| The Absolute Best Friggin' Time of Your Life |
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| We finally elected our first black president and passed our first national health care bill. It should be the best time of our lives. What happened? The cast of The Second City e.t.c.'s new show, The Absolute Best Friggin' Time of Your Life takes you back to a time when we had a budget surplus and unemployment rates were at an all-time low. Grab your daisy dukes, enjoy those nachos and attend the prom of your 1990s dream - it's The Absolute Best Friggin' Time of Your Life. |
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| All Saints' Day: 44 Plays About Jeffrey Jones |
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The Ruckus Theater at
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| A trio of Ruckus newcomers—Chicago actors Elizabeth Babgy, Kevin Crispin and Matthew Humphrey—star in this new play recounting a series of Halloween encounters. |
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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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| Billy Elliot the Musical |
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Ford Oriental Theatre |
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| Billy Elliot the Musical is the funny, heartwarming tale of a young boy with a dream, and a celebration of his triumph against the odds. Set against the historic British miners' strike of the 1980s, the story follows Billy's journey as a boy in a small mining town who, after stumbling across a ballet class while on his way to a boxing lesson, realizes that his future lay not in the boxing ring but on stage as a dancer. |
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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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| Blues for an Alabama Sky |
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Greenetree Productions at
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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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| A Chorus Line |
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Marriott Theatre In Lincolnshire |
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| Celebrating a 35th Anniversary of its own, A Chorus Line debuted on Broadway on July 25th, 1975. The production became an instant classic, becoming the longest running American musical in Broadway history. Set at a chorus audition for a Broadway musical, A Chorus Line is the poignant tale of a group of actors hoping to win the role of a lifetime. A powerful metaphor for all human aspiration, A Chorus Line is a brilliantly complex fusion of dance, song and compellingly authentic drama. Winner of nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for drama, the show features an electrifying score and stunning choreography. |
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| Cirque Shanghai: Cloud Nine |
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Navy Pier Skyline Stage |
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| Embraced by Chicagoans and visitors alike as “Chicago’s Summer Circus,” Cirque Shanghai will perform once again this summer at the 1,500-seat, canopied, open-air theater at Navy Pier. This daring spectacle, breathtaking artistry, and the sheer joy of its dazzling young cast make Cirque Shanghai: Cloud 9 a brand new theatrical experience for audiences of all ages, with acrobats careening from sway poles suspending high above the stage, gravity-defying ladder balances, a unicyclist riding atop a spinning umbrella , the fun and skill of "hat juggling," and featuring "Imperial Thunder," China's finest daredevil motorcycle troupe riding precariously in steel globe center stage at Pepsi Skyline Stage.
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| Comedy, Magic, Mayhem! |
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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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| ComedySportz |
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Comedy Sportz |
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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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| comedysportz4kidz |
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Comedy Sportz |
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| Come laugh with your kids as the hit ComedySportz children's show returns to make your child a star! The show features child-sized versions of our critically acclaimed short-form improv games hosted by a ComedySportz Kidz Coach. Over the 50 minute show, our Kidz Coach will take the children on the journey of their dreams, from watching a ComedySportz show to being in it! Of course, some kids will just want to watch, and they'll have a great time, too! |
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| Daredevils' Hamlet |
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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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| Dude, Where's My Copay |
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Stage 773 |
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| When the first male birth control pill was introduced to the public, it was later discovered the pill caused shrinkage of the penis. As a result it was quickly removed from the market. When one of the? first female birth control pill contraceptive was introduced, it was later discovered the pill’s most common side effect was death. As a result the dosage was lowered and thus inspires the comedy musical, "Dude, Where's My CoPay?" |
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| Equus |
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Redtwist Theatre |
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| Based on a true story, Peter Shaffer's unique psychological thriller explores the boundary between passion versus normalcy. Despite the play's provincial British origins, Redtwist's production of Equus will utilize standard American stage speech, with the actors present throughout the play, serving as tribunal and confessors, as well as the horses that are at the heart of this bizarre and riveting mystery. The play, rooted in both modern psychology and ancient ritual, dissects the everlasting human need of worship and passion.
