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110 Performances Found

Steppenwolf Merle Reskin Garage Theatre

Garage Rep . So many shows...

Village Players Performing Arts Center
(Village Players)

A Chorus Line. I hope I get it.

Northlight Theatre
(Northlight Theatre)

A Life. A life less ordinary.

A Red Orchid Theatre

Abigail’s Party. Party hardy.

Chicago Cultural Center

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

Steppenwolf Merle Reskin Garage Theatre
(XIII Pocket)

Adore. A tale of love and cannibalism.

Dream Theatre

Agamemnon. It's all Greek to me.

College of DuPage McAninch Arts Center

Agnes of God. Not Nunsense.

AjaxAntigone. New from State Theatre.

ComedySportz Theatre

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

Second City
(Second City)

America: All Better! . Now that Barack's the President-elect, everything will be all better. Right?

American Girl Place

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

RadioStar
(Bortz Entertainment Group)

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

ComedySportz Theatre

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

Storefront Theatre
(DCA Theater)

Beautiful City. Beautiful disaster.

Playground Theater

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

Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre

Billy Elliott The Musical!. Billy struts his stuff.

Artistic Home

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

Briar Street Theatre

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

Studio BE
(pH Productions)

Breakfast Club Musical, The. "We're all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it, that's all."

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.

Steppenwolf Upstairs Theatre
(Steppenwolf Theatre Company)

Brother/Sister Plays, The. Brothers and sisters.

Athenaeum Theatre

Celia: The Life and Music of Celia Cruz. Queen of Salsa.

No Exit Cafe
(Theo Ubique)

Chess. Check mate.

ComedySportz Theatre
(ComedySportz)

ComedySportz. Fast, funny improv suitable for all ages.

Chicago Center for the Performing Arts
(Thirteen Pocket Productions)

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

Raven Theatre
(Infamous Commonwealth Theatre)

Crucible, The. Which witch is which?

Irish American Heritage Center

Dancing at Lughnasa. Bittersweet memories.

Royal George Theatre Center

Departure Lounge . The white zone is for loading and unloading only.

Theatre at the Center
(Theater at the Center)

Diary of Anne Frank, The. The most famous diary.

Silk Road Theatre Project
(Silk Road Theatre Project)

DNA Trail: A Genealogy of Short Plays about Ancestry, Identity, The. Are we more than a double helix?

Dance Center of Columbia College

Entity. Small wonder.

eta Creative Arts Foundation

Fathers and Sons. Three generations, one fateful night.

Lucky Number Grill

Festival of Flesh!. Burlesque is the besque!

Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre

Fiddler on the Roof. Quickly go the years.

Annoyance Theatre and Bar

Glitter In The Gutter. A fresh look at drag culture.

IO Theater

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

Steep Theatre

Harper Regan. One woman, leaving.

Stage Left Theatre
(Stage Left Theatre)

Here Where It's Safe. Tangled lives.

Fizz Bar & Grill

I Love You Soeldad! An Ode to a Very Special CNN Correspondent. Oh, Soeldad, my Soeldad.

Court Theatre

Illusion, The. A modern adaptation.

Improv Kitchen

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

Gorilla Tango Theatre
(Gorilla Tango )

Improvised Joss Whedon . Grr. Arg.

Laugh Out Loud Theater

Instant Musical. Another improv musical.

Oracle Theatre

J.B. . In the Circus Called Life a Man's Heart Shall Be Tested

the side project
(Idle Muse Theatre Company)

Jerry and Tom. Ask yourself this, what's their profession?

Donny's Skybox Studio

Jody's Turn to Cry. What happened to Judy?

Donny's Skybox Studio

Kids Don't Stand a Chance, The. Isn't Thursday a school day?

Profiles Theatre

Killer Joe. What a lovely family.

Royal George Theatre Center

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

Brisku's Bistro

Laugh Off & Variety Show . Laugh it off.

Viaduct Theatre

Legion . Crab walk.

Greenhouse Theater Center
(Remy Bumppo Theatre Company)

Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Will Sarah Michelle Gellar be in it?

