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IO Theater

1, 2, 3, Fag!.

Prop Thtr

1512 West Studebaker Place. In or out?

Prop Thtr
(Factory Theater)

1985. Sports dystopia.

Playground Theater
(Red Ink Theatre Company)

4 Days Late. If it ain't Barack, don't fix it.

Th!nk Art

50th anniversary of "The Naked Lunch". Clothing optional.

Goodman Theatre
(Goodman Theatre)

A Christmas Carol. Get scrooged.

Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre

A Christmas Carol. It's that time of year again.

Apollo Theater
(Emerald City Theatre Company)

A Nutty Nutcracker Christmas. Holiday nuts.

Josephinum Academy

A Streetcar Named Desire. STELLA!

A Red Orchid Theatre

A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant . Oh, come all ye Thetans...

A Wonderful Life.

Chopin Theatre
(The House Theatre of Chicago)

All the Fame of Lofty Deeds. Lofty.

Lincoln Square Theatre

Ambrose Bierce: Tales & Times. Fierce Bierce.

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.

Preston Bradley Hall
(Chicago Opera Theater)

At the Statue of Venus & Susanna's Secret. Two operas.

Strawdog Theatre
(GayCo)

Audacity of Nope, The. Audacious.

Chopin Theatre
(Backstage Theatre Company)

Aunt Dan and Lemon. Make lemonade.

RadioStar
(Bortz Entertainment Group)

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

Apollo Theater

Baby Wants Candy: The Rock Musical . Gimme sugar.

Chicago Theatre

Banana Shpeel. That's the shpeel.

ComedySportz Theatre

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

Stage Left Theatre

Becoming Ingrid. For the love of a writer...

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.

ComedySportz Theatre

Blackout. Late night long-form improv by five African-American dudes.

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.

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.

Cornservatory

buROCKracy: Comedy by Committee. These Improv Gladiator champs take a victory lap.

Theatre Building Chicago

Butch LaRue: Shotgun Wedding Planner. Shotguns are the new corsages.

Pub Theater

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

Storefront Theatre
(DCA Theater)

Carnival Nocturne. Sounds better than nighttime circus.

Theatre at the Center

Christmas Schooner, The. Christmas on the lake.

ComedySportz Theatre
(ComedySportz)

Cocktail Hour at ComedySportz!. Wear your cocktail dress.

Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Theatre)

Co-Ed Prison Sluts. That's hot.

ComedySportz Theatre
(ComedySportz)

ComedySportz. Fast, funny improv suitable for all ages.

Batey Urbano Performance Space

Cuba and his Teddy Bear. Family drama.

Artistic Home

Days to Come. Come what may.

Raven Theatre

Death of a Salesman. A tragic everyman.

Greenhouse Theater Center
(Eclipse Theatre Company)

Democracy. Now and then.

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.

Royal George Theatre Center

Dr. Harlon's Keys to Better Living. Help yourself.

Rubin's Chicago Room Gallery Cafe

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

Next Theatre Company
(Next Theatre)

End Days. Come the rapture, can I have your car?

Chicago Center for the Performing Arts

Fat Bitch. Tell it like it is.

(University of Chicago)

Fefu And Her Friends . Society ladies.

North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie

Fosse Trilogy. Fosse hands times three.

Town Hall Pub

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

Funny Thing Happened, A. A funny thing happened on the way to...Munster?

(Collaboraction)

G.I.F.T.. Give me a "G."

Harris Theater for Music and Dance
(Chicago Human Rhythm Project)

Global Rhythms: Step Afrika!. Step up.

BoHo Theatre @ Heartland Studio
(Bohemian Theatre Ensemble)

Glorious Ones, The. Gloriosa quelli.

(Adventure Stage Chicago)

Gossamer. Anastasia, ask your Dream-giver.

Profiles Theatre

Graceland. The kindness of strangers.

Playground Theater

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

IO Theater

Guy Friends: the improvised sitcom.

Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre

Hairspray. Who knew John Waters was family friendly?

Greenhouse Theater Center
(Remy Bumppo Theatre Company)

Heroes. Rocking chair style.

Goodman Theatre
(Goodman Theatre)

High Holidays. Coming of age...

Donny's Skybox Studio

Holy $#!% It's Christmas!: Where Did Jesus Go?. WDJG?

Apollo Theater

Horrible. Happy Holidays?

Angel Island
(Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company)

How To Disappear Completely and Never Be Found. First things first, delete your Facebook page.

Cornservatory

Improv Gladiators. Ready, set, improvise!

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.

Bank of America Theatre
(Broadway In Chicago)

Jersey Boys. You've seen the bus ads, now see the show.

Laugh Out Loud Theater
(Laugh Out Loud Theater)

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

Links Hall

Laughing from the Other Side of Your Face. Which side is that?

Lincoln Restaurant
(Tight Five Productions)

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

(Albright Theatre Company)

Lion in WInter, The. I'm King Henry, I am.

No Exit Cafe
(Theo Ubique)

Man of La Mancha. This is not your parents' "Man of La Mancha."

