18 shows found.
Company: N/A.
Venue: Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Performances: Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Thursday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m., Saturday 3 p.m. & 7:30 p.m., Sunday 3 p.m.
Tickets: $20 - $50
Closes: Runs Through Jun 3
Some of our favorite Chicago Shakespeare shows are neither Shakespearean nor Chicagoan. CST's superb world stages program brings international artistic hits to our city, like a high-brow, cosmopolitan version of Broadway in Chicago. This month, Ontroerend Goed, a group of impish, experimental Belgians, will take us back in time with "A History of Everything," a critically acclaimed show that starts with now and runs in reverse all the way to the Big Bang. Get more details...
Company: N/A.
Venue: Gorilla Tango Theatre
Performances: Wednesday 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $15
Closes: Runs Through Jun 27
A mash-up of "Full House" and Sondheim? It's so wrong it's brilliant. The mad pop culture scientists at Gorilla Tango have musicalized the after-school classic, adding a number of violent deaths in the process. Brief, bloody and funny, it's a must for 90s pop culture fanatics who like their nostalgia spiked with adult themes. Get more details...
Company: N/A.
Venue: Blue Bayou
Performances: Thursday 10 p.m.
Tickets: Free
Closes: N/A.
Want to see a little something-something, but pay a lot of nothing-nothing? Belly up to Vaudezilla's Bartop Burlesque, a no-cover, low-covering striptease show at the Blue Bayou. It happens every Thursday night, and features a rotating schedule of Vaudezillian vixens, wearing nothing but their smiles and their etceteras. Get more details...
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: N/A.
Venue: Pub Theater
Performances: Friday 8 p.m. & 10 p.m., Saturday 8 p.m. & 10 p.m.
Tickets: $20
Closes: N/A.
Company: N/A.
Venue: Chicago Dramatists
Performances: Saturday 2 p.m.
Tickets: $20 ($5 donation)
Closes: N/A.
If you like to be there at the beginning, you have to be there for the Saturday Series. Chicago Dramatists' weekly staged readings have seen many fortuitous births, including Keith Huff's Broadway hit "A Steady Rain." Get more details...
Company: Chicago Underground Comedy
Venue: Beat Kitchen
Performances: Tuesday 8 p.m.
Tickets: < $20 ($5)
Closes: N/A.
Company: BLEWT! Productions
Venue: Playground Theater
Performances: Saturday midnight (first Saturday every month)
Tickets: < $20 ($10; $5 students)
Closes: N/A.
Company: N/A.
Venue: Aloft Loft
Performances: Friday 10 p.m. (April 2 2010 only), Saturday 7 p.m. & 10 p.m. (first or second Saturdays)
Tickets: $5-$10
Closes: N/A.
Can't shell out 200 big ones for Cirque du Soleil? Shell out 15 for El Circo Cheapo, a monthly spectacular for the New Depression. In lieu of a big-top and mega-bucks, they've got a converted warehouse space, talent and spunk. Featuring a rotating cast of Chicago's most fearless and flexible young performers, this reliably sold-out event has a surprise inside, every time. Get more details...
Company: N/A.
Venue: Chicago Dramatists
Performances: Wednesday 8 p.m. (last Wednesday of each month)
Tickets: Free
Closes: N/A.
Mix it up with Chicago Dramatists' monthly short-theatre event. Playwrights get a surprise theme, a week to write and an hour to rehearse. The topic for May is consumption, so come hungry. Not sure that this sort of speed cookery is the best recipe for a night out? Don't worry. This menu of new plays won't cost you a dime. Get more details...
Company: N/A.
Venue: Book Cellar
Performances: Saturday 7 p.m. (last Sat of mo) & 8 p.m. (2nd Sat of mo)
Tickets: $10
Closes: N/A.
If someone tells you that women aren't funny, march that person right over to the Book Cellar for an evening of cupcakes and comedy. On second thought, don't. More cupcakes for the rest of us. This informal evening of sharp stand-up features a rotating cast of Chicago's best female jokers. Get more details...
Company: N/A.
Venue: Links Hall
Performances: Friday 8 p.m, Saturday 8 p.m., Sunday 7 p.m.
Tickets: $10-$15
Closes: N/A.
Company: The Right Brain Project
Venue: N/A.
Performances: Saturday 8 p.m., Sunday 7 p.m.
Tickets: $25
Closes: Runs Through Jul 7
Company: Barrel of Monkeys
Venue: Neo-Futurarium
Performances: Monday 8 p.m. (March 15 2009 and on), Sunday 2 p.m (Through April 4 2009)
Tickets: $50-$20
Closes: N/A.
Company: N/A.
Venue: Haymarket Pub & Brewery
Performances: Monday 8:30 pm
Tickets:
Closes: N/A.
Did you have an unusually memorable May 13th? Work through your childhood trauma at the Haymarket. The Moth's can't-miss formula gives those brave enough to put their names in the hat (and lucky enough to be chosen) an appreciative audience of several hundred. Shyer people just get a night of killer, low-key entertainment. This month, the theme is "Mothers." Get more details...
Company: Neo-Futurists
Venue: Neo-Futurarium
Performances: Wednesday 11 p.m. (12/31 only), Friday 11:30 p.m. , Saturday 11:30 p.m. , Sunday 7 p.m.
Tickets: < $20 ($7 plus roll of one die)
Closes: N/A.
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