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Dumb and Drummer
Mar20
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Dumb and Drummer

Chicago’s best comedians doing their best material over live jazz! Every third Thursday at The Lincoln Lodge Theatre, Hosted by Jamaal Sanders, Hunter Hirsch, and…

Thursday, March 20th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
The Lincoln Lodge Theater
2040 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Jackalope Theatre Company’s The Singularity Play
Mar20
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,…

Thursday, March 20th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Edgewater’s Berger Park
6205 N. Sheridan Rd.
Hedwig and The Angry Inch
Mar20
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,…

Thursday, March 20th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
The Den Theatre
1331 N Milwaukee Ave
Fool for Love
Mar20
Theatre & Performing Arts

Fool for Love

In a sweltering motel room in the Mojave Desert, May and Eddie lick their wounds and get ready for another relentless round. This brawl is…

Thursday, March 20th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
A Raisin in the Sun
Mar20
Theatre & Performing Arts

A Raisin in the Sun

New York Drama Critics Award winner, Tony Award nominee for Best Play, and the first play written by a Black woman to be produced on…

Thursday, March 20th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Court Theatre
5535 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL, 60637
Dinner with Friends
Mar20
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…

Thursday, March 20th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Theater Wit
An Evening with Malala Yousafzai
Mar20
Theatre & Performing Arts

An Evening with Malala Yousafzai

Don’t miss AN EVENING WITH MALALA YOUSAFZAI: A Conversation with the Nobel Peace Laureate, Bestselling Author & Founder of Malala Fund at The Chicago Theatre on…

Thursday, March 20th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
The Chicago Theatre
175 N. State
Betrayal
Mar20
Theatre & Performing Arts

Betrayal

Stage and screen stars Helen Hunt (Oscar, Emmy, Golden Globe Awards), Robert Sean Leonard (Tony Award) and Ian Barford (Tony Award nominee) form the “eternal…

Thursday, March 20th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Goodman Albert Theatre
170 N. Dearborn, Chicago, IL, 60601
Redtwist Theatre Presents Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus
Mar20
Theatre & Performing Arts

Redtwist Theatre Presents Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus

CHICAGO – Award-winning Redtwist Theatre announces an original adaption of William Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, by Artistic Director of Development Dusty Brown, Caroline Kidwell and Jordan…

Thursday, March 20th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Redtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave
Oil Lamp Theater Presents “Lifespan of a Fact”
Mar20
Theatre & Performing Arts

Oil Lamp Theater Presents “Lifespan of a Fact”

Oil Lamp Theater is proud to present The Lifespan of a Fact, written by Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell and Gordon Farrell and directed by Oil…

Thursday, March 20th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Oil Lamp Theater
1723 Glenview Rd, Glenview, IL, 60025
Hedda Gabler
Mar20
Theatre & Performing Arts

Hedda Gabler

Hedda Tesman returns from her honeymoon to the brutal banality of domestic life: an agonizingly bland husband; a living room full of dying flowers; and…

Thursday, March 20th
7:30 p.m.10:00 p.m.
The Den Theatre
1331 N Milwaukee Ave
Idle Muse Theatre Company Presents “The School For Scandal”
Mar20
Theatre & Performing Arts

Idle Muse Theatre Company Presents “The School For Scandal”

Idle Muse Theatre Company’s latest production is  Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s The School for Scandal, directed by Artistic Director Evan Jackson, March 13 – April 12…

Thursday, March 20th
8:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
The Edge Off Broadway Theatre
1133 W Catalpa Ave.
Mother Courage and her Children
Mar20
Theatre & Performing Arts

Mother Courage and her Children

Mother Courage and her Children in Repertory Written by Bertolt Brecht Translated by Eric Bentley Directed by Max Truax Mother Courage becomes a parasite of…

Thursday, March 20th
8:00 p.m.10:30 p.m.
Trap Door Theatre
1655 W. Cortland St.
Big Fans
Mar20
Theatre & Performing Arts

Big Fans

Veteran improvisers Mark Raterman (Cook County Social Club, Comedy Central), Neal Dandade (NBC’s Chicago Med, FX’s Justified: City Primeval), and Forest Hynes (Chaos Theory) create…

Thursday, March 20th
9:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.

