Events for December 12th, 2009
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Saturday - December 12th
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Second City 50th Anniversary Panel
The Second City - 1616 N. Wells St. - Chicago (Lincoln Park)
10 a.m. SOLD OUT: "The Colbert Report" writers Peter Grosz and Peter Gwinn and co-executive producer Tom Purcell, 11:30 a.m. SOLD OUT: "SCTV," with Martin Short, Andrea Martin, Eugene Levy, Joe Flaherty, Catherine O'Hara and Dave Thomas, 1 p.m. SOLD OUT: "Voices of Diversity at The Second City," with Aaron Freeman, Keegan Michael Key of "MAD TV" and "Gary Unmarried", Angela Shelton and Frances Callier of "Frangela," Suzy Nakamura of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and "The West Wing" and others, and 2:30 p.m. SOLD OUT: "Second City and the State of the Sitcom," with "30 Rock" cast members Scott Adsit and Jack McBrayer, "The Wizards of Waverly Place" executive producer Peter Murrieta and others
Alumni discuss their experiences and careers during and after their tenure with The Second City.
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2009 Winter Pageant
Redmoon Central - 1463 W. Hubbard St. - Chicago (West Town)
Redmoon Theater remounts its annual spectacle featuring seven masked characters who journey through changing landscapes that represent the four seasons. Expect large scale sets, puppets and songs.
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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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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.
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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.
Events / Theater Event
Second City 50th Anniversary Panel: Donny's Skybox
Donny's Skybox Theatre - 1608 N. Wells St. - Chicago (Lincoln Park)
10 a.m. "A Talk with David Shepherd" (discussion with Compass Theatre (forerunner to The Second City) co-founder Shepherd and Chicago Improv Festival's Jonathan Pitts
Tickets are still available for this panel discussion.
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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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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...
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A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant
A Red Orchid Theatre - 1531 N. Wells St. - Chicago (Old Town)
A nativity pageant provides the backdrop for this satire about the life and work of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard.
Theater / Theater Event
2009 New Stages Series
Goodman Theatre - 170 N. Dearborn St. - Chicago (Loop)
7 p.m. "The Color of Desire," by Nilo Cruz
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.
