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New World Repertory Theater |
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| Robert David MacDonald’s translation captures the dramatic beauty and power of Racine’s original French poetry. Based on ancient myths, the tragedy examines how love and unabated passions can destroy us all. “Phèdra” is cursed by the gods to love her step-son, Hippolytus, who hides a secret love affair of his own. Emotional, turbulent and sexy, Phèdra is a mythical soap opera for the contemporary audience. Directed by theater movement specialist Alison Henderson, the production will be based on movement theorist Rudolf Laban’s movement analysis |
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| The Pillowman |
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Redtwist Theatre |
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| A spellbinding drama with pitch dark humor about a writer accused of perpetrating the very acts depicted in his murderous stories. Featuring Redtwist’s Associate Artistic Director, Andrew Jessop, as the writer, and Jeff Award-winner (for Equus), Peter Oyloe, as his slow-witted brother. Tom Hickey, from Strawdog, and Redtwister, Johnny Garcia, are the good and bad cops respectively. |
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| Plaid Tidings |
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Noble Fool Theatricals |
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| The Forever Plaid four part harmony group returns thanks to a heavenly phone call from Rosemary Clooney! The heaven-sent boys (Sparky, Smudge, Jinx, and Frankie) are back to sing songs of the 30's, 40's, 50's, and a "Plaid-erized" version of Christmas specials to fulfill their mission of creating a little harmony in a troubled world. Includes a hilarious tribute to the Ed Sullivan Christmas Spectaculars featuring the Rockettes, the Chipmunks, The Vienna Boys Choir and more! |
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| Posthumorous |
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Village Players Performing Arts Center |
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Dexter Twain has planned a funeral of discovery for his friends in rural Minnesota. His death has left a lot of questions that need to be answered, and many answers left in fortune cookies. As Dexter meets up with his parents and other friends in the afterlife, it turns out he has a lot to discover himself as his funeral approaches. This comedy, with its hilarious twists and turns, will be sure to keep audience members laughing. |
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| Rachel Corn and the Secret Society |
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Cornservatory |
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| The Corn family is off to Washington, D.C. for another mysterious adventure and Rachel is ready to lead her team to victory in the Brain Bowl but when she discovers there is more to the other team than meets the eye she has to solve the mystery. With secret passages, cryptic messages and too many twists and turns to mention, can Rachel save the day before things get out of hand? Bring the whole family and help the Corn family solve the mystery. |
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| Rewind |
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Side Project |
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| The story of three friends and musicians knocked about by the caprices of the music industry (and each other), REWIND is partly a “time capsule” for Eason, who (along with fellow Lookingglass Theatre ensemble member Joy Gregory) played at venues including the Metro, the Double Door and the now-defunct Lounge Act and recorded tracks for Sweet Pea Records as bass player for Chicago indie rock act Tart. REWIND is also a personal exploration - told in reverse chronological order - of the dark side of success, inspired by the private struggles and often public self-destruction of some of her musical idols. |
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| Richard III |
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Chicago Shakespeare Theater |
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| CST Artistic Director Barbara Gains opens the season with this epic history of Shakespeare's most fascinating villain. Fueled by a relentless ambition and savage wit, the hunchbacked Richard, Duke of Gloucester, seduces and murders his way to the English throne in a treacherous tale that has captivated audiences across the centuries. |
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| Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead |
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Writers' Theatre |
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| Hamlet, Shakespeare’s greatest drama, is retold from the perspective of his schoolmates, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, in Tom Stoppard’s comedic masterpiece. Equal parts Laurel and Hardy, Waiting for Godot and classic Shakespeare, Stoppard’s scintillating wit, far-reaching imagination and astonishing skill with words traces the journey of these fascinating characters as they struggle to avoid the inevitability of the Bard’s tragic conclusion. |
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| Saints and Sinners |
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Royal George Theatre |
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| There's a new nun in town and Vicki Quade, creator of the hit show Late Nite Catechism, introduces us to Mother Superior in her new show, Saints & Sinners. Mother Superior's ruler is quick, her aim is spot-on, and she wants to know who in the audience is a saint and who are the sinners! Quade calls the show “a funny look at fundraising. Mother Superior is called by the archdiocese to St. Bruno's to help in their fundraising. The economy is tough, donations are down, and someone has to save the parish! Her clever idea: a calendar of famous saints and famous sinners. |
