Events for December 11th, 2009
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Friday - December 11th
Theater / Theater Event
Walk of Shame
Victory Gardens Biograph Theater - 2433 N. Lincoln Ave. - Chicago (Sheffield/De Paul)
10:30 p.m. queer storytellers
Hear funny, true stories from members of the New Colony theater group and special guests, who air their most embarrassing moments.
Bars & Clubs / Bar/Club Event
Temperature Special
Zella - 1983 N. Clybourn Ave. - Chicago (Lincoln Park)
Bring a canned food donation to the bar through Sunday and you’ll qualify for temperature-driven burger and sandwich prices.
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
Rudolph, the Red-Hosed Reindeer
Mary's Attic - 5400 N. Clark St. - Chicago (Andersonville)
A campy musical parody of the classic tale features a cross-dressing reindeer.
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.
Music / Jazz
McCoy Tyner and the Chicago Jazz Orchestra
Symphony Center - 220 S. Michigan Ave. - Chicago (Grant Park Museums)
8 p.m.
Events / Community Event
Caroling at Cloud Gate
Millennium Park - 201 E. Randolph St. - Chicago (Grant Park Museums)
6 p.m. Old Town School of Folk Music
Hold a candle and watch it flicker on the surface of the Bean during 50 minute holiday sing-alongs featuring a different choral group each week.
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.
Music / Rock
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.
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