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162 Performances Found

Stage Left Theatre
(pH Productions)

100...Years of Losing. Cubs fan or not, you can appreciate continuously losing.

IO Theater

3033. Veteran improvisers reunite for big laughs.

Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace
(Drury Lane)

A Christmas Carol (Drury Lane). Celebrating Christmas with Dickens—and holiday eats.

Goodman Theatre
(Goodman Theatre)

A Christmas Carol (Goodman). Remember the Ghost of Christmas Past from years past?

Chicago Center for the Performing Arts
(Headcheese Fat Boss Productions)

A Hipmas Christmas Carol. Could Dickens handle this avant-garde, jazz-infused retelling of his classic story?

Chicago Shakespeare Theater
(Chicago Shakespeare Theater)

A Midsummer Night's Dream. Shakespeare's play defies the cold weather.

A Red Orchid Theatre
(A Red Orchid Theatre)

A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant. Sing ho ho ho all the way to this hilariously cynical holiday spoof.

Neo-Futurarium
(Neo-Futurists)

A Very Neo-Futurist Christmas Carol. Get Scrooged.

Theatre at the Center
(Theatre at the Center)

A Wonderful Life. A classic musical for the holiday season.

Chicago Cultural Center

About Dance. Blend a sizzling dance performance and sharp dance criticism.

Playground Theater
(After Party)

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

Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre
(Marriott Theatre)

Aladdin. Soaring through the sky with Aladdin.

Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre
(Marriott Theatre)

All Shook Up. Elvis's spirit never dies.

ComedySportz Theatre

Alpha Dog Omega. It's not just improv, it's Frat-Prov!

American Girl Place

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

Theatre Building Chicago
(Vitalist Theatre and Premiere Theatre & Performance)

Anung's First Christmas. Young Anung embarks upon a magical journey.

IO Theater

Armando Diaz Experience, Theatrical Movement & Hootenanny. Giggle along with alumni of Second City and IO.

EP Theatre
(Pavement Group)

Arrangements. A lot goes on behind the scenes at this flower shop.

Cornservatory
(Corn Productions)

Aunt Nancy and Her Stories. Remember Aunt Nancy? Yep, she's comin' to town.

Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater
(Eclipse Theatre Company)

Autumn Garden, The . Get your Lillian Hellman fix.

RadioStar
(Bortz Entertainment Group)

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

Chemically Imbalanced Theater
(Chemically Imbalanced Comedy)

Bad Review. Don't hate bad reviews. Embrace them.

Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Productions)

Bad Touch: Unsavory Improv. Prepare to squirm at this anything-goes improv show.

ComedySportz Theatre

Battle-Prov. An all-out improv fight, ComedySportz-style.

ComedySportz Theatre

Beatbox, The. It's a comedy match made in heaven: long-form improv and classic hip-hop.

No Exit Cafe
(Theo Ubique)

Belle Barth: If I Embarrass You, Tell Your Friends. Follow Belle on her busty journey to stardom.

Playground Theater

Belmont Burlesque Revue. A revealing, late-night comedy and dance show.

Neo-Futurarium
(Neo-Futurists)

Benefit for A Very Neo-Futurist Christmas Carol. Merry Neo-Futurist Christmas Carol benefit.

Second City
(Second City)

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

Second City
(Second City)

Between Barack and a New Show. The primaries are coming up fast, so get some more Barack luv on.

Playground Theater

Big Yellow Bus. Ensemble members tickle audience members' funny bones.

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.

Apollo Studio Theater
(The Blu Mic)

Blu Mic, The. Solid stand-up in an intimate setting.

Briar Street Theatre

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

Lookingglass Theatre Company
(Lookingglass Theatre Company)

Brothers Karamazov, The . Heidi Stillman adapts Dostoevsky's murderous novel.

Chicago Center for the Performing Arts
(Pub Theatre)

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

Chicago Dramatists

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

Beat Kitchen
(Chicago Underground Comedy)

Chicago Underground Comedy. Saucy stand-ups take the stage Tuesday nights.

Gunther Murphy's
(Chicago Underground Comedy)

Chicago Underground Comedy. Five stand-up comedians wield their best material weekly.

Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Productions)

Chicagoland. See the city through the eyes of long-form improv.

