Comedy

We chatted with one of Chicago’s funniest entertainers, Julie Marchiano! Stick around for all that this self-proclaimed Hufflepuff has to say.

If you’d like to get into the comedy game, the city has a plethora of classes to choose from, but here are the very best in the Windy City.

If you’ve ventured into the world of improv, you might have come across the name “Harold” more than once. No, it’s not some Harold and Kumar solo show or dark Harold and Maude sequel, it’s actually a cornerstone structure of improv comedy. 

The hilariously grotesque Sarah Sherman is the ingeious host and producer of Helltrap Nightmare, a trippy comedy show that will make you squirm as much as it will make you laugh.

There are few things that go better with comedy than a cocktail.

Matteo Lane is a fresh and fun young comedian, writer, and painter who can do a better Mariah and Liza than you.

The Nance, now playing at Pride Films & Plays, recreates the naughty, raucous world of burlesque’s heyday and tells the backstage story of Chauncey Miles and his fellow performers. Read on for why this is the show to see.

While a relatively new establishment, the “party-prov” comedy theater Under the Gun has already created a considerable community and garnered great acclaim.