Category: Opening-Closing This Week
Show closings – last chance to catch ‘em!
show closings
Abe’s in a Bad Way - Free Street Theater (review ★★★)
Air Guitar High – Northwestern University
A Chorus Line - Village Players Performing Arts Center
The Informer - Prop Thtr
J.B. - Chicago Fusion Theatre (review ★★★½)
Messiah on the Frigidaire - Hubris Productions (review ★★★½)
Number of People - Piven Theatre Workshop (review ★★★)
The Pillowman - Redtwist Theatre (review ★★★)
Science Fiction - Actors Gymnasium (review ★★★½)
Side Man - Metropolis Performing Arts Centre (review ★★★★)
A True History of the Johnstown Flood - Goodman Theatre (review ★½)
Twelve Angry Men - Raven Theatre (review ★★★)
this week’s show openings
Billy: A Post-Apocolyptic Comedy - Northwestern University
Bloom - Bailiwick Chicago
Cabaret - The Hypocrites
Curse of the Starving Class - New Leaf Theatre
Days of Late – SiNNERMAN Ensemble at the Viaduct Theatre
The Diary of Anne Frank - Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
The Doctor’s Dilemma - ShawChicago
Elictracidad - DePaul’s Merle Reskin Theatre
Endgame - Steppenwolf Theatre (our review ★★★½)
The Farnsworth Invention - TimeLine Theatre
Girls vs. Boys - The House Theatre of Chicago
Hephaestus - Lookingglass Theatre
An Ideal Husband – Columbia College at Getz Theatre
Little Women: The Musical - Loyola University Chicago
Los Nogales - Millenium Park and Teatro Vista…Theatre with a View
The Musical of Musicals (The Musical) - Dominican University
Oliver - Rising Stars Theatre Company
The Original Improv Gladiators - Corn Productions
Moses in Egypt - Chicago Opera Theater
Six Dead Queens and an Inflatable Henry - Piccolo Theatre
Spring Awakening - Promethean Theatre Ensemble
The Taming of the Shrew - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek - 20% Theatre Chicago
Welcome to Arroyo’s - American Theater Company
Show closings – last chance to see them!
Show Closings
“Master Harold”…and the Boys - TimeLine Theatre
The Fantasticks - Promethean Theatre
Jerry and Tom - Idle Muse Theatre
The Legend of Ginger Bred - Gorilla Tango Theatre
Monks in Trouble - Apollo Theatre (Studio space)
Off the Paddy Wagon - Cornservatory
Policeman’s Log - Gorilla Tango Theatre
The Ring Cycle - The Building Stage
Tim Miller’s Lay of the Land - Victory Gardens Biograph Theater
special ticket offers
Sunday is "Pay-What-You-Can" Night at Bailiwick Chicago’s Show Us Your Love! Doors open at 7:00 p.m., show at 7:30 p.m. Come on up to Mary’s Attic and donate what you can to see the show. Stay after with the cast/production staff for a drink and karaoke! Playing at Mary’s Attic (above Hamburger Mary’s), 5400 N. Clark St (Andersonville), Chicago. Visit www.bailiwickchicago.com.
$1-2 off tickets to LiveWire Chicago Theatre’s world premiere Lower Debt by Joshua Aaron Weinstein at the Viaduct Theater, 3111 N. Western Ave. Join LiveWire and the Greater Chicago Food Depository in the fight against hunger by helping us collect nutritious non-perishable food items during the run of Debt (through April 4, Thu-Sat at 7:30 p.m. and Sun at 3:00 p.m.). Bring in one can and receive $1 off your ticket price; bring two or more cans and receive $2 off your ticket price. Cans collected at the door. Call the box office at 773.296.6024 to make your reservation. More at www.livewirechicago.com/lowerdebt.
