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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.

Chicago Cultural Center

About Dance. Blend a sizzling dance performance and sharp dance criticism.

ComedySportz Theatre

Alpha Dog Omega. It's not just improv, it's Frat-Prov!

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

Battle-Prov. An all-out improv fight, ComedySportz-style.

Second City
(Second City)

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

Playground Theater

Big Yellow Bus. Ensemble members tickle audience members' funny bones.

Artistic Home

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

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.

ComedySportz Theatre
(ComedySportz)

ComedySportz. Fast, funny improv suitable for all ages.

Chicago Center for the Performing Arts
(Thirteen Pocket Productions)

Cool Table, The. Improv comedy with a rock-star vibe.

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.

Goodman Theatre

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

eta Creative Arts Foundation
(eta Creative Arts Foundation)

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

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.

IO Theater

Harold, The. IO's signature, long-form improv piece.

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.

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.

Royal George Theatre Center

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

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.

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.

Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Productions)

Messing With A Friend. Top comedians fill a rotating spot in this two-person improv show.

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"?

IO Theater

Nogoodnicks. A fierce improv duo tackles overlapping narratives.

Angel Island
(Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company)

Our Bad Magnet. What really happened to Giggles?

Playground Theater

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

Second City ETC
(Second City)

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

Pressure Billiards & Cafe
(Edge Comedy)

Pressure Open Mic. Weekly mixer of comedy and caffeine.

Stage Left Theatre
(The Mill)

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

Steppenwolf Theatre
(Steppenwolf Theatre Company)

Seafarer, The. A dark Christmas in Dublin.

IO Theater

Stranded: The Improvised Musical. Send a duo of improv artists to a stranded island.

Athenaeum Theatre
(Greasy Joan & Co.)

Sueno. Mystical, haunting and humorous adaptation.

Playground Theater

Thursday Happy Hour. Comedic actors. Character monologues. What else do you need to know?

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.

Lincoln Park Cultural Center
(New Leaf Theatre)

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

Chase Auditorium
(NPR and Chicago Public Radio)

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me. Listen in on the nationally broadcast comedy-news quiz show.

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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