| 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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| 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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| Aiming For Sainthood Sep 20 - Sep 26, 2010 |
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Victory Gardens Theater - Biograph |
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| Arlene’s acclaimed autobiographical solo plays have played to sold out houses and standing ovations throughout the country. These stories are about the hilarious, heartbreaking, heartwarming, totally true tale of a hearing prodigal daughter growing up in a Deaf family & culture. It is the tale of a girl/woman surviving and interpreting sound for her parents while interpreting the world for herself. They’re the tales of being a cultural tourist, bridging a world of two languages & two cultures and the universal search for identity. |
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| Rock Of Ages Sep 21 - Oct 3, 2010 |
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Bank of America Theatre (formerly LaSalle Bank Theatre) |
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| In 1987 on the Sunset Strip, a small-town girl met a big-city dreamer – and in L.A.’s most legendary rock club, they fell in love to the greatest songs of the ‘80’s. It’s ROCK OF AGES, a hilarious, feel-good love story told through the hit songs of iconic rockers Journey, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Foreigner, Pat Benatar, Whitesnake, and many more. Don’t miss this awesomely good time where big hair meets big dreams and the result totally wails. |
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| Night And Day Sep 22 - Oct 31, 2010 |
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Remy Bumppo Theatre at
The Greenhouse Theater Center |
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| Set in a fictional African country that feels like a 1950s Hollywood romantic adventure, competing British war correspondents descend on the household of an expatriate and his wife, attempting to crack open a story on the country's erupting civil war. Stoppard, with his usual comic seriousness, both attacks the triviality of the free press for exposing the personal lives of public figures to sell papers, and elevates its importance in uncovering political truth. |
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| The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Sep 23 - Nov 6, 2010 |
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Metropolis Performing Arts Centre |
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| In a world that makes it so hard to stand out and fit in at the same time, six adolescent spellers compete for a trip to the national spelling finals. In the process, they are stricken by the teenage woes that we can all relate to: puberty, awkwardness, self-questioning, and the life lessons that come with winning and losing. |
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| An Evening With Sutton Foster Sep 23 - Sep 26, 2010 |
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Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place (Formerly Drury Lane) |
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| Tony Award-Winner Sutton Foster gives a rare intimate concert performance during AN EVENING WITH SUTTON FOSTER with music direction by Michael Rafter (Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Sound of Music, Jersey Boys, The King & I). Although Sutton has been working on Broadway and national tours since she was 17, she became a Broadway legend when she became an “understudy to the rescue” and took on the lead role of “Millie” in Thoroughly Modern Millie, eventually winning the 2002 Tony Award® for Best Actress in a Musical. Since then, she has created four original roles in four new Broadway musicals Little Women, The Drowsy Chaperone, Young Frankenstein and Shrek The Musical; a record unsurpassed by any musical theatre actress of her generation. |
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| Obscura Sep 23 - Oct 23, 2010 |
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Red Tape Theatre Company at
St. Peter's Episcopal Church |
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| Behind the walls of an aging apartment building, the reclusive neighbors’ lives are being closely monitored. Amidst the Orwellian atmosphere, Ned invents a story to win his neighbor’s heart. But the arrival of a stranger threatens to unveil their darkest secrets. |
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| A Brief History of Helen of Troy Sep 23 - Oct 30, 2010 |
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Steep Theatre |
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| In this gruesomely dark comedy, Charlotte’s mother has recently passed away. Her father is unable to cope with his teenage daughter and their grief. With the story of Helen of Troy as her guide, Charlotte turns to
beauty products and sex to help her find the love and compassion she so desperately needs. |
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| 4 Days Late Presents: Americans in Peril! Sep 24 - Nov 12, 2010 |
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Studio BE |
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| 4 Days Late, the group once described as “a drunken professor taking a leak on a Norman Rockwell painting”, presents: Americans in Peril! We Americans live in a time of extreme comfort and danger, and 4 Days Late thinks it’s hilarious. Come! Drink, laugh and enjoy true American privilege. Whether they’re using specially formulated lotion to erase bad life choices, suggesting plastic surgery for a fetus, or performing Jersey Shore: The Musical, 4 Days late allows the audience to laugh at themselves and their country. |
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| Seven Snakes Sep 25 - Nov 6, 2010 |
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The Mammals at
Zoo Studio |
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| An apocalyptic western set 30 years from now in the remains of what was once The Arizona desert. A Young Woman must choose sides as a Group of Octogenarian Veterans of Foreign Desert Wars engage in a mythic battle with a team of mysterious masked gunslingers known as the Seven Snakes. |
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| The Franklin Expedition Sep 25 - Oct 30, 2010 |
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The Building Stage |
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| Sir John Franklin was a British naval officer and Arctic explorer who mapped almost two-thirds of the northern coastline of North America. He was also for a time the Governor of Tasmania but was removed from office in disgrace. His final expedition in 1845 was meant to traverse the last unnavigated section of the Northwest Passage. It didn't go so well. Franklin and two ships carrying 128 men were lost. No one knew what had happened to them despite the numerous rescue missions that followed for many years. |
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| Splatter Theater Sep 25 - Oct 31, 2010 |
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Annoyance Theatre |
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| A parody of Friday the 13th type movies, the characters in “Splatter Theater” include such archetypes as a nun, the school jock, the virgin, the class dick, and of course the bumbling old man. Laugh and watch them all die in different ways: Tongue pulled out, drill in the head, intestines being ripped out, slashed throat, and the list goes on. With freshly painted white walls on the stage before each performance, the audience will be horrified and delighted by the end, when the walls are covered in blood! |
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| The Spirit Play Sep 27 |
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Strange Tree Group at
Chicago Cultural Center |
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| The Strange Tree Group is a collective of multifaceted individuals
dedicated to creating intricate, intimate theatrical experiences that
extend beyond the traditional stage and celebrate the strange, the
magical, and the surprisingly usual nature of unusual behavior. They are
developing a work centered on the turn-of-the-20'th century American
fascination with mediums, spirit photography, and séances for an
exploration of belief vs. truth. |
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| The Lion King Sep 29 - Nov 27, 2010 |
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Cadillac Palace Theatre |
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| Experience the phenomenon as it once again leaps onto the Cadillac Palace Theatre stage. Marvel at the breathtaking spectacle of animals brought to life by award-winning director Julie Taymor, whose visual images for this show you’ll remember forever. Thrill to the pulsating rhythms of the African Pridelands and an unforgettable score including Elton John and Tim Rice’s Oscar-winning song “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” and “Circle of Life.” Let your imagination run wild at the Tony Award-winning Broadway sensation Newsweek calls “a landmark event in entertainment.” |
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