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Cut to the Chase 2025
May1
Theatre & Performing Arts

Cut to the Chase 2025

A staple of Chicago theater for over two decades, CUT TO THE CHASE presents six new plays as one fun night of theater. This year’s…

Thursday, May 1st
8:00 p.m.9:30 p.m.
The Den Theatre
1331 N Milwaukee Ave
The Roys of Succession Do Something Normal: An Improvised Show!
May1
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, May 1st
9:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
iO Theater
1501 N. Kingsbury St.
Marriott Theatre Presents: Titanic The Musical
May2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Marriott Theatre Presents: Titanic The Musical

Chicagoland’s longest running musical theatre, Marriott Theatre, continues its 50th Anniversary Season celebration with the epic production of Titanic The Musical, directed and choreographed by…

Friday, May 2nd
Marriott Theatre
10 Marriott Dr.
Comedy Hour at Annoyance Theatre
May2
May3
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, May 2nd
12:00 a.m.Saturday, May 3rd
1:00 a.m.
Annoyance Theatre & Bar
851 W. Belmont Ave., 2nd Fl.
Teatro Zinzanni
May2
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…

Friday, May 2nd
6:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Spiegeltent – Cambria Hotel
32 W. Randolph
Team Deakins returns to the Athenaeum Center
May2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Team Deakins returns to the Athenaeum Center

Following an October 2024 series of sold-out programming, Chicago’s not-for-profit Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture (2936 N. Southport Avenue) proudly welcomes back legendary Academy…

Friday, May 2nd
6:30 p.m.8:30 p.m.
Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture
2936 N. Southport Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60657
The Infinite Wrench
May2
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

The Infinite Wrench

Don’t miss the longest running late-night show in Chicago! At The Infinite Wrench you’ll see 30 original plays in 60 minutes written and performed by…

Friday, May 2nd
7:00 p.m.8:00 p.m.
The Neo-Futurist Theater
5153 N. Ashland Ave.
Barry Brewer Jr at The Comedy Bar
May2
Music & Comedy

Barry Brewer Jr at The Comedy Bar

Barry Brewer hails as one of Hollywood’s most talented, up and coming stars. Best known for his breakout television role as the lead in Tyler…

Friday, May 2nd
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
The Comedy Bar
500 N. LaSalle St.
The Terror Cottas and Chicago Park District Present “The Ostrich”
May2
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Terror Cottas and Chicago Park District Present “The Ostrich”

The Terror Cottas and Chicago Park District are pleased to announce the world premiere of The Ostrich, written by Wendy A. Schmidt and directed by…

Friday, May 2nd
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Berger Park’s North Mansion
Cabaret Film Screening
May2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Cabaret Film Screening

Berlin, 1931. Amid ascendant fascism in Weimar Germany, fame-seeking American émigré Sally Bowles (Liza Minelli) sings at a bawdy cabaret whose host (an effortless Joel…

Friday, May 2nd
7:00 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Logan Center for the Arts
915 East 60th Street
BUST
May2
Theatre & Performing Arts

BUST

It’s not only hell that breaks loose in this ground-breaking, form-defying, laugh-out-loud new drama from Pulitzer-Prize finalist playwright Zora Howard. Retta and Reggie are enjoying…

Friday, May 2nd
7:30 p.m.
Goodman Owen Theatre
170 N. Dearborn, Chicago, IL, 60601
Sightline: The Seldoms with Fraser Taylor
May2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Sightline: The Seldoms with Fraser Taylor

A new dance work with stunning visuals by influential Scottish artist, Fraser Taylor. May 1-4 at the historic Ruth Page Center for the Arts. For…

Friday, May 2nd
7:30 p.m.8:30 p.m.
The Ruth Page Center for the Arts
1016 N. Dearborn St.
Jahari Stampley Trio
May2
Music & Comedy

