| Horrible |
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Hobo Junction at
Apollo Theater |
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| Horrible, a romantically dark comedy for the holidays, is a story about love, death, cannibalism…and flowers. If you’re looking for an escape from sugarplum faeries you came to the right place. |
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| How to Act Around Cops |
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The Artistic Home |
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| Lauded as "an enigmatic, cool and entirely original play" by nytheater.com, the story begins on a deserted stretch of highway where a traffic cop pulls over two young men, only to find himself swept up in a web of lies that land him on the wrong side of the law. How far will he go to protect himself? Logan Brown and Matthew Benjamin's How to Act Around Cops is a hilarious take on the classic cop caper, with drugs, guns and bodies in car trunks. Weaving dark threads of casual violence with quick-fire dialogue and twisted humor, the play takes a wicked route down the traditional cops-and-robbers path with its intelligent examination of blame, innocence, and all shades of grey in between -- and will appeal to anyone who feels guilty as hell whenever they walk past a policeman. |
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| How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found |
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Mary-Arrchie Theatre at
Angel Island Theater |
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| If you had to disappear from your life, would you be able to delete yourself from Facebook? In this thrilling new play, a young advertising executive reaches the breaking point and decides to buck the system. He turns to an expert who can give him a detailed lesson in the art of escape. The mission? To dispose of everything that defined his former self. It's an adrenaline-charged, apocalyptic journey to the edge of existence. HOW TO DISAPPEAR will have you questioning everything that makes us who we are in the 21st Century. |
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| The Hundred Dresses |
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Chicago Children's Theatre at
Royal George Theatre |
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| Wanda Petronski speaks strangely, has a funny last name, and lives in the wrong part of town. Who would believe she has a closet full of one hundred beautiful dresses? The kids at Franklin Elementary School sure don't believe her. In The Hundred Dresses, Maddie Martin and Peggy Hawthorne learn first-hand the danger of stereotypes and harsh words. The Hundred Dresses is a poetic tale about the power of words and finding the courage to stand up for others, even if you are standing alone. For everyone ages 6 and up. |
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| Hunky Dory |
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Factory Theater at
Prop Theatre |
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| Factory Theater's new comic thriller is set in Haneyville, Texas, in 1975 -- a time and place when life was easier, and the good life meant something good on the television, a fresh meal and a warm house. But in Hunky Dory, that quest for the good life goes crazily awry. |
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| Improv Children of the Corn 3 - Clustershuck |
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Cornservatory |
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| Each evening a guest team will open the night and then the 3 teams will perform exciting long form scenes as well as join together for hilarious short form games, all of which promises to be more fun than any human should have in one night. Plus, did we mention that it’s BYOB, and it’s only $10?!?! Wow…I mean, WOW!!!!! |
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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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| 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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| The Lion in Winter |
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Albright Theatre Company |
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| The Lion in Winter provides a fictional glimpse into the lives of England’s King Henry II and his dysfunctional family in 1183. The play focuses on the battle between Henry and his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, over which one of their three sons will become the successor to the throne. It is a clever story of scheming and manipulation with a very funny script. |
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| Little Women |
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Circle Theatre |
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| With their father serving as a chaplain in the Civil War, The March daughters grow up under the care of their mother in somewhat trying circumstances. Through trials and tribulations the sisters learn time and again that the love within their family is superior to material wealth. They persevere through squabbles and tragedies, but the bond only strengthens as marriages and new families emerge. This heart-warming tale of the endurance of family is perfect for the holidays and beyond. Circle's new adaptation will focus on the first part of the classic American novel, telling the story of a year in the life-- from Christmas to Christmas-- of the March sisters. |
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| The Magic Cabaret |
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The Greenhouse Theater Center |
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| In the Golden Age of Magic, during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, Chicago was a major center for magic in the United States. Great magicians gathered here to amaze audiences in theaters and parlors, nightclubs and showrooms, restaurants and bars throughout the city. The Magic Cabaret reawakens the Chicago magic tradition and brings it to modern audiences eager for mystery and wonder. |
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| Magic Chicago |
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City Lit Theater |
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| Now celebrating their 5th year as Chicago's premiere showcase for magic, mystery and wonder. Every show is different -- and with every show Benjamin Barnes and Robert Charles welcome unique magical guests.
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| Man of La Mancha |
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Theo Ubique at
No Exit Cafe |
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| The musical Man of La Mancha holds significant importance to one of our theatre's key backers, Michael James (his father was the original producer). Now come see what a production of Man of La Mancha means in the 21st Century!
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| The Man Who Was Thursday |
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New Leaf Theatre at
Lincoln Park Cultural Center |
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| Adapted from G.K. Chesterton's 1908 novel by Neo-Futurist ensemble member and New Leaf collaborator Bilal Dardai, The Man Who Was Thursday is part espionage thriller, part comedy of manners, part outright farce. Directed by New Leaf Artistic Director Jessica Hutchinson, The Man Who Was Thursday interrogates who we really are, where our loyalties lie and how far we’ll go to defend them. |
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| The Mercy Seat |
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Profiles Theatre |
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| In a time of national tragedy, the world changes overnight. On September 12, 2001, Ben Harcourt finds himself in the downtown apartment of his lover, Abby Prescott. Over the course of the night, Ben and Abby explore the choices now available to them in an existence different from the one they knew just the day before. LaBute presents the brutal realities of their relationship and explores whether one can be truly opportunistic in a time of universal selflessness. |
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| The Message Is In The Music |
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Black Ensemble Theater |
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| The Message Is In The Music (God Is A Black Man Named Ricky) is Black Ensemble’s new look at an old story, the fight of good against evil and the struggle between love and hate, where the battlefield is the universe and beyond. “The Message Is In The Music” tells an old story with a new twist, and in true Black Ensemble fashion, although we already know the ending, the road is paved with rollicking laughter, devilish dance and a whole lot of heavenly sounds. |
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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. |
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