| Ain't Misbehavin' |
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| Goodman Theatre |
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| The Cotton Club comes to the Albert Theatre in a joyous tribute to the music of the inimitable Fats Waller. Travel back to Harlem in the sassy, swinging '30s via such classic tunes as “Honeysuckle Rose” and “Mean to Me,” exuberantly performed by a quintet of irresistible talents. Sultry, infectiously playful, and downright fun, Ain't Misbehavin' will make this joint jump! |
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| Alice in Wonderland |
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| Beverly Arts Center |
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| Alice has no idea what awaits her when she follows her imagination and tumbles down the Rabbit Hole into a wacky world called Wonderland. Join Alice as she meets crazy characters like the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum, a peculiar Caterpillar, and the Queen of Hearts. Let your own imagination take you on this musical adventure, and don't be surprised if you find yourself right there in Wonderland with all the audience participation. |
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| The American Girls Revue |
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| American Girl Theater |
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| This one hour lively show brings the stories of the American Girls characters to life through ten original songs. Hailed by critics as “A-one entertainment for all American girls,” it’s sure to send you home singing!
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| Bad Touch: Unsavory Improv |
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| Annoyance Theatre |
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| Annoyance open a new, anything goes, unsavory improv show. Annoyance ensemble members and Chicago comedy scene veterans Rebecca Sohn, Rich Sohn, and Josh Walker take you on a ride of smart, dirty, and hilariously fast paced improv directed by Annoyance founding member, Mark Sutton. |
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| Be More Chill |
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| Theatre Building Chicago |
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| Hopeless nerd Jeremy wants to date beautiful Christine. He knows she's way out of his league until he acquires a squip, which guides him through a physical and mental transformation. Following the squip's instructions on how to dress, speak, kiss, act and exercise, Jeremy becomes--dare he say it--popular. |
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| Beggars In The House Of Plenty |
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| Angel Island Theater |
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| In this deeply autobiographical work, Tony and Pulitzer Prize Winner John Patrick Shanley tackles his past. A surreal comedy, packed with the wit, insight, confusion, laughter and pain that only family can bring. At once vulgar, poetic and brutally honest, Johnny leads us on a journey through his childhood in the Bronx of the mid-1950’s to the turbulent late 60’s and finally the perspective of his adulthood.
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| Best Of Second City |
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| Second City |
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| The Second City Touring Company presents best scenes and songs from the company's 45-year history, plus improv, with a different show each week. |
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| The Birthday Party |
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| Chopin Theatre |
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| The Birthday Party” follows Stanley Webber, a retired pianist, who has left his life as a concert pianist behind and settled into a quiet seaside boarding house. One day two strangers roll into town on a mission to take him away. With comedy and suspense, the piece is still a relevant commentary on the ways in which the powerful affect the life of the individual. |
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| Bitty Bear's Matinee: The Family Tree |
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| American Girl Theater |
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| Audience participation production for ages 3 and up celebrates the virtues of family and friendship while teaching age-appropriate skills, such as sharing and working together. |
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| Bloody Bess: A Tale of Piracy and Revenge |
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| Storefront Theater |
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| Swashbuckling thriller tells the story of Elizabeth Presberty, daughter to the governor of the island of Tobago, and her transformation to ruthless pirate captain Bloody Bess. An evening of murder, betrayal and revenge. |
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| Blue Man Group |
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| Briar Street Theatre |
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| Blue Man Group is best known for its award-winning theatrical productions which critics have described as "ground-breaking," "hilarious," "visually stunning" and "musically powerful." These performances feature three enigmatic bald and blue characters who take the audience through a multi-sensory experience that combines theatre, percussive music, art, science and vaudeville into a form of entertainment that is like nothing else. |
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| Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story |
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| Drury Lane- Oakbrook |
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| Buddy is a Tony Award-nominated musical celebration of the legendary singer/songwriter Buddy Holly, who shot to stardom in 1957, only to be tragically killed in a plane crash two years later on the day legend says “the music died.” Featuring a score full of over twenty classic toe-tappin’ tunes from Buddy Holly,the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens, including “Peggy Sue,” “That’ll Be the Day,” “Johnny B. Goode” and “Chantilly Lace,” the musical chronicles the life of one of America’s biggest music icons, from his first recording contract and move to New York to his fatal tour of Midwest America, and explains how, in just three short years, he changed the face of popular music forever. |
