Your Event Lineup for May 18

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Family Friendly Cruise on the Chicago River

Island Time located at Island Party Hut (between Lake Shore Drive and Columbus on the Riverwalk) — Chicago

Sun, May 30 +  33 more

$20    $40

Enjoy a 75 minute cruise on the Chicago River with breathtaking views of the city & skyline! Get out...

Jason Mraz: Look For The Good Live! – Online

Online

Thu, May 20

$20

Jason Mraz’s new album begins and ends with the same phrase: “Look for the good.” Those four...

Kinky Boots – The Musical: At Home Stream

Stellar Stream

48-Hour Rental: June 1, 2021 at 7:00pm ET Until June 3, 2021 at 7:00pm ET +  29 more

$17.25

Captured live from the London stage, the “freshest, most fabulous, feel-good musical of the...

Macy Gray – Online

Online

Sun, May 30 +  3 more

$25.50 - $57.50

Macy Gray digs deep into her song catalogue for her livestream series on Mandolin and plays The Hits with...

The Sisters Rosensweig – Online

Stellar Stream

Thursday, May 20 @ 8:00pm Eastern Time (Includes On-Demand Viewing Through Monday, May 24 @ 6:00pm Eastern Time)

$12

Three very different sisters reunite after a lengthy separation and discover humanity, respect, and love...

Ahavat Olam With Ben Platt, Henry Platt & Jonah Platt — Online

Online Stream

Wed, May 26

$25

Join Tony Award winner Ben Platt (Dear Evan Hansen) and his off-the-charts talented brothers Henry and...

Circo Hermanos Vazquez

North Riverside Park Mall

Tue, May 18 +  4 more

$10 - $25    $35

Circo Hermanos Vazquez will be celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, delivering their best show yet...

Live Standup Comedy at Laugh Factory Chicago!

Fri, May 21 +  3 more

COMP - $15    $30

Chicago’s Best Standup Comedy is back better than ever. We’ve compiled the absolute best...

American Express UNSTAGED with Maroon 5: The Encore – Online

Online

Fri, Jun 04

$12.50

Join Maroon 5 for their American Express UNSTAGED encore performance. Maroon 5, the group with the most #1...

Menopause The Musical® – Online

Online Stream

Streaming on Demand - Watch Anytime Before June 13, 2021 at 11:59pm Eastern Time

$25

Come join our sisterhood! Four women at a lingerie sale have nothing in common but a black lace bra AND...

Tovah Feldshuh: Virtually With You

Online Stream

Wed, May 19

$25

Get up close with four-time Tony Award nominee, Tovah Feldshuh from New York’s Birdland Jazz Club....

The Broadway Cast Reunion Series: Come From Away – Online

Stellar Stream

Wednesday, May 26, 2021 / 5:00pm Pacific Time + Video on Demand: Stream May 27-30, 2021

$15

Meet the original Broadway stars of the Tony & Olivier Award winning musical Come From Away....

42nd Street – The Musical: At Home Stream

Stellar Stream

48-Hour Rental: June 1, 2021 at 7:00pm until June 3, 2021 at 7:00pm ET +  29 more

$17.25

Captured live from the London stage and directed by the original author of the show, Mark Bramble, 42nd...

Phantasmagoria — Online

Vimeo Stream

Video Rental Available May 13-23, 2021

$12.50 - $20    $25

A year of stay-at-home got you feeling like a ghost in your own personal haunted house? Don’t...

2.5 Minute Ride — Online

Online

Video On Demand: Stream Through May 23, 2021 at 11:59pm Eastern Time

$15    $37

Lisa’s father is 74, nearly blind, a Holocaust survivor, and addicted to roller coasters. 2.5 Minute Ride...

Brutal Imagination – Online

Online

On-Demand Recording (Available May 20 @ 7:00pm Eastern Time - June 3, 2021 11:59pm Eastern Time

$25 - $75

Oppenheimer Award-winning playwright and poet Cornelius Eady, and renowned actors Joe Morton and Sally...