Lincoln Park Cultural Center
(New Leaf Theatre)

Man Who Was Thursday, The. Turn-of-the-century anarchy is back in style.

Copley Theatre
(TOC Productions)

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

Profiles Theatre

Mercy Seat, The. Aftermath of a tragedy.

Apollo Theater

Million Dollar Quartet. If you step on his blue suede shoes he may shoot you in Reno.

Theatre Building Chicago
(Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago)

Miracle on 34th Street. Cynics beware.

(The Right Brain Project)

Modern Prometheus, The. Frankenstein take 121,234,068.

Artistic Home
(Seanachai Theatre Company)

Mojo Mickybo. Partners in crime.

Gorilla Tango Theatre

Mrs. Grubers Ding Dong School . School daze.

Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre

Music Man, The. Right here in Windy City.

Attic Playhouse

My Three Angels. Calling all angels.

Court Theatre

Mystery of Irma Vep, The. Quick change satire.

Writers' Theatre (Books on Vernon)
(Writers' Theatre)

Oh Coward!. A brave Coward.

Piccolo Theatre

Perseus & Medusa, or It's All Greek To Me!. Myths redone for 2009.

New World Repertory Theatre
(New World Repertory Theatre)

Phedra. Like Oedipus only not.

Studio BE
(pH Productions)

pHrenzy. Vote for the funniest performer of the evening.

Studio BE
(pH Productions)

pHrenzy PG.

Redtwist Theatre

Pillowman, The.

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

Pimprov. Pimps improvise. Yeah, you read right.

Chemically Imbalanced Theater

Pimprov presents: Tricks and Treats. Pimp it.

Pheasant Run Theatre
(Noble Fool Theatricals)

Plaid Tidings. 'Tis the pattern.

Playground Theater

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

College of DuPage McAninch Arts Center

Plaza Suite. You can checkout any time you like, but you can never leave!

Beat Kitchen
(Chicago Underground Comedy & RooftopComedy.com)

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

Village Players Performing Arts Center
(Village Players)

Posthumorous. Putting the fun in funeral.

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 about life after anti-depressants?

Royal George Theatre Center
(Quade Productions)

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

Chicago Shakespeare Theater
(Chicago Shakespeare Theater)

Richard III. Literature's other hunchback.

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

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

Writers' Theatre (Tudor Court)
(Writers' Theatre)

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. Heads or tails?

Mercury Theater

Screwtape Letters, The . C.S. Lewis writes Christian satire.

North Lakeside Cultural Center

Sex. Come up and see them sometime.

Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Theatre)

Shootin' The Shit. Bar time.

Hydrate

Snow White and the Drag Queen Who Stole X-mas. Nice bedtime story.

The Gift Theatre Company

Son of Santa’s Great American Depression Holiday Show!. Uplifting holiday comedy.

Northlight Theatre
(Northlight Theatre)

Souvenir. No talent toots.

Second City ETC
(Second City)

Studs Terkel's Not Working. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

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.

sweet, half-darkness. Sweet and low.

Fine Arts Building
(Moving Dock Theatre Company)

Tea with the Ladies of the Harvard College Observatory. Tea and astronomy.

Pegasus Players
(MPAACT)

Ten Square. Possible futures.

Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre
(Broadway In Chicago)

The Addams Family. What's next, "Charles in Charge" the musical?

Liar's Club

The Brides of Ghost Hunter Richard Crowe: The John Dillinger Edition. Chicago's best?

National Pastime Theatre
(New Millennium Theatre Company)

The David Bowie Hepzikat Funky Velvet Flarney Solstice Spectacular, Live... From Space! (David Bowi. Have a wacky holiday.

Gorilla Tango Theatre

The Greatest Porno, EVER!! . Is Paris Hilton in it?

Viaduct Theatre

The Happy Family. You know what they say about happy families.

Black Ensemble Theater
(Black Ensemble Theatre)

The Message Is In The Music (God Is A Black Man Named Ricky). Are you there, Ricky?

Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace

Thoroughly Modern Millie. A relative title.

Tommy Gun's Garage

Tommy Gun’s Garage. I am the twenties, hear me roar.

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.

Beverly Arts Center

Tortoise & the Hare. "Slow and steady wins the race!"

Playground Theater

Tweet Life, The. @WTF?

Intercontinental Chicago O'Hare Hotel
(Annoyance Theatre)

Un-Tied. Revvin' up Rosemont.

Victory Gardens Biograph Theater

Walk of Shame. Ah, memories....

TimeLine Theatre Company
(Timeline Theatre)

When She Danced. Queen of dance.

Comedy Shrine Theater
(Comedy Shrine)

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

Redmoon Central
(Redmoon Theater)

Winter Pageant 2009. Holiday fun.

Village Players Performing Arts Center
(Village Players)

You Can't Take It With You. Screwball fun.

Cadillac Palace Theatre
(Broadway In Chicago)

Young Frankenstein. The Mel Brooks movie is alive - and on stage.

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