Events for November 20th, 2008
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Thursday - November 20th
Events / Fair/Festival
26th Annual Tree of Lights Ceremony
John Hancock Building and Observatory - 875 N. Michigan Ave. - Chicago (Magnificent Mile)
4:45 p.m. - 6 p.m.
WMAQ-Ch. 5 newsman Art Norman hosts as the Salvation Army illuminates the enormous Michigan Avenue tannenbaum. Also features live entertainment and guest speakers.
Theater / Theater Event
The Snow Queen
Victory Gardens Biograph Theater - 2433 N. Lincoln Ave. - Chicago (Sheffield/De Paul)
6 p.m. Free open rehearsal with post-show pizza, wine and soft drink reception courtesy of Zig Zag Cafe
Tony Award-winner Frank Galati directs a revival of the 2006 world premiere, musical adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale about kids lost in a winter wonderland. Penned by Michael Smith ("Hello Dali: From the Sublime to the Surreal").
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The Ox-Herder's Tale
Museum of Contemporary Art - 220 E. Chicago Ave. - Chicago (Gold Coast)
7:30 p.m.
Blair Thomas & Company blend Japanese bunraku puppetry, stilt dancing, contemporary clowning and live percussion accompaniment in a modern epic retelling of a Zen-Buddhist tale about a man who searches for a bull to capture, tame, and ride home on a journey of enlightenment.
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A Very Neo-Futurist Christmas Carol
The Neo-Futurarium - 5153 N. Ashland Ave. - Chicago (Ravenswood)
8 p.m. preview
A character portraying the Grim Reaper hosts a re-telling of Dickens' tale of Ebenezer Scrooge and the meaning of Christmas, performed as vignettes at various locations throughout the theater.
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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.
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Dublin Carol
Steppenwolf Theatre Company - 1650 N. Halsted St. - Chicago (Sheffield/De Paul)
William Petersen (star and executive producer of CBS-TV's "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation") portrays an alcoholic funeral home employee whose estranged daughter arrives on Christmas Eve with news that the wife he abandoned is dying and wants to see him.
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Cut to the Quick
The Side Project Theatre - 1439 W. Jarvis Ave. - Chicago (Rogers Park)
A rotating roster of short plays by local and national playwrights Sean Graney, Brett Neveu, Laura Jacqmin, Phiip Dawkins, Robert Tenges, John Garces, Laurel Haines, Brian Golden, Aaron Carter, Mark Young and others.
Theater / Theater Event
Ruined
Goodman Theatre - 170 N. Dearborn St. - Chicago (Loop)
A drama by Lynn Nottage ("Crumbs from the Table of Joy") about a savvy businesswoman who runs a brothel in the Democratic Republic of the Congo amidst the ongoing civil war.
Theater / Theater Event
Tester
The Viaduct - 3111 N. Western Ave. - Chicago
In this hard-boiled drama by local playwright Jennifer Dobby, a woman trapped in a dysfunctional family must deal with an errant husband and invalid brother while pursuing a career as a cosmetologist.
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The Screwtape Letters
Mercury Theatre - 3745 N. Southport Ave. - Chicago (Lakeview)
A new adaptation of C.S. Lewis' darkly comic novel of the same title, in which human faith and virtue fall prey to the manipulations of devils who, from their office workplace in hell, teach an apprentice demon how to undermine a young man’s recent conversion to Christianity.
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