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| Campaign Supernova!, or How Many Democrats Does it Take to Lose an Election? |
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| Second City |
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| Change is no longer a slogan but a promise as we get ready for the upcoming election. The Second City e.t.c. takes a smart and hilarious look at our options, both political and personal, to discover what happens when you take two political parties and divide them by three candidates in a presidential election year. |
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| Cirque Shanghai: Gold |
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| Navy Pier Skyline Stage |
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| For the third year, Chicago welcomes the elite acrobats of Cirque Shanghai, who will present the world premiere of their newest theatrical extravaganza. Their signature style combines time-honored Chinese acrobatic wonder with dazzling contemporary visuals, Broadway choreography and thrilling music. |
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| Co-Ed Prison Sluts |
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| Annoyance Theatre |
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| Return of company's flagship show. Inane residents of a prison live in fear of the arrival of The Clown...and the big fight never disappoints. Ellen Stoneking reprises the role of Dame Toulouse, joined by a cast of some of the brightest performers on the Chicago comedy scene. |
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| ComedySportz shows offer a unique blend of fast and funny improvisational comedy that is appropriate fun for all ages. The Red and Blue teams battle it out in front of a referee in games that the audience selects, and points are awarded based on how quickly and effectively the performers complete the games. The eternal battle of Red vs. Blue is improvised 5 times weekly, and the show is never the same twice! |
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| Cupid Has a Heart On: A Musical Guide to Relationships |
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| The Cupid Players are Chicago's all-musical sketch comedy group; their intelligent and satirical scenes are always accompanied by songs that are sure to puncture your aorta. They have performed from coast to coast and were just voted Critics Pick in the Chicago Reader! Come and see what Chris Jones of the Chicago Tribune calls "both refreshing and a memorably enjoyable 70 minutes." |
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| Dante Dies!! (and then things get weird) |
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| Chicago Dramatists |
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| Company makes its entrance into Chicago theater with world premiere of Walt McGough's one-man comedy. Dante winds his way through a hellacious landscape, seeking his beloved Beatrice and the answers to some of life's biggest questions. It'll be funny, but it ain't gonna be pretty. |
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| Dead Man's Cell Phone |
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| Steppenwolf Theatre |
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| Whimsical and imaginative comedy from one of America's leading contemporary playwrights, Sarah Ruhl. Jean starts answering Gordon's phone because he's, well, dead, and can't answer it himself. When the phone won't stop ringing, and she can't stop answering, Jean is forced to look at her connections and find her calling. An insightful, fantastic journey from “one of the leading contemporary American playwrights.” |
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| Don't Spit The Water |
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| Playground Theater |
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| Don't Spit the Water is Chicago's very own crazy live game show. Contestants are pulled from our audience every show, and compete to win the coveted mystery prize! |
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| Fiorello! |
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| TimeLine Theatre Company |
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| Ahead of its time when it premiered in 1959 and often called a neglected masterpiece, Fiorello! is a classic Broadway musical that features heartbreaking ballads (“When Did I Fall in Love”), rousing chorus numbers (“Politics and Poker”) and melodic showstoppers (“Little Tin Box”) to tell the story of one small, honest man’s struggle against corruption in big-city politics. With guts and perseverance, Fiorello H. LaGuardia put a bright, new shine on “The Big Apple” and became one of the most enduring figures of the 20th century. This remount will feature most of the original cast and production staff, including TimeLine Artistic Director PJ Powers as the title character. |
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| The First Annual Alcyone Festival |
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| Peter Jones Gallery |
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| Halcyon Theatre offers a comprehensive look at nearly one thousand years of early female playwrights and how their "firsts" have shaped women’s place as a creative force in the arts today. Find out more about these playwrights, how the playwright was and is perceived and how the piece touches on issues that we are still dealing with today. In a world where women are becoming more of an equal entity when it comes to theatre, Halcyon helps uncover how far Female Playwrights have come, and how far we have to go. Play summaries and additional info may be found at the Halcyon Theatre website. |
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| The Full Monty |
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| Village Players Theatre |
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| Six unemployed guys, low on cash and prospects, decide to present a strip act at a local club after seeing their wives' enthusiasm for a touring company of professionals. As they prepare for the show, they overcome their inner demons and find strength in their camaraderie. |
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| Funk It Up About Nothin' |
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| Chicago Shakespeare Theater |
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| Creators of the critically-acclaimed The Bomb-itty of Errors return to Chicago Shakespeare with the world premiere "ad-rap-tation" of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. Ultimate battle of the sexes showcases a cast of rap and hip-hop MCs playing multiple roles, setting rhyme and rhythm to a DJ's tracks. |