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| Fisting |
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Annoyance Theatre |
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| This Triple Feature turned full-length pairs old school Irish pugilism with sophisticated innuendo. Star-crossed lovers in the 1800s Ireland find themselves in a world of boxing, vengeance, fudge, and Catholicism. |
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| 40 Whacks |
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Annoyance Theatre |
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| On August 4, 1892, the town of Fall River, Massachusetts was scandalized by the brutal double homicide of two of their most prominent citizens. Their daughter, the infamous Lizzie Borden, was arrested for the crime. Just the sort of thing to sing and dance about! 40 Whacks is a macabre musical comedy in two acts, examining the lives of the Borden Family before the tragedy and the controversial murder trial that followed. Take a trip into the dysfunctional Borden home and experience the intensely homicidal perspective of daughter Lizzie, who, after a failed poisoning attempt, sings that the question is now "axe or hatchet?" |
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| Frenz Finds It |
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Annoyance Theatre |
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| Directed by Phil Meister, this Triple Feature one-act turned full-length follows Michael Lacher as Frenz LaRonde on a journey to the darkest corners of the Forest of Doubt, the deepest depths of the Lake of Little Hope, and the towering peak of the Mountain of Self-Confidence! With the help of his Wand’ring Minstrels (a physically-adept and fiercely-loyal crew of puppeteers), Frenz turns the stage into a carnival of splendor that will dazzle eyes and tug at heartstrings. |
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| Frost/Nixon |
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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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| Godspell |
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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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| Hideous Progeny |
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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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| Hot Mikado |
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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 Invasion of Skokie |
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Chicago Dramatists |
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| It's 1978 and neo-Nazis are about to march on Skokie, Illinois. What better time for a nice gentile boy to go to Skokie to ask a Jewish family for their daughter’s hand in marriage - or maybe not. Steven Peterson is a current Network Playwright and past Resident Playwright at Chicago Dramatists. |
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| The Irrelevant Adventures of Jarvis McFadden |
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American Demigods at
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| Jarvis McFadden is an eccentric but aimless 19 year old who has passed on college to stay home with his widowed mother and two younger siblings. Until one fateful night, when his friends are bullied at a party, he realizes his true calling, to fight crime on the streets of his hometown as a hard boiled private detective. There’s just one problem…he lives in a peaceful, happy suburb with no crime to fight. Like a modern day Don Quixote, Jarvis is on a quest to find monsters to battle, real or imagined. |
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| Jailbait |
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Profiles Theatre |
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| Through the course of one dizzying night at a club, Jailbait follows the parallel stories of two fifteen-year-old girls, desperate to grow up, and two thirty-something men who are looking to be twenty-one again. High-school sophomores Claire and Emmy make a game of posing as college students in order to meet older men. Brash bachelor Mark thinks a night out with attractive girls will be just what his friend Robert needs to recover from his recent breakup. When this unlikely foursome collides, they discover some surprising and dangerous compatibilities. Smart, funny, and disturbing, Jailbait asks the question: When do you really become an adult? |
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| The Last Daughter of Oedipus |
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Babes With Blades at
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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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| 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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| Lookingglass Alice |
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Lookingglass Theatre |
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| 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. 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. |
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| Lovers |
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City Lit Theater |
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| Lovers is a play in two parts, “Winners” and “Losers.” “Winners” is a lyrical depiction of the young love of two teenagers who meet to study, but instead reveal to each other their hopes, fears and dreams. “Losers” is a farcical look at a middle aged couple’s attempt to deal with an invalid mother who uses her saintliness as a weapon. Written in 1967, the play was Friel’s second international success. Its last Chicago production was in 1988, at the old Chicago Cooperative Stage. |
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| Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament |
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Medieval Times Schaumburg Castle |
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| Medieval Times is an exciting, family-friendly dinner attraction inspired by an 11th century feast and tournament. Guests are served a four-course banquet and cheer for one of six knights as they compete in the joust and other tests of skill. Expect lots of jousting, swordsmanship, thrilling hand-to-hand combat, and displays of extraordinary horsemanship as part of an exciting story set in Medieval Spain. |
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| A Memory of Two Mondays |
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The Greenhouse Theater Center |
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| Set in a 1930s Brooklyn automobile parts warehouse with a strong cast of richly detailed characters, Miller draws on his own personal experience to explore the monotonous struggle to make a living and the dreams of a young man yearning for a college education in the midst of people stumbling through life in a haze of hopelessness and despondency.
