Theater Event Listings

2009 Winter Pageant

Redmoon Central - 1463 W. Hubbard St. - Chicago (West Town)

Redmoon Theater remounts its annual spectacle featuring seven masked characters who journey through changing landscapes that represent the four...

Saturdays : 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. (ends December 27)
Sundays : 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. (ends December 27)

Supernatural Chicago

Excalibur - 632 N. Dearborn St. - Chicago (River North)

Explore Chicago's allegedly paranormal past during this interactive one-man show starring necromancer Neil Tobin.

Fridays : 7:30 p.m.

Bear Down!

Fizz Bar & Grill - 3220 N. Lincoln Ave. - Chicago (Lakeview)

A new comedy in which a group of diehard football fans gear up for a winning year--fueled by visits from the ghosts of former Chicago Bears...

Wednesdays : 8 p.m. (ends December 16)

The Addams Family

Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre - 24 W. Randolph St. - Chicago (Loop)

Tony Award-winners Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth star as Gomez and Morticia in the pre-Broadway world premiere of the musical based on the bizarre...

Sundays : 2 p.m. (ends January 10)
Wednesdays and Thursdays : 7:30 p.m. (ends January 10)

Cirque du Soleil's Banana Shpeel

The Chicago Theatre - 175 N. State St. - Chicago (Loop)

A new production written and directed by David Shiner ("Kooza") is heavy on comedy and choreography, blending slapstick with such dance forms as tap...

Sundays : 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. (ends January 3)
Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays : 8 p.m. (ends January 3)

A Christmas Carol

Goodman Theatre - 170 N. Dearborn St. - Chicago (Loop)

Chicago actor Larry Yando recreates his role as Scrooge in Tom Creamer's stage adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge and...

Saturdays : 8 p.m. (ends December 30)
Fridays : 8 p.m. (ends December 18)

American Buffalo

Steppenwolf Theatre Company - 1650 N. Halsted St. - Chicago (Sheffield/De Paul)

Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy Letts ("August: Osage County") stars in David Mamet's drama about three small-time crooks in a rundown Chicago junk shop...

Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays : 7:30 p.m. (December 3 through February 7)
Sundays and Saturdays : 3 p.m. (December 3 through February 7)

Dance Chicago 2009

Various locations - Chicago - Chicago

The 15th annual festival features hip-hop, ballet, tap, Latin, jazz, urban, ethnic and contemporary dance performed by 130 companies at four area...

November 28
December 12

Blue Man Group

Briar Street Theatre - 3133 N. Halsted St. - Chicago

This long-running and constantly evolving hit show combines performance art and slapstick comedy into a unique theatrical event.

Saturdays : 10 p.m.
Sundays and Saturdays : 4 p.m.

The Radio City Christmas Spectacular

Rosemont Theatre - 5400 N. River Rd. - Rosemont

Catch the high-kicking New York dance troupe along with dancing teddy bears, animated wooden soldiers, shimmying snowmen and flying reindeer.