Events for January 7th, 2009
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Wednesday - January 7th
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.
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The Seafarer
Steppenwolf Theatre Company - 1650 N. Halsted St. - Chicago (Sheffield/De Paul)
John Mahoney stars in this dark comedy by Irish playwright Conor McPherson.
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Grease
Auditorium Theatre - 50 E. Congress Pkwy. - Chicago (South Loop)
7:30 p.m.
"American Idol" Season Five winner Taylor Hicks stars as Teen Angel in the classic rock 'n' roll musical about the troubled high-school romance between a straight-laced girl and a rowdy greaser. Broadway actors Emily Padgett and Eric Schneider portray Sandy and Danny respectively and Allie Schulz,...
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Don't Dress for Dinner
Royal George Theatre Center - 1641 N. Halsted St. - Chicago (Sheffield/De Paul)
Jeffrey Donovan (from USA-TV's "Burn Notice") stars in a comedy of errors by Marc Camoletti ("Boeing-Boeing") in which a husband's attempt at a cozy weekend with his mistress, while his wife is out of town, goes awry.
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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."
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Million Dollar Quartet
Apollo Theater - 2540 N. Lincoln Ave. - Chicago (Sheffield/De Paul)
This musical--which moves to the Apollo directly from a run at Goodman Theatre--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.
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Wicked
Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre - 24 W. Randolph St. - Chicago (Loop)
The Tony Award-winning musical's Chicago run continues with Dee Roscioli (Elphaba) and Annaleigh Ashford (Glinda). The story follows the odyssey of two unlikely friends in the Land of Oz: the fiery Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch.
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Macbeth
Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier - 800 E. Grand Ave. - Chicago (Streeterville)
7:30 p.m. preview
Ben Carlson recreates his 2006 Jeff Award-winning role as the title character in Shakespeare's tragic story of a king's bloody rise to power and his wife's descent into madness.
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These Shining Lives
Raven Theatre - 6157 N. Clark St. - Chicago
7:30 p.m.
The Midwest premiere of a drama based on true events by Melanie Marnich ("Tallgrass Gothic"), which chronicles a 10-year span in the lives of four young women during WWII who discover that their well-paying factory jobs put them at risk for toxic levels of radiation.
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Mixing It Up
Gorilla Tango Theatre - 1919 N. Milwaukee Ave. - Chicago (Bucktown/Wicker Park)
7:30 p.m.
The mother and daughter team of Marilyn Campbell and Maria Merrin perform their humorous and poignant solo show about the struggles and joys of mixing the races, feminism and single motherhood.
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