In Time For Spooky Season: Night Watch
Raven Theatre brings back the revival of classic psychological thriller Night Watch just in time for spooky season.
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Stand Up Comedy at The Den: Gina Brillon
Go to The Den Theatre for belly laughs alongside some of America’s favorite comedians. We saw the incomparable Gina Brillon.
Recommended: Tambo & Bones
Tambo and Bones’ escape plan: get out, get bank, get even. A rags-to-riches hip-hop journey, this new comedy roasts America’s racist past, wrestles America’s racist present, and explodes America’s post-racial future.
October: Black Arts And Culture Month
October is Black Arts And Culture month, with a variety of events happening across Chicago.
Recommended: American Psycho
Spend a spooky season evening with Patrick Bateman, the demented lead character of American Psycho: The Musical, staged by Kokandy Productions at The Chopin Studio Theatre. Now playing through November 26th, 2023.
Recommended: Sanctuary City Tugs At Human Compassion
Steppenwolf’s Sanctuary City appeals to the very core of our human compassion. Now on stage through November 18th, 2023.
North & Sur
A fascinating encounter takes place between two giants of World Literature, one from The North, another from The South. North & Sur is Water People Theater’s season opener, now on stage through October 6, 2023.
Murder, ReWrote
Murder, ReWrote Is Hell In A Handbag’s campy parody of ’80s mystery TV series, Murder She Wrote. The Chicago troupe’s latest production at the Den Theatre in Wicker Park recreates an episode of the beloved show, from the opening credits to the final frame.
No Man’s Land
Do Hirst and Spooner really know each other, or are they performing an elaborate charade? The ambiguity – and the comedy – intensify with the arrival of Briggs and Foster. All four inhabit a no-man’s-land between time present and time remembered, between reality and imagination. No Man’s Land is now playing through August 20th, 2023.
GUAC: An Activism Tour
What do you do when you lose a son? Take it from Manuel Oliver, the father of Parkland shooting victim, Joaquin Oliver, you have to what you do best. GUAC is a one-man play about a father turned activist, and his undying love for his son.
Windy City Smokeout: Believe In BBQ!
Windy City Smokeout, Chicago’s biggest BBQ and country music summer festival, barreled into town last weekend.
The Art Of Bowing
The theatre is dead. And you have the front row seat in Haven Chicago’s multifaceted production of The Art of Bowing.