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Tommy Gun's Garage
(Da Gangsters and Da Flappers)

Roaring 20's Audience Interactive Musical Comedy Holiday Dinner Show. Take a trip back to 1920s Christmas.

Second City
(Second City)

America: All Better! . Now that Barack's the President-elect, everything will be all better. Right?

American Girl Place

American Girls Revue, The. Put stars in her eyes and a song in her heart-with American Girls.

RadioStar
(Bortz Entertainment Group)

Awesome 80's Prom, The. Head back to the '80s at this bitchin' interactive show.

ComedySportz Theatre

Beatbox, The. It's a comedy match made in heaven: long-form improv and classic hip-hop.

Second City
(Second City)

Between Barack and a New Show. The primaries are coming up fast, so get some more Barack luv on.

Artistic Home

Biography. Eavesdrop on the bitching and dishing of a socialite to the stars.

American Girl Place
(American Girl Theater)

Bitty Bear's Matinee: The Family Tree. Family and friendship are the real stars of this kid-focused show.

Apollo Studio Theater
(The Blu Mic)

Blu Mic, The. Solid stand-up in an intimate setting.

Briar Street Theatre

Blue Man Group. A silent but oddly endearing blue trio explore the humorous and bizarre.

Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre
(Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre)

Bowery Boys, The . Will the "rags to riches" story come true this time?

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.

Rooms Gallery
(Rooms Gallery)

Bunbury Me: A Lecture. One mad man's twisted equation keeps spinning round.

Chicago Center for the Performing Arts
(Pub Theatre)

Bye Bye Liver: The Chicago Drinking Play. The real star of this hilarious sketch show? The bottle.

Annoyance Theatre
(Annoyance Theatre)

Co-Ed Prison Sluts. Shit. Motherf&*!@$. F--k you you c$%t or a prick...

ComedySportz Theatre
(ComedySportz)

ComedySportz. Fast, funny improv suitable for all ages.

Town Hall Pub
(Dirty Water)

Dirty Water. Fun-loving, wise-cracking improv artists rock the stage.

Bella Bacinos
(Dirty Water )

Dirty Water. Improv comedy set in a South Boston sports bar.

Second City ETC
(Second City)

Disposable Nation. From stem cells to smokers to Pluto-everything in America is disposable.

Royal George Theatre Center
(British Stage Company)

Don't Dress for Dinner. More confusion than a "Seinfeld" episode.

Black Ensemble Theater

Don't Shed a Tear (The Story of Billie Holiday). Rock out to the tunes of a jazz legend.

Rubin's Chicago Room Gallery Cafe

Duke Disdain Show, The. Sassy stand-up mixes with toe-tappin' music.

Goodman Theatre

Emperor Jones, The . Show number one of the Goodman's O'Neill extravaganza.

Town Hall Pub

Fourth Friday Comedy Night. Catch funny folks making jokes every fourth Friday at Town Hall Pub.

eta Creative Arts Foundation
(eta Creative Arts Foundation)

From the Mississippi Delta. Relive Dr. Endesha Ida Mae Holland's heroic journey.

Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Productions)

Grabass: A Carnival of Dummy. Only smarty-pants can pull together a show in 24 hours.

Playground Theater

Grafitti. We can't get our fill of Adventure Club.

Auditorium Theatre
(Broadway In Chicago)

Grease. Did someone say John Travolta?

Profiles Theatre
(Profiles Theatre)

Great Falls. A stepfather and his stepdaughter go road trippin' through the American West.

Spot
(Bruised Orange Theater Company)

I Saw You. Bringing personal ads to life one show at a time.

Chicago Center for the Performing Arts
(Theori Productions Inc.)

I Still Love H.E.R. (atributetohiphop). How did hip-hop take shape?

City Lit
(Promethean Theatre Ensemble)

Illusion, The. Sometimes theater triumphs over reality.

Improv Kitchen

Improv Kitchen. Fill your belly and then watch it jiggle as you giggle.

IO Theater

Improvised Shakespeare. Improv that uses the bard's language and themes.

the side project
(Blackbird Theatre Company)

Into the Pool. Wondering if the American Dream is one big lie?

