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24 shows found.
Company: N/A.
Venue: Playground Theater
Performances: Saturday midnight, fourth Saturday of the month
Tickets: < $20
Closes: N/A.
Chicago's favorite BYOB burlesque show invites you to bring your hooch down to the Playground for a little hoochy-koo. The Belmont Bombshells are sweet, giggly, artsy-girl-next-door types, Host Jack Midnight has a great laid-back alcoholic schtick, and the evening as a whole has a playful, old-timey patina. Get more details...
Company: Second City
Venue: Second City
Performances: Monday 8 p.m., Saturday 4 p.m.
Tickets: < $20 ($19)
Closes: N/A.
Company: Second City
Venue: Second City
Performances: Tuesday 8 p.m., Wednesday 8 p.m., Thursday 8 p.m., Friday 8 p.m., Saturday 8 p.m., Sunday 7 p.m.
Tickets: $19–$25
Closes: N/A.
Company: N/A.
Venue: Briar Street Theatre
Performances: Tuesday 8 p.m., Wednesday 8 p.m., Thursday 8 p.m., Friday 7 & 10 p.m., Saturday 4, 7 & 10 p.m., Sunday 1, 4 & 7 p.m.
Tickets: $50+
Closes: N/A.
Company: Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Venue: Steppenwolf Upstairs Theatre
Performances: Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Wednesday 2 p.m. (April 7, 14, May 5 only) & 7:30 p.m., Thursday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m., Saturday 3 p.m. & 7:30 p.m, Sunday 3 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $20-$70
Closes: Runs Through May 23
Playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney doesn't just draw you into another world, he soaks you in it. This interlocking trilogy of plays, set somewhere between post-Katrina Louisiana and a kind of folkloric ghetto of the gods, combines the warmth of children's stories with the brutality of myth and the freshness of this week's pop culture. Three plays, two nights, in rep. Get more details...
Company: N/A.
Venue: Pub Theater
Performances: Friday 8 p.m. & 9:30 p.m., Saturday 8 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.
Tickets: < $20 ($15)
Closes: N/A.
Company: Theo Ubique
Venue: No Exit Cafe
Performances: Thursday 8 p.m., Friday 8 p.m, Saturday 8 p.m., Sunday 7 p.m.
Tickets: $15
Closes: Runs Through Apr 25
Can a musical about chess do justice to the serious themes of the Cold War? What if the guys from Abba wrote it? This irresistibly cheesy show, which gave us '80s novelty hit "One Night in Bankgok," is served up behind the darkened windows of the No Exit Cafe. Count on Theo Ubique to rub some grit into the glossy pop surfaces of the Swedish tunesmiths' score. Get more details...
Company: N/A.
Venue: Chicago Dramatists
Performances: Saturday 2 p.m.
Tickets: < $20 ($5 donation)
Closes: N/A.
If you like to be there at the beginning, you have to be there for the Saturday Series. Chicago Dramatists' weekly staged readings have seen many fortuitous births, including Keith Huff's Broadway hit "A Steady Rain." This week, catch Dana Lynn Formby's "Corazon de Manzana," a dreamlike play about femicide in Juarez and consumption/complicity in America. Get more details...
Company: BLEWT! Productions
Venue: Playground Theater
Performances: Saturday midnight (first Saturday every month)
Tickets: < $20 ($10; $5 students)
Closes: N/A.
Company: N/A.
Venue: Aloft Loft
Performances: Friday 10 p.m. (April 2 2010 only), Saturday 7 p.m. & 10 p.m. (every first Sat. of the month)
Tickets: $5-$10
Closes: N/A.
Can't shell out 200 big ones for Cirque du Soleil? Shell out 10 for El Circo Cheapo, a monthly spectacular for the New Depression. In lieu of a big-top and mega-bucks, they've got a converted warehouse space, talent and spunk. Featuring a rotating cast of Chicago's most fearless and flexible young performers, this reliably sold-out event has a surprise inside, every time. Get more details...
Company: N/A.
Venue: Book Cellar
Performances: Monday 7 p.m.
Tickets: Donations
Closes: N/A.
These aren't your high school English essays. "Essay Fiesta" features humorous nonfiction performed in the cozy confines of the Book Cellar, one of America's very few bookstores with a liquor license. Despite being a fund raiser for Howard Brown, "Essay Fiesta" is somehow free. Centerstage doesn't know how that works, but we think it's the perfect way to celebrate the start of tax season. Get more details...Church pageants: they're not just for church-goers anymore. The latest low-budget spectacle from Quest Ensemble will, without judgment, present the Gospel according to Science alongside the Biblical beginning of life. Quest's endearingly hand-made shows are kid-friendly and don't cost a dime. Whatever your religious/political beliefs, you can't argue with the economics of free. Get more details...
Company: N/A.
Venue: Steep Theatre
Performances: Thursday 8 p.m., Friday 8 p.m, Saturday 8 p.m.
