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The Nutcracker
Dec14
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Nutcracker

Experience magic this holiday season with two-time Tony Award®-winner Christopher Wheeldon’s ‘The Nutcracker’. On a magical Christmas Eve, mere months before the opening of Chicago’s…

Saturday December 14, 2024
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Lyric Opera of Chicago
20 N. Wacker Dr. , Chicago, IL, 60606
Clued In
Dec14
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Clued In

After getting a single suggestion, the cast of six professional comedians asks the audience to choose a detective. Enjoy as they invent a tale of…

Saturday December 14, 2024
7:30 p.m.8:30 p.m.
The Second City
1616 N. Wells St., Theater on the Second Floor
Alabama Story
Dec14
Theatre & Performing Arts

Alabama Story

As the Civil Rights movement is brewing in Montgomery, Alabama, a segregationist senator and the state librarian clash over the content of a children’s book…

Saturday December 14, 2024
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Haymarket House
800 W. Buena Ave.
Asian Improv aRts Midwest: “Reduction 10”
Dec14
Theatre & Performing Arts

Asian Improv aRts Midwest: “Reduction 10”

Asian Improv aRts Midwest (AIRMW) and Tsukasa Taiko, with director, multi-instrumentalist and media artist Tatsu Aoki, celebrate a decade of “Reduction” concerts with “Reduction 10” at the Edlis…

Saturday December 14, 2024
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.

Manual Cinema’s Christmas Carol
Dec14
Theatre & Performing Arts

Manual Cinema’s Christmas Carol

An avowed holiday skeptic, Aunt Trudy has been recruited to channel her late husband Joe’s famous Christmas cheer. From the isolation of her Chicago home,…

Saturday December 14, 2024
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Fine Arts Building | Studebaker Theater
410 South Michigan Avenue
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Dec14
Theatre & Performing Arts

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

IT’S TIME TO BELIEVE IN MAGIC Broadway’s Spellbinding Sensation Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is coming to Chicago on its first-ever North American Tour. Join the…

Saturday December 14, 2024
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
James M. Nederlander Theatre
24 W. Randolph St.
420 Shakespeare
Dec14
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

420 Shakespeare

Chicago’s Own Shakespeare-friendly Comedy Show! What happens when five actors attempt to perform one of Shakespeare’s hit plays while one or more of them get……

Saturday December 14, 2024
7:00 p.m.8:30 p.m.
Your Budz
3722 N Southport Ave
Hedwig and The Angry Inch
Dec14
Theatre & Performing Arts

Hedwig and The Angry Inch

With music and lyrics by Stephen Trask and a book by John Cameron Mitchell, “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” follows the journey of Hedwig Robinson,…

Saturday December 14, 2024
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
The Den Theatre
1331 N Milwaukee Ave
Falsettos
Dec14
Theatre & Performing Arts

Falsettos

EXTENDED BY POPULAR DEMAND THROUGH SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15 “Better than the 2016 Broadway revival…This is a very special show, one of the best Chicago productions…

Saturday December 14, 2024
7:30 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Court Theatre
5535 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL, 60637
Bramble Theatre Company’s Festival of Unfinished Work
Dec14
Theatre & Performing Arts

Bramble Theatre Company’s Festival of Unfinished Work

CHICAGO – Bramble Theatre Company, is proud to announce the third annual Festival of Unfinished Work at the new Bramble Arts Loft located on the…

Saturday December 14, 2024
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Bramble Arts Loft
Alabama Story
Dec14
Theatre & Performing Arts

Alabama Story

As the Civil Rights movement is brewing in Montgomery, Alabama, a segregationist senator and the state librarian clash over the content of a children’s book…

Saturday December 14, 2024
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
after-words bookstore
23 East Illinois Street
Happy Holly-Daze: A Benefit Performance
Dec14
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Happy Holly-Daze: A Benefit Performance

Our annual Holiday fundraiser is back and better than ever. Why? Because we are packing the show with more raffle prizes and silent auction items…

Saturday December 14, 2024
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Cornservatory
4210 N Lincoln Ave
Redtwist Theatre Presents “The Totality of All Things”
Dec14
Theatre & Performing Arts

Redtwist Theatre Presents “The Totality of All Things”

Award-winning Redtwist Theatre is proud to announce the cast and creative team for the headlining production in Twisted Playfest, The Totality of All Things, written…

