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130 Performances Found

Prop Thtr

1512 West Studebaker Place. In or out?

Josephinum Academy

A Streetcar Named Desire. STELLA!

ACME Improv Comedy Night. Improv!

Playground Theater
(After Party)

After Party. Catch an always-new, late-night show.

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.

RadioStar
(Bortz Entertainment Group)

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

the side project

Bastards of Young: Short Play Festival. Dirty bastards.

Prop Thtr

Beast Women 2009 WInter Series. Life's a beast.

Prop Thtr

Beast Women Winter Series. Warm up with the beasts.

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

Playground Theater

Belmont Burlesque Revue. A revealing, late-night comedy and dance show.

Second City
(Second City)

Best of the Second City, The. The second city's finest improv.

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.

Dream Theatre

Black Duckling, The. Careful what you imprint on, girl.

Briar Street Theatre

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

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre

Boogers, The. Ew.

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.

Pub Theater

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

Royal George Theatre Center

Calls to Blood. Appearances deceive.

Cahn Auditorium
(Light Opera Works)

C'est la vie . That's life.

Chicago Dramatists

Chicago Dramatists Saturday Series. Take in an afternoon of staged works-in-progress.

College Improv Tournament.

Chemically Imbalanced Theater

Comedy Showcase. Three improv or sketch groups go at it.

The Montrose Room
(ComedySportz)

Comedy Sportz. Suburban Sportz.

ComedySportz Theatre
(ComedySportz)

ComedySportz. Fast, funny improv suitable for all ages.

ComedySportz Theatre

comedysportz4kidz. Kids get in on the act in this pint-size version of the popular comedy competition.

Provision Theater Company
(Provision Theater Company)

Cotton Patch Gospel. Preach it.

Cuba and his Teddy Bear. Family drama.

IO Theater
(The Cupid Players)

Cupid Has a Heart On: A Musical Guide to Relationships. First comes love, then comes marriage...

Lakeshore Theater

Dave Attell. Stay up all night with a comic standout.

Artistic Home

Days to Come. Come what may.

Raven Theatre

Death of a Salesman. A tragic everyman.

Playground Theater
(BLEWT! Productions)

Demon Who Never Appeared, A. From stand-up to improv, this show's got every comedy covered.

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
(Metropolis Performing Arts Centre)

Dinner for Sex Six. Guess who's coming to dinner.

Playground Theater
(Blewt! Productions)

Don't Spit the Water!. A late night game show so funny it'll make you spit.

Lifeline Theatre
(Lifeline Theatre)

Dooby Dooby Moo. WHo knew farm animals were so competitive?

Fusion
(Dave Odd Productions Entertainment)

Edge Underground Comedy Club, The. Edge isn't just the name of this stand-up showcase.

Aloft Loft

El Circo Cheapo Cabaret #2. A circus in a loft? Yep.

Next Theatre Company
(Next Theatre)

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

Aguijon Theater

Erendira. Nothing like family.

Steppenwolf Theatre
(Steppenwolf Theatre Company)

Fake. What's real?

Theatre Building Chicago
(Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago)

Fantasticks, The. Try to remember...

Lookingglass Theatre Company
(Lookingglass Theatre Company)

Fedra: Queen of Haiti . Tragedy in Haiti.

Paramount Theatre
(Frank Caliendo)

Frank Caliendo. Mad Stand-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.

Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre

Hairspray. Who knew John Waters was family friendly?

Gorilla Tango Theatre

Happy Ending: A Filthy Sketch Show . Dirty.

Greenhouse Theater Center
(Remy Bumppo Theatre Company)

Heroes. Rocking chair style.

Goodman Theatre
(Goodman Theatre)

High Holidays. Coming of age...

Merle Reskin Theatre

Holes. Hole in one.

Apollo Theater

Horrible. Happy Holidays?

ComedySportz Theatre

Hot Karl, The. There's a reason this "mature" improv show doesn't go on until the wee hours.

Steppenwolf Theatre
(Steppenwolf Theatre Company)

House on Mango Street, The. A classic Chicago story.

Cornservatory

Improv Gladiators. Ready, set, improvise!

