Events for March 21st, 2010
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Sunday - March 21st
Theater / Theater Event
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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Celia: The Life and Music of Celia Cruz
Athenaeum Theatre - 2936 N. Southport Ave. - Chicago (Lakeview)
3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Bilingual performance (English and Spanish)
Anissa Gathers recreates her off-Broadway role in this tribute to the Grammy Award-winning Cuban salsa songstress which also features a seven-piece band led by Isidro Infante, who performed with Cruz.
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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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The Blue Shadow
Lifeline Theatre - 6912 N. Glenwood Ave. - Chicago (Rogers Park)
A new musical based on world folktales.
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That's Weird, Grandma
The Neo-Futurarium - 5153 N. Ashland Ave. - Chicago (Ravenswood)
An assortment of scenes and songs created by Chicago Public School students and produced by actors, musicians, comedians and playwrights. The hourlong show changes each week, based on audience votes.
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Evolution/Creation
The Blue Theatre - 1609 W. Gregory St. - Chicago (Andersonville)
Quest Theatre Ensemble blends puppetry, spectacle and music to explore both theories objectively.
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Dancing at Lughnasa
Irish American Heritage Center - 4626 N. Knox Ave. - Chicago (North Park)
The Tony Award-winning drama by Brian Friel explores the relationships between five Irish sisters in the 1930s and their struggles with shame over the youngest's illegitimate son.
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Rent
Theatre Building Chicago - 1225 W. Belmont Ave. - Chicago (Lakeview)
The Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical drama about love and loyalty among starving, AIDS-stricken artists in New York's Lower East Side. Composed and written by Jonathan Larson, who passed away during the show's 1996 previews.
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My Brother's Keeper (The Story of the Nicholas Brothers)
Black Ensemble Theater - 4520 N. Beacon St. - Chicago (Uptown)
Local actors Rueben Echoles and RaShawn Thompson star in the world premiere of Echoles' musical about the lives and work of tap dance legends Fayard and Harold Nicholas, whose careers spanned 60 years.
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The Gimmick
Pegasus Players - 1145 W. Wilson Ave. - Chicago (Uptown)
A drama by Dael Orlandersmith ("Stoop Stories") in which a young girl and her best friend escape their lives in the Harlem ghetto through dreams inspired by library books, until a crises threatens them both.