Lincoln Restaurant
(Tight Five Productions)

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

Goodman Theatre
(Goodman Theatre)

Long Red Road, The. Phillip Seymour Hoffman's Goodman directorial debut.

Viaduct Theatre
(LiveWire Theater Company)

Lower Debt. Downturn. All the way down.

ComedySportz Theatre
(ComedySportz)

March Madness Improv Comedy Tournament. Mad mad month.

TimeLine Theatre Company
(Timeline Theatre)

Master Harold… and the Boys . Humanity here.

La Costa Theatre
(Sideshow Theatre Company)

Medea With Child. That old story?

Copley Theatre
(TOC Productions)

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

Greenhouse Theater Center
(Hubris Productions)

Messiah on the Frigidaire. Pass the frozen peas, Jesus.

Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Theatre)

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

Apollo Theater

Million Dollar Quartet. If you step on his blue suede shoes he may shoot you in Reno.

Chicago Dramatists

Mimesophobia. Fear of mines? Maybe not.

Chemically Imbalanced Theater

Mountain Brook High School. High school is funny.

IO Theater

Nogoodnicks. A fierce improv duo tackles overlapping narratives.

Theater at the Center
(Theater at the Center)

Noises Off. Sardines?

Piven Theatre Workshop

Number of People. Survivor.

The Spot

Off Off Broadzway. Broads do it their way.

Writers' Theatre (Books on Vernon)
(Writers' Theatre)

Oh Coward!. A brave Coward.

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

Old Settler, The. Settle in.

The Gift Theatre Company

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Fly away.

(Sixteenth Street Theater)

Our Lady of the Underpass. Praise her.

Studio BE
(pH Productions)

pHarm pHresh. Mmmmm.

Picasso at the Lapin Agile. Steve Martin is a genius. Full stop.

Playground Theater

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

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.

Stage Left Theatre
(The Mill)

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

Steppenwolf Merle Reskin Garage Theatre

Punkplay. Play it loud.

Angel Island
(Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company)

Rant, The. A perilous path to justice.

Next Theatre Company
(Next Theatre)

Return to Haifa. The Israeli/Palestinian conflict made personal.

North Lakeside Cultural Center
(InnateVolution Theater)

Right As Rain. A world premiere explores sexuality, religion, friendship and loyalty.

Tommy Gun's Garage
(Da Gangsters & Da Flappers)

Roaring 20's Audience Interactive Musical Comedy Holiday Dinner Show. Take a trip back to 1920s Christmas.

Mercury Theater

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

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
(Metropolis Performing Arts Centre)

Side Man. All that jazz.

Artistic Home

Skin of Our Teeth, The.

Cornservatory

Somewhat Gelatinous Blob From Beyond the Grave, The. Jello anyone?

IO Theater

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

Second City ETC
(Second City)

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

Athenaeum Theatre
(Greasy Joan & Co.)

Sueno. Mystical, haunting and humorous adaptation.

Second City
(Second City)

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

Paramount Theatre
(The Tchaikovsky Ballet)

Tchaikovsky Ballet Spectacular. Tutu cute.

Gorilla Tango Theatre

The Legend of Ginger Bred . Run, Ginger, run.

Playground Theater

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

Tommy Gun's Garage

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

Piper's Alley

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

O'Donovan's

Traffic Jam. Green means go.

Goodman Theatre

True History of the Johnstown Flood, A. A true tale.

True Story of the Three Little Pigs, The. He said, they said.

Lookingglass Theatre Company
(Lookingglass Theatre Company)

Trust. Surfer beware.

Raven Theatre

Twelve Angry Men. Order in the court.

Steppenwolf Merle Reskin Garage Theatre
(Dog & Pony Theatre Company)

Twins Would Like to Say, The. No Mary Kate and Ashley.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Uncle Vanya. Cry uncle.

Adler Planetarium

Unsung Stars. Number the stars.

Chase Auditorium
(NPR and Chicago Public Radio)

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

Studio BE
(pH Productions)

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

Comedy Shrine Theater
(Comedy Shrine)

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

Chopin Theatre
(The House Theatre of Chicago)

Wilson Wants It All . Yes he does.

Strawdog Theatre

Yoni Ki Baat. You and your vagina are cordially invited.

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