Drawing Cartoony Characters – Online

Online Stream

Available Anytime Through December 31, 2021

$9    $199

In this course, I want to share my process of designing and drawing cartoony characters in both stylized...

A Noise Within presents Alice in Wonderland – Online

Online

Fri, May 28 +  18 more

$16 - $32    $25 - $40

Crash through the looking glass with Alice on her zany adventure to an upside-down magical dreamland where...

Until the Flood — Online

Online

Video on Demand: Stream Through May 23, 2021 at 11:59pm Eastern Time

$15    $37

When Michael Brown was shot by a police officer in Ferguson in 2014, the outrage and protests that...

The Story of My Life Online

Online Stream

Fri, May 21 +  8 more

$24.50    $49

To kick off its 23rd Anniversary Season, Chance Theater presents the Orange County premiere of the Drama...

Gay As They Say — Livestream

Zoom Stream

Fri, May 21 +  2 more

FREE - $12.50

Did you ever listen to a song written by one of the greats and hear a phrase that made you say, “Did I...

The Seth Concert Series: Chuck & Lilli Cooper + Seth Rudetsky – Online

Online

Sun, May 23 +  1 more

$25

Lilli Cooper: Broadway: Tootsie (Julie) Tony Nomination; Spongebob Squarepants (Sandy), Wicked (Elphaba); S...

Weight Lifting, Training And Nutrition: Get Ripped, Lose Fat – Online

Online Stream

Available Anytime Through December 31, 2021

$9    $199

Do you struggle to gain lean muscle-mass, no matter how much you eat or how many different training...

Antigone – A Play by Sophocles

Stellar Stream

Friday, May 21, 2021 / 7:00pm Pacific Time +  5 more

$8    $10

Antigone, a play by Sophocles, is a political thriller that remains relevant in our modern times as it...

Broadway by the Year – Online

Online

Mon, May 24

$25    $30

The Town Hall’s signature series, Broadway by the Year, takes a “Pandemic Pivot,” going...

Regal Premiere Print-at-Home eTickets

Any Regal Cinemas, United Artists Theatres or Edwards Theatres Nationwide

Good for Any Date

$9.50    $13

Regal Cinemas royally rocks the film-going experience, with all the latest tech and amenities to provide...

Grand Cabaret After Dark!

The Grand Cabaret — Chicago

Thu, May 20 +  3 more

$40 - $50    $60

Live Jazz & Mysterious Magic paired with an unforgettable meal in Chicago’s newest vintage...

Winter Pizza & Beer Tour

American Walks - Daley Center — Chicago

Good Any Saturday or Sunday at 2:00pm Through December 26, 2021 (Reserve in Advance)

$50    $100

Explore the trendy River North neighborhood while discovering some of Chicago’s best brewskis and...

The Chicago Drag Brunch

The Grand Cabaret — Chicago

Sun, May 23 +  6 more

$35    $45

Muffy Fishbasket and her Superstar Drag Queens & Kings invite you to munch on their brunch! Every...

Chicago Pizza Tour

American Walks - Chicago Ave.

Any Available Saturday or Sunday Through December 26, 2021 at 1:00pm (Reserve in Advance)

$20 - $30    $60

Explore Chicago’s River North neighborhood with an expert tour guide while tasting the best pizza...

Heathers

The Edge Theater — Chicago

Fri, Aug 27 +  13 more

$28    $40

The original Mean Girls musical … ’80s style. Heathers was a cult classic film, and now they...

Peep Show

The Grand Cabaret — Chicago

Sat, May 29

$30    $40

The Exciting Return of Chicago’s Wildest Night of Burlesque, Comedy & Music!

HUNKS The Show at Petergof Nightclub

Northbrook

Fri, Aug 20

$10.97    $21.95

The biggest girls night out of the year comes to Petergof Nightclub in Northbrook!

Comedian Larry Reeb

Zanies - Rosemont

Thu, May 20

$15    $30

Known affectionately as “Uncle Lar’,” Larry Reeb is the wisecracking, politically...

Before Black Lives Matter

Piven Theatre — Evanston

Sat, Jul 24 +  1 more

$30    $50

In a world where to some Black Lives Matter is a movement and to others black lives matter is nothing more...