Jahari Stampley Trio

About the Performance While people Jahari Stampley’s age may be quipping about staving off quarter-life crises, the 25-year-old Chicago-native pianist is understandably more focused on…

Friday, May 2nd
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Ravinia Festival
418 Sheridan Road
Titanique
May2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Titanique

Broadway In Chicago presents the Porchlight Music Theatre production of TITANIQUE All aboard NYC’s must-sea musical comedy! When the music of Céline Dion makes sweet Canadian…

Friday, May 2nd
7:30 p.m.9:10 p.m.
Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place
175 E. Chestnut St .Chicago, IL 60611
Berlin
May2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Berlin

Berlin is an unforgettable mosaic of intersecting narratives set amidst the decline of Weimar Germany. This original commission brings Jason Lutes’s exhilarating and acclaimed graphic novel…

Friday, May 2nd
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Court Theatre
5535 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL, 60637
Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha — A Musical Reimagining
May2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha — A Musical Reimagining

Accessibility Services: ASL interpretation and audio description will be available on Saturday, May 3, 2025 An extraordinary core creative team of Black women artists, brought…

Friday, May 2nd
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company Presents ‘ART’
May2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Remy Bumppo Theatre Company Presents ‘ART’

Remy Bumppo Theatre Company is pleased to announce the cast, creative and production teams for ‘Art,’ the final production in its 2024 – 2025 season,…

Friday, May 2nd
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Theater Wit
Drink the Past Dry
May2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Drink the Past Dry

The nondescript neighborhood bar in the middle of Chicago looks like every other bar in every other neighborhood in the city. A few regulars sit…

Friday, May 2nd
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Mrs. Murphy & Sons Irish Bistro
3905 N Lincoln Ave
Curious Theatre Branch Presents “The Infinity Play”
May2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Curious Theatre Branch Presents “The Infinity Play”

Curious Theatre Branch, is proud to present the world premiere of The Infinity Play, written by Paul William Brennan and directed by Brennan and Maya…

Friday, May 2nd
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
The Jarvis Square Theatre
1439 W. Jarvis, Chicago, IL, 60626
Redtwist Theatre Presents “Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus”
May2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Redtwist Theatre Presents “Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus”

Award-winning Redtwist Theatre, currently presenting, the recently extended through April 6, Titus Andronicus, one of the top rated plays in Chicago, according to TheaterInChicago.com, presents …

Friday, May 2nd
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Redtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave
R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots)
May2
Theatre & Performing Arts

R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots)

In 1920, Karel Čapek’s early science fiction classic R.U.R. coined the term “robot” and looked ahead to the wonders and dangers of artificial intelligence decades…

Friday, May 2nd
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
City Lit Theater
1020 W. Bryn Mawr, Chicago, IL, 60660
Helena & Hermia in The Enamored Odyssey
May2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Helena & Hermia in The Enamored Odyssey

book, music & lyrics by Dominick Alesia directed by Stefan Roseenchoreography by Anna Roemer In Harken’s Hold, England, a Duke prepares for his grand wedding…

Friday, May 2nd
7:30 p.m.10:00 p.m.
The Den Theatre
1331 N Milwaukee Ave
Lucy Dacus – Forever Is A Feeling Tour
May2
Music & Comedy

Lucy Dacus – Forever Is A Feeling Tour

Indie singer-songwriter Lucy Dacus brings the Forever is a Feeling Tour to The Chicago Theatre on May 2.

Friday, May 2nd
7:30 p.m.10:30 p.m.
The Chicago Theatre
175 N. State
Gypsy – A Musical Fable
May2
Theatre & Performing Arts

Gypsy – A Musical Fable

The Beverly Theatre Guild (BTG) is thrilled to present a fabulous production of Gypsy-A Musical Fableto the stage of the Baer Theater at Morgan Park…

Friday, May 2nd
7:30 p.m.10:30 p.m.
Baer Theater at Morgan Park Academy
2153 W 111th St, Chicago, IL, 60643
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