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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 12th
8:00 a.m.Tuesday, December 31st
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 5th
7:00 a.m.Sunday, December 15th
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 11th
7:30 a.m.Sunday, December 29th
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 11th
7:30 a.m.Thursday, December 19th
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 23rdTuesday, December 31st
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 25th
7:00 a.m.Tuesday, December 31st
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 29th
6:00 p.m.Tuesday, December 31st
11:30 p.m.
Teatro ZinZanni Chicago
32 West Randolph Street
League of Chicago Theatres
Oct11
Nov16
Theatre & Performing Arts

Coronation

About CORONATION: After another female candidate loses the American presidential election, three women invent a way to circumvent elections and place a woman in power…

Friday, October 11thSaturday, November 16th
The Den Theatre
1331 N Milwaukee Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60622
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Oct12
Nov17
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 12thSunday, November 17th
The Den Theatre
1331 N Milwaukee Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60622
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 13thMonday, November 18th
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 17thFriday, November 22nd
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 17thSunday, November 24th
Redtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave
Dear Elizabeth ocean crashing on rocks
Oct17
Theatre & Performing Arts

Dear Elizabeth

Remy Bumppo Theatre Company presents Dear Elizabeth by Sarah Ruhl, directed by Creative Producer Christina Casano. Running October 17-November 17, 2024. In 1947, Elizabeth Bishop…

Thursday, October 17thSunday, November 17th
Theater Wit
IRONBOUND by Martyna Majok
Oct17
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…

Thursday, October 17th
7:30 p.m.Sunday, November 17th
9:30 p.m.
Raven Theatre East Stage
6157 N. Clark St. , Chicago, IL, 60660
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 18thSaturday, November 23rd
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 18thMonday, November 25th
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 18thSaturday, November 23rd
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 18th
7:30 a.m.Sunday, December 1st
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 18thSaturday, November 23rd
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 18th
7:30 p.m.Monday, November 18th
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 19thSunday, November 24th
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 19thTuesday, November 26th
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 19th
7:30 p.m.Tuesday, November 19th
9:30 p.m.
Raven Theatre East Stage
6157 N. Clark St. , Chicago, IL, 60660
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