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UP Comedy Club has announced its remount of Porchlight Music Theatre's smash hit, BEST MUSICAL! A Completely Improvised Musical Comedy. BEST MUSICAL! was developed in 'Off the Porch' Porchlight Music Theatre's new works development program. BEST MUSICAL! will run October 2 - November 6, 2013 at the UP Comedy Club, located at 230 W. North Ave., 3rd Floor of Pipers Alley.

Best Musical, a completely improvised show, will be coming to the UP Comedy Club in Chicago for a limited run. Porchlight has also announced Porchlight Revisits, which are one night showings of some of their favorite shows, this year includes GOLDEN BOY and FADE OUT - FADE IN, both for one night only.

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. Three new works of music theater (at Victory Gardens, Writers' Theatre and the Goodman), Ben Vereen and Audra McDonald visit, plus 'Master Class,' a new cabaret revue, improvised Sondheim, a one-night 'Whistle' and more!

The acclaimed musical improv ensemble The Improvised Sondheim Project returns for an eight-week run of performances at Stage 773 (1225 W. Belmont Avenue, Chicago) starting in October. The Improvised Sondheim Project runs Thursdays at 8 pm, October 3 through November 21, 2013. To purchase tickets, visit stage773.com or call 773.327.5252.

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. The Jeff Awards, the Tony Awards (and our BWW Chicago Tony Award Viewing Party!), the return of two special events, 'West Side Story,' upcoming seasons of musicals, and my June 13th cabaret concert, plus more!

The Second City Guide to the Opera, a collaboration of Lyric Opera of Chicago and The Second City, will have a month-long run onstage at the Civic Opera House May 31-June 30.

I've long been blunt about the fact that I don't have much of a taste for improv. I don't like beer, bananas or iceberg lettuce either. It's just my preference. I can, however, recognize when it is done well. And the one-night, two-shows-only Improvised Shakespeare Company does it very, very well.

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. Musicals starring The Grinch and Rudolph, four more musicals based on Dickens (including the indie film 'Scrooge And Marley'), 'The Nutcracker,' dueling musical improv troupes and more!

The experience of a performance by the Improvised Shakespeare Company is difficult to describe because it is much less about the story than it is about watching the troupe come up with it on the fly.

The Improvised Shakespeare Company returns to New York City for 5 shows in 3 nights from January 6th-8th 2012.

THE IMPROVISED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY will return to NYC for 5 shows Jan 6th-8th at Theatre 80 on St Marks.

THE IMPROVISED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY will return to NYC for 5 shows Jan 6th-8th at Theatre 80 on St Marks.

The Improvised Shakespeare Company returns to New York City for 5 shows in 3 nights from January 6th-8th 2012.

The Improvised Shakespeare Company returns to New York City for 5 shows in 3 nights from January 6th-8th 2012.

THE IMPROVISED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY will return to NYC for 5 shows Jan 6th-8th at Theatre 80 on St Marks.

THE IMPROVISED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY will return to NYC for 5 shows Jan 6th-8th at Theatre 80 on St Marks.

In honor of Father's Day and graduations, dads and grads may purchase discounted tickets for only $10 for BABY WANTS CANDY, the hilarious improvised musical comedy now in its fifth year at Chicago's Apollo Theater, 2540 North Lincoln Avenue, throughout the month of June. To receive the discount, dads should wear their ugliest tie and grads should wear their cap and/or gown when purchasing tickets at the Apollo Theater box office on Fridays this month.

THE IMPROVISED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY returns to NYC for 2 shows only Friday, May 6th, 2011 - 7:30PM and 10PM at Theatre 80 on St Marks

THE IMPROVISED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY Returns to NYC for 2 shows only Friday, May 6th, 2011 - 7:30PM and 10PM Theatre 80 on St Marks