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TimeLine Theatre Company’s Production of Relentless

After a sold out run this winter, Tyla Abercrumbrie's world premiere play comes to the Goodman, weaving a mother's past with her daughters’ present in a centuries-spanning tale of family, […]

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Chicago Inclusive Dance Festival

Want your events to be more inclusive? Join us for a community building festival of movement workshops and access presentations! We will explore the concept of making inclusion part of […]

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The Best Decision You’ve Ever Made

The Second City has no time for regrets in the 45th e.t.c. revue, The Best Decision You've Ever Made. This choose-your-own comedy (mis)adventure explores the choices we make and how […]

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Chicago Inclusive Dance Festival

Want your events to be more inclusive? Join us for a community building festival of movement workshops and access presentations! We will explore the concept of making inclusion part of […]

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MCA Commons: Access Praxis—Justin Cooper

MCA Advisory Partners Bodies of Work and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago invite you to Access Praxis, a collaborative and participatory event in The Commons. Combining theory and practice, […]

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Good Night, Oscar

Anything can happen on live TV. And one night, it did. Emmy Award-winning actor and producer Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) stars as the irrepressible Oscar Levant. It’s 1958, and Jack Paar hosts the hottest late-night talk-show on television. His favorite guest? Character actor, pianist and wild card Oscar Levant. Famous for his witty one-liners, […]

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Goodnight, Oscar

Anything can happen on live TV. And one night, it did. Emmy Award-winning actor and producer Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) stars as the irrepressible Oscar Levant. It’s 1958, and Jack Paar hosts the hottest late-night talk-show on television. His favorite guest? Character actor, pianist and wild card Oscar Levant. Famous for his witty one-liners, […]

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Autumn Knight: M___ER

Combining improvisation with sculpture, sound, and lights, M___ER taps into the tangled relationships we have with familiar people and things to examine the shifting dynamics of intimacy between audience members' senses of self, others, and objects. The title suggests various interpretations of its missing letters; the performance itself addresses ideas such as “mother,” “murder,” and […]

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Good Night, Oscar

Anything can happen on live TV. And one night, it did. Emmy Award-winning actor and producer Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) stars as the irrepressible Oscar Levant. It’s 1958, and Jack Paar hosts the hottest late-night talk-show on television. His favorite guest? Character actor, pianist and wild card Oscar Levant. Famous for his witty one-liners, […]

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Goodnight, Oscar

Anything can happen on live TV. And one night, it did. Emmy Award-winning actor and producer Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) stars as the irrepressible Oscar Levant. It’s 1958, and Jack Paar hosts the hottest late-night talk-show on television. His favorite guest? Character actor, pianist and wild card Oscar Levant. Famous for his witty one-liners, […]

  • ASL Interpreted

Autumn Knight: M___ER

Combining improvisation with sculpture, sound, and lights, M___ER taps into the tangled relationships we have with familiar people and things to examine the shifting dynamics of intimacy between audience members' senses of self, others, and objects. The title suggests various interpretations of its missing letters; the performance itself addresses ideas such as “mother,” “murder,” and […]

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Autumn Knight: M___ER

Combining improvisation with sculpture, sound, and lights, M___ER taps into the tangled relationships we have with familiar people and things to examine the shifting dynamics of intimacy between audience members' senses of self, others, and objects. The title suggests various interpretations of its missing letters; the performance itself addresses ideas such as “mother,” “murder,” and […]

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Love That Story: Jonathan Van Ness in Conversation

Can you believe?! Queer Eye star Jonathan Van Ness is coming to Chicago for a candid chat about Love That Story: Observations from a Gorgeously Queer Life, their new essay collection about broadening our horizons, getting comfortable with the uncomfortable, and balancing the light with the dark. Back handspring layout your way to the Harris […]

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An Evening with Molly Shannon & Tim Meadows

Say hello to actress and comedian Molly Shannon! You may already know Shannon from her beloved SNL characters like Mary Katherine Gallagher; popular television shows like HBO Max’s The White Lotus and The Other Two (for which Shannon is nominated for a Critic’s Choice Award); and acclaimed films including Other People, Talladega Nights, and Promising […]

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Clued In

After getting a single suggestion, the cast of six professional comedians asks the audience to choose a detective. Enjoy as they invent a tale of crime, secrets, and scandals right before your eyes. The performers will keep track of facts, follow leads, and conclude who is the murderer, all while you take in a comedy […]

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Best of the Second City

Find out for yourself why The Second City has been the first name in laughter for over sixty years! From the stages that launched the careers of Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell and more comes the next generation of comedy superstars. The Best of The Second City features some of the best sketch comedy […]

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Good Night, Oscar

Anything can happen on live TV. And one night, it did. Emmy Award-winning actor and producer Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) stars as the irrepressible Oscar Levant. It’s 1958, and Jack Paar hosts the hottest late-night talk-show on television. His favorite guest? Character actor, pianist and wild card Oscar Levant. Famous for his witty one-liners, […]

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Goodnight, Oscar

Anything can happen on live TV. And one night, it did. Emmy Award-winning actor and producer Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) stars as the irrepressible Oscar Levant. It’s 1958, and Jack Paar hosts the hottest late-night talk-show on television. His favorite guest? Character actor, pianist and wild card Oscar Levant. Famous for his witty one-liners, […]

  • Audio Description