| Peter Pan Aug 1 - Aug 29, 2010 |
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Morton Arboretum |
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| The story unfolds when Peter sneaks into the bedroom of Wendy, John and Michael Darling to retrieve his shadow. With the aid of his fairy friend, Tinker Bell, he finds his shadow, but in the process wakes the Darling children. Peter sprinkles the kids with fairy dust and they are off to Neverland for fantastic adventures with Peter and his crew of Lost Boys. Join Peter, Tinker Bell and the Lost Boys as they fight Indians and the infamous Captain Hook and his pirates. Peter Pan will delight all ages. |
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| Under Milk Wood Aug 4 - Aug 8, 2010 |
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Caffeine Theatre at
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| Caffeine Theatre brings back Dylan Thomas's dark and funny play about the dreams and waking lives of a fictional Welsh town that was originally broadcast as a radio play in 1954. This iconic favorite features 9 actors portraying the play's 47 characters, bringing to life inner longings bubbling beneath the surface of the town's daily life, endearing us to humanity's bawdy and magnificent possibilities. The play was deemed a "must see," "indisputable triumph," and "breathtaking" when produced last fall by the Department of Cultural Affairs at the Storefront Theater. |
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| Comedy, Magic, Mayhem! Aug 5 - Sep 2, 2010 |
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Gorilla Tango Theatre |
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| Edd Fairman, the Wizard of Sorts, is hitting the Gorilla Tango Stage for five nights of magic, comedy and mayhem! A nationally touring magician and recently named "Magician of the Year" by the Chicago Wizard's Club, this full-length show features Edd's wacky brand of magic. You'll be amazed a show this big can fit into Edd's single, trademark briefcase. You might even get your chance to peek inside! Be warned; due to moderate amounts of highly professional immaturity this show is rated PG-13. |
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| In Love's Bright Coils Aug 6 - Aug 30, 2010 |
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Genesis Ensemble at
Charnel House Chicago |
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| Throughout history, humanity has expressed romantic love with the written word. This summer, in an original, ensemble-devised performance, Genesis Ensemble explores the evolution of the American love letter. Through performance Genesis celebrates the expression of love from America’s start, to the days of the telegram, to the advent of the email and asks our audience to consider: Does the way we communicate affect the way we love? |
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| Rod Blagojevich Superstar Aug 6 - Sep 18, 2010 |
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The Second City at
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre |
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| The Legendary Second City comes to Metropolis for a limited engagement run of their mega-hit musical comedy revue, Rod Blagojevich Superstar. It’s a monumentally hilarious comedy about the rise and fall of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, hair and all. The now famous show was featured on NPR, Good Morning America and ABC and NBC Nightly News and was nearly sold out in Chicago for seven months. Laugh out loud at this comedic gem as they sharply skewer Illinois’ cast of political characters, especially the most well-coiffed Illinois Governor ever. Don’t miss this wickedly funny comedy, playing only at Metropolis. |
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| Godspell Aug 11 - Sep 26, 2010 |
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Provision Theater Company |
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| A celebration of worldwide community, packed with hit songs and irresistible goodwill, GODSPELL is one of the biggest off-Broadway and Broadway successes of all time, running for over 2,600 performances. The upbeat retelling of biblical parables is punctuated and amplified by a playful and poignant score by Stephen Schwartz (WICKED). Popular tunes like the international hit “Day by Day,” “Prepare Ye The Way Of The Lord,” “All Good Gifts,” “Turn Back, O Man” and “By My Side” share messages of kindness, tolerance and love. |
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| Hot Mikado Aug 12 - Oct 3, 2010 |
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Drury Lane- Oakbrook |
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| Nanki-Poo, the son of the Mikado, disguises himself and seeks out the lovely Yum-Yum, only to discover that she is to marry Koko, the Lord High executioner. Koko is required by the Mikado to execute one person within the month, and Nanki-Poo offers himself up as long as he can spend one month married to Yum-Yum. What ensues is a highly amusing web of discoveries and circumstances that make the comedic performance one for the whole family to enjoy. |
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| The People's Drum Circle Pandora Aug 13 - Sep 19, 2010 |
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Quest Theatre Ensemble |
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| One terrible day Pandora opened a forbidden box to reveal pain, suffering, and sorrow on the earth, and now Pandora is about to open the box again. What will she find inside? Experience the hopeful pageantry of Quest Theatre Ensemble’s newest production The People’s Drum Circle Pandora featuring live music, incredible puppetry and a drum circle featuring you, the audience! |
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| Carousel Aug 14 - Aug 29, 2010 |
