Best bets this week include comedian and impressionist Aries Spears on stage the Chicago Improv, Broadway stars Sutton Foster and Brian Stokes Mitchell headlining the Paramount Theatre gala, Halloween happenings across the suburbs and John Malkovich in "The Music Critic" at The Chicago Theatre.
In a musical based on works by the creator of Captain Underpants, an anthropomorphic feline urges young swamp dwellers (and the polliwogs in the audience) to let their creativity run wild.