Tickets: $18
Closes: Runs Through Apr 25
There's something so Chicago about Steep, something warm, yet gritty, and neighborly in a lawnless sort of way. The company's an easy fit for the down-at-the-heels, well-diversified hood of Edgewater. This month, the theater that seems most profoundly at home presents a show about a woman who's ultimately displaced: Harper Regan, a Brit who opens the door of her family home and keeps on walking. Get more details...
Company: N/A.
Venue: Chicago Dramatists
Performances: Wednesday 8 p.m.
Tickets: Free
Closes: N/A.
A week to write, an hour to rehearse. This low-key gig, a monthly event at Chicago Dramatists, gives playwrights the chance to mix it up on stage and see what rises. What'll it cost you for a taste? Exactly one hour of your time and exactly zero of your dollars. Get more details...
Company: N/A.
Venue: Book Cellar
Performances: Saturday 7 p.m. (last Saturday of the month)
Tickets: $10
Closes: N/A.
If someone tells you that women aren't funny, march that person right over to the Book Cellar for an evening of cupcakes and comedy. On second thought, don't. More cupcakes for the rest of us. This informal evening of sharp stand-up features a rotating cast of Chicago's best female jokers.Critics praise the cozy, sugar-fueled feel and the hosting skills of ringleader Kelsie Huff. Get more details...
Company: N/A.
Venue: Profiles Theatre
Performances: Thursday 8 p.m., Friday 8 p.m, Saturday 8 p.m., Sunday 7 p.m.
Tickets: $25-$35
Closes: Runs Through Apr 11
Profiles, which specializes in plays by the alarmingly prolific Neil Labute, is finally producing a really mean playwright: the young Tracy Letts. "Killer Joe," the Pulitzer winner's first hit, was a genuine '80s storefront sensation. Raw and shocking, it turns out to be an inspiring match for Profile's tense, intimate acting style. Critics say that this production will turn your stomach and break your heart. Get more details...
Company: N/A.
Venue: Links Hall
Performances: Friday 8 p.m, Saturday 8 p.m., Sunday 7 p.m.
Tickets: $10-$15
Closes: N/A.
Company: N/A.
Venue: Next Theatre Company
Performances: Friday 8 p.m, Saturday 8 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m
Tickets: $20-$25
Closes: Runs Through Apr 3
Dean Evans, who is less a human than a flesh bullet of comedy, stars in a future-freak mime show. "Magical Exploding Boy," both wordless and weird, will highlight Evan's magical chops, his feats of daring and his perfect, sweaty-palmed comic timing. Previous incarnations of the production got rave reviews, so move fast. Get more details...
Company: N/A.
Venue: Chicago Dramatists
Performances: Thursday 8 p.m. , Friday 8 p.m, Saturday 8 p.m., Sunday 3 p.m.
Tickets: $14-$24
Closes: Runs Through Apr 4
Theatre Seven, a company that made its name with resident playwright/golden gun Marisa Wegyrzyn, is expanding its repertoire with style. They've scored a premiere by supercool local (and DePaul prof) Carlos Murillo. Murillo, best known for his internet saga "Dark Play," takes on the terrifying world of Hollywood with "Mimesophobia," about two screenwriters trying to make entertainment out of murder. Get more details...
Company: N/A.
Venue: Steppenwolf Merle Reskin Garage Theatre
Performances: Wednesday 8 p.m., Thursday 8 p.m., Friday 8 p.m, Saturday 8 p.m., Sunday 1p.m.(4.11,18,25)4p.m.(3.28,4.4)8p.m.(2.28,3.7,14)
Tickets: $12-$20
Closes: Runs Through Apr 22
This winning tale of teen punks, staged with verve and on roller skates, captures the brutality and tenderness of boy friendship. Duck and Mickey listen to records and heckle each other, trying to smash the rules and successfully trashing the set. Audaciously theatrical and funny, the show has the rhythmic attack of its musical inspiration. Punk may be old, but this feels new. Get more details...
Company: Barrel of Monkeys
Venue: Neo-Futurarium
Performances: Monday 8 p.m. (March 15 2009 and on), Sunday 2 p.m (Through April 4 2009)
Tickets: $50-$20
Closes: N/A.
Company: Neo-Futurists
Venue: Neo-Futurarium
Performances: Wednesday 11 p.m. (12/31 only), Friday 11:30 p.m. , Saturday 11:30 p.m. , Sunday 7 p.m.
Tickets: < $20 ($7 plus roll of one die)
Closes: N/A.
Strange, luminous, and a lot like being inside a pinball machine, this show spins its audience through the secret world of Jennifer and June, two real-life twins who always moved in unison and never spoke. It's staged in promenade, which means that, as the exquisitely choreographed actors and set pieces zoom around, you can choose which of them to watch or follow. You'll be haunted by what you see, and even more by what you miss. Get more details..."Wilson Wants it All," set in 2040, shows us an America steeped in media and split down the middle. And this is the future how, exactly? This technologically nimble show, which somehow combines "The Prince and the Pauper" with "The Manchurian Candidate," is about 20 minutes too much awesome. With luck, by the end of the run, someone will take a much-needed scalpel to the second act. Get more details... |
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