Annoyance Theatre
(Annoyance Theatre)

Co-Ed Prison Sluts. Shit. Motherf&*!@$. F--k you you c$%t or a prick...

Dream Theatre
(Dream Theatre)

Cold. The holidays can be happy times, you know.

Chemically Imbalanced Theater

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

ComedySportz Theatre
(ComedySportz)

ComedySportz. Fast, funny improv suitable for all ages.

ComedySportz Theatre

comedysportz4kidz. Kids get in on the act in this pint-size version of the popular comedy competition.

Chicago Center for the Performing Arts
(Thirteen Pocket Productions)

Cool Table, The. Improv comedy with a rock-star vibe.

BoHo Theatre @ Heartland Studio
(Ludicrous Theatre Company)

Corpus Christi. Josh might be the next Jesus Christ—the gay version.

Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Productions)

Crickets. Short-form improv that's intentionally rude.

IO Theater
(The Cupid Players)

Cupid Has a Heart On: A Musical Guide to Relationships. Burned by love? This satire burns love right back.

Playground Theater
(BLEWT! Productions)

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

Cadillac Palace Theatre
(Broadway In Chicago)

Dirty Dancing . The classic coming-of-age love story hits the stage.

Bella Bacinos
(Dirty Water )

Dirty Water. Improv comedy set in a South Boston sports bar.

Town Hall Pub
(Dirty Water)

Dirty Water. Fun-loving, wise-cracking improv artists rock the stage.

Second City ETC
(Second City)

Disposable Nation. From stem cells to smokers to Pluto-everything in America is disposable.

Black Ensemble Theater

Don't Shed a Tear (The Story of Billie Holiday). Rock out to the tunes of a jazz legend.

Playground Theater
(Blewt! Productions)

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

Athenaeum Theatre
(WildClaw Theatre )

Dreams in the Witch House, The . Going to university is even scarier than you remember.

Victory Gardens Biograph Theater
(Steve Mosqueda & Phil Ridarelli)

Drinking and Writing Vol IV. This play should go to rehab.

Lifeline Theatre
(Lifeline Theatre)

Duck for Prez. Tell your kids about this year's election. And why they should care.

Rubin's Chicago Room Gallery Cafe

Duke Disdain Show, The. Sassy stand-up mixes with toe-tappin' music.

Fusion
(Dave Odd Productions Entertainment)

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

Town Hall Pub

Entertaining Julia. It's free, it's funny and it's full of spastic performers.

IO Theater
(Atticus Finch)

Felt. What's funnier than improv? Sassy puppets performing improv.

Royal George Theatre Center
(Forbidden Broadway)

Forbidden Broadway Dances with the Stars. Get into fun, Broadway-style.

Town Hall Pub

Fourth Friday Comedy Night. Catch funny folks making jokes every fourth Friday at Town Hall Pub.

Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Theatre)

Frostbite. Bite this.

Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Productions)

Grabass: A Carnival of Dummy. Only smarty-pants can pull together a show in 24 hours.

Playground Theater

Grafitti. We can't get our fill of Adventure Club.

College of DuPage McAnich Arts Center

Grand Derangement!. Step dancers rock out to an explosion of lights and sound.

Northlight Theatre
(Northlight Theatre)

Grey Gardens. The musical theater version of the kooky documentary about Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis's aunt and first cousin.

Athenaeum Theatre
(Permoveo Productions)

Haram Iran. Two Iranian boys get caught experimenting with their sexuality.

IO Theater

Harold, The. IO's signature, long-form improv piece.

Spot
(New Millennium Theatre Company)

Have a Very Sexy Christmas. Add spice to your season with some songs from some of the hottest ladies in town.

The Vittum Theater
(Adventure Stage)

Holes. Who says time travel only happens in movies?

ComedySportz Theatre

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

Black Ensemble Theater
(Black Ensemble Theater Company)

I Am Who I Am: The Teddy Pendergrass Story. Meet Teddy Pendergrass, "the Black Elvis Presley."

Spot
(Bruised Orange Theater Company)

I Saw You. Bringing personal ads to life one show at a time.

Museum of Science and Industry
(Chicago Children's Theatre)

If All the World Were Paper. Follow the birth of Paper Girl in this interactive musical.

Improv Kitchen

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

IO Theater

Improvised Shakespeare. Improv that uses the bard's language and themes.

