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Daniel Habif: Ascender World Tour 2024
Oct18
Theatre & Performing Arts

Daniel Habif: Ascender World Tour 2024

Daniel Habif, author, creative producer, consultant, philanthropist and entrepreneur, is widely known as one of the top Spanish-speaking motivational speakers and influencers in the world.…

Friday October 18, 2024
8:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Copernicus Center
5216 W. Lawrence Ave.
BABES WITH BLADES THEATRE COMPANY’S A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, OCT. 16 – NOV. 23
Oct18
Theatre & Performing Arts

BABES WITH BLADES THEATRE COMPANY’S A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, OCT. 16 – NOV. 23

CHICAGO – Babes With Blades Theatre Company’s (BWBTC) announces tickets are now on sale for one of William Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies, A Midsummer Night’s…

Friday October 18, 2024
8:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
The Edge Theater
5451 N Broadway Ave, Chicago, IL, 60640
Steep Theatre’s Happy Day’s Are Here (Again)
Oct18
Friday October 18, 2024
8:00 p.m.11:00 p.m.
1700 Theatre
1700 N. Halsted, Chicago, IL, 60614
Improvised Sitcom
Oct18
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Improvised Sitcom

Cue the laugh track- it’s a very special episode of your favorite long running tv show! The gang gets up to the same ‘ol wacky…

Friday October 18, 2024
8:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
The Second City
230 W North Ave., 2nd Floor
Burlesque is Gore
Oct18
Theatre & Performing Arts

Burlesque is Gore

A spooky-fun Halloween themed sexy burlesque show!

Friday October 18, 2024
8:30 p.m.10:30 p.m.
Annoyance Theatre and Bar
851 West Belmont Avenue
Chicago Style Improv
Oct18
Theatre & Performing Arts

Chicago Style Improv

Get ready to experience “classic” improvisation that will leave you laughing long after the curtains close! Combining lightning-fast wit, razor-sharp skills, and boundless creativity, Chicago…

Friday October 18, 2024
9:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.

Voila: The Improvised Musical
Oct18
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Voila: The Improvised Musical

iO Chicago presents: a fully made-up, off-off-off Broadway style musical every Friday at 10pm in the Fremont Theater. Spend your Friday night with us. See…

Friday October 18, 2024
10:00 p.m.11:30 p.m.
The iO Theater, 1501 N Kingsbury St, Chicago, IL 60642, USA,
The iO Theater, 1501 N Kingsbury St, Chicago, IL 60642, USA,
Hitch*Cocktails
Oct18
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Hitch*Cocktails

A Chicago based improv comedy show and drinking game based on the works of Alfred Hitchcock. Based on an audience suggestion, the cast weave together…

Friday October 18, 2024
10:00 p.m.11:30 p.m.
Annoyance Theatre & Bar
851 W. Belmont Ave., 2nd Fl.
Destinos 7th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival
Oct19
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Theatre & Performing Arts

Destinos 7th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival

CLATA ANNOUNCES DESTINOS, 7TH CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL LATINO THEATER FESTIVAL, FEATURING MOST EXTENSIVE FESTIVAL LINE-UP IN ITS HISTORY, WITH WORKS FROM BRAZIL, CHILE, ARGENTINA, MEXICO, THE…

Saturday October 19, 2024
Citywide
Avenue Q Raue Center For The Arts logo
Oct19
Theatre & Performing Arts

Avenue Q

Avenue QMusic and Lyrics By Jeff Marx & Robert Lopez Book By Jeff Whitty Directed by Joe Lehman Music Director: James Mablin September 13 –…

Saturday October 19, 2024
Raue Center for the Arts
26 N. Williams St.
The Last Wide Open
Oct19
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Last Wide Open

A diner. 10PM. Chicago.What if you found your person, but the timing was off? Three times! Lina and MikoÅ‚aj’s lives intersect and parallel as three…

