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75 Performances Found

Playground Theater
(After Party)

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

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.

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.

Second City
(Second City)

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

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.

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.

Rooms Gallery
(Rooms Gallery)

Bunbury Me: A Lecture. One mad man's twisted equation keeps spinning round.

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.

Chicago Dramatists

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

Chemically Imbalanced Theater

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

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.

Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Productions)

Crickets. Short-form improv that's intentionally rude.

IO Theater
(The Cupid Players)

Cupid Has a Heart On: A Musical Guide to Relationships. Burned by love? This satire burns love right back.

Playground Theater
(BLEWT! Productions)

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

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.

Black Ensemble Theater

Don't Shed a Tear (The Story of Billie Holiday). Rock out to the tunes of a jazz legend.

Playground Theater
(Blewt! Productions)

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

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.

Goodman Theatre

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

Lifeline Theatre
(Lifeline Theatre)

Flight of the Dodo. Who isn't tired of getting pooped on?

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.

ComedySportz Theatre

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

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.

Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Late Nite Tit-Bits)

Late Nite Tit-Bits. It's time to get naughty...

Laugh Out Loud Theater
(Laugh Out Loud Theater)

Laugh Out Loud. Now there's even more improv comedy in Schaumburg.

Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater
(Shattered Globe Theatre)

Little Foxes, The . Lillian Hellman strikes again.

Gorilla Tango Theatre
(Matthew J. Swanson and The Wood Sugars)

Loitering Hole, The . Will these three friends ever understand women?

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.

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.

VFW Berwyn
(New Branch Theatre Company)

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

BoHo Theatre @ Heartland Studio
(Chicago dell'Arte)

Murder, Murder, Murder!. How fast can you say "murder, murder, murder"?

Angel Island
(Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company)

Our Bad Magnet. What really happened to Giggles?

Stage Left Theatre
(pH Productions)

pHamily. Short-form improv, pHamily-style.

Stage Left Theatre
(pH Productions)

pHrenzy. Improv competition fueled by booze.

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).

Stage Left Theatre
(The Mill)

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

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.

Steppenwolf Theatre
(Steppenwolf Theatre Company)

Seafarer, The. A dark Christmas in Dublin.

Athenaeum Theatre
(Greasy Joan & Co.)

Sueno. Mystical, haunting and humorous adaptation.

Excalibur
(Neil Tobin, Necromancer)

Supernatural Chicago. Interactive theater set in one of the city's most haunted nightspots.

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. 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.

Neo-Futurarium
(Neo-Futurists)

Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind. 30 wacky/heart-breaking/funny/political plays in 60 minutes.

Lincoln Park Cultural Center
(New Leaf Theatre)

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

Playground Theater
(Capo Productions)

UnRelated. Who says dad and son can't do comedy?

Chemically Imbalanced Theater
(Chemically Imbalanced Comedy)

Wake, The. How does one family in 1930s America deal with the death of their matriarch?

Stage Left Theatre
(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.

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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