Openings-closings this week
show openings
Abagail’s Party - A Red Orchid Theatre
The Analytical Engine - Circle Theatre
Cocktails with Larry Miller - Paramount Theatre
The Gimmick - Pegasus Players
Katrina: The “K” Word - Loyola University Chicago Theatre
Kenny Rogers - Paramount Theatre
Love Song - Buffalo Theatre Ensemble
Monks in Trouble - Apollo Theater Studio
Mrs. Caliban - Lifeline Theatre
The Old Settler - Writers’ Theatre
Over the Tavern - Noble Fool Theatricals
The Ring Cycle - The Building Stage
Valentine’s Weekend Engagement - River North Chicago Dance Company
What Once We Felt - About Face Theatre
show closings
American Buffalo - Steppenwolf Theatre
The Artist Needs a Wife - the side project
August: Osage County - Ford Center for the Performing Arts/Oriental Theatre
Determination - Bruised Orange Theater
F.A.T. People - Gorilla Tango Theatre
Frindle - Griffin Theatre
The Glass Menagerie - Chicago Heights Drama Group
Keymaster/Gatekeeper - Gorilla Tango Theatre
Minna - Trap Door Theatre
Phedra - New World Repertory Theatre
A Raisin in the Sun - Merle Reskin Theatre, Depaul Theatre School
The Wedding - TUTA Theatre
The Year of Magical Thinking - Court Theatre
special ticket offers
$20 tickets to Distracted at American Theater Company, 1909 W. Byron Street. American Theater Company is offering $20 tickets to the following performances only: Thursday, February 11 at 8 p.m., Saturday, February 13 at 3 p.m. and Sunday, February 14 at 3 p.m. To purchase tickets, call (773) 409-4125 or visit www.atcweb.org and use the code "extras".
$10 tickets to Phedra by Jean Racine at Theatre Building Chicago,
1225 W Belmont. New World Repertory Theater is offering a limited number of discount tickets for their Thursday and Friday 8:30 p.m. performances through February 14. Call the box office at 773-327-5252 and use the code "EXTRA."
Print this email for $5 off one (1) regular priced admission for The Flaming Dames Mardi Gras themed revue, "Bourbon Street Burlesque" presented by New Millennium Theatre Company at The Spot, 4437 N. Broadway. Show runs Friday and Saturday nights through February 27 at 10:15 p.m. (NO PERFORMANCES FEB 12-13) and a special performance on Fat Tuesday, February 16 at 10:15 p.m. $5 dollar discount taken at box office in exchange for printed email blast. Call 312/458-9083 for reservations or visit www.nmtchicago.org for more information.
$15 tickets to Diamante Production’s world premiere of Lucid at the Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport Ave. Diamante Productions is offering a limited number of discounted tickets for the Sunday, Feb. 14, 3 p.m. performance. The discount is available for these three performances only. This offer is only valid at the door.
Shows Opening/Closing this week
“Master Harold”…and the Boys
The Alcyone Festival 2010 - Halcyon Theatre
The Castle - Oracle Theatre
Desperately Seeking - Chemically Imbalanced Theater
Dreamgirls - Cadillac Palace Theatre (Broadway in Chicago)
First Words - Greenhouse Theater Center (MPAACT)
The Dames Storm Division - New Millenium Theatre
Glitter in the Gutter - Annoyance Theatre
Harper Regan - Steep Theatre
Hughie/Krapp’s Last Tape - Goodman Theatre
King of the Mountain - Chemically Imbalanced Theater
Nighthawk Sandwich - Storefront Theater (DCA Theatre)
Phedra - New World Repertory Theatre
Real Bros of DuPage County - Gorilla Tango Theatre
Savage in Limbo - Village Players Performing Arts Center
Short Shakespeare! The Comedy of Errors - Chicago Shakespeare
WHACK! - Gorilla Tango Theatre
The Year of Magical Thinking - Court Theatre
Annie - Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University
The Capitol Steps - North Shore Center for the Performing Arts
