by Harrison David Rivers A national queer micro-monologue collaboration Produced by TigerBear Productions Consisting of seven brief audio monologues, hold me the forgotten way explores intimate confessions made in public spaces about love and sex. TigerBear partnered with six remarkable queer theaters [...]
Phantom Pilots is a comedy variety show based on plot and character descriptions from real failed and forgotten television pilots
Come see the next big star on the World Famous Laugh Factory stage!
A weekly show where Chicago's top comics go head to head for YOUR VOTE!
At Blue Man Group Chicago, experience brand new moments featuring new instruments, technologies, and audience interactions. You'll rock, laugh, party, and have a deeper connection with the Blue Men than ever before.
A post-apocalyptic tale of survival. . . passion. . . and the enduring power of Bart Simpson. This unique and prescient theatrical experience is one of the most popular shows in Theater Wit's history.
Huggable Riot’s 26th revue celebrates our complicated, messy lives. With an all-queer cast whose writing swings from intimate to bombastic, Oh What a Beautiful Gay joyfully explores our relationships – to our loved ones, our bodies, and the world. *Proof [...]
There could be murder, car chases, gunplay, beautiful women, exciting music, and drinks _ plenty of drinks. Since this is a high-class crime, the stage is complete with a wet bar and the actors will be forced to partake as [...]
Burlesque, belly dance, drag, and variety entertainers performing live and digitally in a vaxx-only theater!
Cigarette Sandwich voted "Best online improv/sketch" show of 2020 by the Chicago Reader. “The best sketch comedians working in Chicago” by the Chicago Tribune. Time Out Chicago claims that Cigarette Sandwich’s Chicago SketchFest appearances have “you peeing your pants in laughter.”
A variety show created entirely by clowns that explores the awkward, messy, and hilarious parts of sex and love.
With smart, observational humor and a legendary spontaneous interaction with the crowd, Paula Poundstone is one of our country’s pre-eminent comedians.
Sister Act is the feel-good musical comedy smash based on the hit 1992 film that has audiences jumping to their feet! Featuring original music by Tony- and eight-time Oscar winner, Alan Menken (Newsies, Beauty and the Beast, Little Shop of Horrors), this uplifting musical was nominated for five Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
Welcome to Newport Zouk University! Join us at The Newport Theater in Chicago for Brazilian Zouk classes, práticas, and socials.
Lorraine, released from prison after twelve years inside, treks to her former cellmate Marie’s new flat. Marie, dodgy and ashamed of their shared past, hesitates to welcome Lorraine back into her life. But no one makes Marie laugh like Lorraine. Can two friends, uniquely bonded by their former circumstances, find belonging in each other once more? This gutsy story of female friendship and winner of the 2009 Susan Smith Blackburn prize is inspired by real accounts of women in a UK prison. This Wide Night holds and humanizes two formerly incarcerated women in an isolated studio that may or may not be equipped for real freedom.
WHOSE LIVE ANYWAY? is 90 minutes of hilarious improvised comedy and song all based on audience suggestions.
Internationally acclaimed and award-winning Scottish comedian, Daniel Sloss, began writing and performing stand-up in 2007, at the age of 17, and now tours non-stop throughout North America, the U.K., Ireland, Australasia, Asia, and 30 European countries. Presenting a new live [...]