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Chicago’s Best Stand Up
Chicago’s Best Standup Comedy is back better than ever. We’ve compiled the absolute best standup comedy lineup that you will see in the city. Today’s…
Theatre & Performing Arts
BLANK! The Musical
Gather your friends, grab your phone, and share your ideas. At BLANK! The Musical, you create an entire Broadway-style production. This incredible show is completely improvised.…
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…
Music & Comedy
Jimmy O. Yang – Big & Tall Tour
Jimmy O. Yang will bring the Big & Tall Tour to The Chicago Theatre on Friday, January 31. JIMMY O. YANG is a comedian and…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Twelfth Night
DePaul’s student-run theatre organization is proud to present William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. This show tells the story of a woman’s journey through love and identity as…
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…
Music & Comedy
St. Olaf Choir at Fourth Presbyterian Church
The St. Olaf Choir, conducted by Anton Armstrong will perform at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago, Illinois on Friday, January 31 at 7:00 p.m. during…
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,…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Chief Adjuah (formerly Christian Scott)
“Jazz’s young style God.” – JazzTimes Magazine Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah (formerly Christian Scott) is a sonic architect, trumpeter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, designer of innovative technologies…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts
Elisa Harkins, Wampum / ᎠᏕᎳ ᏗᎦᎫᏗ
Artist and composer Elisa Harkins (Cherokee/Muscogee) created Wampum / ᎠᏕᎳ ᏗᎦᎫᏗ as an expression of Indigenous Futurism, blending electronic dance music with Indigenous languages to…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Elisa Harkins, Wampum / ᎠᏕᎳ ᏗᎦᎫᏗ
Artist and composer Elisa Harkins (Cherokee/Muscogee) created Wampum / ᎠᏕᎳ ᏗᎦᎫᏗ as an expression of Indigenous Futurism, blending electronic dance music with Indigenous languages to revitalize and…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Oil Lamp Theater Presents the Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
Oil Lamp Theater is proud to present its first production of the 2025 season, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), written by Adam Long,…
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