22 shows found.
Lifeline does two kinds of shows: fabulous adaptations of books for kids, and fabulous adaptations of books for children. Their latest production, part of their KidSeries, probably qualifies as both. "The 13 Clocks," a skewed fairy tale from humorist James Thurber, is one of those books for youth that has fans of all ages. Lifeline, which specializes in endlessly inventive staging, should make a curious wonder out of Thurber's dukes, spells, machines and monsters. Get more details...
Company: N/A.
Venue: Blue Bayou
Performances: Thursday 10 p.m.
Tickets: Free
Closes: N/A.
Want to see a little something-something, but pay a lot of nothing-nothing? Belly up to Vaudezilla's Bartop Burlesque, a no-cover, low-covering striptease show at the Blue Bayou. It happens every Thursday night, and features a rotating schedule of Vaudezillian vixens, wearing nothing but their smiles and their etceteras. Get more details...
Company: Second City
Venue: Second City
Performances: Monday 8 p.m., Saturday 4 p.m.
Tickets: < $20 ($19)
Closes: N/A.
Company: Second City
Venue: Second City
Performances: Tuesday 8 p.m., Wednesday 8 p.m., Thursday 8 p.m., Friday 8 p.m., Saturday 8 p.m., Sunday 7 p.m.
Tickets: $19–$25
Closes: N/A.
Company: N/A.
Venue: Briar Street Theatre
Performances: Tuesday 8 p.m., Wednesday 8 p.m., Thursday 8 p.m., Friday 7 & 10 p.m., Saturday 4, 7 & 10 p.m., Sunday 1, 4 & 7 p.m.
Tickets: $50+
Closes: N/A.
Company: N/A.
Venue: Pub Theater
Performances: Friday 8 p.m. & 10 p.m., Saturday 8 p.m. & 10 p.m.
Tickets: $20
Closes: N/A.
Company: The Plagiarists
Venue: N/A.
Performances: Friday 8 p.m., Saturday 8 p.m.
Tickets: $15 suggested donation
Closes: Runs Through Nov 5
If the blood in slasher movies is too low-brow, go Roman. The Plagiarists dish out a more rarefied splatter with "Caesura: a Butchery," their take on the stabbier bits of Imperial history. Pieced together from the dismembered corpses of pedigreed classics from Shakespeare, Voltaire and Eliot, this Grand Guignol-style piece will be a collage of highly poetic sources soaked in gore. Get more details...
Company: Neo-Futurists
Venue: Neo-Futurarium
Performances: Thursday 8 p.m., Friday 8 p.m., Saturday 8 p.m.
Tickets: $10-$15
Closes: Runs Through Oct 22
How bad can it get? In one of their most daring and elaborate theatrical experiences, the Neofuturists resurrect "The Ladder," a legendary turkey that played Broadway from 1926-28, surviving damning reviews and four-member audiences on the strength of producer/philanthropist/oil tycoon Edgar Davis's sheer faith (and considerable personal fortune). The 'futs are interrogating the notion of failure itself, so the critics aren't invited to this one. Instead, you'll have to take your chances on a different version of the show each night. If that sounds too risky to you, you might not be the type who will ever strike oil. Free on Thursdays if you bring a food item to share. Get more details...
Company: N/A.
Venue: Chicago Dramatists
Performances: Saturday 2 p.m.
Tickets: $20 ($5 donation)
Closes: N/A.
If you like to be there at the beginning, you have to be there for the Saturday Series. Chicago Dramatists' weekly staged readings have seen many fortuitous births, including Keith Huff's Broadway hit "A Steady Rain." Get more details...
Company: Chicago Underground Comedy
Venue: Beat Kitchen
Performances: Tuesday 8 p.m.
Tickets: < $20 ($5)
Closes: N/A.
Company: Lifeline Theatre
Venue: Lifeline Theatre
Performances: Thursday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m., Saturday 4 p.m. & 8 p.m., Sunday 4 p.m.
Tickets: $27-$35
Closes: Runs Through Nov 13
The brave folks at Lifeline love to take on big adventure-packed books, cramming action set-pieces, chase scenes, and far-flung locales into their tiny Rogers Park venue. “The Count of Monte Cristo,” Dumas' thrilling tale of prison-breaking and revenge, has proven a worthy adversary. Per local reviewers, this show delivers all the cozy, engrossing pleasures of the novel: a driving narrative, emotional heat and a sexy, shaggy-haired hero (embodied by Chris Hainsworth with Byronic flair). Get more details...
Company: N/A.
