Events for September 6th, 2008
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Saturday - September 6th
Theater / Theater Event
The Perfect Wave
The Annoyance Theatre - 4830 N. Broadway - Chicago (Uptown)
In this dark, surf rock musical satire, a band of surfers must win a contest to buy a popular local beach after a real estate conglomerate threatens to purchase and privatize the waterfront rights.
Theater / Theater Event
Dr. Egg and the Man with No Ear
Redmoon Central - 1463 W. Hubbard St. - Chicago (West Town)
8 p.m.
A young girl gets more than she bargained for when she seeks out a mysterious doctor to help her father grow back an ear he lost in a fight with a terrier.
Theater / Theater Event
The People's Temple
American Theater Company - 1909 W. Byron St. - Chicago
3 p.m. preview and 8 p.m. preview
The Chicago premiere of a drama about the rise and fall of the interracial religious group led by charismatic leader Jim Jones.
Theater / Theater Event
Weekend
TimeLine Theatre - 615 W. Wellington Ave. - Chicago
The Chicago premiere of Gore Vidal's comedy, set during the 1968 presidential campaign, in which a Republican senator's plans to announce his candidacy are thwarted by a shocking--and potentially damaging--announcement from his son.
Theater / Theater Event
On an Average Day
Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater - 2257 N. Lincoln Ave. - Chicago (Lincoln Park)
In this dark comedy and psychological drama by John Kolvenbach ("Love Song"), the relationship between two brothers--one tightly controlled, the other, unravelling--comes to a head when one arrives home after a long absence.
Theater / Theater Event
Heroes and Villains
Theatre Building Chicago - 1225 W. Belmont Ave. - Chicago (Lakeview)
Collaboraction artistic director Anthony Moseley directs a world premiere dramedy by playwright Daniel Janoff about an unassuming salon and saloon owner who has the entire town convinced he's a superhero and the skeptical woman who sets out to prove he's a fraud.
Theater / Theater Event
Weekend
TimeLine Theatre - 615 W. Wellington Ave. - Chicago
The Chicago premiere of Gore Vidal's comedy, set during the 1968 presidential campaign, in which a Republican senator's plans to announce his candidacy are thwarted by a shocking--and potentially damaging--announcement from his son.
Theater / Theater Event
Fake Lake
Welles Park - 2333 W. Sunnyside Ave. - Chicago (Lincoln Square)
In this site-specific dramedy based on true events, a group of strangers get more than they bargain for when they take a trip to an ecologically suspect man-made beach. Performed in and around the pool.
Theater / Theater Event
bobrauschenbergamerica
Gorilla Tango Theatre - 1919 N. Milwaukee Ave. - Chicago (Bucktown/Wicker Park)
This tribute to the late collage artist Robert Rauschenberg by Charles L. Mee ("Big Love") features comedic and melodramatic vignettes and monologues about truckers, the homeless, romantic problems and other facets of American life, hosted by a roller skating mistress of ceremonies.
Theater / Theater Event
The People's Temple
American Theater Company - 1909 W. Byron St. - Chicago
3 p.m. preview and 8 p.m. preview
The Chicago premiere of a drama about the rise and fall of the interracial religious group led by charismatic leader Jim Jones.