Next to Normal

The Edge Theater — Chicago

Thu, Jul 15 +  9 more

$28    $40

Next to Normal is a 2008 American rock musical with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt....

Chicago Prohibition Tour

American Walks - Franklin St. — Chicago

Good for Any Saturday Through December 25, 2021 @ 4:00pm (Reserve in Advance)

$12.50    $25

Prohibition stirred a massive controversy at its time in America. However, it also started an explosive...

The Cripple of Inishmaan – Martin McDonagh’s Hilarious Dark Comedy

The Edge Theater — Chicago

Thu, Jul 01 +  8 more

$28    $40

The Cripple of Inishmaan is a dark comedy by Martin McDonagh (The Pillowman, Seven Psychopaths, Three...

Andy Brown & Friends – Three Guitar Madness!

Winter's Jazz Club — Chicago

Wed, May 19 +  1 more

$8.88    $17.75

Andy Brown & Friends – Three Guitar Madness! is a series that Chicago jazz guitarist Andy Brown...

Signature Scent Class/Aroma Workshop

Chicago

Any Available Date Through December 31, 2021

Coming Soon    $60

Aroma Workshop’s crack team of olfactory authorities leads you through the process of developing...

Any Chicago Neighborhood Food Tour

American Walks - Daley Center — Chicago

Any Available Tuesday at 7:00pm, Saturday or Sunday at 1:00pm Through December 26, 2021 (Reserve in Advance)

Coming Soon    $60

Choose from one of five neighborhood food tours with more neighborhoods to be added in 2019. Guests can...

The Laugh More Showcase

Zanies - Rosemont

Wed, May 19 +  1 more

$5    $10

Join us every Wednesday for a line up of some of Chicago’s best comedians.

Ron Taylor: Stand-Up Comedy

@North Bar — Chicago

Fri, May 21

$15    $25

Ron Taylor with Ben Noble + Diego Attanasio + Aaron Putnam. Ron Taylor, from Los Angeles by way of...

Comedy Night With Ron Taylor

Brauer House — Lombard

Sat, May 22

$5    $12

Ron Taylor, from Los Angeles by way of Detroit, was hand picked by Bill Burr to appear on Comedy Central....

Sidewalk Food Tours of Chicago: River North

Chicago

Sat, May 22 +  1 more

$59    $75

Enjoy the luxury and opulence of the Magnificent Mile and Gold Coast on this three-hour culinary tour...

Straight out of Quarantine Comedy Tour

Riddles Comedy Club — Alsip

Sun, May 23 +  2 more

$25    $50

Dyon Brooks & Timothy Wilson are back on tour after COVID tried to stop the show! They return to...

Merdinger’s Musings: Meditations and Memories by Susan Merdinger

Sheridan Music Studio LLC — Chicago

Tue, May 25

$40    $50

Steinway Artist Susan Merdinger brings to you her themed music show filled with interesting facts and...

Art Davis Trio

Winter's Jazz Club — Chicago

Thu, May 27 +  1 more

$8.88    $17.75

“He depends on the careful placement of one note next to another: even at quick time, his improvised...

Circo Hermanos Vazquez

Gurnee Mills

Fri, May 28 +  6 more

$10 - $25    $35

Circo Hermanos Vazquez will be celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, delivering their best show yet...

Naperville Soulfest 2020

523 S Webster St — Naperville

Sat, Jun 05

$62.50    $125

Naperville SoulFest is a celebration of African American and Caribbean descendants’ culture. The...

Fathers Day Love and Laughter Fest

Soldier Field — Chicago

Sat, Jun 19

$300    $500

This event is special because it’s a perfect time for you and the family, and of course, because it falls...

Brandon James in the Beer Garden

Montrose Saloon — Chicago

Thu, Jun 24 +  1 more

FREE

BRANDON JAMES in the beer garden, Thursday, June 24th, 6-9 pm. ALL SHOWS ARE OUTSIDE, SO ALL SHOWS ARE...

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