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The League of Awesome
Prop Theatre
3504 N. Elston Chicago
The superheroes of The League Of Awesome have done it again. A villain has been vanquished, the city's fears have been quelled, newspapers have their story and all is well. See, they decided to punish this villain by trapping him inside a Hardy Boys book. Yeah, it was a little unconventional. Sure, they know that. But it's not like The SorrowMaker, a horrible evil mastermind who inflicted sadness upon an entire city, is gonna get out of the book. Zoe, Sylvia, Penny, Kitty & Rumble wouldn't let him escape. I mean....come on! What are they gonna do, accidentally create another hero who is clueless enough to join Drake's forces or something? That's ridiculous! They'd have to be drunk to do that! Now let's watch them celebrate their victory over him with mojitos.
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Presented by The Factory Theater
Thru - Aug 21, 2010
Price:$15-$20
Show Type: Comedy
Box Office: 866-811-4111
www.thefactorytheater.com
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Review Round-Up
| Time Out Chicago - Recommended
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Exuberant performances are the key to making the League work in 3-D. Joseph Riley’s scenery may be spare, but as the goth-inclined villain, Granata chews as much of it as he can, summoning up pure evil with scowls and metalhead hand gestures. Coauthor Sevigny is scatterbrained and winning as the problem-drinking hero Sylvia, blessed with the power to alter reality and cursed with poor judgment about how to use it. Matt Kahler, playing Commissioner Byrd, puts on sunglasses like he really means it, while Sara Gorsky’s Ms. Great turns “You’re welcome” into a kick-ass mantra."
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Chicago Reader - Somewhat Recommended
"...The League is temporarily out of enemies having imprisoned their arch-nemesis, the depression-inducing SorrowMaker (a pitch-perfect Dan Granata) in a Hardy Boys mystery. Once he's unleashed, though, and joins forces with a manners-obsessed ass-kicker called Ms. Great (Sara Gorsky), the action picks up considerably. The more understated performances tend to register the biggest laughs in Matt Engle's Factory Theater production--especially Wm Bullion's turn as Gladys, the homeless narrator."
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