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146 Performances Found

Mercury Theater

A Grand Night For Singing.

Second City ETC
(Second City)

Absolute Best Friggin' Time of Your Life, The. Miss this at your own risk.

Accidental Death Of An Anarchist. True to the spirit of anarchy.

Playground Theater
(After Party)

After Party. Catch an always-new, late-night show.

A Red Orchid Theatre

Aliens, The.

Strawdog Theatre

Allotment Annie.

Strawdog Theatre

Allotment Annie. A loving rendition of the WWII era and a healthy dose of demythologization.

American Girl Place

American Girls Revue, The. Put stars in her eyes and a song in her heart-with American Girls.

(Rivendell Theatre Ensemble)

American Wee-Pie.

Pheasant Run Theatre
(Fox Valley Repertory Youth Ensemble)

Art of Murder, The.

RadioStar
(Bortz Entertainment Group)

Awesome 80's Prom, The. Head back to the '80s at this bitchin' interactive show.

Chicago Arts District

Bad Arm: Confessions of a Dodgy Irish Dancer, The. Taking about dance.

Baker's Wife, The.

IO Theater

Beatbox, The. Complete with rap jam.

Athenaeum Theatre

Beautiful Thing.

Second City
(Second City)

Best of the Second City, The. The second city's finest improv.

Artistic Home

Biography. Eavesdrop on the bitching and dishing of a socialite to the stars.

American Girl Place
(American Girl Theater)

Bitty Bear's Matinee: The Family Tree. Family and friendship are the real stars of this kid-focused show.

Briar Street Theatre

Blue Man Group. A silent but oddly endearing blue trio explore the humorous and bizarre.

Bank of America Theatre

Book Of Mormon, The . Believe the hype.

Raven Theatre

Boy Gets Girl . A bad date gets even worse in this anti-romantic comedy about stalking.

Boys Next Door, The.

Second City ETC
(Second City)

Brother, Can You Spare Some Change?. Now that the election ho-ha is over, it's back to funny business as usual.

Ruth Page Center for the Arts

Bud, Not Buddy.

Pub Theater

Bye Bye Liver: The Chicago Drinking Play. The real star of this hilarious sketch show? The bottle.

Cars and Quinceaneras.

Caucasian Chalk Circle. A Brecht classic with an original score.

Cornservatory

Champions of Improv Gladiators, The.

Chicago Dramatists

Chicago Dramatists Saturday Series. Take in an afternoon of staged works-in-progress.

Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre

Cinderella.

Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Theatre)

Co-Ed Prison Sluts. That's hot.

Chemically Imbalanced Theater

Comedy Showcase. Three improv or sketch groups go at it.

The Montrose Room
(ComedySportz)

Comedy Sportz. Suburban Sportz.

ComedySportz Theatre
(ComedySportz)

ComedySportz. Fast, funny improv suitable for all ages.

Raue Center For The Arts

Company.

TimeLine Theatre Company
(Timeline Theatre)

Concerning Strange Devices from the Distant West.

Stage 773
(The Cupid Players)

Cupid Has a Heart On: A Musical Guide to Relationships. First comes love, then comes marriage...

Jedlicka Performing Arts Center

Das Barbecu.

Playground Theater
(BLEWT! Productions)

Demon Who Never Appeared, A. From stand-up to improv, this show's got every comedy covered.

(The Dinner Detective)

Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show, The.

Victory Gardens Biograph Theater

Disconnect.

Stage 773

Does my Fat Ass Make my Ass Look Fat? .

Playground Theater
(Blewt! Productions)

Don't Spit the Water!. A late night game show so funny it'll make you spit.

Fusion
(Dave Odd Productions Entertainment)

Edge Underground Comedy Club, The. Edge isn't just the name of this stand-up showcase.

Aloft Loft

El Circo Cheapo Cabaret #2. A circus in a loft? Yep.

Gorilla Tango Theatre
(Salsation Theatre Company)

El Mari Chi Chi: A Robert Rodriguez Burlesque. ¡Arriba!

Greenhouse Theater Center
(Waltzing Mechanics)

El Stories. Get on the train.

