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Comedy Shows

Editor's Pick

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109 Performances Found

IO Theater

1, 2, 3, Fag!.

IO Theater

3033. Veteran improvisers reunite for big laughs.

Playground Theater
(After Party)

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

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?

Playground Theater
(The Playground)

Ankle Todd Show, The. It's better than the elbow show.

IO Theater

Armando Diaz Experience, Theatrical Movement & Hootenanny. Giggle along with alumni of Second City and IO.

RadioStar
(Bortz Entertainment Group)

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

Chemically Imbalanced Theater
(Chemically Imbalanced Comedy)

Bad Review. Don't hate bad reviews. Embrace them.

Mary's Attic
(Bare Boned Theatre)

Bare Boned Cabaret. New comedy, improv, sketch and cabaret every third Sunday of the month.

ComedySportz Theatre

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

ComedySportz Theatre

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

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.

Playground Theater

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

IO Theater

Black Ted Williams . Open-run improv.

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.

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.

Playground Theater

CakeWalk Midnight Extravaganza, The. Variety is the spice of improv.

Beat Kitchen
(Chicago Underground Comedy)

Chicago Underground Comedy. Saucy stand-ups take the stage Tuesday nights.

Gunther Murphy's
(Chicago Underground Comedy)

Chicago Underground Comedy. Five stand-up comedians wield their best material weekly.

Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Theatre)

Chicagoland. See the city through the eyes of long-form improv.

ComedySportz Theatre
(ComedySportz)

Cocktail Hour at ComedySportz!. Wear your cocktail dress.

Timothy O'Toole's

Comedians You Should Know. Think you know all there is to know about local comedy? Think again.

Harry Caray's

Comedy Showcase. Show it off.

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.

Theatre Building Chicago
(NightBlue Theater)

Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (abridged), The. RMEO RMEO WHRE 4 ART THOU RMEO?

Annoyance Theatre and Bar

Confessions of a Tramp Stamp. Show some ink.

Chicago Center for the Performing Arts
(Thirteen Pocket Productions)

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

IO Theater
(The Cupid Players)

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

Playground Theater
(BLEWT! Productions)

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

Chemically Imbalanced Theater

Desperately Seeking. Chemically Imbalanced Comedy takes on the Chicago Reader.

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.

Playground Theater
(Blewt! Productions)

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

Chemically Imbalanced Theater

Dummy. Who you calling dummy?

Fusion
(Dave Odd Productions Entertainment)

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

Town Hall Pub

Entertaining Julia. It's free, it's funny and it's full of spastic performers.

Book Cellar

Essay Fiesta. Words words words.

Gorilla Tango Theatre
(Kimberly Franck and Natasha Hansen)

F.A.T. People . That's phat.

IO Theater
(Atticus Finch)

Felt. What's funnier than improv? Sassy puppets performing improv.

Town Hall Pub

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

The Playground Theater
(Koleno, the Panty Filers, and Hair Club for Men)

Free for All, The. Nothing's for free eh?

Playground Theater

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

IO Theater

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

Holiday Club

Holiday Leftover Variety Show.

ComedySportz Theatre

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

Town Hall Pub
(Bruised Orange Theater Company)

I Saw You. Bringing personal ads to life one show at a time.

Gorilla Tango Theatre

Improvised Disney . You're in a pink castle with some dwarves. Go.

Gorilla Tango Theatre
(Gorilla Tango )

Improvised Joss Whedon . Grr. Arg.

Gorilla Tango Theatre
(Gorilla Tango )

Improvised Sex and the City . I'm back in the nook!

IO Theater

Improvised Shakespeare. Improv that uses the bard's language and themes.

Laugh Out Loud Theater

Instant Musical. Another improv musical.

US Beer Company

International Bedlam Society Asylum Variety Show . Wait, what?

Gorilla Tango Theatre

Jessica Presents...Yet Again. February Jessica style.

Gorilla Tango Theatre

Jessica Presents: Yet Again . Jessica who?

Donny's Skybox Studio

Kate & Mike: The Musical. Are there any non-improvised musicals anymore?

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.

Gorilla Tango Theatre

Keymaster/Gatekeeper . Is this a Ghost Busters reference?

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.

Lincoln Restaurant
(Tight Five Productions)

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

Copley Theatre
(TOC Productions)

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

Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Theatre)

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

The Gift Theatre Company

Natural Gas . Ahhh.

IO Theater

Nogoodnicks. A fierce improv duo tackles overlapping narratives.

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
(Metropolis Performing Arts Centre)

Out of Order. Dead bodies? Hilarious!

IO Theater

People in the City. Take a look at yourself.

Studio BE
(pH Productions)

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

Studio BE
(pH Productions)

pHarm pHresh. Mmmmm.

Ruth Page Center for the Arts
(ShawChicago)

Philanderer, The. He creeps.

Studio BE
(pH Productions)

pHrenzy. Vote for the funniest performer of the evening.

Studio BE
(pH Productions)

pHrenzy PG.

Studio BE
(pH Productions)

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

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.

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.

Royal George Theatre Center
(Quade Productions)

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

Playground Theater

Recess. Pieces.

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.

Mercury Theater

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

Annoyance Theatre and Bar

Some Paradise. Funny like a palm tree.

Cornservatory

Somewhat Gelatinous Body Snatching Blob-Like Thing From Beyond the Grave, The. The corn blob.

Uncommon Ground

Story Club. Tell me a story.

IO Theater

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

Royal George Theatre Center

Sunday School Cinema. The ruler-wielding nun sets her sights on Hollywood.

Second City
(Second City)

Taming of the Flu. It's a comedy epidemic.

Gorilla Tango Theatre

TGIF: RAW. Twin on twin action with Mary Kate and Ashley.

Neo-Futurarium
(Barrel of Monkeys)

That's Weird, Grandma. A boisterous group serves up kids' work for adults.

The Spot
(New Millennium Theatre Company)

The Flaming Dames in Bourbon Street Burlesque. Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez!

Gallery Cabaret

The Two-Hour Comedy Hour. They defy the laws of time.

Playground Theater

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

Tommy Gun's Garage

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

IO Theater

Topaz. Improvers in denim jumpsuits mix homoeroticism with fight scenes.

Intercontinental Chicago O'Hare Hotel
(Annoyance Theatre)

Un-Tied. Revvin' up Rosemont.

Chase Auditorium
(NPR and Chicago Public Radio)

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

Victory Gardens Biograph Theater

Walk of Shame. Ah, memories....

Studio BE
(pH Productions)

Wheel of pHortune. The wheel of pHortune spins, picking new improv every night.

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.

Studio Theater (Chicago Cultural Center)
(DCA Theater)

Wiggerlover. Mixed up.

Strawdog Theatre

Yoni Ki Baat. You and your vagina are cordially invited.

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