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After a day of touring, plan a night on the town enjoying the vast selection of performing arts and live entertainment. While many theaters are located in and around the Downtown Loop, popular venues and performing groups can be found throughout the city. In fact, the strength of Chicago theatre is in the neighborhoods, which feature a number of small performance spaces and some long running favorites.
When planning your trip, take a look at what is playing at some of the mainstays - including the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre, Royal George Theatre Center, Drury Lane at Water Tower Place, Cadillac Palace Theatre, LaSalle Bank Theatre and the Ford Center for the Performing Arts. Chicago is home to a number of open-run shows, including, Wicked, The Blue Man Group at Briar Street Theatre in Boystown, and Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, the longest-running play in Chicago performed by The NeoFuturists.
About Face Theater and Bailiwick Repertory are among the performing groups that stage lesbian and gay-themed plays. About Face creates innovative plays to advance the dialogue on gender and sexual identity, while challenging and entertaining audiences. Bailiwick Repertory develops productions that are as diverse as its audiences. The Bailiwick's Pride Series has been inducted into the City of Chicago's Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame and received the Torch Award from the Human Rights Campaign, the only theatre in the nation to be so honored.
Live comedy is also a long-running tradition and popular outing in Chicago. The most famous laugh house is The Second City, a Chicago landmark where 46 years of groundbreaking sketch comedy continues in two shows seven days a week. This is the theatre that launched the careers of such comic greats as John Belushi, Mike Myers, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner and more, and continues to inspire content for Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show and MadTV. ComedySportz Theater and I.O. Theater feature improvisational comedy throughout the week.
No trip to Chicago would be complete without a visit to one of the city's many jazz and blues clubs. Check out venues such as Kingston Mines, Jazz Showcase and the Green Mill for a sampling of some of the finest live music Chicago has to offer.
Visitors can find half-price tickets for selected performances through HotTix by stopping by the Tourism Center at 72 East Randolph Street or visiting www.hottix.org.
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