Events for November 27th, 2009
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Friday - November 27th
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Supernatural Chicago
Excalibur - 632 N. Dearborn St. - Chicago (River North)
Explore Chicago's allegedly paranormal past during this interactive one-man show starring necromancer Neil Tobin.
Theater / Theater Event
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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Million Dollar Quartet
Apollo Theater - 2540 N. Lincoln Ave. - Chicago (Sheffield/De Paul)
2 p.m.
This musical--which moves to the Apollo directly from a run at Goodman Theatre--recreates a legendary, impromptu 1956 Sun Records recording session featuring Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis and includes the hit songs "Blue Suede Shoes," "My Baby," "16 Tons" and more.
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Late Nite Catechism
Royal George Theatre Center - 1641 N. Halsted St. - Chicago (Sheffield/De Paul)
3 p.m.
A humorous interactive play about a catechism class and the jovial nun who leads it.
Theater / Theater Event
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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Heroes
The Greenhouse Theater Center - 2257 N. Lincoln Ave. - Chicago (Lincoln Park)
The Olivier Award-winning comedy in which three elderly WWII veterans attempt to return to their youth by goading each other into increasingly adventurous jaunts outside their retired soldiers' home.
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Put the Nuns in Charge!
Royal George Theatre Center - 1641 N. Halsted St. - Chicago (Sheffield/De Paul)
A sequel to "Late Nite Catechism" features a jovial nun and her humorous take on the Catholic church and the state of the world.
Theater / Theater Event
Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding
Piper's Alley Theater - 1608 N. Wells St. - Chicago (Lincoln Park)
The audience plays the role of invited guests at the nuptial celebration of Tony Nunzio and Valentina Vitale in this long-running comedy.
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Democracy
The Greenhouse Theater Center - 2257 N. Lincoln Ave. - Chicago (Lincoln Park)
In this dramedy by Obie Award-winner Romulus Linney, set in Washington D.C. during the Ulysses S. Grant political scandals, two beautiful women must decide whether to marry two dashing men, knowing they will also marry what their men believe about America, religion, truth and success.
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Beethoven, As I Knew Him
Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place - 175 E. Chestnut St. - Chicago (Gold Coast)
Actor-pianist Hershey Felder ("George Gershwin Alone") celebrates the life and work of Ludwig von Beethoven in a dramatization based on a true story as seen through the eyes of the composer's frequent companion during the last two years of his life.
