Events for October 7th, 2008
Results 1 - 10 of 22
Tuesday - October 7th
Theater / Theater Event
Carpenters' Halloween
Mary's Attic - 5400 N. Clark St. - Chicago (Andersonville)
Local cabaret duo Scott Bradley and Jonny Stax perform a campy musical tribute to the 1978 John Carpenter slasher film, "Halloween," set to music by Karen and Richard Carpenter.
Theater / Theater Event
Dirty Dancing--The Classic Story on Stage
Cadillac Palace Theatre - 151 W. Randolph St. - Chicago (Loop)
The Broadway touring production of the classic musical film (both written by Eleanor Bergstein) about a privileged girl who falls in love with a male professional dancer from the wrong side of the tracks.
Theater / Theater Event
Free Night of Theater
Various locations - Chicago - Chicago
As part of a nationwide campaign, theaters offer free tickets to current shows. The only stipulations are that you pick a theatre you haven’t attended previously and you are limited to two tickets. New blocks of tickets go on sale each Tuesday.
Theater / Theater Event
Kafka on the Shore
Steppenwolf Theatre Company - 1650 N. Halsted St. - Chicago (Sheffield/De Paul)
Tony Award-winner Frank Galati adapts and directs directs Haruki Murakami's novel comparing a young boy's coming of age with an old man's search for destiny in modern day Japan.
Theater / Theater Event
Eurydice
Victory Gardens Biograph Theater - 2433 N. Lincoln Ave. - Chicago (Sheffield/De Paul)
7:30 p.m. preview
In this modern retelling of the classic Greek myth by Evanston native and Pulitzer Prize-nominee Sarah Ruhl ("A Clean House"), Eurydice's wedding plans to her true love Orpheus go awry when she sets off after a man bearing a letter from her dead father and ends up in the underworld.
Theater / Theater Event
Men of Tortuga
Profiles Theatre - 4147 N. Broadway - Chicago (Uptown)
In an undisclosed location, three men scheme with a weapons specialist to eliminate the opposition in this dark comedy of negotiation, conspiracy and assassination by Jason Wells ("Perfect Mendacity").
Events / Tours and Vacation
'Behind the Emerald Curtain' tour
Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre - 24 W. Randolph St. - Chicago (Loop)
Get a behind the scenes peek at "Wicked" with costumes and props from the show, a model of the set, film footage about the musical and a discussion with cast members.
Theater / Theater Event
Jersey Boys
Bank of America Theatre - 18 W. Monroe St. - Chicago (Loop)
The 2006 Tony Award-winning Best Musical about four blue-collar kids who gained pop stardom as The Four Seasons. Features "Sherry," "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Rag Doll," "Oh What a Night" and "Can't Take My Eyes Off You."
Theater / Theater Event
Million Dollar Quartet
Goodman Theatre - 170 N. Dearborn St. - Chicago (Loop)
This musical recreates a legendary, impromptu 1956 Sun Records recording session featuring Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis and includes the hit songs "Blue Suede Shoes," "My Baby," "16 Tons" and more.
Theater / Theater Event
Continental Divide: Mothers Against & Daughters of the Revolution
Pegasus Players - 1145 W. Wilson Ave. - Chicago (Uptown)
8 p.m. "Daughters of the Revolution" preview
This humorous and dramatic two-play cycle by Tony Award-winner David Edgar ("The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby") follows a gubernatorial election from two points of view.