Improv Kitchen

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

Bank of America Theatre
(Broadway In Chicago)

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

Davenport's Piano Bar & Cabaret

Kama Sutra The Musical: Vegas Bound...and Gagged. The sex-crazy show heads to the City of Sin...but you can see it first.

Book Cellar

Kates, The. No one in this comedy show is actually named Kate.

Mercury Cafe

Kates, The. No one in this comedy group is actually named Kate.

Steep Theatre

Kill the Old Torture Their Young . What are you waiting for?

City Lit
(Promethean Theatre Ensemble)

Last Unicorn, The. Tread carefully, Promethean; Beagle fans barely survived the 1982 cartoon version.

Royal George Theatre Center

Late Nite Catechism. Enroll in a class of Sister's sharp religious humor.

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?

Viaduct Theatre

Legend of Sleepy Hollow: A New Folk Musical, The. Where's my head these days?

Redtwist Theatre

Lettice and Lovage. You gotta love British wit.

Philip Lynch Theatre

Life of Galileo, The. An important life.

(Albright Theatre Company)

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

Piven Theatre Workshop

Lover, The & The Collection. Where does a game end and reality begin?

Chicago Dramatists
(Chicago Dramatists)

Lucinda's Bed. What lurks beneath...

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.

(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.

VFW Berwyn
(New Branch Theatre Company)

Murder at the Disco. It's death meets disco at the biggest dance contest of 1976.

(Rising Stars Theatre Company)

Music Man, The. Right here in Chicago city.

Albright Theatre Company

Night Watch. Watch out...

Studio BE
(pH Productions)

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

Studio BE
(pH Productions)

pHrenzy pHucked. Balls-out, no holds barred improv that encourages BYOB.

Greenhouse Theater Center

Pillowman, The. The Irish Bogeyman.

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!

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?

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
(Metropolis Performing Arts Centre)

Pump Boys and Dinettes. Down try this at a city gas station.

Royal George Theatre Center
(Quade Productions)

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

Noble Horse Theatre

Quadrille. A dinner performance spectacular, featuring dancing white stallions.

Cornservatory

Rachel Corn and the Secret Society . Rachel on the case.

Storefront Theatre
(DCA Theater)

Rhymes With Evil. Weevil?

Chicago Shakespeare Theater
(Chicago Shakespeare Theater)

Richard III. Literature's other hunchback.

Donny's Skybox Studio

Rock Out With Your Wok Out!. Wok and roll!

Royal George Theatre Center

Saints & Sinners. Nun of that.

Mercury Theater

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

North Lakeside Cultural Center

Sex. Come up and see them sometime.

North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie

So You Think You Want To Be In Love?. This guy knows how to market romantic insecurities...

The Gift Theatre Company

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

Second City ETC
(Second City)

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

Noyes Cultural Arts Center
(Theatre Zarko)

Sublime Beauty of Hands and Klown Kantos, The. Puppets and more.

Athenaeum Theatre
(Greasy Joan & Co.)

Sueno. Mystical, haunting and humorous adaptation.

The Gift Theatre Company

Summer People. War and growth.

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.

Liar's Club

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

Black Ensemble Theater
(Black Ensemble Theatre)

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

Apollo Theater

Thirsty: The Premiere Improv Drinking Party. Drinkin' drive.

Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace

Thoroughly Modern Millie. A relative title.

Links Hall
(Beverly Nelson)

Time it Takes, The. Beverly Nelson transforms metaphorical representations of women and war.

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.

Lifeline Theatre
(Lifeline Theatre)

Treasure Island.

Ruth Page Center for the Arts
(ShawChicago)

Votes For Women! . Sister suffragettes!

TimeLine Theatre Company
(Timeline Theatre)

When She Danced. Queen of dance.

IO Theater

Whirled News Tonight. A satirical turn on current events.

IO Theater

Whirled News Tonight 6th Anniversary!. Before the Daily Show there was...

Comedy Shrine Theater
(Comedy Shrine)

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

(Silent Theatre)

Wild Party Variety Hour, The. No plot, no special effects, just pure entertainment.

American Theater Company
(American Theater Company)

Yeast Nation (the triumph of life) . Yeast and Urine. Nice.

Village Players Performing Arts Center
(Village Players)

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

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