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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…
Music & Comedy
All The Best From Frank and Liza
Experience a dazzling evening of sophistication and musical enchantment at Borelli’s on Sunday, May 18, as Gary Thomas and Lexa Maxa take the stage in…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
All The Best From Frank & Liza
Gary Thomas and Lexa Maxa take the stage in a captivating cabaret show celebrating the iconic tunes of Frank Sinatra and Liza Minnelli. As part…
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
Social Distortion & Bad Religion: 2024 US Tour
Legendary punk bands Social Distortion & Bad Religion will perform live at The Salt Shed Indoors on May 18 and May 20, 2024.
Theatre & Performing Arts
A Barrie Cole Play Festival: Hamburgers and Disappointment
CHICAGO, IL – Sweetback Productions, in collaboration with Labyrinth Arts, is proud to announce Hamburgers and Disappointment: Plays about Enoughness, a festival of works by…
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…
Music & Comedy
10th Anniversary Chicago Jazz String Summit
For ten years, the Chicago Jazz String Summit (CJSS) has showcased the contributions of phenomenal string players to jazz, improvised, and experimental music. Founded by…
Theatre & Performing Arts
9 to 5: The Musical
Three unlikely friends take control of their office and learn there is nothing they can’t do, even in a man’s world. Set in the late…
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…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Chicago Shakespeare Theater: Judgment Day
“Landing all the jokes… Moritz von Stuelpnagel tackles darkly funny materials with a shrewd balance of heightened reality, warped sitcom & underlying pathos” –Hollywood Reporter Emmy and Tony…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Ascension
The morning after graduating high school, Matthew wakes to a future that looks bleak. Addicted to porn, dependent on pot, alienated from his father, Matthew…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Death Becomes Her – The Musical
Madeline Ashton is the most beautiful actress (just ask her) ever to grace the stage and screen. Helen Sharp is the long-suffering author (just ask…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Golden Girls – The Laughs Continue
Picture it. United States, 2024. GOLDEN GIRLS: THE LAUGHS CONTINUE is a parody that brings Miami’s sassiest seniors to stages around the country for one more hurrah.…
Sports & Recreation
Chicago Fire FC vs. Columbus Crew
Chicago Fire FC vs. Columbus Crew Kickoff at 7:30 p.m. CT
Theatre & Performing Arts
Back in the Saddle
Back in the Saddle is a split bill between Alix Schillaci and Darvin Dances. Starting off with Inclined to Decline (Darvin Dances), a piece inspired…
Theatre & Performing Arts
RAIN – A Tribute to The Beatles
RAIN: A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES is an electrifying concert experience celebrating the timeless music of the legendary fab four. With note-for-note precision, this mind-blowing performance…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Peng Zhao and Cherry Chen AAPI Voices Fund Culminating Event @ Gene Siskel
Screening and Networking event celebrating our Peng Zhao and Cherry Chen AAPI Voices Fund Grantees and AAPI Alumni Community. Join us Saturday, May 18th,2024 at…
Music & Comedy
Chicago Jazz String Summit
Acclaimed cellist Tomeka Reid’s 10th Annual Chicago Jazz String Summit celebrates string instruments in jazz, improvised, and experimental music with a lineup of phenomenal musicians…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Mamma Mia
A mother. A daughter. 3 possible dads. And a trip down the aisle you’ll never forget! Set on a Greek island paradise where the sun…
Music & Comedy
Rain – A Tribute to The Beatles
RAIN: A Tribute to the Beatles is an electrifying concert experience celebrating the timeless music of the legendary fab four. With note-for-note precision, this mind-blowing…
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…
Music & Comedy
WBEZ Presents: Mortified Live – Summer Vacation
Witness personal redemption through public humiliation in a refreshing show that is equal parts comedic, cathartic and voyeuristic. Presented by WBEZ at the Studebaker…
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