Striking 12 Striking 12 is “a cross between a rock concert and a holiday show for people who don’t like holiday shows.” Featuring four talented actor/musicians, Striking 12 is the story of a grumpy, recently-single[…]
Month: November 2011
Silent Night of the Living Dead opening @ Theatre Wit
Silent Night of the Living Dead Barbara Cooper is home from college and she’s brought her new man-friend Ben to meet her family. And Mr. Cooper will be DAMNED if some zombie apocalypse nonsense is[…]
A Very Sci-Fi Xmas opening @ Chemically Imbalanced Theater
A Very Sci-Fi Xmas CIC presents a holiday comedy for those who love science fiction and want a little more of it in their stockings. If you are a fan of Battlestar Galactica, Doctor Who,[…]
Hannukatz The Musical opening @ National Pastime Theater
Hannukatz The Musical Hannukatz The Musical is a totally new spin on Dreidl Days as presented by the tie-dyed Meowmulkah-sporting title character on his Hannukah-eve visit to the Skokie-based Moskowitz family’s Hannukah-hating kids. Self-described in[…]
The Word Progress on My Mother’s Lips Doesn’t Ring True opening @ Trap Door Theatre
The Word Progress on My Mother’s Lips Doesn’t Ring True Guest Hungarian/Romanian director Istvan K. Szabo captures the signature comic/tragic surrealism of Matei Visniec’s The Word Progress on My Mother’s Lips Doesn’t Ring True. Winner[…]
Far Away opening @ Charnel House Chicago
Far Away Set in a world described by The New York Times as “a waking dreamscape…where the promise of violence broods in even the coziest corners,” playwright Caryl Churchill’s Far Away takes us to a place[…]
Let It Ho! opening @ Stage 773
Let It Ho! Let it Ho! – The hilarious harlots of Off Off Broadzway get into the Holiday spirit with their widely adored and critically acclaimed musical sketch comedy show! This burlesque-inspired comedy revue features[…]
Funkadesi 15th Anniversary Concerts @ Mayne Stage Theatre
Funkadesi 15th Anniversary Concerts “Funkadesi knows how to get the crowd fired up! There’s a lot of FUNK in that DESI!” Indo-Afro-Caribbean music experience FUNKADESI LIVE!!!! 15TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT, FRIDAY, DEC 2nd @ MAYNE STAGE[…]
Changes Of Heart opening @ The Greenhouse Theatre Center
Changes Of Heart Marivaux’s delightfully contemporary story of love outside the status quo mixes classes and stirs up hearts. Harlequin’s neighborhood sweetheart, Sylvia, has been kidnapped by the Prince. He hopes to use the pleasures[…]
CROSSED (How Going South Flipped Our Script) opening @ The Viaduct Theater
CROSSED (How Going South Flipped Our Script) CROSSED, Teatro Luna’s eighth original play devised in an ensemble setting, seeks to explode (yes, explode!) stereotype and poetically navigate what it means to be an immigrant in[…]