| Blithe Spirit Apr 9 - May 9, 2010 |
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Steel Beam Theatre |
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| This delightful play has been called "a master class in comedy" by The New Yorker, and "a highly efficient laugh machine sheathed in satiny sophistication" by The New York Times. High praise indeed for a "ghost story." But then this smash hit was penned by Noel Coward, and is an out-of-the-ordinary out-of-body experience. |
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| The Farnsworth Invention Apr 14 - Jun 13, 2010 |
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TimeLine Theatre Company |
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| From the creator of A Few Good Men and The West Wing comes this fascinating new play direct from Broadway. It’s the story of two ambitious visionaries — Philo T. Farnsworth, an Idaho farmboy, and David Sarnoff, head of RCA — battling each other for the rights to one of the greatest inventions of all time: the television. Through corporate espionage, family tragedy, financial disaster and the thrill of discovery, these two larger-than-life men compete for fame and credit and become part of a decision that would change America, and eventually the world. |
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| War With The Newts Apr 15 - May 16, 2010 |
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Next Theatre Company |
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| Can one man stop an empire? In 1936, Czech-born Karel Čapek wrote a spooky, fantastical novel about the discovery of an intelligent race of giant salamanders, which humanity enslaves for profit and national advantage. This highly-anticipated adaptation comes to us from Artistic Director Emeritus Jason Loewith (Adding Machine: A Musical) and Artistic Associate Justin D.M. Palmer in collaboration with puppet designer Michael Montenegro. Brought to life with pools, puppets and projections, War With the Newts is an incredibly timely satire about a global economy planting the seeds of its own destruction. |
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| Welcome to Arroyo's Apr 15 - May 16, 2010 |
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American Theatre Company |
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| New York. Today. Two DJ narrators spin a heartwarming and hilarious tale of two siblings’ desire to transform their family-run bar into New York City’s cultural sensation. Combining the adolescent wit of Season 23’s Speech & Debate with the music and world of Broadway’s Tony Award-winning In the Heights, ATC premieres this groundbreaking celebration of the urban rhythms of life and love. |
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| Cabaret Apr 15 - May 23, 2010 |
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The Hypocrites at
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| Featuring sexy, witty and politically-charged musical numbers, Cabaret highlights the impact global conflicts bear on the lives of everyday people. Set in Weimar Berlin just prior to Nazi rule, the play follows the unlikely romance between two young people from very different worlds. Circumventing the indulgent tradition of musicals, Guest Director Matt Hawkins' staging strongly favors a more intimate and immediate approach, powerfully depicting people struggling with the moments that define who they are to become. |
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| Little Women Apr 15 - Apr 25, 2010 |
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Loyola University Theatre |
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| When was the last time you revisited an old friend in the pages of a beloved novel from your childhood? In Alan Knee’s Tony-award-winning musical adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s timeless novel, the battles on the home front take center stage in spectacular melodic form. While Father is away serving as a chaplain in the Union Army during the Civil War, the March sisters come of age, fall in love, lean on each other, and learn life lessons with the guidance of Marmee, a role originated by songstress Maureen McGovern. Relive the growing pains of aspiring writer Jo, one of literature’s feistiest heroines, in this sensational re-imagining of a heartfelt classic when the Broadway hit comes to Loyola! |
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| Heaven Can Wait Apr 16 - May 30, 2010 |
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Attic Playhouse |
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| A "spirited," timeless classic set in the 1940's. Not only is Joe Pendleton's soul accidentally plucked from his body and sent to heaven sixty years too early, but the angelic messengers are too late to restore him. Solution: take up residence in Jonathan Farnsworth's body, a rich business tycoon who is about to be murdered by his wife and her lover. With the help of Mr. Jordan - the head messenger, Joe tries to train for the championship boxing career he began in his former body, while undoing Farnsworth's wrong-doings before Mrs. Farnsworth can murder him…again. (The basis for the Oscar-winning movies – "Here Comes Mr. Jordan" and "Heaven Can Wait") |
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| The Doctor's Dilemma Apr 17 - May 10, 2010 |
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ShawChicago at
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| The Doctor's Dilemma is just what its title implies—the dilemma of who should receive medical care and at what cost. In this play a number of dilemmas crop up, including that of a doctor who has developed a new cure for tuberculosis, but has only enough of it for one patient. He then has to choose which patient he is going to give it to: a kindly poor medical colleague, or an extremely gifted but also very unpleasant young artist. The doctor struggles to separate his emotions from his academic judgment for the decision. ShawChicago revisits the play that served as the vehicle for its launch in 1974 as the problems of medical issues and ethics are still debated over today as much as they were when the play was originally written in 1906. |
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| Jack and the Giant Apr 17 - May 15, 2010 |
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Steel Beam Theatre |
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| This charming musical version of Benjamin Tabart's classic English folk tale is a delight, spiced with a variety of tunes that will have adults and children alike humming. |
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