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LET’S PLAY A GAME: Chicago’s scariest short-form show
Feb1
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

LET’S PLAY A GAME: Chicago’s scariest short-form show

Who’s Line is it Anyways meets Fear Factor in LETS PLAY A GAME, a new short form show that’s a unique blend of comedy, chaos,…

Saturday, February 1st
10:00 p.m.11:00 p.m.
Annoyance Theatre & Bar
851 W. Belmont Ave., 2nd Fl.
Teatro ZinZanni Featuring Liv Warfield And Cunio Through February
Feb2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Teatro ZinZanni Featuring Liv Warfield And Cunio Through February

Teatro ZinZanni, named “Best Night Out in Chicago” by CS Magazine, is thrilled to announce their current production has been extended through February 16th due…

Sunday, February 2nd
Teatro ZinZanni Chicago
32 West Randolph Street
League of Chicago Theatres
Feb2
Feb5
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…

Sunday, February 2ndWednesday, February 5th

Antigone
Feb2
Feb11
Theatre & Performing Arts

Antigone

Sophocles’ Antigone, translated by poet and MacArthur Fellow Anne Carson, remains unequaled in its ability to combine all the fundamental contradictions of the human condition…

Sunday, February 2ndTuesday, February 11th
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Feb2
Feb11
Theatre & Performing Arts

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Experience the magic of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory like never before! Follow the adventures of Charlie Bucket, a kindhearted boy who wins a golden…

Sunday, February 2ndTuesday, February 11th
Boy Gets Girl peeking through blinds
Feb2
Feb26
Theatre & Performing Arts

Boy Gets Girl

A mystery thriller by Rebecca Gilman. The life of a successful career woman takes a terrifying turn when a seemingly innocent blind date spirals into…

Sunday, February 2ndWednesday, February 26th

Teatro Zinzanni
Feb2
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Teatro Zinzanni

Tickets are on sale Now at https://zinzanni.com/chicago/ for Love, Chaos, & Dinner ! Teatro Zinzanni returns to the vibrant Chicago Loop inside the velvet walls…

Sunday, February 2nd
5:00 a.m.9:00 p.m.
Spiegeltent – Cambria Hotel
32 W. Randolph
New Monuments | Chicago Brendan Fernandes
Feb2
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…

Sunday, February 2nd
11:00 a.m.5:00 p.m.
Grant Park
301 S Columbus Dr
Disney On Ice: Let’s Dance!
Feb2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Disney On Ice: Let’s Dance!

Get ready to turn up the fun when Disney On Ice presents Let’s Dance! visits United Center in Chicago from January 30 – February 2,…

Sunday, February 2nd
11:00 a.m.7:00 p.m.
United Center
1901 W Madison St.
Lookingglass Theatre Company Presents Circus Quixote
Feb2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Lookingglass Theatre Company Presents Circus Quixote

After pausing its operations last year to reorganize and create a new business model, Chicago’s Tony-Award winning Lookingglass Theatre Company, in association with The Actors…

Sunday, February 2nd
1:30 p.m.3:30 p.m.
163 E. Pearson St.
A Raisin in the Sun
Feb2
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…

Sunday, February 2nd
2:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.
Court Theatre
5535 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL, 60637
Fat Ham
Feb2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Fat Ham

A boisterous Southern cookout sets the scene for a Black, queer discovery of self and resilience in this Pulitzer Prize-winning, five-time Tony nominated “uproarious reimagining…

Sunday, February 2nd
2:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.
Goodman Owen Theatre
170 N. Dearborn, Chicago, IL, 60601
Mr. Parker
Feb2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Mr. Parker

Terry Parker is a middle-aged man navigating life after a profound personal loss. As he works to rediscover his identity and adjust to unexpected changes,…

Sunday, February 2nd
2:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.
Open Space Arts
1411 W. Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL, 60640
Year of the Snake Free Chinese Movie
Feb2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Year of the Snake Free Chinese Movie

In SUCCESSOR, Shen and Ma play a high-powered couple that own a successful business and are determined to groom their son Ji-ye to take over…

Sunday, February 2nd
2:00 p.m.4:30 p.m.
Chicago Cultural Center – Claudia Cassidy Theater
78 E Washington Street
Porchlight Music Theatre Presents the Tony Award-Winning Fun Home
Feb2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Porchlight Music Theatre Presents the Tony Award-Winning Fun Home

Porchlight Music Theatre presents the Tony-award winning and Pulitzer Prize-nominated musical Fun Home, opening January 16, 2025, at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts,…

Sunday, February 2nd
2:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.
Ruth Page Center for the Arts
1016 N. Dearborn St.
CSO Chamber Music at the University of Chicago
Feb2
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

CSO Chamber Music at the University of Chicago

Music in Times of Crisis In a program investigating how artists respond to catastrophe, musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra perform Mozart’s Quintet for Clarinet…

Sunday, February 2nd
3:00 p.m.4:30 p.m.
Mandel Hall, University of Chicago
1131 East 57th Street
Fool for Love
Feb2
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…

Sunday, February 2nd
3:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.
Glassheart
Feb2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Glassheart

Chicago premiere of a new play by Chicago-based playwright Reina Hardy. A modern-day reimagining of the Beauty and the Beast fairy tale. The Beast has…

Sunday, February 2nd
3:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.
City Lit Theater
1020 W. Bryn Mawr, Chicago, IL, 60660
Jackalope Theatre Company’s The Singularity Play
Feb2
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,…

Sunday, February 2nd
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Edgewater’s Berger Park
6205 N. Sheridan Rd.
Boy Gets Girl
Feb2
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…

Sunday, February 2nd
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Choose Chicago
7924 Lincoln Ave
Bramble Theatre Company’s Festival of Unfinished Work
Feb2
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…

Sunday, February 2nd
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Bramble Arts Loft
A Raisin in the Sun
Feb2
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…

Sunday, February 2nd
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Court Theatre
5535 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL, 60637
Fat Ham
Feb2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Fat Ham

A boisterous Southern cookout sets the scene for a Black, queer discovery of self and resilience in this Pulitzer Prize-winning, five-time Tony nominated “uproarious reimagining…

Sunday, February 2nd
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Goodman Owen Theatre
170 N. Dearborn, Chicago, IL, 60601
Teatro ZinZanni Featuring Liv Warfield And Cunio Through February
Feb3
Theatre & Performing Arts

Teatro ZinZanni Featuring Liv Warfield And Cunio Through February

Teatro ZinZanni, named “Best Night Out in Chicago” by CS Magazine, is thrilled to announce their current production has been extended through February 16th due…

Monday, February 3rd
Teatro ZinZanni Chicago
32 West Randolph Street
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