 N Milwaukee Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60622Theatre & Performing Arts
Bottle Fly
World Premiere of a new play by Jacqueline Goldfinger, author of last seasons’ Babel. This beautiful depiction of queer survival in the Everglades captures the…
Friday, October 25th – Monday, December 2ndRedtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr AveTheatre & Performing Arts
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
It’s The Golden Age of Hollywood, and the streets of Los Angeles teem with aspiring starlets. When Vera Stark-maid to “America’s Sweetie Pie,†Gloria Mitchell-lands…
Saturday, October 26th – Sunday, December 1stThe Den Theatre
1331 N Milwaukee Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60622Theatre & Performing Arts
Bottle Fly
World Premiere of a new play by Jacqueline Goldfinger, author of last seasons’ Babel. This beautiful depiction of queer survival in the Everglades captures the…
Saturday, October 26th – Tuesday, December 3rdRedtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr AveTheatre & Performing Arts
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
It’s The Golden Age of Hollywood, and the streets of Los Angeles teem with aspiring starlets. When Vera Stark-maid to “America’s Sweetie Pie,†Gloria Mitchell-lands…
Sunday, October 27th – Monday, December 2ndThe Den Theatre
1331 N Milwaukee Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60622Theatre & Performing Arts
Bottle Fly
World Premiere of a new play by Jacqueline Goldfinger, author of last seasons’ Babel. This beautiful depiction of queer survival in the Everglades captures the…
Sunday, October 27th – Wednesday, December 4thRedtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr AveTheatre & Performing Arts
Bottle Fly
World Premiere of a new play by Jacqueline Goldfinger, author of last seasons’ Babel. This beautiful depiction of queer survival in the Everglades captures the…
Monday, October 28th – Thursday, December 5thRedtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr AveTheatre & Performing Arts
Bottle Fly
World Premiere of a new play by Jacqueline Goldfinger, author of last seasons’ Babel. This beautiful depiction of queer survival in the Everglades captures the…
Tuesday, October 29th – Friday, December 6thRedtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr AveTheatre & Performing Arts
Macbeth
One of Shakespeare’s most popular and enduring tragedies. A brave Scottish general named Macbeth receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day…
Tuesday, October 29th – Sunday, December 15thWindy City Playhouse
3014 W. Irving Park Rd.
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