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Blue Man Group
Jan12
Dec31
Theatre & Performing Arts

Blue Man Group

Blue Man Group is comedy, theater and rock concert all rolled into one. Having recently celebrated 25 years at the Briar Street theatre, this wildly…

Friday January 12, 2024
8:00 a.m.Tuesday December 31, 2024
10:00 a.m.
Briar Street Theatre
3133 N. Halsted, Chicago, IL, 60657
The Neo-Futurists Present: THE INFINITE WRENCH
Jul5
Dec15
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Neo-Futurists Present: THE INFINITE WRENCH

At THE INFINITE WRENCH you’ll see thirty original plays in sixty minutes, written and performed by The Neo-Futurist Ensemble. Each play offers something different, be…

Friday July 5, 2024
7:00 a.m.Sunday December 15, 2024
7:00 a.m.
Neo-Futurist Theater
5153 N. Ashland Ave.
Dennis Watkins’ The Magic Parlour
Jul11
Dec29
Theatre & Performing Arts

Dennis Watkins’ The Magic Parlour

Award-Winning, Third-Generation Magician and Mind-Reader Dennis Watkins has joined forces with Goodman Theatre and Petterino’s to create a one-of-a-kind magic theater in the heart of…

Thursday July 11, 2024
7:30 a.m.Sunday December 29, 2024
2:00 a.m.
Petterino's
150 N. Dearborn St.
Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!
Jul11
Dec19
Theatre & Performing Arts

Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!

Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! is National Public Radio’s Peabody Award-winning comedy news quiz show. Host Peter Sagal leads a rotating panel of comedians, writers,…

Thursday July 11, 2024
7:30 a.m.Thursday December 19, 2024
7:30 a.m.
The Studebaker Theater
410 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, Il, 60605
The Devil is in the Detours
Jul23
Dec31
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Devil is in the Detours

Have you ever wanted to escape? The Second City presents the 112th Mainstage Revue The Devil is in the Detours, a hilarious and unhinged descent into…

Tuesday July 23, 2024Tuesday December 31, 2024
The Second City
230 West North Avenue
Teatro Zinzanni
Jul25
Dec31
Theatre & Performing Arts

Teatro Zinzanni

Experience the magic of Teatro ZinZanni on the 14th floor of the Cambria Hotel in the vibrant Chicago Loop. This one-of-a-kind entertainment experience promises a…

Thursday July 25, 2024
7:00 a.m.Tuesday December 31, 2024
6:00 a.m.
Due to Popular Demand, Teatro ZinZanni Extends Current Production Starring Locally Renowned Artist Liv Warfield, Through December
Sep29
Dec31
Theatre & Performing Arts

Due to Popular Demand, Teatro ZinZanni Extends Current Production Starring Locally Renowned Artist Liv Warfield, Through December

Get ready for more laughter, thrills, and delectable delights! Teatro ZinZanni‘s spectacular production, which opened in May 2024 and has been receiving critical acclaim and…

Sunday September 29, 2024
6:00 p.m.Tuesday December 31, 2024
11:30 p.m.
Teatro ZinZanni Chicago
32 West Randolph Street
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Oct13
Nov18
Theatre & Performing Arts

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark

It’s The Golden Age of Hollywood, and the streets of Los Angeles teem with aspiring starlets. When Vera Stark-maid to “America’s Sweetie Pie,” Gloria Mitchell-lands…

Sunday October 13, 2024Monday November 18, 2024
The Den Theatre
1331 N Milwaukee Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60622
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Oct17
Nov22
Theatre & Performing Arts

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark

It’s The Golden Age of Hollywood, and the streets of Los Angeles teem with aspiring starlets. When Vera Stark-maid to “America’s Sweetie Pie,” Gloria Mitchell-lands…

Thursday October 17, 2024Friday November 22, 2024
The Den Theatre
1331 N Milwaukee Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60622
Bottle Fly world premiere
Oct17
Nov24
Theatre & Performing Arts

Bottle Fly

World Premiere of a new play by Jacqueline Goldfinger, author of last seasons’ Babel. This beautiful depiction of queer survival in the Everglades captures the…

Thursday October 17, 2024Sunday November 24, 2024
Redtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Oct18
Nov23
Theatre & Performing Arts

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark

It’s The Golden Age of Hollywood, and the streets of Los Angeles teem with aspiring starlets. When Vera Stark-maid to “America’s Sweetie Pie,” Gloria Mitchell-lands…

Friday October 18, 2024Saturday November 23, 2024
The Den Theatre
1331 N Milwaukee Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60622
Bottle Fly world premiere
Oct18
Nov25
Theatre & Performing Arts

Bottle Fly

World Premiere of a new play by Jacqueline Goldfinger, author of last seasons’ Babel. This beautiful depiction of queer survival in the Everglades captures the…

Friday October 18, 2024Monday November 25, 2024
Redtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave
Dinner with Friends
Oct18
Nov23
Theatre & Performing Arts

Dinner with Friends

Bluebird Arts kicks off its sixth season with Donald Margulies’ Dinner with Friends at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Avenue, Chicago. The show runs Saturday,…