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| Midlife Joyride |
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Gorilla Tango Theatre |
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| Midlife Joyride takes a skewed, hilarious look at the crap that arises when men and women move into the second half of life: bald spots, hot flashes, daydream stares, big guts, fast cars, sex drives on life support and “cougar” attacks. What might be diagnosed as a general loss of mind, body and sometimes soul. |
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| Million Dollar Quartet |
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Dee Gee Theatricals & John Cossette Productions at
Apollo Theater |
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| On December 4, 1956, an auspicious twist of fate brought together Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley. The place was Sun Records’ storefront studio in Memphis. The man who made it happen was the “Father of Rock-n-Roll,” Sam Phillips, who discovered them all. The four legends-to-be united for the only time in their careers for an impromptu recording session that embodied the birth of rock ‘n’ roll and has come to be known as one of the greatest rock jam sessions of all time.
Listen to "Talk Theatre In Chicago" for an interview with Gigi Pritzker who co-produced Million Dollar Quartet.
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| Much Ado About Nothing |
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Chicago dell'Arte at
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| This Fall, the Bard's classic tale gets a dose of Chicago dell'Arte. Using the high energy, larger than life characters, and slapstick style of their previous shows, as well as a dash of humanity...Chicago dell'Arte has created a memorable show with something for everyone. |
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| The People's Drum Circle Pandora |
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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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| The Philadelphia Story |
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Circle Theatre |
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| Divorcee Tracy Lord is engaged to a successful young snob. Her brother invites a gossip columnist to invade her home to divert attention from their father's romance with a Broadway dancer. At a pre-wedding party, worlds collide as Tracy, her ex-husband, the reporter, the new fiancé and the eccentric family all land in the same spot at once. Twists and turns are never far off as this group of rich, spoiled brats careens from one scheme to the next. In today’s age of TMZ and Perez Hilton, this fame-obsessed comedy seems more relevant than ever. |
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| Put the Nuns in Charge |
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Royal George Theatre |
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| Put the Nuns in Charge! In this sequel to the hit comedy, Late Nite Catechism, Sister is back in the classroom, but this time she's taking on everything from cell phones to celebrities. This is the funniest course in behavior you'll every take.
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| The Real Inspector Hound |
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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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| Red Herring |
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Noble Fool Theatricals |
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| Three love stories, a murder mystery, and a nuclear espionage...oh my! It's 1952: America's on the verge of the H-bomb, Dwight Eisenhower's on the campaign trail, and I Love Lucy's on Monday nights. Meanwhile, Senator Joe McCarthy's daughter just got engaged to a Soviet spy, and Boston detective Maggie Pelletier has to find out who dumped the dead guy in the Harbor-or else lose out on a honeymoon in Havana. A blunt-nosed, sharp-eyed look at love and tying (and untying, and retying) the knot. Rating: PG-13 due to mature situations and language |
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| Rod Blagojevich Superstar |
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The Second City at
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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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| Shrek The Musical |
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Cadillac Palace Theatre |
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| Shrek The Musical tells the story of a swamp-dwelling ogre who goes on a life-changing adventure to reclaim the deed to his land. Joined by a wise-cracking donkey, this unlikely hero fights a fearsome dragon, rescues a feisty princess and learns that real friendship and true love aren't only found in fairy tales. |
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| Spoiler Alert: Everybody Dies |
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Second City |
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| In the blockbuster of human life, we all know the outcome – no spoiler alert needed. In spite of this inevitable ending, we continue to live our lives, find joy and understand the world around us. Sometimes our path leads us to save the world and sometimes our path is to simply remind our husband where they left their keys – it's what you make of it and how you deal with it that matters. From cold feet on your wedding day to the comfort of viewing the comic misadventures of others on Reality TV, Spoiler Alert: Everybody Dies reminds us that in the end, we are all in this together. |
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| Suicide, Incorporated |
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The Gift Theatre |
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| It's been a tough week at work. Profits are down, lawsuits are up, and you totally forgot to bring something to the staff potluck. But none of that is even a minor concern compared to this: your boss is onto you. He's begun to suspect the truth, that you're trying to ruin the company by keeping its clients alive.
