Events for November 22nd, 2008
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Saturday - November 22nd
Music / Rock
Jason Mraz
Aragon Ballroom - 1106 W. Lawrence Ave. - Chicago (Uptown)
7:30 p.m. SOLD OUT
Lisa Hannigan.
Theater / Theater Event
The David Bowie Hepzikat Velvet Flarney Solstice Spectacular…Live From Space! (David Bowie's Christmas Special 1977 Network Edit)
National Pastime Theater - 4139 N. Broadway - Chicago (Uptown)
Characters portraying Mick Jagger, Annie Lennox, Iggy Pop, Marianne Faithfull, Nipsey Russell, Charo, the ghost of Freddie Mercury and yes, David Bowie appear in a fictional '70s TV-style Christmas special.
Theater / Comedy
Skinprov
The Annoyance Theatre - 4830 N. Broadway - Chicago (Uptown)
A shirtless, all-male troupe performs a racy improv set.
Theater / Theater Event
The Other Cinderella
Black Ensemble Theater - 4520 N. Beacon St. - Chicago (Uptown)
Black Ensemble Theatre remounts an updated version of its 1976 debut production, Jackie Taylor's urban musical adaptation of the classic fairytale, in which a "fairy godmama" arrives from Jamaica to help the housing project-dwelling heroine.
Theater / Theater Event
The Thugs
Profiles Theatre - 4147 N. Broadway - Chicago (Uptown)
Adam Bock's Obie Award-winning dark comedy about a group of temps at a law firm who attempt to discover the secrets lurking in the hidden crevices of their workplace.
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").
Theater / Theater Event
Laughing in the Face of Death
The Annoyance Theatre - 4830 N. Broadway - Chicago (Uptown)
Annoyance founding member Susan Messing directs this comic onslaught of unsympathetic characters who meet their untimely ends after making stupid choices.
Theater / Theater Event
Frostbite
The Annoyance Theatre - 4830 N. Broadway - Chicago (Uptown)
A comedy cross between "Frankenstein" and "Frosty" in which a scientist creates a snowman to take the place of his late wife, but the snowman goes on a zombie-like rampage which "reveals" the origins of holiday customs including caroling, tree decorations and fruitcake.
Music / Jazz
Theater / Theater Event
Memphis Soul (The Story of Stax Records)
Black Ensemble Theater - 4520 N. Beacon St. - Chicago (Uptown)
Jackie Taylor directs David Barr's new musical about the work of Johnny Taylor, the Staple Singers, Rufus Thomas and other soul artists.
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