Category: Opening-Closing This Week

Show closings – last chance to catch ‘em!

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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 ★★★)

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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 HusbandColumbia College at Getz Theatre

Little Women: The Musical - Loyola University Chicago

Los Nogales - Millenium Park and Teatro VistaTheatre 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

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Show closings – last chance to see them!

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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

 

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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.

       
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Openings-closings this week

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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

 

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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.

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Shows Opening/Closing this week

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Show Openings

 

“Master Harold”…and the Boys

TimeLine Theatre

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 

 

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Show Closings

 

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

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Chicago Theater Openings and Closings this week

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Show Openings

The (edward) Hopper Project - The Storefront Theatre

24 Hour Project - Infamous Commonwealth Theatre

Annie - Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University

The Artist needs a Wife - the side project

I Hate Hamlet - Big Noise Theatre

Killer Joe - Profiles Theatre

Kink - Annoyance Theatre

Mamma Mia! - Rosemont Theatre

Mary’s Wedding - Rivendell Theatre Ensemble

The Original Improv Gladiators - Corn Productions

Out of Order - Metropolis Performing Arts Centre

The Prisoner of Second Avenue - Citadel Theatre

Private Lives - Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Sleeping Beauty - Winnetka Theatre

Some Paradise - Annoyance Theatre

Too Hot to Handel - Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University

The Wedding - TUTA Theatre Chicago

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Show Closings 

Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival - Chicago SketchFest

Death of a Salesman - Raven Theatre

It Came Upon a Midnight Queen - Chemically Imbalanced Theater

A Look Through Our Eyes - Gorilla Tango Theatre

Sketch and Sniff - Gorilla Tango Theatre

Sublime Beauty of Hands and Klown Kantos - Next Theatre and Theatre Zarko

A Very Merry Unauthorized Children’s Scientolgy Pageant - A Red Orchid Theatre

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Theater openings and closings this week in Chicago

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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

 

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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

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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

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THE D-CUP DIATRIBES - Gorilla Tango Theatre

THE DREAMERSTheatre Building Chicago

THE EXONERATEDGorilla Tango Theatre

FAITH OFFGorilla Tango Theatre

NAUGHTIER AND NICENew Millenium Theatre

FLORIDA DEVEREAUX DOES THE HOLIDAYSProp 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 BIOGRAPHVictory Gardens Biograph Theater

LOW TONER: DECISION QUALITYGorilla Tango Theatre

MARK AND LAURA’S COUPLES ADVICE CHRISTMAS SPECIALGorilla Tango

OH COWARD!Writers’ Theatre

RUDOLPH THE RED HOSED REINDEERHell in a Handbag Productions

SHORT SHORTSAnnoyance 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 PAGEANTNext Theatre

THE WIND IN THE WILLOWSCity Lit Theater

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BECOMING INGRID - Rubicon Theatre Project 

DOOBY DOOBY MOOLifeline Theatre 

AN EVENING WITH CHARLES BUSCH AND JULIE HALSTON - Victory Gardens

HOLESMerle Reskin Theatre

HOLIDAY HOP - Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University

PHEDRANew World Repertory Theater

RACHEL CORN AND THE SECRET SOCIETYCorn Productions

ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEADWriters’ Theatre

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Chicago theater openings/closings this week

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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

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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

 

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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

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Chicago theater openings/closings this week

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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

 

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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 

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Chicago theater openings/closings this week

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Bury the Dead

O’Malley Theatre

Boolesque Review - Piccolo Theatre 

Dave Rudolf Halloween Spooktacular – Center for Performing Arts – GSU

End Days - Next Theatre 

Fulcrum Point Plugged In - Evanston SPACE

Hard Headed Heart - Victory Gardens Biograph Theater

Little Shop of Horors - Beverly Theatre Guild

The Song Show - Gorilla Tango Theatre 

The Walworth Face - Chicago Shakespeare Theater

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12 Ophelias - Trap Door Theatre 

Anna in the Darkness: The Basement - Dream Theatre 

Anton in Show Business - Theatre Building Chicago 

Black Comedy - Piccolo Theatre

Bucket of Blood - Annoyance Theatre

The Castle of Otranto - First Folio Theatre 

Death Toll Cornservatory

Disturbed - Oracle Productions 

The Dreamers - Apollo Theatre 

The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity - Victory Gardens Biograph Theater 

Erendira - Aguijon Theater 

Fear - The Neo-Futurists 

The Flaming Dames in Vamp II - New Millenium Theatre

Frankenstein - The Hypocrites 

Journey to the Center of the Uterus - Greenhouse Theater Center 

Lights Out Alma - Annoyance Theatre

Macabaret - Porchlight Music Theatre 

The Magic Ofrenda - Metropolis Performing Arts Centre 

Married Alive! - Noble Fool Theatricals 

Mistakes Were Made - A Red Orchid Theatre 

Mouse in a Jar - Red Tape Theatre 

Nightmares on Lincoln Ave. Cornservatory 

Plans 1 Through 8 from Outer Space - New Millenium Theatre 

Salem! The Musical - Annoyance Theatre 

Scared Stiff - Chemically Imbalanced Theater 

Silk Road Cabaret - Silk Road Theatre Project 

Sleepy Hollow - Theatre-Hikes 

Splatter Theater - Annoyance Theatre 

St. Crispin’s Day - Strawdog Theatre 

 

List courtesy of the League of Chicago Theatres 

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Chicago theater openings/closings this week

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Abrose Bierce: Tales and Times - Lincoln Square Theatre

Arsenic and Old Lace - Northwestern University

Book of Days - EverGreen Theatre Ensemble

Death Toll - Corn Productions

Estranged Men at Seven - Gorilla Tango Theatre

The Flowers - About Face Theatre

Frankenstein - The Hypocrites

Holes - Merle Reskin Theatre

Hunchback - Redmoon Theater

Macabaret - Porchlight Music Theatre

The Magic Ofrenda - Metropolis Performing Arts Centre

Silk Road Cabaret - Silk Road Theatre Project

Spoon River Anthology - Saint Sebastian Players

These Shining Lives - Rivendell Theatre Ensemble

 

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show closings

Alice in Wonderland - Metropolis Performing Arts Centre

American Psyche or a Breath of Fresh Care - Gorilla Tango Theatre 

Animal Cracker - Goodman Theatre    (our review here)

The Last (and Therefore Best) Comedy Show on Earth - Gorilla Tango Theatre

The Marvelous Wonderettes - Northlight Theatre

 

openings/closings list courtesy of League of Chicago Theatres

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