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122 Performances Found
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IO Theater
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Prop Thtr
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Playground Theater
(Red Ink Theatre Company)
4 Days Late. If it ain't Barack, don't fix it.
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Th!nk Art
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Josephinum Academy
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Lincoln Square Theatre
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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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American Girl Place
American Girls Revue, The. Put stars in her eyes and a song in her heart-with American Girls.
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RadioStar
(Bortz Entertainment Group)
Awesome 80's Prom, The. Head back to the '80s at this bitchin' interactive show.
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Apollo Theater
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the side project
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ComedySportz Theatre
Beatbox, The. It's a comedy match made in heaven: long-form improv and classic hip-hop.
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Becoming Ingrid. For the love of a writer...
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Artistic Home
Biography. Eavesdrop on the bitching and dishing of a socialite to the stars.
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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.
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Dream Theatre
Black Duckling, The. Careful what you imprint on, girl.
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ComedySportz Theatre
Blackout. Late night long-form improv by five African-American dudes.
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Apollo Studio Theater
(The Blu Mic)
Blu Mic, The. Solid stand-up in an intimate setting.
Editors Pick!reviewed!clearspacer
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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Cornservatory
buROCKracy: Comedy by Committee. These Improv Gladiator champs take a victory lap.
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Cornservatory
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Theatre Building Chicago
Butch LaRue: Shotgun Wedding Planner. Shotguns are the new corsages.
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Pub Theater
Bye Bye Liver: The Chicago Drinking Play. The real star of this hilarious sketch show? The bottle.
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Royal George Theatre Center
Calls to Blood. Appearances deceive.
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Cahn Auditorium
(Light Opera Works)
C'est la vie . That's life.
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ComedySportz Theatre
(ComedySportz)
Cocktail Hour at ComedySportz!. Wear your cocktail dress.
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Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Theatre)
Co-Ed Prison Sluts. That's hot.
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ComedySportz Theatre
(ComedySportz)
ComedySportz. Fast, funny improv suitable for all ages.
Editors Pick!closes soon!clearspacer
Provision Theater Company
(Provision Theater Company)
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Lakeshore Theater
Dave Attell. Stay up all night with a comic standout.
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Artistic Home
Days to Come. Come what may.
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Raven Theatre
Death of a Salesman. A tragic everyman.
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Town Hall Pub
(Dirty Water)
Dirty Water. Fun-loving, wise-cracking improv artists rock the stage.
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Bella Bacinos
(Dirty Water )
Dirty Water. Improv comedy set in a South Boston sports bar.
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Rubin's Chicago Room Gallery Cafe
Duke Disdain Show, The. Sassy stand-up mixes with toe-tappin' music.
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Next Theatre Company
(Next Theatre)
End Days. Come the rapture, can I have your car?
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Gorilla Tango Theatre
Endangered No More! . I dream of whirled peas.
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Aguijon Theater
Erendira. Nothing like family.
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Steppenwolf Theatre
(Steppenwolf Theatre Company)
Fake. What's real?
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Theatre Building Chicago
(Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago)
Fantasticks, The. Try to remember...
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Lookingglass Theatre Company
(Lookingglass Theatre Company)
Fedra: Queen of Haiti . Tragedy in Haiti.
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Town Hall Pub
Fourth Friday Comedy Night. Catch funny folks making jokes every fourth Friday at Town Hall Pub.
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BoHo Theatre @ Heartland Studio
(Bohemian Theatre Ensemble)
Glorious Ones, The. Gloriosa quelli.
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(Adventure Stage Chicago)
Gossamer. Anastasia, ask your Dream-giver.
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Profiles Theatre
Graceland. The kindness of strangers.
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Playground Theater
Grafitti. We can't get our fill of Adventure Club.
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Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre
Hairspray. Who knew John Waters was family friendly?
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Greenhouse Theater Center
(Remy Bumppo Theatre Company)
Heroes. Rocking chair style.
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Goodman Theatre
(Goodman Theatre)
High Holidays. Coming of age...
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Apollo Theater
Horrible. Happy Holidays?
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Steppenwolf Theatre
(Steppenwolf Theatre Company)
House on Mango Street, The. A classic Chicago story.
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Cornservatory
Improv Gladiators. Ready, set, improvise!
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Improv Kitchen
Improv Kitchen. Fill your belly and then watch it jiggle as you giggle.
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IO Theater
Improvised Shakespeare. Improv that uses the bard's language and themes.
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Bank of America Theatre
(Broadway In Chicago)
Jersey Boys. You've seen the bus ads, now see the show.
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Steep Theatre
Kill the Old Torture Their Young . What are you waiting for?