Greenhouse Theater Center

El Stories: Brown Line. This show runs express.

Gorilla Tango Theatre

Empire Brings Sexy Back: A Star Wars Burlesque Sequel, The.

Loyola University

Epic Spectacles: A New Play. A new coming of age story.

Faith Healer.

Actors Gymnasium

Fall Youth Circus.

Annoyance Theatre and Bar

Final Balloon, The.

Angel Island
(Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company)

Glass Menagerie, The. An American classic, viewed through a grimy glass.

Building Stage
(Building Stage)

Hänsel und Gretel. Into the woods...

Stage 773
(Shattered Globe Theatre)

Happy Now?.

Hellcab.

(The Right Brain Project)

Hesperia. Porn and innocence.

Gorilla Tango Theatre

Holy Bouncing Boobies! A Batman Burlesque.

ComedySportz Theatre

Hot Karl, The. There's a reason this "mature" improv show doesn't go on until the wee hours.

Steppenwolf Theatre

How Long Will I Cry?: Voices of Youth Violence.

Improv Kitchen

Improv Kitchen. Fill your belly and then watch it jiggle as you giggle.

Stage 773
(Bailiwick Chicago)

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Book Cellar

Kates, The. No one in this comedy show is actually named Kate.

Mercury Cafe

Kates, The. No one in this comedy group is actually named Kate.

Stage 773
(Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago)

Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill. A Musical Biography of a Legend

the side project

Lady M. Don't plot for a crown with crazy.

Royal George Theatre Center

Late Nite Catechism. Enroll in a class of Sister's sharp religious humor.

Laugh Out Loud Theater
(Laugh Out Loud Theater)

Laugh Out Loud. Now there's even more improv comedy in Schaumburg.

Links Hall

Laughing from the Other Side of Your Face. Which side is that?

(MPAACT)

Leaves, Trees, Forest.

Writers' Theatre (Tudor Court)
(Writers' Theatre)

Letters, The. Who will claim the upper hand?

Dream Theatre

Lights Out, Everybody - a tribute in Horror to Arch Oboler.

Steep Theatre

Luther.

Chopin Theatre

Magnificents, The.

Copley Theatre
(TOC Productions)

Menopause the Musical. Hot flashes, memory loss and chocolate binges galore.

Apollo Theater

Million Dollar Quartet. Four famous musicians team up and rock out.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Minsk, 2011: A Reply to Kathy Acker.

Steppenwolf Theatre

Motherf**ker with the Hat, The. A monumentally enjoyable theatre experience.

VFW Berwyn
(New Branch Theatre Company)

Murder at the Disco. It's death meets disco at the biggest dance contest of 1976.

Lifeline Theatre

Mystery of the Pirate Ghost.

No Shame Theatre.

Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre

Now and Forever, The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Gorilla Tango Theatre

Nude Hope, A Star Wars Burlesque. May the sexual force be with you.

Steppenwolf Upstairs Theatre

Oral Histories.

Goodman Theatre
(Goodman Theatre)

Other Desert Cities. A play with great potential doesn't quite gel.

Chemically Imbalanced Theater

Perfume, Whiskey, and Sickness of the Soul: Improvisation in the Style of Tennessee Williams.

Studio BE
(pH Productions)

pHamily the Musical. Smart, funny improv you can sing along with.

Studio BE
(pH Productions)

pHrenzy pHucked. Balls-out, no holds barred improv that encourages BYOB.

Playground Theater

Playground, The. Savor a night of long-form improv by national troupes.

Please-O-Matic. Laugh naked.

Second City ETC
(Second City)

Pratfall of Civilization. "Pratfall of Civilization" takes aim at America and hits its mark (mostly).

Stage Left Theatre
(The Mill)

Private Lives of Eskimos, The. Ever wonder about life after anti-depressants?

Royal George Theatre Center
(Quade Productions)

Put the Nuns in Charge!. Roll in the aisles with a little religious humor.

Theater Wit

Pygmalion. Celebrate this classic satire's 100th birthday with the party it deserves.