Saturday October 19, 2024
American Blues Theater
5627 N Lincoln Blvd
Ruth on the Rocks
Oct19
Theatre & Performing Arts

Ruth on the Rocks

Ruth Guerra is just your average Mexican American, middle-aged girl that grew up in the hood on Chicago’s Southside and loves a good drink or…

Saturday October 19, 2024
Free Street Storefront
4627 S. Ashland Ave.
Milo Imagines The World – A World Premiere Musical
Oct19
Theatre & Performing Arts

Milo Imagines The World – A World Premiere Musical

MILO IMAGINES THE WORLD is a musical odyssey of imagination. Through vibrant song, expressive dance, and a whole lot of imagination, this magical, musical journey…

Saturday October 19, 2024
Chicago Children’s Theatre
100 S Racine Ave
Becky Nurse of Salem
Oct19
Theatre & Performing Arts

Becky Nurse of Salem

The Midwest premiere of Becky Nurse of Salem, a new dark comedy by Sarah Ruhl, directed by Polly Noonan, promises to bewitch Chicago audiences as…

Saturday October 19, 2024
Theater Wit
Into The Woods
Oct19
Theatre & Performing Arts

Into The Woods

Escape into a fantastical fairytale adventure where wishes come true, but not always for free. A trove of storybook characters’ paths intertwine as they chase…

Saturday October 19, 2024
Chopin Theatre
1543 West Division Street
First Date Oil Lamp Theater logo
Oct19
Theatre & Performing Arts

First Date

A Musical Romantic Comedy Indulge in the irresistible charm and lively musical numbers of First Date. When conventional, high-strung Aaron is set up on a…

Saturday October 19, 2024
Oil Lamp Theater
1723 Glenview Rd, Glenview, IL, 60025
League of Chicago Theatres
Oct19
Oct29
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Winner of the 2013 Tony Award® for Best Play and the 2013 Olivier Award for Best New Play, this is the story of 15-year-old Christopher…

Saturday October 19, 2024Tuesday October 29, 2024
Dracula
Oct19
Nov4
Theatre & Performing Arts

Dracula

Prepare to be transported to the eerie landscapes of Transylvania and the shadowy corners of Victorian England as you embark on a spine-tingling journey filled…

Saturday October 19, 2024Monday November 4, 2024
Theatre at Meiley-Swallow Hall
31 S. Ellsworth St., Naperville, IL, 60540
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

Milo Imagines The World – A World Premiere Musical
Oct19
Theatre & Performing Arts

Milo Imagines The World – A World Premiere Musical

MILO IMAGINES THE WORLD is a musical odyssey of imagination. Through vibrant song, expressive dance, and a whole lot of imagination, this magical, musical journey…

Saturday October 19, 2024
9:30 a.m.10:30 a.m.
Chicago Children’s Theatre
100 S Racine Ave
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Oct19
Theatre & Performing Arts

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

When the Duke of Athens is set to marry his new queen, chaos ensues within William Shakespeare’s classic A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Mischievous fairies, amateur…

Saturday October 19, 2024
10:10 a.m.12:10 p.m.
The Theatre School at DePaul University
2350 N. Racine Ave, Chicago, IL, 60614
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Oct19
Theatre & Performing Arts

Philharmonia Fantastique

Animated film meets virtuosic concerto! Follow a magical sprite as it takes audiences inside musical instruments and shows how they work together as an orchestra.…

Saturday October 19, 2024
11:00 a.m.
CSO for Kids: Philharmonia Fantastique
Oct19
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

CSO for Kids: Philharmonia Fantastique

Animated film meets virtuosic concerto! Follow a magical sprite as it takes audiences inside musical instruments and shows how they work together as an orchestra.…

Saturday October 19, 2024
11:00 a.m.11:45 a.m.
Chicago Symphony Center
220 S Michigan Ave
New Monuments | Chicago Brendan Fernandes
Oct19
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…

Saturday October 19, 2024
11:00 a.m.5:00 p.m.
Grant Park
301 S Columbus Dr
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