Apollo Studio Theater
(Megan Doherty & Jacob A. Ware)

Information For Children. Ever heard of "babytologists"?

Theatre Building Chicago
(Theatre Wit)

Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol. Can Jacob save old Scrooge?

Chicago Dramatists
(Teatro Luna)

Jarred: A Hoodoo Comedy. After Alicia gets dumped, she turns to black magic.

Playground Theater
(Williams & Martinez)

Jerry Or...Bach. Everyone loves to laugh at your weaknesses. And other aspects of you.

Bank of America Theatre
(Broadway In Chicago)

Jersey Boys. Listen to Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons croon.

Raven Theatre
(Raven Theatre)

Jesus Hopped the "A" Train. Urban drama with strong Catholic overtones.

Building Stage
(Collaboraction)

Jon. Can teen love exist in a corporate-controlled future?

Royal George Theatre Center

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

Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Late Nite Tit-Bits)

Late Nite Tit-Bits. It's time to get naughty...

Laugh Out Loud Theater
(Laugh Out Loud Theater)

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

Annoyance Theatre and Bar

'Lil' Talent Show, A. Wax nostalgic about the high school talent show.

Lincoln Restaurant
(Tight Five Productions)

Lincoln Lodge, The. Hot, saucy stand-up next to a down-home diner.

The Artistic Home
(The Artistic Home)

Look Homeward Angel. Coming-of-age isn't easy, especially for Eugene Gant.

IO Theater

Lottery, The. IO blends a bunch of improv classes and earns an A.

City Lit

Magic Chicago. Let the magic and mystery dazzle you.

Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace
(Drury Lane)

Mame. Who doesn't want a Manhattan socialite for a guardian?

Drury Lane Water Tower Place

Meet Me in St. Louis. Will the Smith family move to New York City?

Black Ensemble Theater
(Black Ensemble Theater Company)

Memphis Soul (The Story of Stax Records). Stax Records sashays through history as a legendary label.

Profiles Theatre
(Profiles Theatre)

Men of Tortuga . Who doesn't a good play about evil CEOs and corporate control?

Copley Theatre
(TOC Productions)

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

Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Productions)

Messing With A Friend. Top comedians fill a rotating spot in this two-person improv show.

VFW Berwyn
(New Branch Theatre Company)

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

IO Theater

Nogoodnicks. A fierce improv duo tackles overlapping narratives.

Hinsdale Central Auditorium
(Salt Creek Ballet)

Nutcracker, The. Only Uncle Drosselmeyer knows why little Clara's toys come to life.

Paramount Theatre
(Salt Creek Ballet)

Nutcracker, The. Salt Creek Ballet dances it up with everyone's favorite holiday story.

Stage Left Theatre
(Rubicon Theatre Project)

Offsprung. How does the dysfunctional Mashburn family keep it together?

Angel Island
(Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co)

Our Bad Magnet. Three 9-year-old boys befriend a magical, albeit troubled, outsider.

Angel Island
(Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company)

Our Bad Magnet. What really happened to the boy named Giggles?

Stage Left Theatre
(pH Productions)

pHamily. Short-form improv, pHamily-style.

Stage Left Theatre
(pH Productions)

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

Stage Left Theatre
(pH Productions)

pHreedom pHalls: StapH Infection. Rx for dull times? Improv spoofs of hospital t.v. shows!

Stage Left Theatre
(pH Productions)

pHrenzy. Improv competition fueled by booze.

Stage Left Theatre
(pH Productions)

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

Chemically Imbalanced Theater
(Bucky's Planet Productions and Chemically Imbalanced Comedy)

Pimprov. Pimps improvise. Yeah, you read right.

Playground Theater

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

Beat Kitchen
(Chicago Underground Comedy & RooftopComedy.com)

Pop Stand, The. Chicago's alt-comic elite tackle pop culture.

Second City ETC
(Second City)

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

Pressure Billiards & Cafe
(Edge Comedy)

Pressure Open Mic. Weekly mixer of comedy and caffeine.

Royal George Theatre Center
(Quade Productions)

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

Noble Horse Theatre

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

Court Theatre
(SITI Company)

Radio Macbeth. Macbeth. Radio-style. Need we say more?

