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Experience an intimate, cirque-style cabaret nominated "Best of Chicago" by the Chicago Reader! Featuring burlesque performers, circus artists, fusion bellydancers, pole dancers, and more who...
Experience cosplay, burlesque, and wonder in an intimate speakeasy. We pay tribute to fandoms from Star Wars to Nintendo, Doctor Who to Marvel with artists.
Experience an intimate, cirque-style cabaret nominated "Best of Chicago" by the Chicago Reader! Featuring burlesque performers, circus artists, fusion bellydancers, pole dancers, and more who...
Experience an intimate, cirque-style cabaret nominated "Best of Chicago" by the Chicago Reader! Featuring burlesque performers, circus artists, fusion bellydancers, pole dancers, and more who...
Experience an intimate, cirque-style cabaret nominated "Best of Chicago" by the Chicago Reader! Featuring burlesque performers, circus artists, fusion bellydancers, pole dancers, and more who...
Experience cosplay, burlesque, and wonder in an intimate speakeasy. We pay tribute to fandoms from Star Wars to Nintendo, Doctor Who to Marvel with artists.
Experience an intimate, cirque-style cabaret nominated "Best of Chicago" by the Chicago Reader! Featuring burlesque performers, circus artists, fusion bellydancers, pole dancers, and more who...
by Rachel Weinberg - April 26, 2026
The blame game’s the thing in this world premiere play from Scooter Pietsch. FAULT is playing at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater....
by Angela Lin - April 25, 2026
For many, Burt Bacharach is a household name, the soundtrack that spans from childhood to adulthood. For some, Bacharach’s name might not ring a bell, but his wide discography of songs that spans decades, mediums, collaborators, and genres is sure to have even the most musically naive audience mem...
by Rachel Weinberg - April 23, 2026
While THE GREAT GATSBY has glimpses of effective songs and character development, the musical doesn’t ultimately live up to the glitz, glamor, and legacy of its source material.
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by Emily Werner - April 20, 2026
What did our critic think of TEATRO VISTA PRODUCTIONS' BOTH AT STEPPENWOLF THEATRE at Teatro Vista Productions?...
by Rachel Weinberg - April 20, 2026
Tarrell Alvin McCraney’s world-premiere play WINDFALL is part somber, part whimsy — which is true to his unique playwriting style. It’s a poignantly topical play, yet sometimes too on the nose. I enjoyed how McCraney blends the hyperreal and the surreal in a play that asks the question: Should...
by Tina St. Angelo - April 18, 2026
What did our critic think of NOEL COWARD'S PRIVATE LIVES at BrightSide Theatre?...
by Tina St. Angelo - April 18, 2026
What did our critic think of HEARTBREAK HOTEL at Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire IL?...
by Tina St. Angelo - April 20, 2026
What did our critic How great to be known by one name…. Dixie Locke (Anna Louise Bramlett) says that to Elvis Presley about Marlon Brando before Elvis becomes one name. The current production at the Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre is Heartbreak Hotel. This tells the story of Elvis’ rise up to the ...
by Angela Lin - April 18, 2026
What did our critic think of 12 OPHELIAS (A PLAY WITH BROKEN SONGS) at The Factory Theater from Strawdog Theatre Company?...
by Emily Werner - April 14, 2026
What did our critic think of REVIEW: GOODNIGHT MOON AT CHICAGO CHILDREN'S THEATRE at Chicago Children's Theatre? The 65-minute performance is filled with music, dance, comedy, acrobatics and puppetry....
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Luminosity is a burlesque and variety revue highlighting seasoned professionals and rising stars
Experience an intimate, cirque-style cabaret nominated "Best of Chicago" by the Chicago Reader! Featuring burlesque performers, circus artists, fusion bellydancers, pole dancers, and more who...
Experience cosplay, burlesque, and wonder in an intimate speakeasy. We pay tribute to fandoms from Star Wars to Nintendo, Doctor Who to Marvel with artists.
Experience cosplay, burlesque, and wonder in an intimate speakeasy. We pay tribute to fandoms from Star Wars to Nintendo, Doctor Who to Marvel with artists.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Maureen SanDiego’s “A Star Is Aborted” Makes Its Chicago Debut this August 2ndMaureen SanDiego’s critically acclaimed Hollywood Fringe show A Star Is Aborted...
Join us for a night of nostalgia, where Blank Company members and friends of Blank revisit and reprise roles from their past. Presented by Blank...
The camp macabre world of Edward Gorey darkens the doorstep of the Newport Theater in a surreal and eccentric theatrical production, Oct. 24 and Nov....
“Do you want to live deliciously?”Then gather with us for an evening of sinister and sexy performance at BURLESQUE BABES IN THE WOODS: A Folk...
You are cordially invited to Minnie Barre’s Black & Pink Ball: A Classic Cabaret with a Colorful Twist (and a Bonus Birthday Party)!!!This sexy celebration...
Grab your exaggerated eyewear, power up your AI sidekick, and cue the synthwave, it’s time to upload your consciousness to CYBEROTICA: A Techno-Future Cabaret!!!This evening...
At long last, springtime is in bloom! Luxuriate in the blossoming of life at Respect Your Mother: A Burlesque Soirée of Earthly Delights! Crescent Moon Nerdlesque...
THIRTY , FLIRTY & THRIVING: A Lottie a la West Birthday celebration , is a 30th birthday celebration for the books. Come to the Newport...
Children in the audience volunteer to perform on stage with professional adult improvisers in a completely made up story. A narrator walks on stage to...
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