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Trap Door Theatre
(Trap Door Theatre)
Core of the Pudel . This movement-based one-act is not for everyone.
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(Black Ensemble Theatre)
All In Love Is Fair . Which way to love?
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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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Mercury Theater
Barnum. This production joyously tumbles over the footlights and right into the audience.
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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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TimeLine Theatre Company
(Timeline Theatre)
Blood and Gifts. A taut examination of the perilous role trust plays in international intrigue.
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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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Bank of America Theatre
Book Of Mormon, The . Believe the hype.
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Angel Island
(Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company)
Brig, The. An up-close assault on the human condition.
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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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Evanston Arts Depot
Comedy of Errors, The. Love+ship wreck+mistaken identity=funny
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Greenhouse Theater Center
(Remy Bumppo Theatre Company)
Creditors. This production makes sure that Strindberg's powerful light shines into every dark and nasty corner of the soul.
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Royal George Theatre Center
(Bailiwick Chicago)
Departure Lounge. The white zone is for loading and unloading only.
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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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Greenhouse Theater Center
El Stories: Brown Line. This show runs express.
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IO Theater
(Atticus Finch)
Felt. What's funnier than improv? Sassy puppets performing improv.
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Theater Wit
Fight Girl Battle World. Target this show if you're aiming for a good time.
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Second City ETC
(Second City)
From Fear to Eternity.
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Angel Island
(Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company)
Glass Menagerie, The. An American classic, viewed through a grimy glass.
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God of Carnage. Family problems.
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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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Steppenwolf Theatre
Head of Passes. Faith is a fact in this new play inspired by the Book of Job.
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(Pegasus Players)
If You Split A Second. Impulsive decisions affecting the lives of an entire family.
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IO Theater
Improvised Shakespeare. Improv that uses the bard's language and themes.
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In the Company of Men. Bad company.
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Annoyance Theatre
Invention Show, The. Think you know the most important invention ever? Think again.
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Chopin Theatre
Ivywild. Hear, now, gentle folk of Our Fair City, the tale of Bathhouse John and Hinky Dink.
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Steep Theatre
Knowledge, The. A harrowing, dramatic look at the state of public education.
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Chicago Temple
(Silk Road Theatre Project)
Lake Effect, The. A sometimes clunky but ultimately affecting piece.
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(Signal Ensemble Theatre)
Lascivious Something. Provocative, absorbing and sometimes enthralling, this is theatre you won’t forget.
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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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Cadillac Palace Theatre
Lion King, The. Can you feel the love again?
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Mascot. A low-budget show creates a wonderful world of dark comedy.
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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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Neo-Futurarium
(Neo-Futurists)
Miss Neo Pageant, The. Group therapy or art?
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Bailiwick Arts Center
Moscow.
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Oracle Theatre
Mother, The. A thrilling staging brings Brecht to life.
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BoHo Theatre at Heartland Studio
Next Fall. This play generates new debates about some age-old issues.
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Raven Theatre
Orange Flower Water. A perfect production makes a familiar subject sing.
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Stage 773
(Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago)
Pal Joey. An anti-hero with hustle stars in a musical with moxie.
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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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Athenaeum Theatre
(Hell in a Handbag Productions)
Pussy On The House. A Tennessee Williams parody from the Orson Welles of the Chicago drag scene.
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Greenhouse Theater Center
(MPAACT)
Reality Check. Live sketch comedy at its best.
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Second City
(Second City)
Red Scare.
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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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American Theater Company
(American Theater Company)
Speech and Debate. Three misfits air their teacher's dirty online secrets.
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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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Athenaeum Theatre
Study in Scarlet, A. A fine adaptation of the Sherlock origin story.
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Second City
(Second City)
Taming of the Flu. It's a comedy epidemic.
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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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Oracle Theatre
Tonight It's Live. Almost famous.
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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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Annoyance Theatre and Bar
Wizard Quest. This nerd musical is funny and heartfelt in equal measure.
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