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Shows Playing on Friday
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67 Performances Found
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Tommy Gun's Garage
(Da Gangsters and Da Flappers)
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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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ComedySportz Theatre
Beatbox, The. It's a comedy match made in heaven: long-form improv and classic hip-hop.
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Second City
(Second City)
Between Barack and a New Show. The primaries are coming up fast, so get some more Barack luv on.
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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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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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Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre
(Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre)
Bowery Boys, The . Will the "rags to riches" story come true this time?
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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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Rooms Gallery
(Rooms Gallery)
Bunbury Me: A Lecture. One mad man's twisted equation keeps spinning round.
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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.
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Annoyance Theatre
(Annoyance Theatre)
Co-Ed Prison Sluts. Shit. Motherf&*!@$. F--k you you c$%t or a prick...
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ComedySportz Theatre
(ComedySportz)
ComedySportz. Fast, funny improv suitable for all ages.
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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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Second City ETC
(Second City)
Disposable Nation. From stem cells to smokers to Pluto-everything in America is disposable.
Editors Pick!closes soon!clearspacer
Royal George Theatre Center
(British Stage Company)
Don't Dress for Dinner. More confusion than a "Seinfeld" episode.
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Black Ensemble Theater
Don't Shed a Tear (The Story of Billie Holiday). Rock out to the tunes of a jazz legend.
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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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Goodman Theatre
Emperor Jones, The . Show number one of the Goodman's O'Neill extravaganza.
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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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eta Creative Arts Foundation
(eta Creative Arts Foundation)
From the Mississippi Delta. Relive Dr. Endesha Ida Mae Holland's heroic journey.
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Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Productions)
Grabass: A Carnival of Dummy. Only smarty-pants can pull together a show in 24 hours.
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Playground Theater
Grafitti. We can't get our fill of Adventure Club.
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Auditorium Theatre
(Broadway In Chicago)
Grease. Did someone say John Travolta?
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Profiles Theatre
(Profiles Theatre)
Great Falls. A stepfather and his stepdaughter go road trippin' through the American West.
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Spot
(Bruised Orange Theater Company)
I Saw You. Bringing personal ads to life one show at a time.
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Chicago Center for the Performing Arts
(Theori Productions Inc.)
I Still Love H.E.R. (atributetohiphop). How did hip-hop take shape?
closes soon!reviewed!clearspacer
City Lit
(Promethean Theatre Ensemble)
Illusion, The. Sometimes theater triumphs over reality.
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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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the side project
(Blackbird Theatre Company)
Into the Pool. Wondering if the American Dream is one big lie?
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Bank of America Theatre
(Broadway In Chicago)
Jersey Boys. Listen to Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons croon.
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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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Lincoln Restaurant
(Tight Five Productions)
Lincoln Lodge, The. Hot, saucy stand-up next to a down-home diner.
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Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater
(Shattered Globe Theatre)
Little Foxes, The . Lillian Hellman strikes again.
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Gorilla Tango Theatre
(Matthew J. Swanson and The Wood Sugars)
Loitering Hole, The . Will these three friends ever understand women?
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Athenaeum Theatre
(Anthony Nikolchev and Thirteen Pocket)
Look, What I Don't Understand. One Bulgarian tells his harrowing immigration story.
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Lyric Opera of Chicago
(Lyric Opera)
Madama Butterfly. Puccini's fated opera about the love affair between a geisha and a naval officer.
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Redtwist Theatre
(Redtwist Theatre)
Marvin's Room. Family ties prevail in this drama about reuniting.
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Black Ensemble Theater
(Black Ensemble Theater Company)
Memphis Soul (The Story of Stax Records). Stax Records sashays through history as a legendary label.
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Copley Theatre
(TOC Productions)
Menopause the Musical. Hot flashes, memory loss and chocolate binges galore.
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Apollo Theater
Million Dollar Quartet. Four famous musicians team up and rock out.
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Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace
(Drury Lane Oakbrook)
Miss Saigon. Love hits days before Saigon falls.
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BoHo Theatre @ Heartland Studio
(Chicago dell'Arte)
Murder, Murder, Murder!. How fast can you say "murder, murder, murder"?
Editors Pick!closes soon!reviewed!clearspacer
Angel Island
(Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company)
Our Bad Magnet. What really happened to Giggles?
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Stage Left Theatre
(pH Productions)
pHamily the Musical. Smart, funny improv you can sing along with.
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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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Playground Theater
Playground, The. Savor a night of long-form improv by national troupes.
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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 what life after anti-depressants would be like?
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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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Steppenwolf Theatre
(Steppenwolf Theatre Company)
Seafarer, The. A dark Christmas in Dublin.
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Athenaeum Theatre
(Greasy Joan & Co.)
Sueno. Mystical, haunting and humorous adaptation.
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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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Tommy Gun's Garage
Tommy Gun's Garage. Sip it all in at a 1920s speakeasy.
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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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Lincoln Park Cultural Center
(New Leaf Theatre)
Touch. Finding hope during a grief-stricken time isn't easy, but it is possible.
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Chemically Imbalanced Theater
(Chemically Imbalanced Comedy)
Wake, The. How does one family in 1930s America deal with the death of their matriarch?
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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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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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Strawdog Theatre
(Rasaka Theatre with Premiere Theater & Performance)
Yoni Ki Baat. Hittin' the G-spot.

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