Events for July 4th, 2009
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Saturday - July 4th
Theater / Theater Event
Naked July: Art Stripped Down
National Pastime Theater - 4139 N. Broadway - Chicago (Uptown)
National Pastime Theater presents their first annual nude fine arts festival, which features plays, burlesque, readings and visual art.
Theater / Theater Event
Buried Child
The Greenhouse Theater Center - 2257 N. Lincoln Ave. - Chicago (Lincoln Park)
In Sam Shepard's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, a dark secret threatens to destroy a lower-class Midwestern family.
Theater / Theater Event
The Ruby Sunrise
The Gift Theatre - 4802 N. Milwaukee Ave. - Chicago (Jefferson Park)
The Chicago premiere of a dramedy by Elevator Repair Service Theater Company founding member Rinne Groff about a nerdy 1920s girl who attempts to invent a television and the controversy that begins in the 1950s when her heirs fight over how her story should be told in a live teleplay.
Theater / Theater Event
Kama Sutra the Musical: Vegas Bound ... and Gagged
Davenport's Piano Bar and Cabaret - 1383 N. Milwaukee Ave. - Chicago (Bucktown/Wicker Park)
Local gender-bending actor John B. Boss stars in the remount of Grammy Award-winner Terry Abrahamson's X-rated musical comedy about a repressed couple's introduction to better sex. Admission includes a raffle entry for a free Sybaris getaway.
Theater / Theater Event
Hogwash: An Improvised Tall Tale
iO - 3541 N. Clark St. - Chicago (Wrigleyville)
Audience suggestions fuel an interactive, improv drama that incorporates acting, storytelling, music and art.
Events / Tours and Vacation
Chicago Theater Stories Walking Tour
Learn about theatrical history and performers from exterior views of the Oriental, Goodman, Auditorium, legendary McVicker's Theater and others.
Theater / Theater Event
Disney's 'Aladdin'
Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier - 800 E. Grand Ave. - Chicago (Streeterville)
A stage adaptation of the musical film of the same title (with music and lyrics by Alan Menken, Howard Ashman and Tim Rice) about a boy, a girl, a genie and a magic carpet ride. Recommended for ages 5+.
Theater / Theater Event
Here/Not There
Museum of Contemporary Art - 220 E. Chicago Ave. - Chicago (Gold Coast)
12 p.m. - 2 p.m. Katrina Chamberlin and James Kubie: The Body Parlor
Local multidisciplinary artists combine performance with visual art.
Theater / Theater Event
The Saturday Series
Chicago Dramatists - 1105 W. Chicago Ave. - Chicago (River West)
See staged readings of new plays in progress. A discussion and 10-minute play workshop follows.
Theater / Theater Event
Jersey Boys
Bank of America Theatre - 18 W. Monroe St. - Chicago (Loop)
The 2006 Tony Award-winning Best Musical about four blue-collar kids who gained pop stardom as The Four Seasons. Features "Sherry," "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Rag Doll," "Oh What a Night" and "Can't Take My Eyes Off You."