Friday October 18, 2024Saturday November 23, 2024
Theater Wit
League of Chicago Theatres
Oct18
Dec1
Theatre & Performing Arts

Seven Guitars

The Chicago storefront premiere of August Wilson’s searing drama about six friends in the Hill District of Pittsburgh in 1948 mourning the death of their…

Friday October 18, 2024
7:30 a.m.Sunday December 1, 2024
3:00 a.m.
City Lit Theater
1020 W. Bryn Mawr, Chicago, IL, 60660
Inheritance or Brothers From the Deep lightening over lake
Oct18
Nov23
Theatre & Performing Arts

Inheritance -or- Brothers from the Deep

Previews October 11-13 2024 Runs Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 3 p.m. from October 18 through November 23, 2024 Additional Thursday performances…

Friday October 18, 2024Saturday November 23, 2024
The Factory Theater
1623 W. Howard St. , Chicago, IL, 60626
ATHENAEUM CENTER FOR THOUGHT AND CULTURE WELCOMES ACADEMY AWARD®-WINNING CINEMATOGRAPHER ROGER DEAKINS
Oct18
Apr30
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts

ATHENAEUM CENTER FOR THOUGHT AND CULTURE WELCOMES ACADEMY AWARD®-WINNING CINEMATOGRAPHER ROGER DEAKINS

Chicago’s not-for-profit Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture proudly welcomes legendary Academy Award®-winning cinematographer Roger Deakins and his longtime collaborator/wife James Deakins (aka ‘Team Deakins’)…

Friday October 18, 2024
10:00 a.m.Wednesday April 30, 2025
4:00 p.m.
Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture
2936 N. Southport Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60657
IRONBOUND by Martyna Majok
Oct18
Theatre & Performing Arts

IRONBOUND by Martyna Majok

PUBLIC TICKETS AVAILABLE AUGUST 26THSUBSCRIBERS & GROUP EARLY ACCESS AVAILABLE AUGUST 1ST At a bus stop in a run-down New Jersey town, Darja, a Polish immigrant…

Friday October 18, 2024
7:30 p.m.Monday November 18, 2024
9:30 p.m.
Raven Theatre East Stage
6157 N. Clark St. , Chicago, IL, 60660
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Oct19
Nov24
Theatre & Performing Arts

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark

It’s The Golden Age of Hollywood, and the streets of Los Angeles teem with aspiring starlets. When Vera Stark-maid to “America’s Sweetie Pie,” Gloria Mitchell-lands…

Saturday October 19, 2024Sunday November 24, 2024
The Den Theatre
1331 N Milwaukee Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60622
Bottle Fly world premiere
Oct19
Nov26
Theatre & Performing Arts

Bottle Fly

World Premiere of a new play by Jacqueline Goldfinger, author of last seasons’ Babel. This beautiful depiction of queer survival in the Everglades captures the…

Saturday October 19, 2024Tuesday November 26, 2024
Redtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave
IRONBOUND by Martyna Majok
Oct19
Theatre & Performing Arts

IRONBOUND by Martyna Majok

PUBLIC TICKETS AVAILABLE AUGUST 26THSUBSCRIBERS & GROUP EARLY ACCESS AVAILABLE AUGUST 1ST At a bus stop in a run-down New Jersey town, Darja, a Polish immigrant…

Saturday October 19, 2024
7:30 p.m.Tuesday November 19, 2024
9:30 p.m.
Raven Theatre East Stage
6157 N. Clark St. , Chicago, IL, 60660
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Oct20
Nov25
Theatre & Performing Arts

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark

It’s The Golden Age of Hollywood, and the streets of Los Angeles teem with aspiring starlets. When Vera Stark-maid to “America’s Sweetie Pie,” Gloria Mitchell-lands…

Sunday October 20, 2024Monday November 25, 2024
The Den Theatre
1331 N Milwaukee Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60622
Bottle Fly world premiere
Oct20
Nov27
Theatre & Performing Arts

Bottle Fly

World Premiere of a new play by Jacqueline Goldfinger, author of last seasons’ Babel. This beautiful depiction of queer survival in the Everglades captures the…

Sunday October 20, 2024Wednesday November 27, 2024
Redtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave
RSC Pericles
Oct20
Dec7
Theatre & Performing Arts

Pericles

Direct from a run in the Swan Theatre at the company’s home in Stratford-upon-Avon! In her and Daniel Evans’ first season as the RSC’s co-artistic…

Sunday October 20, 2024
6:00 a.m.Saturday December 7, 2024
7:00 a.m.
Chicago Shakespeare Courtyard Theater
800 E. Grand, Chicago, IL, 60611
IRONBOUND by Martyna Majok
Oct20
Theatre & Performing Arts

IRONBOUND by Martyna Majok

PUBLIC TICKETS AVAILABLE AUGUST 26THSUBSCRIBERS & GROUP EARLY ACCESS AVAILABLE AUGUST 1ST At a bus stop in a run-down New Jersey town, Darja, a Polish immigrant…

Sunday October 20, 2024
7:30 p.m.Wednesday November 20, 2024
9:30 p.m.
Raven Theatre East Stage
6157 N. Clark St. , Chicago, IL, 60660
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