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Chicago Shakespeare Theater
(Chicago Shakespeare Theater)

Amadeus. Mozart's tumultuous life goes from the big screen to the stage.

Athenaeum Theatre
(Mom and Dad Productions)

American Buffalo. Everyone loves dysfunctional families. David Mamet is no exception.

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.

Second City
(Second City)

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

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.

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre

Bleacher Bums. Are you a Wrigley Field bleacher bum?

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.

Gorilla Tango Theatre
(Chicago Fusion Theatre)

bobrauschenbergamerica . What if Robert Rauschenberg was a playwright instead of a painter?

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 Center for the Performing Arts
(ComedySportz)

ComedySportz. Fast, funny improv suitable for all ages.

Townhall Pub
(Dirty Water Improv)

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

Bella Bacinos
(Dirty Water )

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

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.

Redmoon Central
(Redmoon Theater)

Dr. Egg and the Man with No Ear. Can a man regrow the ear he lost years ago in a freak accident?

Rubin's Chicago Room Gallery Cafe

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

Lincoln Square Theatre
(Lincoln Square Theatre)

Dust Eaters. The Goshute Indians of western Utah finally get their due.

Town Hall Pub

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

Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre

Full Monty, The. These guys leave everything on stage.

Greenhouse Theater
(Shattered Globe)

Glass Menagerie, The . Williams' classic play about the dysfunctional Wingfield family returns.

Annoyance Theatre
(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.

Theatre Building Chicago
(Collaboraction)

Heroes and Villains. Do you believe in superheros?

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.

Viaduct Theatre
(Route 66 Theatre Company)

I’m Spiritual, Dammit!. Chicago broadcaster and author Jenniffer Weigel turns her memoir into a one-woman show.

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.

Theatre Building Chicago
(Beserra Dance Theater)

Jenkins Farm Project, The . A North Carolina farming family's stories hit the stage.

Laugh Out Loud Theater
(Laugh Out Loud Theater)

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

Lincoln Restaurant
(Tight Five Productions)

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

Village Players Theatre of Oak Park

Love in the Middle Ages: A Baby Boomers Guide to Love and Sex. Whaddya do when you're over 40 and single? Play the dating game, of course.

Black Ensemble Theater
(Black Ensemble Theater Company)

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

Copley Theatre
(TOC Productions)

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

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

Nixon’s Nixon. What happened in the Lincoln sitting room before Nixon resigned?

Stage Left Theatre
(pH Productions)

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

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).

Royal George Theatre Center
(Quade Productions)

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

Storefront Theatre
(Seanachai Theatre)

Scenes from the Big Picture. A peek at contemporary life in Belfast, Ireland.

Cornservatory
(Backe Productions)

Sing D@mm^t!. Nine songs, six actors, one piano.

Athenaeum Theatre
(Greasy Joan & Co.)

Sueno. Mystical, haunting and humorous adaptation.

Excalibur
(Neil Tobin, Necromancer)

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

Cornservatory
(Hobo Junction)

Talk Kiss Blackout. Ever wanted to see what goes on behind the scenes of a play? This dark comedy shows you.

Bailiwick Arts Center
(Bailiwick Repertory)

Tell Me on a Sunday. A British hat designer looks for life, love and happiness in New York.

National Pastime Theater
(Mythic Proportions Theatre)

Terrible Head, The . Would you commit an evil act if the outcome was guaranteed to be good?

Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace
(Drury Lane Theatre)

The Boys from Syracuse. You'll fall in love with this modern adaptation of a Rodgers and Hart classic.

Steppenwolf Merle Reskin Garage Theatre
(The Hypocrites)

Threepenny Opera, The. Criminals, beggars and prostitutes, oh my!

Tommy Gun's Garage

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

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.

Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater
(Hubris Productions)

Torch Song Trilogy. One aging drag queen struggles to find happiness and acceptance.

TimeLine Theatre Company
(TimeLine Theatre Company)

Weekend. Will a son's scandalous news ruin his father's political campaign?

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.

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