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| Get Ready |
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| eta Creative Arts Foundation |
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| Get Ready is an exploration of the joys and pains that many African American musicians grappled with when music shifted from 1950s doo-wop into what is now considered mainstream pop and rhythm and blues. Modeled after groups similar to The Dells and The Temptations, Get Ready tells the story of the fictional group, The Doves, who are well past their heyday but are preparing to get ready for their great comeback in hopes of recapturing the bliss of days gone by. |
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| Golda's Balcony |
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| Truman College- O'Rourke Theatre |
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| Pegasus Players presents William Gibson’s one-woman drama, Golda’s Balcony, which examines the history of Israel through the eyes of one of the 20th century’s most remarkable world leaders, Golda Meir. Actress Janet Ulrich Brooks returns to Pegasus Players to take on the leading role, and Pegasus Players Artistic Director Alex Levy will direct. Pegasus is one of a handful of theaters around the country given the rights to produce this work. |
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| Grabass: A Carnival of Dummy |
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| Annoyance Theatre |
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| A unique cabaret show where the performers meet 24 hours before the show to decide on what to perform. During the next 24 hours, they must pull together their costumes, props, scenery, and script. |
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| Gutenberg! The Musical |
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| Royal George Theatre |
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| Gutenberg! The Musical is the hilarious two-man musical spoof in which a pair of aspiring writers performs a backers' audition for their new project- a big, splashy musical about printing press inventor Johann Gutenberg. With an unending supply of enthusiasm, Bud and Doug sing all the songs and play all the parts in their silly historical epic, with the hope that one of the producers in attendance will give them a Broadway contract - fulfilling their ill-advised dreams. |
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| Hay Fever |
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| Circle Theatre |
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| Cleverly constructed, wittily written, slightly cynical and undeniably entertaining, Hay Fever tells the story of the Blisses, a decidedly eccentric family, whose theatrical excesses torment a group of unsuspecting and unfortunate weekend guests come to their country house to visit. Coward wrote the play in three days, inspired by a weekend he spent at the home of actress Laurette Taylor, and it has come to be one of his most amusing. |
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| The Hunchback Of Notre Dame |
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| Bailiwick Repertory |
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| This classic love triangle between the gypsy Esmeralda, the priest Frollo, and the deformed bell-ringer Quasimodo is a perfect match for the theatrical sensibility of rock legend Dennis DeYoung, whose songs like Lady, Come Sail Away, and Mr. Roboto are treasured. The soaring ballads and driving musicality of DeYoung’s score are a perfect match for this story set against the spires of the world’s most beloved cathedral. |
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| I Am Who I Am |
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| Black Ensemble Theater |
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| He was considered to be soul music’s number one sex symbol in the 70’s with songs like “Turn Off The Lights”, “If You Don’t Know Me By Now”, and “Wake Up Everybody”, just to name a few. He was on top of the world and at the height of his career in 1982 until his devastating car accident that left him a quadriplegic. There is so much to understand and admire about Teddy Pendergrass. He has lived through the worst of times as well as the best of times and this phenomenal story tells it all. |
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| I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change |
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| Noble Fool Theater |
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| Off-Broadway's longest-running musical and comical celebration of the modern-day suburban mating game. It's everything you have ever secretly thought about dating, romance, marriage, lovers, husbands, wives and in-laws but were afraid to admit. |
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| It Came from the Neo-Futuarium VII: Revenge of the Neo-Futurarium! |
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| Seventh annual festival of staged readings of some of the most obscure, trashy, goofy, bizarre, cheesy and all-around terrible film scripts of all time--a different film every week. Immensely popular one-night-only readings are brought to life on a shoestring budget by The Neo-Futurists and guest artists. |
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| Jack In The Beanstalk |
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| St. Patrick Performing Arts Center |
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| Jack is just a regular kid with a Mama who only wants what's best, a singing & dancing cow named Carmelita, and five magic beans that take him on a crazy adventure up a magical beanstalk to a Giant's Castle. Watch the beanstalk grow on stage! You'll meet the goose that lays golden eggs, a beautiful singing harp, a silly giant and his wacky wife. Don't worry, there's nothing scary in this musical adaptation. Expect lots of fun for everyone and audience participation. |
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| Jacques Brel's Lonesome Losers of the Night |
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| No Exit Cafe |
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| Following the trials of two sailors at port in a bar in Amsterdam, we witness how relationships bloom and wilt through the magical lyricism of Jacques Brel. A new musical of love, loss, and hope, Jacques Brel’s Lonesome Losers of the Night promises to be a spectacular new work.
