20 shows found.
Company: Sandra Bernhard & The Rebellious Jezebels
Venue: Steppenwolf Downstairs Theatre
Performances: Monday 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.
Tickets: $60 (7 p.m.)/$50 (9:30 p.m.)
Closes: Runs Through Oct 27
Company: Shattered Globe Theatre
Venue: Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater
Performances: Thursday 8 p.m. (preview 5/15, industry nite 5/22), Friday 8 p.m. (preview 5/16), Saturday 8 p.m. (preview 5/17), Sunday 3 p.m.
Tickets: $27–$35 ($20 previews, $15 industry)
Closes: Runs Through Jul 5
Company: Dog & Pony Theatre Company
Venue: Theatre on the Lake
Performances: Wednesday 7 p.m., Thursday 7 p.m., Friday 7 p.m., Saturday 7 p.m., Sunday 7 p.m.
Tickets: $20 general, $15 students & seniors
Closes: Runs Through May 25
Company: Broadway In Chicago
Venue: Cadillac Palace Theatre
Performances: Monday 7:30 p.m. (6/2 only), Tuesday 7:30 p.m. (5/27 & 6/3 only), Wednesday 2 p.m. (5/28 & 6/4 only) & 7:30 p.m., Thursday 7:30 p.m., Friday 8 p.m., Saturday 2 p.m. & 8 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. (5/25 & 6/1 only)
Tickets: $25-$75
Closes: Runs Through Jun 7
Company: Second City
Venue: Second City
Performances: Monday 8 p.m., Saturday 4 p.m.
Tickets: < $20 ($19)
Closes: N/A.
Company: Second City
Venue: Second City
Performances: Tuesday 8 p.m., Wednesday 8 p.m., Thursday 8 p.m., Friday 8 p.m., Saturday 8 p.m., Sunday 7 p.m.
Tickets: $19–$25
Closes: N/A.
Company: N/A.
Venue: Briar Street Theatre
Performances: Tuesday 8 p.m., Wednesday 8 p.m., Thursday 8 p.m., Friday 7 & 10 p.m., Saturday 4, 7 & 10 p.m., Sunday 1, 4 & 7 p.m.
Tickets: $50+
Closes: N/A.
Company: Redmoon Theater
Venue: Redmoon Central
Performances: Thursday 8 p.m. (previews 3/27; regular run opens 4/3), Friday 8 p.m. (preview 3/28; regular run opens 4/4), Saturday 8 p.m. (previews 3/15 & 3/29; regular run 4/5), Sunday 3 p.m. (preview 3/16 only; regular run opens 4/6)
Tickets: $20–$25
Closes: Runs Through May 25
Redmoon's prop- and puppet-heavy spectacles are always lovely, but not always cohesive. But according to critics, its latest show weds visual innovation to heart-ache and truth. This Depression-era tale about a vagabond alcoholic, his devastated wife, and their buried child has a sentimental plot, but director Frank Maugeri keeps things rooted in humanity, and dirt. (Dirt is a theme, a major prop, and comprises much of the set.) More critical praise goes, as usual, to the exquisite design elements and to Charles Kim’s eerie, live-piano score. Get more details...
Company: Collaboraction
Venue: Steppenwolf Merle Reskin Garage Theatre
Performances: Monday see website, Tuesday see website, Wednesday see website, Thursday see website, Friday see website, Saturday see website, Sunday see website
Tickets: $15-$50
Closes: Runs Through Jun 15
Collaboraction's excruciatingly hip theater festival returns to the Steppenwolf garage for another month of short plays, music, art and miscellaneous happenings. Come for the party atmosphere, stay for the world-premiere work by nationally known writers, local heroes and a few playwrights who are both. Program A features plays from New York and from Chicagoan/recent Wasserstein Prize winner Laura Jacqmin. Program B includes Neofuturist elder Greg Allen, Oscar nominee Jose Rivera and spooksmith Emily Schwartz. With this kind of talent, you'd better go twice. Get more details...
Company: BLEWT! Productions
Venue: Playground Theater
Performances: Saturday midnight (first Saturday every month)
Tickets: < $20 ($10; $5 students)
Closes: N/A.