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan - Dance Center of Columbia College
Give Us Monday - Gorilla Tango Theatre
Icarus - Lookingglass Theatre
Little Women - Circle Theatre
Mamma Mia! - Rosemont Theatre
Mark and Laura’s Couples Advice Christmas Special - Gorilla Tango Theatre
Openings/Closings list courtesy of League of Chicago Theatres
Theater openings and closings this week in Chicago
show openings
Twas the Night Before Christmas - Center for Performing Arts at Governors State
500 Clown Christmas - North Central College
American Stars in Concert for the Holidays - Paramount Theatre
Civic Ballet’s The Nutcracker - James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts
Icarus - Lookingglass Theatre
It’s a Wonderful Life - Improv Playhouse
The Klezmatics - North Shore Center for the Performing Arts
The Nutcracker - McAninch Arts Center
W is for Winter - Prop Thtr
show closings
1985 - The Factory Theater (our review)
All the Fame of Lofty Deeds - House Theatre (our review)
Aunt Dan and Lemon - BackStage Theatre Company
Beethoven, as I Knew Him - Drury Lane Water Tower
Burlesque is More - Annoyance Theatre
Carnival Nocturne – Storefront Theater (our review)
Chad Morton’s TV Christmas Miracle - Village Players Performing Arts Center
Cockettes: Christmas Spectacular - Annoyance Theatre
Cold - Dream Theatre
Cooperstown - Theatre Seven of Chicago (our review)
The David Bowie Hepzikat Funky Velvet Flarney Solstice Spectacular Live…From Space! - New Millenium Theatre
D-Cup Diatribes - Gorilla Tango Theatre
Democracy - Eclipse Theatre (our review)
Faith Off - Gorilla Tango Theatre
The Flaming Dames in Naughtier and Nice - New Millenium Theatre
Florid Deveraux Does the Holidays - Prop Thtr
Gift of the Magi - EverGreen Theatre Ensemble
Gossamer - Adventure Stage Chicago
Graceland - Profiles Theatre
Horrible - Apollo Theatre (our review)
Hunky Dory - The Factory Theater (our review)
Improv Children of the Corn 3 - Corn Productions
Low Toner: Decision Quality - Gorilla Tango Theatre
LUNATIC(a)S - Teatro Luna (our review)
Perseus and Medusa: Or It’s All Greek to Me - Piccolo Theatre
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Annoyance Theatre (our review)
Short Shorts - Annoyance Theatre
A Silent Night: Grandma Got Run Over Without Healthcare - Gorilla Tango Theatre
Souvenir - Northlight Theatre (our review)
When She Danced - TimeLine Theatre
Whining in the Windy City - Royal George Theatre
This week’s theatre openings and closings
show openings
THE AUTOMOTIVE GRAVEYARD
– University Theater at University of Chicago
BANANA SHPEEL - Cirque du Soleil
CAR CEMETERY – University Theater at University of Chicago
CHAD MORTON’S TV CHRISTMAS MIRACLE - Village Players Performing Arts Center
A CHRISTMAS CAROL – Paramount Theatre
COLD – Dream Theatre
THE D-CUP DIATRIBES - Gorilla Tango Theatre
THE DREAMERS – Theatre Building Chicago
THE EXONERATED – Gorilla Tango Theatre
FAITH OFF – Gorilla Tango Theatre
NAUGHTIER AND NICE – New Millenium Theatre
FLORIDA DEVEREAUX DOES THE HOLIDAYS – Prop Thtr
GIFT OF THE MAGI - EverGreen Theatre Ensemble
HANDEL’S MESSIAH – Pick Staiger Concert Hall
HOLIDAY DIVAS! – Theatre and Interpretation Center at Northwestern University
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: LIVE AT THE BIOGRAPH – Victory Gardens Biograph Theater
LOW TONER: DECISION QUALITY – Gorilla Tango Theatre
MARK AND LAURA’S COUPLES ADVICE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL – Gorilla Tango
OH COWARD! – Writers’ Theatre
RUDOLPH THE RED HOSED REINDEER – Hell in a Handbag Productions
SHORT SHORTS – Annoyance Theatre
A SILENT NIGHT: GRANDMA GOT RUN OVER WITHOUT HEALTHCARE - Gorilla Tango
