Events for December 2009
Results 1 - 10 of 31
Tuesday - December 1st
Theater / Theater Event
Beethoven, As I Knew Him
Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place - 175 E. Chestnut St. - Chicago (Gold Coast)
Actor-pianist Hershey Felder ("George Gershwin Alone") celebrates the life and work of Ludwig von Beethoven in a dramatization based on a true story as seen through the eyes of the composer's frequent companion during the last two years of his life.
Theater / Theater Event
Ricky Jay: A Rogue's Gallery
Royal George Theatre Center - 1641 N. Halsted St. - Chicago (Sheffield/De Paul)
8 p.m.
The sleight-of-hand artist discusses his career and performs interactive illusions. Pulitzer Prize-winner David Mamet directs.
Wednesday - December 2nd
Theater / Theater Event
A Nutty Nutcracker Christmas
Apollo Theater - 2540 N. Lincoln Ave. - Chicago (Sheffield/De Paul)
10:15 a.m.
An adaptation of E.T.A. Hoffman's classic holiday tale by Ralph Covert ("Ralph's World") and Jeff Award-winner G. Riley Mills.
Theater / Theater Event
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.
Theater / Theater Event
The Snow Queen
Victory Gardens Biograph Theater - 2433 N. Lincoln Ave. - Chicago (Sheffield/De Paul)
Jim Corti directs a revival of the 2006 musical adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale about children lost in a winter wonderland, with a script by Michael Smith ("Hello Dali: From the Sublime to the Surreal").
Thursday - December 3rd
Theater / Theater Event
American Buffalo
Steppenwolf Theatre Company - 1650 N. Halsted St. - Chicago (Sheffield/De Paul)
Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy Letts ("August: Osage County") stars in David Mamet's drama about three small-time crooks in a rundown Chicago junk shop who plot to steal a valuable buffalo nickel. Francis Guinan also stars.
Theater / Theater Event
Late Nite Catechism
Royal George Theatre Center - 1641 N. Halsted St. - Chicago (Sheffield/De Paul)
A humorous interactive play about a catechism class and the jovial nun who leads it.
Theater / Theater Event
Democracy
The Greenhouse Theater Center - 2257 N. Lincoln Ave. - Chicago (Lincoln Park)
In this dramedy by Obie Award-winner Romulus Linney, set in Washington D.C. during the Ulysses S. Grant political scandals, two beautiful women must decide whether to marry two dashing men, knowing they will also marry what their men believe about America, religion, truth and success.
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Cooperstown
The Greenhouse Theater Center - 2257 N. Lincoln Ave. - Chicago (Lincoln Park)
A new historical drama by artistic director Brian Golden, set in 1962, tells the fictional story of an African-American diner employee and his sister, whose dreams collide with Civil Rights issues on the eve of Jackie Robinson's induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Events / Theater Event
It's a Wonderful Life: Live at the Biograph!
Victory Gardens Biograph Theater - 2433 N. Lincoln Ave. - Chicago (Sheffield/De Paul)
An adaptation of Frank Capra's holiday film of the same title is performed as a radio show with live music and Foley sound effects.
