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Direction is happy to be working with ComedySportz for the first time. After years of spreading the gospel of Chicago comedy, direction is ready to handle the needs of this improv, sketch and stand up room in Lakeview. Whether you’re interested in seeing improv Thursday through Saturday, sketch or stand up on Monday and Wednesday, this easily accessible venue on Belmont, a stones throw from the Red/Brown/Purple line, has you covered.

The direction team has been hanging posters and distributing handbills for the comedy room throughout Lakeview, East Lakeview and Wrigleyville.

ComedySportz offers shows every Wednesday through Monday, some with no cover charge. Each week offers new events. For an updated weekly schedule, please visit comedysportzchicago.com.

Shakespeare is getting another interpretation. Thanks to cast members from Second City, Broadway and “Saturday Night Live,” the new “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” premiering next month on Navy Pier will once again breath life into the 400 year old comedy.

The direction staff has been distributing posters and handbills for this Chicago Shakespeare show throughout the more theater friendly neighborhoods of Chicago’s north side and north shore.

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” will be at the Chicago Shakespeare Courtyard Theater from February 7 to April 8. Tickets are currently available. For more information about this play and other productions at the Chicago Shakespeare, please visit chicagoshakes.com.

The Court Theatre is premiering “Invisible Man,” the first authorized by The Ralph and Fanny Ellison Charitable Trust. The landmark American novel is now a groundbreaking play. The Chicago Tribune is raving about the production. “Like so much in this singular, 600-page, 1952 novel — and now, at the Court Theatre in Chicago, a remarkable, 205-minute, must-see, three-act dramatic achievement adapted by the writer and filmmaker Oren Jacoby — that remark offers very good advice for anyone, say, staring with disbelief at the men who make up a presidential primary, or merely trying to deal with a neighbor of a diffrerent stripe.”

The direction team has been distributing handbills and hanging posters throughout the south side and near north side of Chicago.

“Invisible Man” runs until February 19 at the Court Theatre on the campus of the University of Chicago. Tickets for this critically acclaimed show are available. For seats and information on the rest of the 2011-12 Court season, please visit courttheatre.org.

Each Tuesday the Museum of Contemporary Art presents a different program designed to educate and entertain one and all. The first Tuesday is Doodleganza, an interactive evening where an illustrator, cartoonist or other type of artist leads a group of all ages in a sketch session. All are invited, regardless of artistic skill level. The second Tuesday is Culture Catalysts, an evening of lectures from some of Chicago’s cultural critics and participants. The third Tuesday delivers Internet Superheroes, a series of artists creating works that cross between technology and art. Closing the month is Face the Strange. The MCA gets loud with some of Chicago’s best indie, electronic and avant garde acts. Each week offers another unique opportunity to explore and interact with the Chicago community.

Our staff has been taking out handbills on the custom hipster specialty route for the MCA Tuesday programming.

For more information about each Tuesday night event and a complete list of events, exhibits and special occasions, please visit mcachicago.org.

We’re happy to be working the upcoming Rodrigo y Gabriela show at the Chicago Theatre being produced by Jam Productions. This world renowned guitar duo doesn’t make it to town that often so we take every chance we get to see them. This tour will feature the group performing with a backing band throughout the US for the first time. C.U.B.A., who collaborated with the duo on the recent album “Area 52,” will be playing on all dates.

The direction staff has been hanging posters and delivering handbills for this performance on our hipster and Latino specialty route distributions.

Rodrigo y Gabriela will be at The Chicago Theatre for a special, one night only appearance on Thursday, April 12. Tickets for this show are now on sale and interested parties are encouraged to buy now. This concert will sell out. For seats and other upcoming shows at the theatre, please visit thechicagotheatre.com.

Rogers Park is slowly becoming a theater, music and comedy destination thanks to Mayne Stage. Their February lineup is a smorgasbord of well-curated events. Whether you’re interested in flemenco guitar, Andrew Lloyd Weber, opera, dinner parties or just need a place to watch the Big Game, one of the newer theaters on the north side is giving Chicago another option for a night out.

The direction team has been distributing Mayne Stage February calender listings throughout Rogers Park, Edgewater and Andersonville.

The Mayne Stage is located in the heart of Rogers Park, just a few blocks north of Loyola University. The Act One Pub, a gastropub attached to the Mayne Stage, is open seven nights a week and the theater features entertainment most weekend nights and some weekday evenings. For a complete schedule of upcoming shows, please visit maynestage.com.

If you haven’t kept your New Year’s Resolution, here’s a little inspiration. The athletes that make up the WCR are the kind of folks that prove excuses are never accepted. If they’re risking life and limb on the flat track at the UIC, there’s no reason you can’t run on the treadmill a few hours a week. This first bout of the 2012 is a mini tournament, featuring all four teams facing off. The night doubles as a fundraiser. Each team picked a charity to donate their proceeds. Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Alzheimer’s Association will all benefit from the WCR.

The direction team has been distributing very popular posters and handbills for the Windy City Rollers throughout the north side of Chicago.

The Windy City Rollers will be at the UIC Pavilion on Saturday January 28. Tickets and more information is available at windycityrollers.com.

The guy you know from “News Radio” is a stand up. The host of “Fear Factor” has been a peer of folks like Doug Stanhope, Dave Attell and Artie Lange for the last twenty years. The guy calling the MMA fights is a well respected comedic voice in podcasting. If you don’t know who Joe Rogan is, a simple Google search will reveal legions of adoring fans for the sometimes controversial comic.

The direction staff has been distributing posters and handbills for this Madison Square Garden Entertainment show on our newly created specialty routes, focusing on MMA lifestyle locations, gyms and training centers.

Joe Rogan will be at the Chicago Theatre on Friday, January 27. Tickets for this one night only appearance will sell out so interested parties are encouraged to buy now. For seats and a complete list of shows coming to the Chicago Theatre, please visit thechicagotheatre.com.

David Mamet’s newest controversial work, “Race” has begun its month long run at the Goodman. After a year of a critically acclaimed, sold out run on Broadway, the play is being staged with direction by Chuck Smith. Two lawyers, one black, one white, are hired to defend a wealthy white man charged with the sexual assault of an African-American female. The prejudices of each character is explored in a play that could only be written by Mamet.

The direction staff has been hanging posters and distributing handbills for this short run throughout the more theater friendly neighborhoods of Chicago’s north and south sides.

“Race” will be at the Goodman until February 19. Interested parties are encouraged to purchase tickets quickly. Most shows are likely to sell out. Visit goodmantheatre.org for seats and more.

After work-shopping his newest one man show at the Royal George in Lincoln Park before bringing it to New York and L.A., John Leguizamo is now taking it south. The show has garnered positive press from The Huffington Post, New York Times, L.A. Times and more. The good folks over at WestBeth Entertainment are bringing “Ghetto Klown” throughout Texas and Florida in February and March.

The direction staff has set up special promotional events in Austin, Dallas, and Houston. We’ve also been distributing posters and handbills on specialty hipster, Latino, comedy and Broadway routes.

“Ghetto Klown” will begin its 2012 tour in Austin and end in Miami, with stops along the way. Tickets are available for all the shows and can be found at westbethent.com.