Events for December 5th, 2009
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Saturday - December 5th
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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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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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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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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.
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Jingle Belles! (The Naughty List)
The Playground Theater - 3209 N. Halsted St. - Chicago
11:59 p.m.
The Belmont Burlesque Revue's annual holiday show features striptease and variety acts by cast members and special guests.
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A Christmas Carol
Goodman Theatre - 170 N. Dearborn St. - Chicago (Loop)
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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The Snow Queen
Victory Gardens Biograph Theater - 2433 N. Lincoln Ave. - Chicago (Sheffield/De Paul)
Jim Corti directs a revival of the 2006 musical adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale about children lost in a winter wonderland, with a script by Michael Smith ("Hello Dali: From the Sublime to the Surreal").
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Blue Man Group
Briar Street Theatre - 3133 N. Halsted St. - Chicago
This long-running and constantly evolving hit show combines performance art and slapstick comedy into a unique theatrical event.