Company: Silk Road Theatre Project
Venue: Chicago Temple
Performances: Thursday 7:30 p.m. (preview 5/1 & 5/8), Friday 8 p.m. (preview 5/2 & 5/9), Saturday 4 p.m. & 8 p.m. (preview 5/3; press opening 5/10), Sunday 4 p.m. (preview 5/4; opening night 5/11)
Tickets: $28–$32 ($18–$20 previews)
Closes: Runs Through Jun 15
Company: TimeLine Theatre Company
Venue: TimeLine Theatre Company
Performances: Wednesday 7:30 p.m. 5/28, 6/4 & 6/11, Thursday 7:30 p.m., Friday 8 p.m., Saturday 4 p.m. & 8 p.m. , Sunday 2 p.m.
Tickets: $25-$30 general, $15 students, $15 previews
Closes: Runs Through Jun 15
Some off-the-wall ideas ("Let's make a musical of 'Carrie'!") become instant flops. Others ("Let's make a musical about Mayor LaGuardia!") become stealth classics. TimeLine Theatre's loving revival of "Fiorello!" makes a strong case for the "classic" classification. The musical, which won the Pulitzer in 1959, tells the story of a mayor actually fighting against corruption (Chicago is confused). It's a big-hearted, tuneful show that makes you root for corny stuff like the little guy getting ahead, and the good girl getting her man, without sacrificing its sense of emotional truth. This might have something to do with TimeLine's crackerjack ensemble, which focuses more on connected acting than on perfect warbling. Pair with Strawdog's new (and doubtlessly more cynical) election-focused musical "Old Town" for the perfect theme weekend. Get more details...
Company: Sarah King/flashlite productions
Venue: Apollo Studio Theater
Performances: Friday 10:30 p.m.
Tickets: $12; $8 students & performers
Closes: Runs Through May 30
Company: Annoyance Productions
Venue: Annoyance Theatre
Performances: Friday midnight
Tickets: < $20 ($8)
Closes: N/A.
Company: InFusion Theatre Company
Venue: Royal George Theatre Center
Performances: Monday 8 p.m. for preview on 4/14 only, Tuesday 8 p.m. for preview on 4/15 only, Wednesday 8 p.m. for preview on 4/16 only, Thursday 8 p.m., Friday 8 p.m., Saturday 9 p.m., Sunday 5 p.m.
Tickets: $20-$25; $15 students & seniors (previews $12)
Closes: Runs Through Jun 1
Company: Late Nite Tit-Bits
Venue: Annoyance Theatre
Performances: Saturday 10 p.m.
Tickets: $15
Closes: Runs Through May 17
Company: The Hypocrites
Venue: Chopin Theatre
Performances: Thursday 8 p.m. (preview 4/24), Friday 8 p.m. (preview 4/25), Saturday 8 p.m. (preview 4/26), Sunday 2 p.m. (no matinee 4/27); 7 p.m. opening on 4/27
Tickets: $20 ($10 previews)
Closes: Runs Through Jun 8
Company: Neo-Futurists
Venue: The Neofuturarium
Performances: Thursday 8 p.m. , Friday 8 p.m., Saturday 8 p.m.
Tickets: $15 ($10 students, seniors)
Closes: Runs Through May 17
This is your last chance to see the Neofuturists' latest perfectly conceived piece of high-concept japery. For the past month, they've been staging a weekly original television pilot. This weekend marks the end of the run, when, the audience will decide which show gets "picked up" (whatever that means). The artsy 'Futs swear that they've done their darndest to sell out, creating theater TV designed to tempt the lowest common denominator. The current bottom contender is probably "Unitards!" (about a developmentally disabled kid who just wants to wrestle), but the final installment features a crime-fighting mime. How low can you go? Get more details...
Company: American Theater Company
Venue: American Theater Company
Performances: Thursday 8 p.m. , Friday 8 p.m., Saturday 4 p.m. & 8 p.m. , Sunday 3 p.m.
Tickets: $30-35 ($20 previews)
Closes: Runs Through May 18
Once upon a time, in high school, a nerdy Christian, a big-city gay kid and a deranged drama queen got all tangled up in each other's internets, uncovered a dirty secret and joined this weird forensics club. "Speech and Debate," in its regional premiere at American Theatre Company, is both funny and deliciously overblown, like a John Hughes classic deformed by Facebook. (Don't miss Sadieh Rifai as video blogger/unredeemable "Wicked" fan Dawita.) The plot, which centers on a web-based student/teacher sex scandal, provides uncountable laughs, plenty of intense confrontations and one utterly fabulous dance number. It smells like a hit. Get more details... |