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| Santa's Great American Depression Holiday Show! America 2 |
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The Gift Theatre |
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| A collection of sketch comedy and improvisation from Second City and iO actors, “Santa’s Great American Depression Holiday Show! America 2: Son of Santa’s Great American Depression Holiday Show! America” is an entirely original sketch comedy revue about the words in it's title. |
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| Sex |
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Prologue Theatre Co. at
North Lakeside Cultural Center |
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| Margy is one of the most in-demand ladies on the block, and makes plenty of jack to keep herself in furs and gin. However, when her pimp Rocky tries to work over a visiting society dame, Margy's left in a tough spot with the police. She flees Montreal to follow the British fleet with her long-time customer Lieutenant Gregg. In a Trinidad nightclub (complete with rip-roaring live music), Margy meets the kind of man she never expected to love: one who doesn't know about her past. She must decide if she can give up her wild ways for the straight life with a boy who loves her, or if she'll always be just what she is. |
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| Shootin' The Shit with EJ and TJ |
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Annoyance Theatre |
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| Featuring powerhouse improvisers TJ Jagodowski , EJ Scott, and a different guest each night “Shootin' The Shit” is a single, 40 minute improvised scene set in a bar. The last night of the run, Friday, November 20, will feature a collection of friends for a more raucus night of improv. |
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| Silent Nightmare - A Christmas Dirge |
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Annoyance Theatre |
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| Santa's elves are plotting a revolution, a killer just escaped from prison and is hitching her way home, the Reingold daughter has gone missing, & Archibald Tuck is one murderously disgruntled employee. These stories and more are all about to experience their own nightmarishly twisted holiday miracle. Bringing you joy whether you want it or not! Come experience all the tragically comedic fun this holiday season at The Annoyance. |
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| Snow White and the Drag Queen Who Stole X-Mas |
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Midtangent Productions at
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| Break out the eggnog and the leggings! MidTangent Productions presents its spectacle sequel Snow White and the Drag Queen who Stole X-Mas, a holiday extravaganza in two acts on the Hydrate Nightclub stage. Come experience this drag-tastic mash-up of holiday specials. Snow White and her Seven Drag Queens are belting out live some of your favorite chestnuts roasted over a draggy fierce fire! Our story of Snow White continues as Madame Grinch sets out to steal X-Mas from our family of queens. Emily Rogers stars as Snow White, who Chicago Reader describes as “redefining fierce in Boystown.” Set in the heart of Halsted, this musical fuses storefront fringe theater with danceclub decadence. As we shift into Act II, the ferocious fun explodes as our Family of Queens brings down the house with their ever-changing Ever After Show.
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| Souvenir |
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Northlight Theatre |
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| The comedic and musical true story of Florence Foster-Jenkins: a New York socialite whose tin ear couldn't keep her off the stage at Carnegie Hall. Seen through the eyes of her beloved accompanist, Souvenir is a touching and comic tribute to Ms. Jenkins' sincerity, ambition, deep love of music and complete lack of talent, all of which brought a very unique joy to thousands. |
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| Stars in the Morning Sky |
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UIC Theatre |
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| This retelling of Maxim Gorky's "The Lower Depths" has been adapted by Peter Christensen and Yasen Peyankov, head of UIC's acting program. It begins on the eve of the 1980 Moscow Olympics, when police herd prostitutes to the city's ramshackle outskirts. Four of them are left in a dilapidated barracks that once served as a mental hospital. Under the control of a jailer, her police-officer son and a brutal fifth prostitute, they tell their stories of family betrayals and class divisions in a communist society. |
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| Studs Terkel's Not Working |
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Second City |
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| On the corner of North & Wells, a crowd gathers to laugh, relax and enjoy a cast of six talented actors take the piss out of what our world has become and how we got here. We've lost many things, but one thing will always stay the same – Chicago. We'll always have crooked politicians, civic pride and that crazy guy at Foster & Broadway. |
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