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NPR's Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!: Live Tapings from Chicago Public Radio

Chase Auditorium (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, Sep. 11 @ 7:30pm
Thursday, Sep. 18 @ 7:30pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $21.99   Our Price: $11.00*
Rated: 3.7 stars
Be in the audience for a taping of the hilarious weekly news quiz from NPR and Chicago Public Radio, Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! Each week on the radio, you can test your knowledge against some of the news and entertainment world's best and brightest. Peter Sagal, Carl Kasell, and company take a fast-paced, irreverent look at the week's events. Guest panelists rotate weekly, like comedian Paula Poundstone, author Roy Blount Jr., and The Daily Show's Mo Rocca.  Learn More

Comedian Jamie Kilstein CD Recording at Lakeshore Theater

Lakeshore Theater (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, Sep. 11 @ 10:30pm
Friday, Sep. 12 @ 8:00pm
and 3 more dates.
Full Price: $15.00   Our Price: FREE - $7.50*
Rated: No ratings yet
Jamie Kilstein has performed at venues across the globe, including Montreal's Just for Laughs Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He's recording a CD of his passionate political comedy at Chicago's Lakeshore Theatre.  Learn More

Marry Me, You Idiot!: Comic Musical at the Annoyance Theatre

Annoyance Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Friday, Sep. 12 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Sep. 19 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Sep. 26 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00   Our Price: $7.50*
Rated: 3.1 stars
The Annoyance Theatre presents the world premiere of Marry Me, You Idiot!. It's the story of Andy and Tracy, and the effect their relationship has on their parents, friends, co-workers, and Tracy's sister, who happens to look exactly like Andy's late fiancee.  Learn More

Pablo Francisco at the Chicago Improv

Chicago Improv of Schaumburg (Schaumburg, IL)
Thursday, Sep. 18 @ 7:30pm
Friday, Sep. 19 @ 10:15pm
Sunday, Sep. 21 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $24.00   Our Price: $12.00*
Rated: 3.6 stars
Pablo Francisco is the master of hilarious voices and sound effects. His act often includes spoofs of melodramatic Spanish language soap operas and a faux action-movie preview of a film that features Arnold Schwarzenegger as a tortilla vendor. He has appeared on numerous TV shows and specials, including the Tonight Show and his own hour-long Comedy Central special, Ouch!  Learn More

Comedian and TV Host Lynne Koplitz at Chicago Improv of Schaumburg

Chicago Improv of Schaumburg (Schaumburg, IL)
Sunday, Sep. 7 @ 10:15pm
Full Price: $17.00   Our Price: $8.50*
Rated: 3.5 stars
Lynne Koplitz taped her own half-hour comedy special on "Comedy Central Presents" in 2003, and it is still in continuous rotation. Last summer she was voted the top female comic by viewers in Comedy Central's "Stand-Up Showdown." She has appeared as a guest host of NBC's "Later" and was a featured comedienne on Comedy Central's "Premium Blend."  Learn More

Pimprov - Hilarious, Original Improv Comedy

Chemically Imbalanced Theater (Chicago, IL)
Friday, Sep. 12 @ 10:30pm
Friday, Sep. 19 @ 10:30pm
Friday, Sep. 26 @ 10:30pm
Full Price: $15.00   Our Price: $7.50*
Rated: 3.2 stars
Chicago's favorite Improv Group is back for a limited run at the Chemically Imbalanced Theater. Hailed by critics and audiences alike, Pimprov is one of the most original and hilarious unscripted shows in town. Yes, it's pimps that improvise. It's that simple.  Learn More

100... Years of Losing: Baseball-Themed Sketch Comedy Show

Stage Left Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Wednesday, Sep. 10 @ 8:00pm
Wednesday, Sep. 17 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $12.00   Our Price: $5.00*
Rated: 2.0 stars
pH Productions' SKETCHseries presents 100... Years of Losing. Fresh from a successful run at Donny's Skybox, it's a sketch show about baseball's beloved, beleaguered Chicago Cubs. The show features comedy, singing, dancing, and a different "celebrity" singing the Seventh Sketch Stretch every show — but no Steve Bartman jokes.  Learn More

