| The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit Sep 10 - Sep 25, 2010 |
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Jedlicka Performing Arts Center |
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| The play tells the story of six poor men who chip in to buy a beautiful white suit and then take turns wearing it and having the time of their lives. This storyline was later adapted into the 2005 film “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants”. |
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| Debris Of The Prophet Sep 10 - Oct 9, 2010 |
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Prop Theatre |
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| A major Chicago daily paper strives to pep up flagging interest by hiring back an elder editorial cartoonist with a reputation for provocation. He immediately takes on the unsavory issue of major religious strife, managing to outrage all, even the public. The consequences get out of control... |
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| Our Town Sep 11 - Sep 26, 2010 |
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Morton Arboretum |
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| Thornton Wilder’s Our Town will take visitors along with the Webb and Gibbs families as their children fall in love, marry, and encounter many of life’s early 20th century issues. Our Town is directed by Adam Webster of Chicago, who has directed the past Arboretum theatre-hikes Frankenstein, Dracula, and the theatre-bike The Duck Variations. |
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| Bubble Wonders Sep 11 |
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Metropolis Performing Arts Centre |
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| After a sold out performance last year, the amazing Bubble-ologist returns! Geoff Akins’ wondrous show is full of laughs, surprises, joy and inspiration for kids of all ages. Akins tours the world with stories of life’s great lessons. His bubble wizardry and hands-on performance encourages kids to be confident and persistent in life – to laugh and have a great time. It’s a fun, amazing show, and a great afternoon for parents and kids. |
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| Octavarius: So Nefarious Sep 12 - Oct 24, 2010 |
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Comedy Sportz |
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| Octavarius, runner-up of Chicago Reader's 2010 Readers' Poll "Best Sketch/Improv Troupe," will perform its original form: The Nefarious. The 30-40 minute show is made-up on the spot, based on audience suggestion. Classic short form improv games emerge organically from the Chicago style long form show. |
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| She Loves Me Sep 14 - Nov 21, 2010 |
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Writers' Theatre |
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| Often considered the “perfect” musical by aficionados, She Loves Me delights audiences and critics alike. Set in a 1930's European perfumery, we meet shop clerks Amalia and Georg, who more often than not, don’t see eye to eye. After both respond to a “lonely hearts advertisement” in the newspaper, they now live for the love letters they exchange, but the identity of their admirers remains unknown. Discover with Amalia and Georg the identity of their true loves and all the twists and turns along the way! Performed as an intimate chamber musical on the Tudor Court stage, She Loves Me appeals to all ages and is a romantic and charming musical adventure of the heart. |
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| Romeo and Juliet Sep 15 - Nov 14, 2010 |
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Chicago Shakespeare Theater |
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| Pure and hot, passionate and true—the feverish intensity of youth explodes on CST's stage in the most celebrated love story of all time. Passion stirs the blood of young lovers and feuding families, hurling their fates to destiny—and captivating an audience left breathless. World-renowned Australian director Gale Edwards, whose work has been seen at the Royal Shakespeare Company and across America, makes her CST debut with a startling landmark production—promising to ignite the Bard's poetry on Chicago Shakespeare's stage. |
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| The Comedy of Errors Sep 16 - Oct 17, 2010 |
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Court Theatre |
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| nnovative director Sean Graney (The Hypocrites) re-imagines Shakespeare’s funniest farce about mistaken identity, mental illness, and xenophobia. The story of two sets of twins separated at birth, The Comedy of Errors will be a theatrical event full of energetic slapstick and lyrical comedy, performed by six virtuosic actors. This season opener represents the next step in Graney’s exploration of classic farce at Court Theatre, following What the Butler Saw (2007) and The Mystery of Irma Vep (2009). |
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| Daddy Long Legs Sep 16 - Oct 24, 2010 |
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Northlight Theatre |
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| Jerusha Abbott’s prayers seem answered when the generosity of an anonymous gentleman allows her to move from orphanage to university. Through her grateful letters, Jerusha shares her life with her mysterious benefactor as she grows into an intelligent, independent New American Woman and discovers a budding romance with a wealthy young suitor. Yet there is one startling fact that Jerusha has yet to uncover—one that will change her life forever. |
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| The Wedding Singer Sep 17 - Oct 31, 2010 |
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Circle Theatre |
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| It’s 1985 and rock-star wannabe Robbie Hart is New Jersey's favorite wedding singer. He's the life of the party, until his own fiancée leaves him at the altar. Shot through the heart, Robbie makes every wedding as disastrous as his own. Can love find Robbie’s “heart?” Grab your parachute pants, lace gloves and acid washed jeans. Just say Yes! Fans of the hit film and musical theatre lovers alike will enjoy this charming look at the era of big hair and bigger laughs. |
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| Candide Sep 17 - Oct 24, 2010 |
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Goodman Theatre |
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| Tony Award and MacArthur “Genius” Award-winning director Mary Zimmerman’s breathtaking new production of Candide is the theatrical event of the season. In addition to the music of Leonard Bernstein, Candide features contributions from the greatest lyricists of the 20th century, from Richard Wilbur to Stephen Sondheim. In this racy musical satire, naive Candide is banished for romancing the Baron’s daughter, only to be plagued by a series of absurd hardships that challenge his optimistic outlook of life and love. |
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| The Lady's Not for Burning Sep 17 - Oct 31, 2010 |
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Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre at
No Exit Cafe |
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| The Lady's Not for Burning by Christopher Fry was written in 1948 at the height of the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings following World War II, although the play takes place during the Middle Ages. Written in verse resembling Shakespeare’s pastoral comedies, it is a poetic, romantic dark comedy about an accused witch on her way to be burned at the stake and her great desire to live versus a war-weary, disillusioned soldier in despair with a great desire to die. |
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| Zulu Fits Sep 17 - Oct 31, 2010 |
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MPAACT at
The Greenhouse Theater Center |
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| Teenage internet sensations, “The Blow-Up Sistas” decide to kidnap the black power advocate Jersey Jack Black from prison. The Sistas, their male cohort, and Jersey Jack Black all fall victim to a series of uncontrollable seizures Zulu Fits. Zulu Fits appear to be connected to an enigmatic past and an uncertain future. When the The Sistas reach Jersey Jack Black his past, their present and the mystery of Zulu Fits all converge and forge a new fiction for those with a revolutionary spirit.
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| Cupid: Plugged Sep 17 - Oct 2, 2010 |
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The Cupid Players at
Stage 773 |
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| Backed by a rock band, the comic musical performers of The Cupid Players will perform new songs and scenes developed by the cast under the direction of Stage 773 Artistic Director Brian Posen. |
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| Pinkalicious Sep 18 - Dec 31, 2010 |
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Emerald City Theatre Company at
Apollo Theater |
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| When Pinkalicious eats one too many pink cupcakes, she catches a case of Pinkitis and turns pink from head to toe! It'll take the wisdom of her broccoli-eating little brother to help her get out of this predicament. Don't miss this smash hit musical's Midwest premiere, based on the popular book by Elizabeth and Victoria Kann. |
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| Speed-the-Plow Sep 20 - Oct 24, 2010 |
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American Theatre Company |
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| New England. 1995. A university professor’s tenure dissolves when a student claims sexual harassment. |
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| Oleanna Sep 20 - Oct 24, 2010 |
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American Theatre Company |
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| Hollywood. 1985. Two movie producers hit meltdown when their idealistic secretary turns the tables on their plans to make the next blockbuster. |
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