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Irving Berlin's White Christmas


Pageantry and spectacle come to life in this iconic holiday production. WWII is over, former GIs Bob and Phil have become a highly popular song ...

American English


American English The Beatles in Bloom WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2025 | 7:00 PM Tickets start at $53, Members save 30% (All-in pricing includes $4 Box ...

Amadeus
Amadeus
11/6 - 1/4/2026


Steppenwolf Theatre's 50th Anniversary Season continues with Peter Shaffer's  Amadeus,  extended again by popular demand. In its four-star review,  The Daily Herald  called it "absolutely ...

FREE CHICAGO WORKSHOP MIC
FREE CHICAGO WORKSHOP MIC
9/28 - 12/28/2025


Chicago’s brand new Stars & Garters, 3914 N Clark St, presents Chicago Workshop Mic produced by Devon MacNerland, now playing every Sunday at 6 p.m. ...

Gaslight
Gaslight
11/28 - 12/28/2025


In this turn-of-the-century Victorian mystery, strange things start to happen as the seemingly perfect marriage of Jack and Bella devolves into something sinister. Why is ...

It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play


Oil Lamp Theater is proud to present the final production in its 2025 season, It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, November 20 - ...

It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago!


American Blues Theater celebrates its 24th Annual Production of It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago! from Frank Capra’s film and directed by Executive Artistic ...

Lights, Camera, Distraction!
Lights, Camera, Distraction!
12/7 - 12/28/2025


Lights, Camera, Distraction! is an acid trip to the movies every Sunday in December. This hour-long sketch show spoofs, subverts, and satirizes the silver screen ...

Lights, Camera, Distraction!
12/7 - 12/28/2025


Lights, Camera, Distraction! is an hour-long sketch show that playfully spoofs and satirizes iconic moments in cinema history. Written and directed by Chris Kivlahan, the ...


Manual Cinema's Christmas Carol returns to Chicago's Studebaker Theater for the holiday season, running from December 12 to December 28, 2025. This unique adaptation of ...

The Long Christmas Dinner
The Long Christmas Dinner
12/1 - 12/28/2025


THE LONG CHRISTMAS DINNER - nine decades long in just one 75-minute act - showcases the lives of several generations of the Bayard family. Wilder ...

American English


American English The Beatles in Bloom WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2025 | 7:00 PM Tickets start at $53, Members save 30% (All-in pricing includes $4 Box ...

Mondo Burlesco
Mondo Burlesco
9/10 - 12/31/2025


Chicago’s brand new Stars & Garters, 3914 N Clark St, is proud to host MONDO BURLESCO, every Saturday at 10 p.m. on the Mainstage.   ...

New Year's Rockabilly Eve Featuring the Cast of Million Dollar Quartet Christmas


 Marriott Theatre’s special event for New Year’s Eve will be NEW YEAR’S ROCKABILLY EVE, FEATURING THE CAST OF MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET CHRISTMAS – a one-of-a-kind evening ...

Chaos Theory of Everything
Chaos Theory of Everything
6/11 - 1/1/2026


Strap in and spiral out – The Second City’s 49th e.t.c. Revue takes sketch and improv comedy to brilliantly unhinged new heights. The Chaos Theory ...

New Year's Eve Spectacular Spectacular


Chicago’s recently opened premier retro entertainment venue, Stars & Garters, 3914 N. Clark St., is pleased to present the New Year’s Eve Spectacular Spectacular! Celebrations ...

You Win Some, You Dim Sum: a comedy show at the Lincoln Lodge | January 3, 2026


We don't celebrate our wins enough!! Carve out some time in your week to come to You Win Some, You Dim Sum, a show where ...

Annie
Annie
12/18 - 1/4/2026


Music Theater Works is proud to announce the cast and creative team for the fourth and final production of its 2025 season, Annie, in the ...

Million Dollar Quartet
7/10 - 1/4/2026


Million Dollar Quartet is an immersive jukebox musical set in a recreation of Sun Studio on December 4, 1956. This production brings together the iconic ...


Million Dollar Quartet Christmas features the beloved rock 'n' roll legends Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Elvis Presley reuniting at Sun Records ...

Sherlock Holmes and The Christmas Clowns


Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson travel to the country to spend the holidays with an old army comrade of Watson’s. What they don’t know is ...

The Real Housewives of The North Pole


Hell in a Handbag Productions  is pleased to present the world premiere of  The Real Housewives of The North Pole , a holiday parody written ...

HADESTOWN
HADESTOWN
1/6 - 1/7/2026


COME SEE HOW THE WORLD COULD BE. Welcome to HADESTOWN, where a song can change your fate. Winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards® including Best ...

Hadestown (Non-Equity)
Hadestown (Non-Equity)
1/6 - 1/7/2026


Following two intertwining love stories — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone — Hadestown invites audiences on ...

Huey and the News Tribute


Huey and The News: Tribute to Huey Lewis FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 2026 | 8:00 PM Tickets start at $43, Members save 30% (All-in pricing includes ...

The King in Concert


The King In Concert Starring Jimmy Holmes and The Change of Habit Tribute Band SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 2026 | 7:00 PM Tickets start at $53, ...


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