Saturday December 14, 2024
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Redtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave
The Roar Speakeasy: A Prohibition Era Experience
Dec14
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Roar Speakeasy: A Prohibition Era Experience

Go back in time to Chicago’s Prohibition Era at The Roar on Rush! A lively Speakeasy that lights the way to a hidden 4-room cocktail…

Saturday December 14, 2024
7:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
The Roar on Rush
437 N. Rush Street
Ballet Chicago’s 30th Anniversary: The Nutcracker
Dec14
Theatre & Performing Arts

Ballet Chicago’s 30th Anniversary: The Nutcracker

Ballet Chicago presents The Nutcracker as part of our 30th anniversary! Tickets are now on sale to both engagements of Ballet Chicago’s The Nutcracker at…

Saturday December 14, 2024
7:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture
2936 N. Southport Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60657
& Juliet There's live after Romeo
Dec14
Theatre & Performing Arts

& Juliet

Created by the Emmy®-winning writer from “Schitt’s Creek,” this hilarious new musical flips the script on the greatest love story ever told. & Juliet asks: what would…

Saturday December 14, 2024
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Cadillac Palace Theatre
151 W. Randolph St. , Chicago, IL, 60601
Dinner with Friends
Dec14
Theatre & Performing Arts

Dinner with Friends

Bluebird Arts  kicks off its sixth season with Donald Margulies’ Dinner with Friends at Theater Wit (Chicago, IL). The show runs Saturday, October 19 through…

Saturday December 14, 2024
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Theater Wit
Baby Wants Candy! The Original Completely Improvised Musical
Dec14
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Baby Wants Candy! The Original Completely Improvised Musical

“CRITICS’ PICK. TRULY AMAZING!” – New York Times “BEST VISITING IMPROV COMEDY!”– TimeOut NY “HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!” – The Onion “★★★★★” THEY ARE AN ENTERTAINMENT PHENOMENON AND I…

Saturday December 14, 2024
7:30 p.m.8:30 p.m.
The Second City
1616 N. Wells St.
Jackalope Theatre Company’s The Singularity Play
Dec14
Theatre & Performing Arts

Jackalope Theatre Company’s The Singularity Play

CHICAGO – Jackalope Theatre Company continues its 16th season at Edgewater’s Berger Park, 6205 N. Sheridan Rd., with  the world premiere of The Singularity Play,…

Saturday December 14, 2024
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Edgewater’s Berger Park
6205 N. Sheridan Rd.
Boy Gets Girl
Dec14
Theatre & Performing Arts

Boy Gets Girl

Boy Gets Girl by Rebecca Gilman The life of a successful career woman takes a terrifying turn when a seemingly innocent blind date spirals into…

Saturday December 14, 2024
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Choose Chicago
7924 Lincoln Ave
The Elephant in the Room by Priyanka Shetty
Dec14
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Elephant in the Room by Priyanka Shetty

South Asia Institute presents the Chicago debut with just two exclusive shows of “The Elephant in the Room”, a critically acclaimed one-woman show by Priyanka…

Saturday December 14, 2024
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
South Asia Institute
1925 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Yippee Ki Yay – A Diehard Parody
Dec14
Theatre & Performing Arts

Yippee Ki Yay – A Diehard Parody

Acclaimed retelling of classic film Die Hard from Richard Marsh – Fringe First-winner, London poetry slam champion, BBC Audio Drama Best Scripted Comedy Drama award-winner…

Saturday December 14, 2024
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place
175 E. Chestnut St .Chicago, IL 60611
The House Without a Christmas Tree
Dec14
Theatre & Performing Arts

The House Without a Christmas Tree

The World Premiere Musical, THE HOUSE WITHOUT A CHRISTMAS TREE is based on the classic Christmas novel by Gail Rock and the beloved 1972 television…

Saturday December 14, 2024
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Bramble Arts Loft
13 Suits: A Mother’s Monologues
Dec14
Theatre & Performing Arts

13 Suits: A Mother’s Monologues

13 Suits: A Mother’s Monologues presented by The Outer Loop Theater Experience at Raven Theatre by Kathleen Kerrigan Duff & Michael Herman directed by Michael Herman, Aviva…

Saturday December 14, 2024
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Raven Theatre Company
6157 N. Clark St.
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