The Roys of Succession Do Something Normal: An Improvised Show!
Mar20
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Roys of Succession Do Something Normal: An Improvised Show!

The famously dramatic leads from Succession – including Logan, Kendall, Shiv, Roman, and Connor Roy – try to accomplish something normal in a one hour…

Thursday, March 20th
9:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
iO Theater
1501 N. Kingsbury St.
Teatro ZinZanni Featuring Liv Warfield And Cunio Through March
Mar21
Theatre & Performing Arts

Teatro ZinZanni Featuring Liv Warfield And Cunio Through March

Teatro ZinZanni, named “Best Night Out in Chicago” by CS Magazine, is thrilled to announce their current production has been extended through March 30th due…

Friday, March 21st
Teatro ZinZanni Chicago
32 West Randolph Street
Marriott Theatre Presents Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Mar21
Theatre & Performing Arts

Marriott Theatre Presents Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Chicagoland’s longest running musical theatre, Marriott Theatre, officially kicks off its spectacular 50th Anniversary Season with one of the most enduring and beloved musicals of…

Friday, March 21st
Marriott Theatre
10 Marriott Dr.
Marriott Theatre Presents: The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System
Mar21
Theatre & Performing Arts

Marriott Theatre Presents: The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System

Marriott Theatre for Young Audiences kicks off its remarkable children’s theatre season, part of Marriott Theatre’s 50th anniversary, with the musical adaptation of one of…

Friday, March 21st
Marriott Theatre
10 Marriott Dr.
Comedy Hour at Annoyance Theatre
Mar21
Mar22
Theatre & Performing Arts

Comedy Hour at Annoyance Theatre

Each week, Chicago comics bring the freshest, most experimental new material to the Annoyance for the Comedy Hour. The weekly show is an eclectic mix…

Friday, March 21st
12:00 a.m.Saturday, March 22nd
1:00 a.m.
Annoyance Theatre & Bar
851 W. Belmont Ave., 2nd Fl.
League of Chicago Theatres
Mar21
Mar24
Theatre & Performing Arts

Encounters with Light

Encounters with Light features Martha Graham’s 1931 masterpiece, Primitive Mysteries as well as a world premier by guest artist, Vershawn Sanders Ward. Original choreography by…

Friday, March 21stMonday, March 24th

Sleeping Beauty at the Apollo Theater
Mar21
Theatre & Performing Arts

Sleeping Beauty at the Apollo Theater

This musical retells the story of the classic fairy tale.  The King & Queen are hosting a party to announce the arrival of the new…

Friday, March 21st
10:30 a.m.11:30 a.m.
Apollo Theater
2550 N. Lincoln Ave.
New Monuments | Chicago Brendan Fernandes
Mar21
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts

New Monuments | Chicago Brendan Fernandes

Envisioned as the first in a series of interventions that engage monuments in and outside of the United States, New Monuments | Chicago by Brendan Fernandes seeks…

Friday, March 21st
11:00 a.m.5:00 p.m.
Grant Park
301 S Columbus Dr
Bramble Theatre Company’s Festival of Unfinished Work
Mar21
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…

Friday, March 21st
2:00 p.m.4:30 p.m.
Bramble Arts Loft
LOVE SONG by John Kolvenbach from Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Mar21
Theatre & Performing Arts

LOVE SONG by John Kolvenbach from Remy Bumppo Theatre Company

CHICAGO – Remy Bumppo Theatre Company is pleased to announce the cast, creative and production teams for Love Song, written by John Kolvenbach and directed…

Friday, March 21st
2:30 p.m.5:00 p.m.
Theater Wit
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