Evanston Arts Depot
(Piccolo Theatre)

Robinson Crusoe. It's a mish-mash, British-like, panto-style holiday celebration. We're serious.

Goodman Theatre
(Goodman Theatre & Manhattan Theatre Club)

Ruined. A trip through the bloody civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Artistic Home
(Li’l Buds Theatre Company)

Santa…Deux?. Faster outcome doesn't necessarily mean a better product.

Theatre Building Chicago
(Theater Wit)

Santaland Diaries, The . This is one snappy elf that you won't forget.

The Gift Theatre Company
(The Gift Theatre Company)

Santa's Great American Depression Holiday Show. Jokes just in time for the holidays—and our sinking economy.

Mercury Theater

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

Steppenwolf Theatre
(Steppenwolf Theatre Company)

Seafarer, The. A dark Christmas in Dublin.

Steep Theatre
(Steep Theatre)

Seven Days. Biblical allusions aside, how will Reich's play fair in Steep's new space at 1115 West Berwyn?

Redtwist Theatre
(Redtwist Theatre)

Shadowlands. Get the inside story on C.S. Lewis's romance with American poet Joy Gresham.

Victory Gardens Biograph Theater

Snow Queen, The . A welcome alternative to the usual holiday theater nonsense.

Studio Theater (Chicago Cultural Center)
(WNEP)

Soiree Dada: Schmuckt der Hallen. Smash the holidays.

Piven Theatre
(Piven Ensemble )

Somone Who'll Watch Over Me. Three men band together during a political imprisonment.

Annoyance Theatre and Bar

Stations. The flyer says it all: "Tech Music Effects Funny!"

IO Theater

Stranded: The Improvised Musical. Send a duo of improv artists to a stranded island.

Athenaeum Theatre
(Greasy Joan & Co.)

Sueno. Mystical, haunting and humorous adaptation.

Royal George Theatre Center

Sunday School Cinema. The ruler-wielding nun sets her sights on Hollywood.

Excalibur
(Neil Tobin, Necromancer)

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

Neo-Futurarium
(Barrel of Monkeys)

That's Weird, Grandma. A boisterous group serves up kids' work for adults.

Chemically Imbalanced Theater
(Chemically Imbalanced Theater)

The Annual Deer Run Lane Holiday Party. Love holidays? Hate holidays? A little of both? We feel ya.

The Spot
(New Millennium Theatre Company)

The Flaming Dames in 'Torch'. Usually the Dames take it off. But not this time.

Chopin Theatre
(TUTA)

The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. This one never gets old.

Gorilla Tango Theatre
(Plus Size Productions)

The Right Answer. Two men trying to find the right lady.

Mary's Attic
(Bare Boned Theatre)

The Ville: Episode 7, Musical Finale. Andersonville's drama comes to life.

Profiles Theatre
(Profiles Theatre)

Thugs, The . What really happens on the ninth floor of this (evil corporate) law firm?

Playground Theater

Thursday Happy Hour. Comedic actors. Character monologues. What else do you need to know?

Links Hall
(Beverly Nelson)

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

IO Theater

TJ & Dave. Raunchy, raucous improv from a male and female perspective.

Tommy Gun's Garage

Tommy Gun's Garage. Sip it all in at a 1920s speakeasy.

Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater

Tomorrow Morning. Love rules all.

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.

IO Theater

Topaz. Improvers in denim jumpsuits mix homoeroticism with fight scenes.

Chase Auditorium
(NPR and Chicago Public Radio)

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me. Listen in on the nationally broadcast comedy-news quiz show.

Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(The Union)

Ward & June are Dead. There's a dark side to everything, especially relationships.

Noyes Cultural Arts Center
(Next Theatre)

Well. Knocking the lid off a tenuous mother-daughter relationship.

Stage Left Theatre
(pH Productions)

Wheel of pHortune. The wheel of pHortune spins, picking new improv every night.

IO Theater

Whirled News Tonight. A satirical turn on current events.

Comedy Shrine Theater
(Comedy Shrine)

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

Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre
(Broadway in Chicago)

Wicked. The musical back story of Glinda and the Wicked Witch of the West.

Redmoon Central
(Redmoon Theater)

Winter Pageant Redux. Religious? Not religious? Just like the spectacle of Christmas? Read on.

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