The Dramatic Improv Festival
The Dramatic Improv Festival returns to Chicago, August 20-23 for four days celebrating the art of grounded, human, emotionally authentic improvisation.Hosted by Theatre Momentum, the...
Edge Theater
5451 N. BroadwayChicago, IL 60640
Upcoming Shows
The Affair of the Poisons
The Affair of the Poisons is a new musical by Mark Burrows about François Ravisson, an archivist hired to catalog forgotten documents from the reign...
Review: IN THE CONTINUUM at Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre
In The Continuum is an unapologetic show about the way Black women are forced to navigate the world — and how our experiences are all connected, even, or especially, when we feel isolated and alone. …
Review: Heart of Gold's AN INTERVENTION at Pierce Hall At The Historic Chicago Temple Building
The 2014 award-winning and timeless dramatic comedy by Mike Bartlett remains ever relevant today as we explore interventions on multiple fronts. …
Review: Babes with Blades' YO HO at The Edge Off-Broadway Theater
Babes With Blades Theatre Company opens its 2026 season with yo ho, a captivating reimagining of historical fantasy full of over-the-top comedy, sexual tensions, and touching portrayals and celebrations of queer love.…
Review: HAIR at Kokandy Productions
Kokandy's Hair may be missing the sense of daring and immediacy that has defined their other recent critical successes, but it can still be a good time for those in search of familiar earworms sung beautifully.…
Review: CHAMPIONS OF MAGIC at Studebaker Theater
Champions of Magic is entertainment in its purest form for patrons of all ages and will have everyone leaving the theater bursting with youthful energy and amazement. …
Review: 4 Chairs Theatre's GOOD PEOPLE at Theater Wit
Under the gripping direction of 4 Chairs Theatre founder Lauren Berman, Good People takes us into the blue-collar heart of South Boston and the residents who can’t catch a break — and those who can. …
Review: THE BEST OF WOMEN OFF-COLOUR at The Second City
The Best of Women Off-Colour is a fast-paced, carefully curated show that is the perfect blend of race, culture, gender, and politics.…
Review: & JULIET Presented by Broadway In Chicago
On its second Chicago engagement, & Juliet remains a glittering, joyous confection of a jukebox musical — and this time it features iconic boy band member Joey Fatone…
Review: Raven Theatre's OCTET at Goodman Theatre
I loved Dave Molloy’s inventive and captivating a cappella musical Octet at Raven Theatre so much that here I am, reviewing it a second time in short succession now that it’s moved to the Goodman’s Owen Theatre. Director Keira Fromm leads an ensemble of eight that shines just as brightly in th…
Review: 52 LOVERS at Chicago Magic Lounge
52 Lovers is a thoroughly entertaining, surprisingly introspective, and profoundly motivational show, complete with a dash of subtle absurdist humor, plenty of magical amazement, and all around simple fun.…
Past Shows
Saturn Returns
Saturn Returns is a tap dance and live music production directed by Molly Smith and music directed by Anaiet Soul, presented by Chicago Tap Theatre....
The (fill in the blank) Between Us
Artistic Director Mariah Eastman premieres two complementary works “Take a Chance” and “A Choreographic Mad Lib”. “Take a Chance” builds off Merce Cunningham’s (a modern...
The Making
Steep Theatre presents a one-night-only staged reading of The Making, a new play by Dan Aibel that reimagines the story behind the creation of Star...
Refracted Light
ECLECTIC KICKS OFF SEASON 13 WITH A WORLD PREMIERE!Eclectic Full Contact theatre is proud to announce the cast and crew for the first show of...
BUDDHA'S BIRTHDAY
An anxiety-ridden college professor, as she navigates the complexities of planning her mother's 80th birthday party while dealing with personal and familial struggles.
Legally Blonde
USE CODE PINK FOR $5 OFF AT CHECKOUT!A fabulously fun award-winning musical based on the adored movie, Legally Blonde The Musical, follows the transformation of Elle...
A Bronx Tale
Based on the critically acclaimed play that inspired the now classic film, this streetwise musical will take you to the stoops of theBronx in the...
The Drowsy Chaperone
When a die-hard theatre fan plays his favorite cast album, the characters come to life in this hilarious Tony Award-winning musical farce. With the houselights down,...
The Rocky Horror Show
One fateful night, Brad Majors and his fiancée, Janet Weiss — a wholesome, well-behaved, young couple in love — innocently set out to visit an...
The Wedding Singer
Based on the hit Adam Sandler movie, The Wedding Singer takes us back to a time when hair was big, greed was good, collars were...
Catch Me If You Can
Based on the hit DreamWorks film starring Leo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks, this splashy spectacle follows the high-flying adventures of a globetrotting con artist. Seeking...
tick...tick, BOOM!
Before RENT, there was TICK, TICK…BOOM! Written by the late Jonathan Larson and directed by BoHo Artistic Associate Bo Frazier, TICK, TICK…BOOM! tells the autobiographical...
Urinetown
use code SUMMER for $10 off at check-out! A terrible water shortage has crippled the Gotham-like town that serves as the setting for Urinetown. In...
FeaturedThe Pillowman
Use code SUMMER for $10 off during check out! The Pillowman tells the tale of Katurian, a fiction writer living in a totalitarian police state,...
Patchwork New Play Festival
Eclectic Full Contact Theatre is proud to announce their return to live performances with The Patchwork New Play Festivala celebration of nine of the best...
Heathers
Surging Films & Theatrics presents the original "Mean Girls" musical: 80s style. Enjoy the cult-classic film Heathers transplanted to the stage in this murderously funny...
Next to Normal
Next to Normal, with book and lyrics byBrian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt,explores how one suburban householdcopes with crisis and mental illness.Winner of three...
The Cripple of Inishmaan
The Cripple of Inishmaan is a dark comedy by Martin McDonagh (The Pillowman, Seven Psychopaths, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) that follows Cripple Billy Claven...
Creatives
Paul Brenner’s Wednesday night songwriting class is a perfect cross-section of the Chicago music scene, with all its incestuous dysfunction, navel-gazing narcissism, bitter rivalries, and,...
Wicked City
From the creators of Broadway’s upcoming Gotta Dance, which recently premiered through Broadway in Chicago, comes a hilarious film noir musical comedy about Detective Eddie...
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The Dave Matthews Tribute Band Raue Center For The Arts (9/25-9/25) |
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SIX (Boleyn Tour) Peoria Civic Center (11/17-11/19) |
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