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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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Laugh Out Loud Theater
(Laugh Out Loud Theater)
Laugh Out Loud. Now there's even more improv comedy in Schaumburg.
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Links Hall
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Viaduct Theatre
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Redtwist Theatre
Lettice and Lovage. You gotta love British wit.
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Lincoln Restaurant
(Tight Five Productions)
Lincoln Lodge, The. Hot, saucy stand-up next to a down-home diner.
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(Albright Theatre Company)
Lion in WInter, The. I'm King Henry, I am.
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Piven Theatre Workshop
Lover, The & The Collection. Where does a game end and reality begin?
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Chicago Dramatists
(Chicago Dramatists)
Lucinda's Bed. What lurks beneath...
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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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Copley Theatre
(TOC Productions)
Menopause the Musical. Hot flashes, memory loss and chocolate binges galore.
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Profiles Theatre
Mercy Seat, The. Aftermath of a tragedy.
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Apollo Theater
Million Dollar Quartet. If you step on his blue suede shoes he may shoot you in Reno.
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(The Right Brain Project)
Modern Prometheus, The. Frankenstein take 121,234,068.
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Artistic Home
(Seanachai Theatre Company)
Mojo Mickybo. Partners in crime.
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Gorilla Tango Theatre
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Albright Theatre Company
Night Watch. Watch out...
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Studio BE
(pH Productions)
pHrenzy. Vote for the funniest performer of the evening.
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Studio BE
(pH Productions)
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Greenhouse Theater Center
Pillowman, The. The Irish Bogeyman.
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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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Chemically Imbalanced Theater
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Playground Theater
Playground, The. Savor a night of long-form improv by national troupes.
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College of DuPage McAninch Arts Center
Plaza Suite. You can checkout any time you like, but you can never leave!
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Beat Kitchen
(Chicago Underground Comedy & RooftopComedy.com)
Pop Stand, The. Chicago's alt-comic elite tackle pop culture.
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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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Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
(Metropolis Performing Arts Centre)
Pump Boys and Dinettes. Down try this at a city gas station.
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Royal George Theatre Center
(Quade Productions)
Put the Nuns in Charge!. Roll in the aisles with a little religious humor.
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Paramount Theatre
Rent. Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes.
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Storefront Theatre
(DCA Theater)
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Chicago Shakespeare Theater
(Chicago Shakespeare Theater)
Richard III. Literature's other hunchback.
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Tommy Gun's Garage
(Da Gangsters & Da Flappers)
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Writers' Theatre (Tudor Court)
(Writers' Theatre)
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Mercury Theater
Screwtape Letters, The . C.S. Lewis writes Christian satire.
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North Lakeside Cultural Center
Sex. Come up and see them sometime.
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Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Theatre)
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The Gift Theatre Company
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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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Noyes Cultural Arts Center
(Theatre Zarko)
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Athenaeum Theatre
(Greasy Joan & Co.)
Sueno. Mystical, haunting and humorous adaptation.
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The Gift Theatre Company
Summer People. War and growth.
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Excalibur
(Neil Tobin, Necromancer)
Supernatural Chicago. Interactive theater set in one of the city's most haunted nightspots.
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sweet, half-darkness. Sweet and low.
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Fine Arts Building
(Moving Dock Theatre Company)
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Pegasus Players
(MPAACT)
Ten Square. Possible futures.
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Gorilla Tango Theatre
The Greatest Porno, EVER!! . Is Paris Hilton in it?
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Black Ensemble Theater
(Black Ensemble Theatre)
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Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace
Thoroughly Modern Millie. A relative title.
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Tommy Gun's Garage
Tommy Gun’s Garage. I am the twenties, hear me roar.
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Piper's Alley
Tony 'N' Tina's Wedding. You're invited to this loud, Italian-style wedding.
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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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Beverly Arts Center
Tortoise & the Hare. "Slow and steady wins the race!"
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Lifeline Theatre
(Lifeline Theatre)
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Playground Theater
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Intercontinental Chicago O'Hare Hotel
(Annoyance Theatre)
Un-Tied. Revvin' up Rosemont.
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Victory Gardens Biograph Theater
Walk of Shame. Ah, memories....
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TimeLine Theatre Company
(Timeline Theatre)
When She Danced. Queen of dance.
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Comedy Shrine Theater
(Comedy Shrine)
Whose Line?. The classic t.v. show comes to life...as improv.
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American Theater Company
(American Theater Company)
Yeast Nation (the triumph of life) . Yeast and Urine. Nice.
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Village Players Performing Arts Center
(Village Players)

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