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| Jekyll and Hyde |
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| Theatre Building Chicago |
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| Musical theater phenomenon attracted legions of loyal fans even before the show began its smash-hit Broadway run. BoHo presents a complete reconceptualization of this gothic tale, emphasizing the grandeur and scale of the music, lyrics and book, while making the show fresh and cohesive. |
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| Jersey Boys |
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| Bank of America Theatre (formerly LaSalle Bank Theatre) |
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| This is the story of how four blue-collar kids became one of the greatest successes in pop music history. They wrote their own songs, invented their own sounds and sold 175 million records worldwide – all before they were thirty! JERSEY BOYS features their hit songs “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Rag Doll,” “Oh What a Night” and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You.”
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| Key Exchange |
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| Morton Arboretum |
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| Witty play explores the romantic pitfalls facing New York's young "swinging singles" as they deal with the dilemma of entangling commitment versus unencumbered freedom. In new twist on Theatre-Hikes, audiences and actors move from scene to scene on bicycles. Includes a light supper, beer, wine and New York-themed cocktails. |
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| The Kid From Brooklyn: The Danny Kaye Musical |
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| Based on the turbulent and triumphant life of Danny Kaye, this intimate musical portrayal chronicles Kaye’s career and his relationships on and off the stage as we follow the rise of Danny Kaye from an undisciplined improvisational comic to his success under the guidance of his wife, Sylvia Fine. An amazingly versatile pair of supporting players appears and disappears throughout the performance creating distinct and believable portrayals of a myriad of luminaries who are interwoven with Kaye and Fine. |
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| Kooza - Cirque du Soleil |
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| United Center |
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| Kooza is a return to the origins of Cirque du Soleil that combines two circus traditions – acrobatic performance and the art of clowning. The show highlights the physical demands of human performance in all its splendor and fragility, presented in a colorful mélange that emphasizes bold slapstick humor. |
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| The Last Days of Judas Iscariot |
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| Victory Gardens Theater Greenhouse |
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| After a succesful run at the Gift Theatre, this critical hit remounts at Victory Gardens for a limited engagement. Jesus' infamous betrayer is on trial in Hope, a small section of Purgatory, in this wild, brilliant and beautiful farce in which Satan takes the stand and everyone's to blame. |
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| Late Nite Catechism |
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| Royal George Theatre |
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| Join the class in this interactive comedy, now in its 13th year, as Sister teaches her own brand of religious logic. |
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| Laughter on the 23rd Floor |
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| Raven Theatre |
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| Laughter on the 23rd Floor was inspired by Simon’s own early-career experience churning out jokes for Sid Caesar’s Your Show of Shows, where he worked alongside Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner and Woody Allen. Laughter introduces a room full of oddball writers, many based upon actual personalities, including Simon himself. The Sid-Caesar-like character of Max Prince, star of a 1953 variety show, is a booze-guzzling, pill-popping comic genius who goes to any lengths to protect his team in the face of network cutbacks. This hilarious play chronicles the writing room’s outrageous antics and increasing stress levels under the pressures of rising McCarthyism and television executives resistant to sophisticated humor. |
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| Lesbians Who Kill |
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| Bailiwick Repertory |
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| Lesbians Who Kill" jumps off from the Aileen Wuornos case (depicted in the movie " Monster") with a satirical gender-bending look at what might motivate women -- lesbians in particular -- to become killers. Through musical numbers, parody and memorable movie moments, this imaginative, unconventional play aggressively explores anger, sexism and violent impulses. |
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| The Lion In Winter |
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| It is Christmas in England, 1183, and the aging monarch, Henry II, brings his wife, Queen Eleanor, out of exile in order to discuss his plans for succession. Also present are his three sons, including future Kings of England John (famous for the Magna Carta) and Richard the Lionheart (leader of the crusades). Themes of mortality, romance, power and politics all collide with wonderfully dramatic consequences. Goldman scribes fiction from the circumstances of the past, crafting a wholly modern telling of deliciously historic times. |
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| Lookingglass Alice |
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| Lookingglass Theatre |