Patti Vasquez, "Chicago's Latin Diva of Comedy", at Zanies Vernon Hills

Zanies Comedy Club - Vernon Hills (Vernon Hills, IL)
Thursday, Sep. 11 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $23.00   Our Price: $11.50*
Rated: 3.5 stars
Few comedians working today have the charm and charisma of Patti Vasquez, "Chicago's Latin Diva of Comedy". She delivers comedy with a heart, sharing stories about growing up in an Irish-Mexican-American family. Bill Maher describes her as "the funniest woman in comedy since Carol Burnett."  Learn More

John Heffron, Winner of Last Comic Standing, at the Chicago Improv

Chicago Improv of Schaumburg (Schaumburg, IL)
Thursday, Sep. 25 @ 7:30pm
Friday, Sep. 26 @ 10:15pm
Sunday, Sep. 28 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $19.00 - $22.00   Our Price: $9.50 - $11.00*
Rated: No ratings yet
Winner of NBC's hit reality series Last Comic Standing, Heffron has become a comic to watch and love. The Detroit funnyman, who Phyllis Diller referred to as "the cute one," has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, and his own half-hour Comedy Central Presents special.  Learn More

Harland Williams at the Chicago Improv

Chicago Improv of Schaumburg (Schaumburg, IL)
Thursday, Sep. 11 @ 7:30pm
Friday, Sep. 12 @ 8:00pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $22.00 - $24.00   Our Price: $11.00 - $12.00*
Rated: 3.7 stars
Quirky Canadian Harland Williams left behind a career as a forest ranger to try stand-up comedy, and soon found himself acting as well, landing parts in comedies like There's Something About Mary, Dumb & Dumber, The Whole Nine Yards, and Sorority Boys.  Learn More

"The Best Night of Improv in Chicago" — Four Funny Improv Groups in One Show

Annoyance Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Tuesday, Sep. 9 @ 8:00pm
Tuesday, Sep. 16 @ 8:00pm
and 14 more dates.
Full Price: $10.00   Our Price: $5.00*
Rated: 2.0 stars
The Annoyance presents "The Best Night of Improv in Chicago" — four fantastically funny groups filled with veterans of the Annoyance, Second City, Steppenwolf and other great theatres. The show includes Fishnuts, Chicagoland, Bad Touch: Unsavory Improv and The Gambino Crew.  Learn More

Chemically Imbalanced Comedy! — Improv and Sketch Comedy Showcase

Chemically Imbalanced Theater (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, Sep. 13 @ 10:30pm (Panty Filers, B.C., Cornwallis )
Saturday, Sep. 20 @ 10:30pm (Roboctopus, 96D, Mike and Duane )
Saturday, Sep. 27 @ 10:30pm (Kate, Cutlass Supreme, Cyclops Baby )
Full Price: $10.00   Our Price: $5.00*
Rated: 2.7 stars
Chemically Imbalanced Comedy presents their Comedy Showcase featuring local improv and sketch comedy groups performing on stage with a hilarious stand-up comic as host. A laugh-out-loud great night out!  Learn More

Comedian Jimmy Dore at Zanies Comedy Club

Zanies Comedy Club - Vernon Hills (Vernon Hills, IL)
Friday, Sep. 19 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $23.00   Our Price: $11.50*
Rated: No ratings yet
Zanies presents Jimmy Dore, a comedian who's become known for his humorous insights on modern politics. A native of Chicago, Jimmy moved to LA in 1995 to get on television, and it actually worked: Jimmy's latest show, the hour-long special Citizen Jimmy, recently debuted on Comedy Central.  Learn More

Hot Saturday Nights: Late Night Tit-Bits & Skinprov

Annoyance Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, Sep. 13 @ 10:00pm
Saturday, Sep. 20 @ 10:00pm
Saturday, Sep. 27 @ 10:00pm
Full Price: $20.00   Our Price: $10.00*
Rated: 2.4 stars
Annoyance Productions dives into the heat of Saturday night by doing the only sensible thing — getting undressed. With a double-bill Saturday night the theatre gets racy, debuting the Burlesque-cum-Improv shows "Late Night Tit-Bits" (featuring seven stimulating ladies), and "Skinprov" (featuring six shirtless men). The only thing more sparse than the clothing will be the paper-thin plots.  Learn More

