Events for November 26th, 2009
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Thursday - November 26th
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Thoroughly Modern Millie
Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace - 100 Drury Lane - Oakbrook Terrace
A Tony Award-winning musical about a small-town, marriage-minded girl who moves to New York and becomes a flapper. Problems arise when she checks into a hotel with an unscrupulous proprietress who runs a white-slavery ring.
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The Christmas Schooner
Theatre at the Center - 1040 Ridge Rd. - Munster
A musical tale of pioneer families overcoming hardships to celebrate the Christmas spirit.
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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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The Mystery of Irma Vep
Court Theatre - 5535 S. Ellis Ave. - Chicago (Hyde Park/University Of Chicago)
Two actors portray multiple characters in the late New York playwright Charles Ludlam's fast-paced, campy satire of gothic horror and Victorian "penny dreadful" melodramas.
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Graceland
National Pastime Theater - 4139 N. Broadway - Chicago (Uptown)
After three extensions to the original run, Profiles Theatre moves their production of local playwright Ellen Fairey's world premiere dramedy--the tale of four lonely Chicagoans who must face the interconnected consequences of their poor decisions during the weekend of the Air and Water Show--to...
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Summer People
The Gift Theatre - 4802 N. Milwaukee Ave. - Chicago (Jefferson Park)
A world premiere drama by ensemble member Jenny Connell about a family whose summer routine at the sea is threatened by divorce on the horizon, a daughter on the brink of sexual awakening and a veteran of the current war keeping watch from across the bay.
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Lunatic(a)s
Chicago Dramatists - 1105 W. Chicago Ave. - Chicago (River West)
All-Latina company Teatro Luna performs dramatic, comic and musical stories related to the moon, based on true-life tales. Performed in English with a sprinkling of Spanish.
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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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Plaid Tidings
The Noble Fool Theater at Pheasant Run Resort & Spa - 4051 E. Main St. - St. Charles
The "Forever Plaid" group returns from heaven to bring a little harmony to the world for the holidays with songs from the '30s, '40s and '50s and a comedic tribute to Ed Sullivan's Christmas shows.
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The Mercy Seat
Profiles Theatre - 4147 N. Broadway - Chicago (Uptown)
In the Midwest premiere of a drama by Neil LaBute ("In a Dark Dark House"), a New York couple explores their relationship and the opportunities they perceive in the immediate aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 tragedy.