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| With a juggling Mad Hatter, a precariously balancing Humpty Dumpty, and a bumbling Knight who invents his way into Alice’s heart, Lookingglass Alice revisits the stories that inspired the founding of Lookingglass Theatre Company twenty years ago. Adapted by Ensemble Member and Artistic Director David Catlin from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, Lookingglass Alice is a muscular, acrobatic, and dizzyingly playful show for all ages. This Alice falls, floats, flies, defies gravity and the rules of logic during her wonderland journey through the looking glass to become a queen. |
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| Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile |
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| Lifeline Theatre |
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| The Primm family is busily moving into their new house when suddenly they hear Swish, Swash, Splash, Swoosh. A search reveals a crocodile in their bathtub. His name is Lyle, and he only eats Turkish caviar. He quickly becomes a treasured member of the family. |
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| The Mark Of Zorro |
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| Lifeline Theatre |
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| Zorro can best any swordsman, outride any horseman, but if he is to save the young daughter of a noble family from ruin, he must also inspire the privileged young caballeros to join him in his fight against corruption. Filled with Latino music, dance and sword-fighting thrills, this adventurous romp mines the integrity of the original like no other version before. |
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| Marry Me, You Idiot! |
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| Annoyance Theatre |
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| Tracy and Andy meet on the set of the Ellen DeGeneres show, having both lost their partners to strange and sudden deaths. They quickly fall madly in love. Along the way we meet the colorful characters that cross the couple's path as their romance blossoms. |
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| The Melville Boys |
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| McAninch Arts Center |
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| Buffalo Theatre Ensemble concludes its season with Norm Foster's dramatic comedy "The Melville Boys," about two brothers who meet two sisters on a weekend excursion and learn about love, family and the journey of life. |
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| Messing With A Friend |
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| After critically-acclaimed runs at the iO Theatre, The Second City Unhinged Series, and the L.A. and Chicago Improv Festivals, founding Annoyance member Susan Messing brings her hit show, “Messing With A Friend” back home to the new Annoyance Theatre in Uptown. Messing has shared the stage with some of the most acclaimed improvisers on the planet including Andy Dick, Ike Barinholtz (Mad TV), and TJ Jagodowski (TJ & Dave). |
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| A Midsummer Night's Dream: A Queer Tale |
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| MidTangent Productions (MTP) presents their foutrh and final production of the twisted retelling of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream: A Queer Tale. For the last time for the Chicago audience MTP offers this wild adaptation written and directed by Tony Lewis. This thought provoking and modernized twist to the Bard's crazed classic is exciting, current and at times even a bit heartbreaking. |
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| Much Ado About Nothing |
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| Oak Park Festival Theatre |
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| A classic comedy about two couples, with a bit of everything - romance, humor, treachery, "a showdown between the sexes." Can Beatrice and Benedick's friends trick them into love? In period costume. |
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| The Mysterious Elephant, And the Terrible Tragedy of the Unlikely Addington Twins* (*Who Kill Him) |
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| From the wickedly whimsical imagination of Emily Schwartz comes the tale of the horribly unlucky Addington twins and their quest to extract themselves from the tragic story in which they've been currently placed. Throughout the evening Esther and Edward Addington endeavor to triumph over their narrator, raise the dead, showcase a series of terrible events through song, empathize with unusual puppets, confront weapon-wielding maidens and rescue a rather large mechanical elephant from the jaws of certain doom. All in under two human hours! Prepare yourself and your familiars to be both amazed and delighted! |
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| When a bridge that links a small river island in rural New Jersey to the mainland collapses, some unsavory elements take advantage of the residents’ isolation to further their own twisted ends. The ensuing violence, lost innocence, and struggles with identity bring together the misanthropic inhabitants, even as outside forces conspire to tear them apart. This original work manifests the themes, atmosphere, and context of the Springsteen's pivotal 1982 album, while unearthing a unique story that’s disturbingly relevant today. |
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| No Country for Old White Men |
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| As the face of the American Presidency readies for a change, there are no clean getaways. From a YouTube electorate grabbing its 15 minutes of fame to a rare U.S. visit by the British House of Commons, show trades in its Cadillac and country club membership for sweet soul food and a side of girl power. |
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| Nunsense |
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| Marriott Theatre In Lincolnshire |