Listen to "Talk Theatre In Chicago" for an interview with Andrew Hinderaker, Jonathan Berry and Michael Patrick Thornton as they talk about Suicide Incorporated
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| Sunday School Cinema |
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Royal George Theatre |
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| Good movie? Bad movie? Condemned movie? If you're confused, ask Sister. She knows the difference. In this comedy, Sister reviews movies and gives her own version of thumbs up and thumbs down, using her all-present rule. You'll never see films the same way again! |
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| Super Happy Fun Show |
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Cornservatory |
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| Due to popular demand the Super Happy Fun Show has brought back!! So join Corn Productions as they are super happy to bring you the most fun of all late-night improv: the aptly-named Super Happy Fun Show. |
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| Supernatural Chicago |
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Excalibur Nightclub |
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| "Is it real? Or isn't it?," marvels the Chicago Tribune. So will you, when you experience this funny and slightly creepy one-man show by Neil Tobin, Necromancer that explores the true stories of Chicago's paranormal past, and brings them to life for the audience through interactive demonstrations of psychic magic. It all takes place in the landmark (and reputedly haunted) Excalibur nightclub. Now in its fourth year of weekly performances. |
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| That's Weird, Grandma |
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Barrel Of Monkeys at
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| An assortment of scenes and songs created by Chicago Public School students and produced by actors, musicians, comedians and playwrights. The hour-long show changes each week, based on audience votes. |
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| Tommy Gun's Garage |
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Tommy Gun's Garage |
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| The restaurant-cabaret presents a Roaring 20s-themed musical comedy revue in a speakeasy seting, with dining and drinking integrated into the show. |
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| Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind |
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| Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind is the theater's signature show and one of the longest-running shows in Chicago. A one-hour blitz of 30 extremely brief plays, it changes every week as ensemble members add new plays. |
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| True Twilight: A Glee Club Musical |
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Gorilla Tango Theatre |
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| Vamps! Wolves! Gleeks! Suckie Stickhouse just moved to Wiccan Park and is already torn between two men: Ted, the undead man of her dreams, and Shirts on the Ground, the shape changing hottie. And how will Rachel Sharpey feel when Suckie auditions for the new musical? I'm sure coach Su will have an opinion. An over the top musical parody you don't want your children to see that will leave you singing "Don't Stop Bleeding!” |
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| The Variety Show - A Drinking Game Performance |
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| We start the show with a joke off or what we like to call “a circle joke”…where the entire cast competes to tell the best topical joke, with the loser (by audience vote) becoming the Drinking Dunce – still having to perform but wearing the Drinking Dunce Outfit and carrying the Drinking Dunce Mug and drinking with audience all night. We then announce the drinking games for the evening and proceed into the variety show and drinking game madness. Hilarious Sketches! Fire Eaters! Amazing Improv! Gospel Choirs! Chainsaw Jugglers! The show changes each week! There are audience participation games! You will be entertained and drunk…or drunk and entertained…which ever you prefer! |
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| The Weir |
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Seanachaí Theatre Company at
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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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| Where's My Money? |
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Riverfront Playhouse |
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| Marriage and its discontents are the subject of Where's My Money? When Celeste, an out-of-work actor who's cheating on her boyfriend with a married man, runs into Natalie, whom she hasn't seen in years, the two have some catching up to do. Natalie, an accountant married to a lawyer, gives the impression of being very together and does not approve of Celeste's lifestyle. "I don't know any other way to put this," she tells her. "You're a whore.” But Natalie's life is not nearly as together as it appears. In fact, her marriage with Henry is hanging by a thread, and she's being visited by the ghost of an ex-boyfriend who claims she owes him money. Meanwhile, it turns out that the married man Celeste is having an affair with is Henry's idol, Sidney, a divorce lawyer with a pet theory that one partner in every marriage will be unfaithful, so it might as well be you. |
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