Venue: Goodman Theatre
Performances:
Tickets: $10-$25
Closes: Runs Through Oct 23
If you want to participate in script development, but can't abide music stands, then the Goodman's New Stages Amplified is for you. These fully (but cheaply) produced short runs allow playwrights to test their works in progress in front of audiences as if they were plays, not literary readings. We're particulary psyched about "Dartmoor Prison," a historical thriller about a black sailor involved in a prison revolt during the War of 1812. Get more details...
Company: BLEWT! Productions
Venue: Playground Theater
Performances: Saturday midnight (first Saturday every month)
Tickets: < $20 ($10; $5 students)
Closes: N/A.
Company: N/A.
Venue: Aloft Loft
Performances: Friday 10 p.m. (April 2 2010 only), Saturday 7 p.m. & 10 p.m. (first or second Saturdays)
Tickets: $5-$10
Closes: N/A.
Can't shell out 200 big ones for Cirque du Soleil? Shell out 15 for El Circo Cheapo, a monthly spectacular for the New Depression. In lieu of a big-top and mega-bucks, they've got a converted warehouse space, talent and spunk. Featuring a rotating cast of Chicago's most fearless and flexible young performers, this reliably sold-out event has a surprise inside, every time. Get more details...
Company: N/A.
Venue: Chicago Dramatists
Performances: Wednesday 8 p.m. (last Wednesday of each month)
Tickets: Free
Closes: N/A.
Mix it up with Chicago Dramatists' monthly short-theatre event. Playwrights get a surprise theme, a week to write and an hour to rehearse. The topic for May is consumption, so come hungry. Not sure that this sort of speed cookery is the best recipe for a night out? Don't worry. This menu of new plays won't cost you a dime. Get more details...
Company: N/A.
Venue: Book Cellar
Performances: Saturday 7 p.m. (last Sat of mo) & 8 p.m. (2nd Sat of mo)
Tickets: $10
Closes: N/A.
If someone tells you that women aren't funny, march that person right over to the Book Cellar for an evening of cupcakes and comedy. On second thought, don't. More cupcakes for the rest of us. This informal evening of sharp stand-up features a rotating cast of Chicago's best female jokers. Get more details...
Company: N/A.
Venue: Links Hall
Performances: Friday 8 p.m, Saturday 8 p.m., Sunday 7 p.m.
Tickets: $10-$15
Closes: N/A.
Company: The Hypocrites
Venue: Chopin Theatre
Performances: Wednesday 7 p.m., Thursday 7 p.m., Friday 7 p.m., Saturday 7 p.m., Sunday 3 p.m.
Tickets: $36
Closes: Runs Through Oct 23
Present day America is looking bleak, but the house of Atreus had it worse. Hypocrites AD Sean Graney has crammed all seven of Sophocles' plays into a single, misery-charged evening of theatre, featuring fratricide, matricide, all-in-the-family cannibalism, and that awkward moment when you realize you've been porking your own mother. Present day America is looking bleak, but the house of Atreus had it worse. Hypocrites AD Sean Graney has crammed all seven of Sophocles' plays into a single, misery-charged night, featuring fratricide, matricide, all-in-the-family cannibalism, and that awkward moment when you realize you've been porking your own mother. Critics say it's a masterful evening of theatre, full of unexpected choices, swift, clear storytelling, and bloody great catharsis. Get more details...
Company: N/A.
Venue: N/A.
Performances: Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Thursday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m., Saturday 7:30 p.m., Sunday 3 p.m.
Tickets: $5
Closes: Runs Through Nov 6
Welcome to the secret history of the American Spook. The deliciously skewed magicians of Strange Tree are celebrating October with "The Spirit Play," a brand-new Emily Schwartz script about the 1870s craze for talking with the dead. This tale of con artists, upper-class twits and (of course) actual ghosts is a perfect fit for Schwartz's precious yet eerie way with language and the Tree's artful junkhouse design aesthetic. Critics say it's an unusually flavored Halloween treat. Get more details...
Company: Barrel of Monkeys
Venue: Neo-Futurarium
Performances: Monday 8 p.m. (March 15 2009 and on), Sunday 2 p.m (Through April 4 2009)
Tickets: $50-$20
Closes: N/A.
Company: Neo-Futurists
Venue: Neo-Futurarium
Performances: Wednesday 11 p.m. (12/31 only), Friday 11:30 p.m. , Saturday 11:30 p.m. , Sunday 7 p.m.
Tickets: < $20 ($7 plus roll of one die)
Closes: N/A.
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