Events for November 20th, 2008
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Thursday - November 20th
Leisure / Recreation Event
Millennium Park Ice Skating
McCormick Tribune Ice Rink at Millennium Park - 55 N. Michigan Ave. - Chicago (Grant Park Museums)
Warm up with a few rounds on the outdoor rink.
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").
Theater / Theater Event
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.
Theater / Theater Event
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.
Events / Community Event
Macy's Holiday Windows
Macy's - 111 N. State St. - Chicago (Loop)
The annual display offers passersby a peek at the creation and decoration of the great tree in Macy's Walnut Room.
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.
Music / Rhythm & Blues
John Legend
The Chicago Theatre - 175 N. State St. - Chicago (Loop)
7:30 p.m. SOLD OUT
Raphael Saadiq.
Theater / Theater Event
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.
Events / Community Event
'Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!'
Chase Auditorium - 10 S. Dearborn St. - Chicago (Loop)
Attend a live taping of NPR's humorous news quiz show with host Peter Sagal, scorekeeper Carl Kasell and a repertoire of guest panelists.
Theater / Theater Event
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.
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