TAMING OF THE FLU - The Second City
TOWARDS THE SUN! - Gorilla Tango Theatre
A VERY MERRY UNAUTHORIZED CHILDREN’S SCIENTOLOGY PAGEANT – Next Theatre
THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS – City Lit Theater
show closings
BECOMING INGRID - Rubicon Theatre Project
DOOBY DOOBY MOO – Lifeline Theatre
AN EVENING WITH CHARLES BUSCH AND JULIE HALSTON - Victory Gardens
HOLES – Merle Reskin Theatre
HOLIDAY HOP - Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University
PHEDRA – New World Repertory Theater
RACHEL CORN AND THE SECRET SOCIETY – Corn Productions
ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD – Writers’ Theatre
Chicago theater openings/closings this week
show openings
1985 - The Factory Theater
All the Fame of Lofty Deeds - The House Theatre of Chicago
Becoming Ingrid - Rubicon Theatre Project
Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet - Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University
Cooperstown - Theatre Seven of Chicago
The David Bowie Hepzikat Funky Velvet Flarney Solstice Spectacular Live!…From Space (David Bowie’s 1977 Christmas Special Network Edit) - New Millenium Theatre
Democracy - Eclipse Theatre
G.I.F.T. - Collaboraction Theatre
Little Women - Circle Theatre
Macbeth - Dominican University Performing Arts Center
Mass – Northwestern University
Plaid Tidings - Noble Fool Theatricals
Spanish Strings - McAninch Arts Center
Stars in the Morning Sky - UIC Theatre
A Very Merry Unauthorized Children’s Scientology Pageant - A Red Orchid Theatre
show closings
As You Like It - Loyola University
The Black Duckling - Dream Theatre
Book of Days - EverGreen Theatre Ensemble
C’est La Vie - Light Opera Works
Dinner for Six - Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
The Fantasticks - Porchlight Music Theatre
Fedra: Queen of Haiti - Lookingglass Theatre
Graceland - Profiles Theatre
The Last Unicorn - Promethean Theatre
The Mercy Seat - Profiles Theatre
Pump Boys and Dinettes - Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
Spoon River Anthology - Saint Sebastian Players
A Streetcar Named Desire - Polarity Ensemble Theatre
Treasure Island - Lifeline Theatre
Two by Pinter - Piven Theatre Workshop
Chicago theater openings/closings this week
show openings
A You Like It - Loyola University
Burlesque Is More - Annoyance Theatre
Gossamer - Adventure Stage Chicago
High Holidays - Goodman Theatre
Horrible - Apollo Theatre
Murder in Green Meadows - Citadel Theatre
The Music Man - Rising Stars Theatre
Phedra - New World Repertory Theater
The Shape of Things - University of Chicago
Shootin’ the Shit with EJ and TJ - Annoyance Theatre
The Spectacular Comedy Spectacle - Theatre Building Chicago
When She Danced - TimeLine Theatre
Young Frankenstein - Cadillac Palace Theatre
show closings
An Apology for the Course and Outcome of Certain Events Delivered by Dr. John Faustus on His Final Evening - Theater Oobleck
Arsenic and Old Lace - Northwestern University
Bastards of Young - Tympanic Theatre
Calls to Blood - The New Colony
Cotton Patch Gospel - Provision Theater
Everyone’s Favorite Lobster - Gorilla Tango Theatre
Fake - Steppenwolf Theatre
The Flowers - About Face Theatre
The House on Mango Street - Steppenwolf Theatre
Kill the Old Torture Their Young - Steep Theatre
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Filament Theatre
Lettice and Lovage - Redtwist Theatre
Lucinda’s Bed - Chicago Dramatists
Night Watch - Jedlicka Performing Arts Center
Rhymes with Evil - InFusion Theatre
A Streetcar Named Desire - Polarity Ensemble Theatre
Yeast Nation (The Triumph of Life) - American Theater Company
List courtesy of The League of Chicago Theatres






