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Stage 773 Presents Cupid Players
Posted on 02 September 2010
Chicago’s witty and irreverent musical sketch comedy troupe The Cupid Players presents Cupid: Plugged for six performances at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont from September 17 – October 2, 2010. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8:30 p.m. Backed by a rock band, the comic musical performers of The Cupid Players will perform new songs and scenes developed [...] Continue Reading
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Final Weeks of Smash Hit ‘LOOKINGGLASS ALICE’
Posted on 02 September 2010
The limited run of Lookingglass Theatre Company’s Lookingglass Alice, which was extended by an additional two weeks, must close September 12, 2010, at Lookingglass Theatre Company, located inside Chicago’s historic Water Tower Water Works, 821 N. Michigan Ave. Lookingglass Alice is playing to full houses at Water Tower Water Works and has average around 90% capacity for [...] Continue Reading
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The Gift’s ‘SUICIDE, INCORPORATED’ Extends Through October 10
Posted on 27 August 2010
The Gift Theatre’s hit production, Andrew Hinderaker’s “Suicide, Incorporated” announces its final extension through October 10, 2010. 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 [...] Continue Reading
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Zimmerman Helms ‘CANDIDE’ For Goodman Theatre Season Opener
Posted on 25 August 2010
Goodman Theatre celebrates its 10th season in Chicago’s North Loop Theatre District with a fresh take on an enduring masterpiece—Candide, Voltaire’s effervescent, picaresque adventure, newly adapted and directed by Chicago’s own Mary Zimmerman, the Goodman’s Manilow Resident Director. A cast of 19 and an orchestra of 12, under the direction of Music Director Doug Peck, [...] Continue Reading
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Harris Theater Welcomes Back River North Dance Company, Giordano Jazz Dance
Posted on 25 August 2010
The Harris Theater for Music and Dance is pleased to announce the return of two of its most successful programs. A fourth program has been added to expand the acclaimed Eat to the Beat lunchtime series, which now includes performances by Harris resident companies River North Chicago Dance Company and Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago. By [...] Continue Reading
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Neo-Futurists Announce Neo-Obama Portrait Contest
Posted on 16 August 2010
The Neo-Futurists announce the next step in the Hall of Presidents, a portrait of #44 himself, Barack Obama! Watch as one artist’s work is selected to hang on permanent display in the Hall of Presidents, the in-house gallery at the Neo-Futurarium. CREATE! The call is open for artist submissions! Portraits can be literal, abstract, mixed-media, [...] Continue Reading
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A RED ORCHID THEATRE Presents the Chicago Premiere of ‘LOUIS SLOTIN SONATA’
Posted on 16 August 2010
A Red Orchid Theatre opens its 2010-2011 season with Louis Slotin Sonata, written by Paul Mullin and directed by Ensemble Member Karen Kessler. The production will run September 10 – October 24, 2010 at A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 N. Wells. At 3:20 PM on Tuesday, May 21, 1946 Louis Slotin’s hand slipped—a small, practically [...] Continue Reading
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Classical Mystery Tour Performs Beatles Tribute at ISO
Posted on 16 August 2010
Back by popular demand, members of the cast of the Broadway hit show Beatlemania, who are now known as Classical Mystery Tour, will perform many hits by the legendary British rock ‘n’ roll band The Beatles in a tribute in Marsh Symphony on the Prairie Series concerts Friday and Saturday, August 27 and 28, at [...] Continue Reading
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Duke Ellington Orchestra Performs at ISO
Posted on 13 August 2010
One of the great jazz-swing bands of all time, the legendary Duke Ellington Orchestra, will make its Marsh Symphony on the Prairie Series debut in concerts Friday and Saturday, August 20 and 21, at 8 p.m. at the Conner Prairie Amphitheater. The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra will not perform in these concerts. Under the direction of Barrie [...] Continue Reading
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Chicago Children’s Theatre Announces 2010-2011 Season
Posted on 12 August 2010
Chicago Children’s Theatre (CCT) and Artistic Director Jacqueline Russell are thrilled to announce the company’s 2010-2011 season. Beginning in November 2010, Chicago Children’s Theatre will remount their 2009 smash hit musical The Hundred Dresses, written by Ralph Covert and G. Riley Mills, and directed by CCT Artistic Associate Sean Graney. Performances will be at the [...] Continue Reading
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