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Second City
(Second City)
America: All Better! . Now that Barack's the President-elect, everything will be all better. Right?
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Marriott's Lincolnshire Theatre
Annie Get Your Gun.
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Playground Theater
Belmont Burlesque Revue. A revealing, late-night comedy and dance show.
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Second City
(Second City)
Best of the Second City, The. The second city's finest improv.
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Second City
(Second City)
Between Barack and a Hard Place. With the primaries looming in the near future, "Between Barack and a New Show" has decidedly replaced "Between Barack and a Hard Place."
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ComedySportz Theatre
Blackout. Late night long-form improv by five African-American dudes.
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Briar Street Theatre
Blue Man Group. A silent but oddly endearing blue trio explore the humorous and bizarre.
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Second City ETC
(Second City)
Brother, Can You Spare Some Change?. Now that the election ho-ha is over, it's back to funny business as usual.
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Artistic Home
Days to Come. Come what may.
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Second City ETC
(Second City)
Disposable Nation. From stem cells to smokers to Pluto-everything in America is disposable.
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Playground Theater
(Blewt! Productions)
Don't Spit the Water!. A late night game show so funny it'll make you spit.
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Theatre Building Chicago
(Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago)
Fantasticks, The. Try to remember...
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IO Theater
(Atticus Finch)
Felt. What's funnier than improv? Sassy puppets performing improv.
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Second City ETC
(Second City)
From Fear to Eternity.
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BoHo Theatre @ Heartland Studio
(Bohemian Theatre Ensemble)
Glorious Ones, The. Gloriosa quelli.
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Theater on the Lake
(Blindfaith Theatre Company)
Gorey Stories: A Musical Entertainment. Whimsy meets macabre in Edward Gorey's signature tales.
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Profiles Theatre
Graceland. The kindness of strangers.
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Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre
Hairspray. Who knew John Waters was family friendly?
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Steppenwolf Theatre
(Steppenwolf Theatre Company)
House on Mango Street, The. A classic Chicago story.
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IO Theater
Improvised Shakespeare. Improv that uses the bard's language and themes.
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Annoyance Theatre
Invention Show, The. Think you know the most important invention ever? Think again.
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City Lit
(Promethean Theatre Ensemble)
Last Unicorn, The. Tread carefully, Promethean; Beagle fans barely survived the 1982 cartoon version.
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Royal George Theatre Center
Late Nite Catechism. Enroll in a class of Sister's sharp religious humor.
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Redtwist Theatre
Lettice and Lovage. You gotta love British wit.
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No Exit Cafe
(Theo Ubique)
Man of La Mancha. This is not your parents' "Man of La Mancha."
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Lincoln Park Cultural Center
(New Leaf Theatre)
Man Who Was Thursday, The. Turn-of-the-century anarchy is back in style.
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Black Ensemble Theater
(Black Ensemble Theatre)
Memphis Soul (The Story of Stax Records). Stax Records sashays through history as a legendary label.
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Bailiwick Arts Center
Moscow.
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Chemically Imbalanced Theater
(Bucky's Planet Productions and Chemically Imbalanced Comedy)
Pimprov. Pimps improvise. Yeah, you read right.
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Second City ETC
(Second City)
Pratfall of Civilization. "Pratfall of Civilization" takes aim at America and hits its mark (mostly).
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Stage Left Theatre
(The Mill)
Private Lives of Eskimos, The. Ever wonder about life after anti-depressants?
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Second City
(Second City)
Red Scare.
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Storefront Theatre
(DCA Theater)
Rhymes With Evil. Weevil?
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Chicago Shakespeare Theater
(Chicago Shakespeare Theater)
Richard III. Literature's other hunchback.
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Mercury Theater
Screwtape Letters, The . C.S. Lewis writes Christian satire.
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The Chicago Theatre
(Shear Madness)
Shear Madness. A fast-paced, whodunit comedy that lets the audience call the shots.
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Second City ETC
(Second City)
Studs Terkel's Not Working. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
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Neo-Futurarium
(Barrel of Monkeys)
That's Weird, Grandma. A boisterous group serves up kids' work for adults.
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Black Ensemble Theater
(Black Ensemble Theatre)
The Message Is In The Music (God Is A Black Man Named Ricky). Are you there, Ricky?
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Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace
Thoroughly Modern Millie. A relative title.
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Neo-Futurarium
(Neo-Futurists)
Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind. 30 wacky/heart-breaking/funny/political plays in 60 minutes.
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Ruth Page Center for the Arts
(ShawChicago)
Votes For Women! . Sister suffragettes!
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Chase Auditorium
(NPR and Chicago Public Radio)
Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me. Listen in on the nationally broadcast comedy-news quiz show.
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Second City
(Second City)
War! Now in its 4th Smash Year!. Second City tackles the issues that are dividing the nation. Ha!
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Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre
(Broadway in Chicago)
Wicked. The musical back story of Glinda and the Wicked Witch of the West.
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