Events for July 24th, 2008
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Thursday - July 24th
Theater / Theater Event
Superior Donuts
Steppenwolf Theatre Company - 1650 N. Halsted St. - Chicago (Sheffield/De Paul)
A world premiere comedy by Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy Letts, in which an older Polish man who owns a decrepit Uptown bakery clashes with his only employee, an African-American teenager who wants to upgrade the shop.
Theater / Theater Event
Dead Man's Cell Phone
Steppenwolf Theatre Company - 1650 N. Halsted St. - Chicago (Sheffield/De Paul)
A lonely woman answers a dead stranger's cell phone and unwittingly becomes the guardian of his memory in a dramedy by Pulitzer Prize finalist Sarah Ruhl ("The Clean House").
Theater / Comedy
No Country for Old White Men
The Second City - 1616 N. Wells St. - Chicago (Lincoln Park)
The 95th sketch comedy revue takes a look at YouTube shenanigans, a visit by the British House of Commons, sweet soul food, girl power and other topics related to the current presidential race.
Theater / Comedy
Campaign Supernova! or How Many Democrats Does it Take to Lose an Election?
The Second City e.t.c. - 1608 N. Wells St. - Chicago (Old Town)
The Second City e.t.c.'s 31st revue explores what happens when you take two political parties and divide them by three candidates during a presidential election year.
Theater / Theater Event
Plaza Suite
Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater - 2257 N. Lincoln Ave. - Chicago (Lincoln Park)
The classic comedy by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winner Neil Simon depicts the misadventures of three very different couples as they face life-changing situations at New York's Plaza Hotel.
Theater / Theater Event
Gutenberg! The Musical!
Royal George Theatre Center - 1641 N. Halsted St. - Chicago (Sheffield/De Paul)
In this humorous, two-man play-within-a-play, aspiring writers pitch a big, splashy musical about printing press inventor Johann Gutenberg, the evil monk who tries to stop him and the beautiful woman who loves him.
Theater / Theater Event
Perfect Mendacity
Steppenwolf Theatre Company - 1650 N. Halsted St. - Chicago (Sheffield/De Paul)
8 p.m.
A new suspense thriller about government-sanctioned discrimination by Jason Wells.
Restaurants / Dining Event
Thursday Summer Series
Landmark - 1633 N. Halsted St. - Chicago (Sheffield/De Paul)
Includes a complimentary "small bites" menu from 7-9 p.m.


