Events for December 2009
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Wednesday - December 9th
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
Icarus
Lookingglass Theatre in the Water Tower Water Works - 821 N. Michigan Ave. - Chicago (Magnificent Mile)
A world premiere adaptation of the Greek myth about the father who cautions his son not to fly too close to the sun blends folklore, scientific theory, visual metaphor, songs and aerial choreography.
Sunday - December 13th
Theater / Theater Event
Peter Gallagher: Don't Give Up On Me
Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place - 175 E. Chestnut St. - Chicago (Gold Coast)
7 p.m.
Broadway, film and TV actor Gallagher (as seen in "American Beauty" as "King of Real Estate" Buddy Kane and as public defender Sandy Cohen on Fox TV's "The O.C.") performs his solo musical.
Wednesday - December 23rd
Theater / Theater Event
George Gershwin Alone
Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place - 175 E. Chestnut St. - Chicago (Gold Coast)
7:30 p.m.
Actor-pianist Hershey Felder ("Monsieur Chopin") performs his dramatization of the life and work of the legendary American composer.
Thursday - December 31st
Theater / Theater Event
Hershey Felder's The Great American Song Book Sing-A-Long
Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place - 175 E. Chestnut St. - Chicago (Gold Coast)
7 p.m. and 10 p.m.
Actor-concert pianist Hershey Felder ("George Gershwin Alone") performs classic songs by Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Cole Porter Rodgers and Hammerstein and others, peppered with anecdotes about the composers and their inspirations.
