Events for March 11th, 2010
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Thursday - March 11th
Theater / Theater Event
The Breakfast Club Musical
Studio BE - 3110 N. Sheffield Ave. - Chicago (Lakeview)
A Broadway-style musical adaptation--not a parody--of the iconic 1985 John Hughes film "The Breakfast Club" features music and lyrics by pH Productions founder and artistic director Jason Geis and musical director Jessica Hunt.
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Abigail's Party
A Red Orchid Theatre - 1531 N. Wells St. - Chicago (Old Town)
Mike Leigh’s comedy of manners pokes fun at the emergence of the new middle class of 1970s Britain during a cocktail party that goes horribly wrong.
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Chess
No Exit Cafe - 6970 N. Glenwood Ave. - Chicago (Rogers Park)
The game serves as a metaphor to explore life and love struggles in this rock 'n' roll musical by Tim Rice and Abba's Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson about a Cold War-era love triangle.
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The Long Red Road
Goodman Theatre - 170 N. Dearborn St. - Chicago (Loop)
Philip Seymour Hoffman directs the world premiere drama by Brett C. Leonard, in which a desperate man, unable to drink away his pain, must confront his reality when a visitor from his past arrives on the South Dakota reservation where he lives.
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Trust
Lookingglass Theatre in the Water Tower Water Works - 821 N. Michigan Ave. - Chicago (Magnificent Mile)
Lookingglass co-founder David Schwimmer (best known as Ross from the TV sitcom "Friends") directs the world premiere of a drama he co-wrote with journalist Andy Bellin in which a seemingly innocent online encounter sparks a crisis that threatens to destroy a family.
Theater / Theater Event
Killer Joe
Profiles Theatre - 4147 N. Broadway - Chicago (Uptown)
In this drama by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winner Tracy Letts ("August: Osage County"), the plans of a greedy, vindictive clan to murder their matriarch for her insurance go awry when their hired hit man arrives at the family trailer.
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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.
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Sleeping Beauty
Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire - 10 Marriott Drive - Lincolnshire
An adaptation of the classic fairy tale about a princess who is cursed to sleep forever unless she receives a kiss from her true love.
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Noises Off
Theatre at the Center - 1040 Ridge Rd. - Munster
This comedy-within-a-comedy by British playwright Michael Frayn ("Copenhagen") features the backstage antics and misadventures of a problem-ridden thespian troupe at three points--during rehearsal, on opening night and during their worst performance ever.
Events / Theater Event
Over the Tavern
The Noble Fool Theater at Pheasant Run Resort & Spa - 4051 E. Main St. - St. Charles
2 p.m.
In this comedy by Tom Dudzick ("King o' the Moon"), a 1950s adolescent throws his Catholic family into an uproar when he decides not to go through with his confirmation.



