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The Nutcracker
Experience magic this holiday season with two-time Tony Award®-winner Christopher Wheeldon’s ‘The Nutcracker’. On a magical Christmas Eve, mere months before the opening of Chicago’s…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Hubard Street Dance Chicago Season 47: Fall Series
Hubard Street Dance Company (HSDC) is kicking off Season 47: Fall Series with a historic partnership with The Verdon Fosse® Legacy, making HSDC the only…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Murder Mystery Co’s Dinner Theater Show
A two-hour-long comedic murder mystery where even YOU can be the killer! Join us for the event everyone is dying to attend! Friday Events: 7:00…
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…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The RSC’s Pericles
Royal Shakespeare Company returns to Chicago for the first time in 30 years as part of a new, ongoing partnership with CST Direct from a run…
Take Two: The Improvised Movie at Second City
Take Two is a longform, narrative show consisting of TWO never-before-seen, made-up-on-the-spot movies! Give us a song, we’ll give you a movie! Based on a…
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,…
Tours & Attractions
Big Bus Tours’ Sunset Live Tour
Big Bus Tours, the global leader in open-top bus sightseeing, invites visitors to experience the enhanced Sunset Live Tour in Chicago. Available now through Oct.…
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…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Grossman Ensemble – World Premieres I
Since its inception in 2018, the resident ensemble of the University of Chicago’s Center for Contemporary Composition has premiered 60 new musical works. Conductor Kiki…
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…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The House Without a Christmas Tree
The World Premiere Musical, THE HOUSE WITHOUT A CHRISTMAS TREE is based on the classic Christmas novel by Gail Rock and the beloved 1972 television…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Onward and Overwhelmed
Onward and… Overwhelmed! is a continuation of the show “Onward and Off My Parents’ Health Insurance”. The show features original sketch comedy, songs, musical improv,…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
WASSAIL! An Irish-American Christmas Featuring Apollo’s Fire
About the Performance On Christmas night in Old Ireland, families and friends gathered for singing, storytelling, … and plenty of wassail. From a caroling party…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Happy Holly-Daze Performance
Year after year, Corn Productions brings the holiday magic in a tradition spanning over a decade. Happy Holly-Daze is a sketch comedy show about all…
Theatre & Performing Arts
13 Suits: A Mother’s Monologues
13 Suits: A Mother’s Monologues presented by The Outer Loop Theater Experience at Raven Theatre by Kathleen Kerrigan Duff & Michael Herman directed by Michael Herman, Aviva…
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
Falsettos
Tony Award-winning Falsettos is a tribute to family and its many forms; a playful interrogation of faith and identity; and a celebration of the beauty, complexity, and…
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
& Juliet
Created by the Emmy®-winning writer from “Schitt’s Creek,” this hilarious new musical flips the script on the greatest love story ever told. & Juliet asks: what would…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Yippee Ki Yay – A Diehard Parody
Acclaimed retelling of classic film Die Hard from Richard Marsh – Fringe First-winner, London poetry slam champion, BBC Audio Drama Best Scripted Comedy Drama award-winner…
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