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Light Opera Works at
Cahn Auditorium |
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| Brash carnival barker Billy Bigelow falls for lovely young mill
worker, Julie Jordan. Years after his death, he is given the chance to
return for one day, hoping to teach his troubled daughter a valuable
lesson about love. |
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| The Real Inspector Hound Aug 14 - Sep 18, 2010 |
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Signal Ensemble Theatre |
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| Theatre critics Moon and Birdboot attend the premiere of a new murder mystery and are swept into the whodunit they are viewing. As Moon laments his status as a second-string reviewer, and Birdboot considers adultery with one of the shows actresses, they soon find themselves inside the play-within-a-play, implicated in the lethal activities of an escaped madman. In a hilarious send-up of Agatha Christie-style melodrama, Stoppard’s 1968 work is just as rooted in absurdism as it is in satire. Kicking off Signal’s “Season of Comedy,” this play set in the theater will appropriately open Signal’s new performance space. |
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| The Last Daughter of Oedipus Aug 15 - Sep 25, 2010 |
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Babes With Blades at
Lincoln Square Theater |
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| Follow Ismene, sole surviving child of Oedipus and Jocasta, as she fights to break the curse that devastated her family and now threatens to destroy Thebes. Inspired by the Oedipus plays of Sophocles, BWB’s first Greek adventure features sword and shield, staff, and unarmed combat as well as movement and voice work. |
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| Blackbird Aug 16 - Aug 25, 2010 |
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The Guild Theater at
Stage Left Theatre |
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| Fifteen years ago Una and Ray had a relationship. They haven't set eyes on each other since. Now she's found him again. |
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| Frost/Nixon Aug 17 - Oct 10, 2010 |
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TimeLine Theatre Company |
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| Frost/Nixon takes audiences inside the real-life 1977 television interviews between journalist David Frost and former president Richard Nixon. It has been three years since Nixon resigned from office in disgrace. The Watergate scandal is still on the minds of many, but the former commander-in-chief has yet to break his silence about his role in those events. Now Nixon has agreed to be interviewed by the up-and-coming British broadcaster David Frost. Behind-the-scenes it’s a battle of egos for the upper hand in controlling history, but as the cameras roll, the world is riveted by a remarkably honest exchange between one man who has lost everything and another with everything to gain. |
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| Daredevils' Hamlet Aug 19 - Sep 25, 2010 |
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Neo-Futurists |
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| Channeling the 2005 hit Daredevils, the men in jumpsuits take competition to a new level in this meta-destruction of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Director Halena Kays returns to direct this thematic adaptation of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, by challenging feats of revenge, passion, and failure. The Daredevils prove there's no better way to feel alive than by exploring a show that deals with copious amounts of death. |
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| Hideous Progeny Aug 26 - Sep 26, 2010 |
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LiveWire Chicago at
Storefront Theater |
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| It was a dark and stormy night in a house by the lake, when Mary Shelley
famously took up her host Lord Byron’s challenge to write a terrifying
story and created /Frankenstein/, one of the most famous novels in the
Western canon. Witty, salacious, and often melodramatic, Emily
Dendinger’s world premiere play directed by Jess Hutchinson depicts the
larger than life Romantic figures as the normal teenagers they were –
overeducated, egotistical, and ready to change the world. |
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| The Weir Aug 26 - Oct 3, 2010 |
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Seanachaí Theatre Company at
Irish American Heritage Center |
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| The Weir, a tale of lonely characters, reveals how the human need to be heard connects souls through storytelling. An enigmatic young woman from Dublin finds herself the center of attention at a local pub. Pints in hand, the local barflies recount ghostly yarns of the supernatural to impress and entertain her, but it is the visitor herself who relates the most unsettling story of all. |
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| Blues for an Alabama Sky Aug 26 - Sep 19, 2010 |
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Greenetree Productions at
Stage 773 |
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| Blues for an Alabama Sky, written by Pearl Cleage and directed by Greenetree artistic director J. Israel Greene, is a drama set in the Harlem Renaissance and brings together a rich cast of characters who reflect the conflicting current events of the times, including Guy Jacobs a popular gay costume designer and his friend Angel, a recently fired Cotton Club jazz singer. Rich with culture, music and dreams Blues for an Alabama Sky takes a dramatic turn when religion, lies, and sexual preferences are crossed. |
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