Bank of America Theatre
(Broadway In Chicago)

Jersey Boys. Listen to Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons croon.

Laugh Out Loud Theater
(Laugh Out Loud Theater)

Laugh Out Loud. Now there's even more improv comedy in Schaumburg.

Lincoln Restaurant
(Tight Five Productions)

Lincoln Lodge, The. Hot, saucy stand-up next to a down-home diner.

Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater
(Shattered Globe Theatre)

Little Foxes, The . Lillian Hellman strikes again.

Gorilla Tango Theatre
(Matthew J. Swanson and The Wood Sugars)

Loitering Hole, The . Will these three friends ever understand women?

Athenaeum Theatre
(Anthony Nikolchev and Thirteen Pocket)

Look, What I Don't Understand. One Bulgarian tells his harrowing immigration story.

Lyric Opera of Chicago
(Lyric Opera)

Madama Butterfly. Puccini's fated opera about the love affair between a geisha and a naval officer.

Redtwist Theatre
(Redtwist Theatre)

Marvin's Room. Family ties prevail in this drama about reuniting.

Black Ensemble Theater
(Black Ensemble Theater Company)

Memphis Soul (The Story of Stax Records). Stax Records sashays through history as a legendary label.

Copley Theatre
(TOC Productions)

Menopause the Musical. Hot flashes, memory loss and chocolate binges galore.

Apollo Theater

Million Dollar Quartet. Four famous musicians team up and rock out.

Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace
(Drury Lane Oakbrook)

Miss Saigon. Love hits days before Saigon falls.

BoHo Theatre @ Heartland Studio
(Chicago dell'Arte)

Murder, Murder, Murder!. How fast can you say "murder, murder, murder"?

Angel Island
(Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company)

Our Bad Magnet. What really happened to Giggles?

Stage Left Theatre
(pH Productions)

pHamily the Musical. Smart, funny improv you can sing along with.

Chemically Imbalanced Theater
(Bucky's Planet Productions and Chemically Imbalanced Comedy)

Pimprov. Pimps improvise. Yeah, you read right.

Playground Theater

Playground, The. Savor a night of long-form improv by national troupes.

Beat Kitchen
(Chicago Underground Comedy & RooftopComedy.com)

Pop Stand, The. Chicago's alt-comic elite tackle pop culture.

Second City ETC
(Second City)

Pratfall of Civilization. "Pratfall of Civilization" takes aim at America and hits its mark (mostly).

Stage Left Theatre
(The Mill)

Private Lives of Eskimos, The. Ever wonder what life after anti-depressants would be like?

Royal George Theatre Center
(Quade Productions)

Put the Nuns in Charge!. Roll in the aisles with a little religious humor.

Steppenwolf Theatre
(Steppenwolf Theatre Company)

Seafarer, The. A dark Christmas in Dublin.

Athenaeum Theatre
(Greasy Joan & Co.)

Sueno. Mystical, haunting and humorous adaptation.

Excalibur
(Neil Tobin, Necromancer)

Supernatural Chicago. Interactive theater set in one of the city's most haunted nightspots.

Tommy Gun's Garage

Tommy Gun's Garage. Sip it all in at a 1920s speakeasy.

Piper's Alley

Tony 'N' Tina's Wedding. You're invited to this loud, Italian-style wedding.

Neo-Futurarium
(Neo-Futurists)

Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind. 30 wacky/heart-breaking/funny/political plays in 60 minutes.

Lincoln Park Cultural Center
(New Leaf Theatre)

Touch. Finding hope during a grief-stricken time isn't easy, but it is possible.

Chemically Imbalanced Theater
(Chemically Imbalanced Comedy)

Wake, The. How does one family in 1930s America deal with the death of their matriarch?

Comedy Shrine Theater
(Comedy Shrine)

Whose Line?. The classic t.v. show comes to life...as improv.

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.

Strawdog Theatre
(Rasaka Theatre with Premiere Theater & Performance)

Yoni Ki Baat. Hittin' the G-spot.

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