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- Sep 18, 2026
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Martin Lawrence returns to Chicago: ‘Just here to make you laugh’ (opens the original)
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Chicago isn’t the first stop on Martin Lawrence’s new tour, but he says the city is always top of mind. “If it wasn’t for Chicago stamping me and giving me the OK,” Lawrence said, “I wouldn’t have been known in all the households around the world.” Lawrence has been a mainstay in the comedy world since the 1980s, but he credits the release of his 1991 episode of the HBO stand-up series “One Night Stand” as a turning point — an episode that was filmed in Lakeview at the Vic Theatre. Now, Lawrence
Comedy for fall 2026: Melissa Villaseñor, Brett Goldstein and local fests bring the funny this fall (opens the original)
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Fall means many things. The changing color of the foliage. A fresh new school year. Wearing a jacket when you leave in the morning and taking it off before lunch because it’s suddenly 87 degrees. Fall can also mean funny, if you know where to look; here’s our list in chronological order. Sitting somewhere between stand-up and sketch, Featured Players is Zanies’ only alt-comedy show. From musical comedy to character comedians to magic acts, Featured Players is a wonderful relief from the prolifer
The Cube brings a glitzy game show experience to Michigan Avenue (opens the original)
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Flashing lights. LED screen floors. Sixty seconds to complete a challenge. All this in a large, transparent cube, its sliding door almost, but not quite, dimming the roar of the crowd outside. If that sounds like the description of a television game show, that’s because it is. “The Cube” was a long-running British show that was briefly adapted for a U.S. run on TBS. But as of this July, it also describes a new attraction to join the resurgent Magnificent Mile corridor of Michigan Avenue. The Cub
Funny in two languages: New bilingual improv school is inundated with students (opens the original)
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Rudy Mendoza is ready for the show to start. He bounces up and down on the balls of his feet, grinning in front of the full house at the Kimball Arts Center. “¿Cómo estamos?” he roars, and the crowd roars back, listos beyond belief for the evening’s entertainment to begin. Every month, Mendoza hosts El Showcase at Collaboraction Theatre in Humboldt Park. Although Chicago is a city where you can practically pick a location at random and be assured an improv show will be going on nearby, this show
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