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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…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Theatre & Performing Arts
2024 Co-MISSION Festival of New Works
Join us for Links Hall’s 2024 Co-MISSION Festival of New Works, two groundbreaking weekends of new performance and public events. Representing some of the most…
Theatre & Performing Arts
BLANK! The Musical
This unique show is completely improvised, with no script or book – just the performers on stage and suggestions from the audience. At BLANK! The…
Theatre & Performing Arts
1619: The Journey of a People
From the beginning of American slavery to Reconstruction, the Great Migration, the Civil Rights Era, and modern movements for justice, 1619 packs generations of history…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Circus Vazquez
Circus Vazquez (www.circusvazquez.com), America’s largest family-owned big top circus, brings its thrilling new 2024 production to three Chicago area locations. Tickets are on sale now…
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…
Sports & Recreation
Neon Paddle
Night time guided electric motorized paddle board tours with LED lights. Located in Ping Tom Park, Neon Paddle is the only glowing motorized paddle board…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Three Sisters
Anton Chekhov’s classic play, packed with action and emotion, chronicles three and a half years in the falling fortunes of the four children of a…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Hot Girl Saturdays at The Original Mother’s
It’s a Hot Girl Summer at Mother’s! Grab your besties and join us every Saturday from 7pm to 10pm for $5 cocktails, beer, and…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Baby Wants Candy! The Original Completely Improvised Musical
“CRITICS’ PICK. TRULY AMAZING!” – New York Times “BEST VISITING IMPROV COMEDY!”– TimeOut NY “HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!” – The Onion “★★★★★” THEY ARE AN ENTERTAINMENT PHENOMENON AND I…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Clued In
After getting a single suggestion, the cast of six professional comedians asks the audience to choose a detective. Enjoy as they invent a tale of…
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
Attempts on Her Life
An artist. A terrorist. A child. A brand new car. A porn star. These are all the things that Anne can be. ATTEMPTS ON HER…
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
GDC: “Season 61 | UNLIMITED!” Spring Harris Theater Engagement
Giordano Dance Chicago, America’s original jazz dance company, presents their spring engagement at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph St. at…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Hisaishi Conducts Hisaishi
One of the most celebrated Japanese composers of our time, Joe Hisaishi has produced music for 10 Hayao Miyazaki films, including Nausicaä of the Valley of…
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
The Importance of Being Earnest
Just in time for Pride Month, Strawdog Theatre Company presents “The Importance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde, adapted by Dusty Brown and Elizabeth Swanson,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Little Bear Ridge Road
In the outer limits of rural Idaho, the last two estranged members of the Fernsby family tree, a reclusive aunt and her gay nephew, reunite to…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Six The Musical
From Tudor Queens to Pop Icons, the SIX wives of Henry VIII take the microphone to remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak into a Euphoric Celebration…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Theatre & Performing Arts
Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini
Premiered in 1893, “Manon Lescaut” is Giacomo Puccini’s hit opera based on Abbé Prévost’s novel. The tragic tale revolves around Manon’s struggle between love and…
Theatre & Performing Arts
“The Underground Society for Music” at Trap Door Theatre
“The Underground” is a two-part play with music about a world without music. Written by playwright and lyricist Austin Lamewona with music by Brooke Vespoli…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Lincoln Lodge
The Lincoln Lodge stand-up comedy and variety showcase plays every Friday and Saturday night in Chicago’s glamorous Logan Square! In addition to The Lodge’s rotating…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Sundance Institute x Chicago 2024: Your Monster
The Logan Center for the Arts and Film Studies Center are excited to be a venue partner for SUNDANCE INSTITUTE X CHICAGO 2024. Please join…
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