Bad Review: Improv Comedy Show Based On Theatre Reviews

Chemically Imbalanced Theater (Chicago, IL)
Sunday, Sep. 7 @ 8:00pm
Sunday, Sep. 14 @ 8:00pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $10.00   Our Price: $5.00*
Rated: 2.8 stars
Bad Review is a hilarious improv show in which performers take the worst theatre review from the Chicago Reader and improvise the play they believe the reviewer would rather have seen. The troupe has performed Bad Review across the continent, and it now finds a home at the Chemically Imbalanced Theatre.  Learn More

Wheel of pHortune: A Different Type of Improv at Every Show!

Stage Left Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, Sep. 13 @ 11:00pm
Full Price: $10.00   Our Price: $5.00*
Rated: No ratings yet
Wheel of pHortune invites the audience—and fate—to decide the type of improvisation show to be performed each week! A variety of improv "forms" are attached to the Wheel of pHortune. Once an audience member spins the wheel, one of those styles will be selected for the performance.  Learn More

Topical Improv Show Raucous Caucus: The Lesser of Two Evils at the Annoyance

Annoyance Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Sunday, Sep. 7 @ 8:30pm
Sunday, Sep. 14 @ 8:30pm
and 7 more dates.
Full Price: $10.00   Our Price: $5.00*
Rated: No ratings yet
The Annoyance Theatre hosts Raucous Caucus: The Lesser of Two Evils. In this unique improvised show, two of the city's best comedians play rival Presidential candidates, campaigning on platform suggested by the audience. Following a show full of mock debates, on-the-spot speeches, and more, the audience votes on the winner, who returns to take on a new challenger at the next week's show.  Learn More

Interactive, Improvised Musical pHamily The Musical

Stage Left Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Friday, Sep. 12 @ 11:00pm
Friday, Sep. 19 @ 11:00pm
and 11 more dates.
Full Price: $10.00   Our Price: $5.00*
Rated: 3.4 stars
pH Music Director Mike Descoteaux has taken long-running highly-interactive improv show pHamily, and transformed it into a fully improvised musical spectacular! pHamily the Musical is a one-act play built with audience suggestions. You create an entire family and influence the events during a year in their lives. The players will ask you questions, show you flashbacks, and burst into song! A hilarious, interactive experience unlike any other.  Learn More

Graphic and Edgy Adult Improv Show pHrenzy pHucked

Stage Left Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, Sep. 13 @ 12:30am (Saturday night/Sunday morning)
Saturday, Sep. 20 @ 12:30am (Saturday night/Sunday morning)
and 8 more dates.
Full Price: $10.00   Our Price: $5.00*
Rated: 2.3 stars
pHrenzy pHucked is a completely improvised competition where the audience decides the outcome by voting players out one by one. It's improv with a dark twist: no holds barred and nothing taboo, it's not for the faint of heart or easily offended. The show's crazy host will take the audience through the most brutally honest and graphic improv they can handle!  Learn More

pHrenzy - Dazzling Improv with Audience Participation

Stage Left Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, Sep. 13 @ 12:30am (Friday night/Saturday morning)
Saturday, Sep. 20 @ 12:30am (Friday night/Saturday morning)
and 10 more dates.
Full Price: $10.00   Our Price: $5.00*
Rated: 1.0 stars
Now in its sixth season, pHrenzy is the original pH show to dazzle audiences. The premise is simple and fun: eight players start the show and one by one they will be voted out by a series of arbitrary rules and audience votes. At the end of the show only one player will be left standing as the ultimate pHrenzy champion and will take home the pHrenzy tropHy.  Learn More

Comedy Central's Patrick DeGuire and FX's Marla Schultz at Zanies Comedy Club

Zanies Comedy Club - Vernon Hills (Vernon Hills, IL)
Friday, Sep. 12 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Sep. 12 @ 9:45pm
Full Price: $23.00   Our Price: $11.50*
Rated: No ratings yet
Zanies Comedy Club is featuring two great headliners in one night: Patrick DeGuire and Marla Schultz. Patrick has been featured on Comedy Central and Marla can be seen on the FX hit show "Dirt" playing the role of Camille Santoro.  Learn More

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