Events for December 2009
Results 1 - 10 of 11
Tuesday - December 1st
Theater / Theater Event
The Addams Family
Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre - 24 W. Randolph St. - Chicago (Loop)
Tony Award-winners Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth star as Gomez and Morticia in the pre-Broadway world premiere of the musical based on the bizarre family of characters created by cartoonist Charles Addams.
Theater / Theater Event
Young Frankenstein
Cadillac Palace Theatre - 151 W. Randolph St. - Chicago (Loop)
Tony Award-winners Roger Bart and Shuler Hensley recreate their Broadway roles as Dr. Frederick Frankenstein and The Monster respectively in Mel Brooks' and Thomas Meehan's adaptation of Brooks' classic film parody of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," in which a New York surgeon must face his family's...
Theater / Theater Event
A Christmas Carol
Goodman Theatre - 170 N. Dearborn St. - Chicago (Loop)
12 p.m.
Chicago actor Larry Yando recreates his role as Scrooge in Tom Creamer's stage adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge and the true meaning of Christmas.
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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."
Wednesday - December 2nd
Theater / Theater Event
Cirque du Soleil's Banana Shpeel
The Chicago Theatre - 175 N. State St. - Chicago (Loop)
A new production written and directed by David Shiner ("Kooza") is heavy on comedy and choreography, blending slapstick with such dance forms as tap and hip-hop.
Thursday - December 3rd
Theater / Theater Event
Carnival Nocturne
Chicago DCA Storefront Theater - 66 E. Randolph St. - Chicago (Loop)
In this original dark fable, a secret curse binds together performers in the underground world of a traveling carnival. Features live musical accompaniment and onstage circus arts.
Tuesday - December 8th
Theater / Theater Event
Christmas Spirits: I'm a Lawyer, Get Me Out of Here!
Merle Reskin Theatre - 60 E. Balbo Drive - Chicago (South Loop)
More than 60 singing and dancing attorneys, judges and law students (aided by a professional band in the orchestra pit) perform in The Chicago Bar Association's 86th annual satirical revue of local and national political celebrities and the year's noteworthy events.
Thursday - December 10th
Theater / Theater Event
AFTRA/SAG Senior Radio Players
Claudia Cassidy Theater at the Chicago Cultural Center - 77 E. Randolph St. - Chicago (Loop)
7 p.m. "It's a Wonderful Life"
See live performances of classic radio scripts by professional voice actors and sound effects artists.
Friday - December 11th
Theater / Theater Event
2009 New Stages Series
Goodman Theatre - 170 N. Dearborn St. - Chicago (Loop)
7 p.m. "Rain," by Regina Taylor
See staged readings of new works by established local and national playwrights including Pulitzer Prize-winner Nilo Cruz and Goodman Theatre artistic associate Regina Taylor.
Tuesday - December 15th
Theater / Theater Event
In the Heights
Cadillac Palace Theatre - 151 W. Randolph St. - Chicago (Loop)
The 2008 Tony Award-winner for best musical about three generations of hopes, dreams and music in New York's Washington Heights neighborhood.