Noble Horse Theatre

Quadrille. A dinner performance spectacular, featuring dancing white stallions.

Ontourage

Red Bar Comedy Show, The. Fresh stand-up in an upscale, Vegas-style venue.

Athenaeum Theatre

Richard II .

Building Stage

Ring of the Niebelung, The. Pack a lunch.

Greenhouse Theater Center

Royal Hunt of the Sun, The.

Royal George Theatre Center

Saints & Sinners. Nun of that.

Mercury Theater

Screwtape Letters, The . C.S. Lewis writes Christian satire.

Crocodile

Show Below, The. Funny is free.

Greenhouse Theater Center

Side Effects May Include.

Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace

Singin in the Rain. Well, that was delightful!

Studio BE

Sketch-travaganza: Best of Sketchfest. Themed hours of sketch comedy...what more could you want?

Chicago Dramatists
(Chicago Dramatists)

Southbridge.

Chicago Dramatists
(Chicago Dramatists)

Southbridge.

IO Theater

Storytown. Move over, Hans Christian Andersen.

Second City ETC
(Second City)

Studs Terkel's Not Working. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

(Signal Ensemble Theatre)

Successors.

Athenaeum Theatre
(Greasy Joan & Co.)

Sueno. Mystical, haunting and humorous adaptation.

the side project

Sugarward. Blood and sugar.

Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace

Sunset Boulevard.

Gorilla Tango Theatre

SuperBoobs: A Superhero Burlesque Adventure . Mischief, Mayhem, and Mighty Mammaries.

Excalibur
(Neil Tobin, Necromancer)

Supernatural Chicago. Interactive theater set in one of the city's most haunted nightspots.

Playground Theater

Takin’ It to the Beats! .

Second City
(Second City)

Taming of the Flu. It's a comedy epidemic.

Cornservatory

Tammy: A Coming of Age Story About a Girl Who is Part T-Rex. "Hey Diary, What's up?"

Fine Arts Building
(Moving Dock Theatre Company)

Tea with the Ladies of the Harvard College Observatory. Tea and astronomy.

Playground Theater

Telethon, The.

Black Ensemble Theater
(Black Ensemble Theatre)

The Message Is In The Music (God Is A Black Man Named Ricky). Are you there, Ricky?

Richochets Tavern (4644 N. Lincoln Ave.)

The Paper Machete. It's like a blog in real-life form.

Gallery Cabaret

The Two-Hour Comedy Hour. They defy the laws of time.

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre

There’s A Girl In My Soup.

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre

There's A Girl In My Soup.

Three Viewings.

Links Hall
(Beverly Nelson)

Time it Takes, The. Beverly Nelson transforms metaphorical representations of women and war.

Zebra Lounge

Tits and Bits.

Chicago Improv

Tommy Davidson. Funny guy.

Tommy Gun's Garage

Tommy Gun’s Garage. I am the twenties, hear me roar.

Oracle Theatre

Tonight It's Live. Almost famous.

Piper's Alley

Tony 'N' Tina's Wedding. You're invited to this loud, Italian-style wedding.

Neo-Futurarium
(Neo-Futurists)

Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind. 30 wacky/heart-breaking/funny/political plays in 60 minutes.

Village Theatre Guild

Trying.

Trap Door Theatre

Unveiling and Dozens of Cousins, The.

Ruth Page Center for the Arts
(ShawChicago)

Votes For Women! . Sister suffragettes!

The Greenhouse Theatre Center
(Circle Theatre)

When the Rain Stops Falling.

Northlight Theatre

Whipping Man, The.

IO Theater

Whirled News Tonight. A satirical turn on current events.

IO Theater

Whirled News Tonight 6th Anniversary!. Before the Daily Show there was...

Comedy Shrine Theater
(Comedy Shrine)

Whose Line?. The classic t.v. show comes to life...as improv.

(Silent Theatre)

Wild Party Variety Hour, The. No plot, no special effects, just pure entertainment.

eta Creative Arts Foundation

Wine In The Wilderness.

Greenhouse Theater Center
(MPAACT)

Zulu Fits . Twists and turns.

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