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| When the Little Sisters of Aptakisic discover that their cook, Sister Julia, Child of God, has unintentionally poisoned 52 of their fellow nuns, they are in desperate need of money for the burials. To raise the funds they decide to stage a wild variety show, and they take over the Marriott Theater for their venue. Headliners include Reverend Mother Regina, a former circus performer; Sister Robert Anne, a streetwise nun from Brooklyn; Sister Mary Leo, an aspiring ballerina; and the delightfully wacky Sister Mary Amnesia, who lost her memory when a crucifix fell on her head. With madcap ballet and tap dancing, a rowdy audience quiz, bingo at intermission, hysterical nun-puns, and riotous surprises, Nunsense is charming and irreverent musical entertainment for people of all ages and faiths. |
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| The Perfect Wave |
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| Annoyance Theatre |
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| Kip is the most awesome dude/gnarliest surfer in the town of Ondo Perfecto. Kip and his bros are totally amped for another summer of beach blanket fun and hamburger milkshakes when they are hit with a total bummer. Show combines surf rock, Tiki Torch dance parties and dark comedy. |
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| Put The Nuns In Charge |
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| Royal George Theatre |
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| A sequel to "Late Nite Catechism" features a jovial nun and her humorous take on the Catholic church and the state of the world. |
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| Questa |
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| BoHo Theatre @ Heartland Studio |
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| Questa focuses on Paul, a victim of an attempted gay bashing who -- perhaps accidentally -- kills his attacker. Driven to relieve his guilt, he begins a complex, cathartic effort to anonymously befriend his victim's mother. The only witness to the crime was Daniel, a homeless gay man who silently falls in love with Paul and chooses to protect him. Daniel is the play's narrator and conscience, probing spirituality, sexuality, suffering and loss -- and ultimately, the will to move forward. |
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| Rag and Bone |
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| Profiles Theatre |
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| Two brothers run a ladder store. Brother George has a secret he's been keeping from brother Jeff--he steals souls and sells them to the highest bidder. But his luck is about to run out. Fast-paced, dark comedy about unhappy people trying to find the happiness that was stolen from them. |
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| Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm |
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| Morton Arboretum |
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| Life on Sunnybrook Farm in 1870 with her mother and six brothers and sisters may be chaotic, but Rebecca loves every minute of it. Leaving them all behind and moving in with her two spinster aunts is almost more than Rebecca can bear. She's not prepared to become the perfect little lady her dignified aunts want her to be. |
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| Victory Gardens Theater - Biograph |
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| Three sisters return to the family vacation home, on the shores of Lake
Michigan, where they spent the summers of their childhood. Now the sisters
are grown, the parents are gone, and the house is just sitting there. What
should they do with the property? One sister wants to keep it, one sister
wants to sell it, and one sister just wants everyone to get along. With
their respective spouses and one teenager in tow, will they even make it to
the end of the week? Not likely! James Sherman, author of Victory Gardens'
favorites Beau Jest, From Door To Door and Affluenza! finds the fun in
dysfunction in his newest family comedy. |
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| Ren Faire! A Fistful of Ducats |
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| What happens when a Renaissance Faire gets into a turf war with the Wild West show across the interstate? Well if you think things got dicey between The Sharks & The Jets, you can't imagine what happens when knights square off against cowboys in this swashbuckling shoot 'em up featuring music, mayhem, and so much more! Ren Faire! a fistful of ducats is the type of broad, over-the-top comedy that Factory fans know and love. Ridiculous, crude, and tons of fun! |
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| Rusty Pipe |
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| Trent and Eugene sit in a non-descript room verbally sparring as they await the owners of a very important, mysterious, miracle device that they are to purchase for their bosses. When the sellers arrive, though, they are nothing like the expected scientists or executives. Instead, appearing as if they’ve come straight from the bowels of a trailer-park, Wayne and Jenny introduce themselves as the suppliers. Trent and Eugene are perplexed as the couple proceeds to verbally antagonize them and tender a small, rusty, metal pipe as the miracle transaction in exchange for millions of dollars in cash. As tensions rise to a peak, all hell breaks loose. Secret identities are exposed, powers violently shift, and the “magic” of the little “rusty pipe” is revealed leading to a bloody, disastrous conclusion! |
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| Second City Double Feature: Split! and Shatter |
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| Double feature of solo performances with Second City e.t.c. alumnus Nicky Margolis in Split!, and current Second City Touring Company cast member Pat O'Brien in Shatter. Split! has show-stopping musical numbers. In Shatter, O'Brien breaks a different record from the Guinness Book of World Records each show. |
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| Six Characters in Search of an Author |
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