Events for December 2009
Results 1 - 10 of 142
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.
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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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A Christmas Carol
Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire - 10 Marriott Drive - Lincolnshire
A musical adaptation of the classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge and the true meaning of Christmas.
Theater / Theater Event
Mrs. Claus
Beverly Arts Center of Chicago - 2407 W. 111th St. - Chicago (Beverly/Mt Greenwood)
A list of good boys and girls, belonging to Mrs. Claus and Santa, goes missing in this musical story for kids.
Events / Theater Event
Monodogs of War: Rebooted
Holiday Club - 4000 N. Sheridan Rd. - Chicago (Uptown)
6:30 p.m.
Actors and writers pair up backstage for 35 minutes. The result? Monologues that include prompts drawn from a hat. Works are then performed for the audience, with prizes for the winners.
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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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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Writers' Theatre - 325 Tudor Ct. - Glencoe
In Tom Stoppard's 1966 tragicomedy, the disloyal courtier-spies declared dead in the fifth act of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" return to star in the story as told from their confused existential perspective.
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Oh Coward!
Writers' Theatre - 664 Vernon Ave. - Glencoe
A musical comedy revue features songs, scenes and quips by humorous British playwright Noel Coward.
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Souvenir
Northlight Theatre - 9501 Skokie Blvd - Skokie
A musical comedy based on the true story of Florence Foster-Jenkins, an ambitious New York socialite who performed at Carnegie Hall despite her complete lack of talent, as seen through the eyes of her beloved accompanist.
