Events for February 9th, 2010
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Tuesday - February 9th
Theater / Theater Event
August: Osage County
Cadillac Palace Theatre - 151 W. Randolph St. - Chicago (Loop)
7:30 p.m.
Tracy Letts' Pulitzer and Tony-winning drama stars Academy Award-winner Estelle Parsons as Violet.
Theater / Theater Event
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.
Theater / Theater Event
Rush Limbaugh! The Musical
The Second City e.t.c. - 1608 N. Wells St. - Chicago (Lincoln Park)
A spoof of the life and work of the conservative talk show host features parodies of Broadway show tunes and fictionalized versions of Limbaugh's friends and foes including Ann Coulter, Karl Rove, Donald Rumsfeld, Hillary Clinton and Barney Frank.
Theater / Theater Event
'Hughie' and 'Krapp's Last Tape'
Goodman Theatre - 170 N. Dearborn St. - Chicago (Loop)
7:30 p.m.
Tony Award-winner Brian Dennehy stars in a Broadway-bound pairing of two short dramas: "Hughie" by Eugene O'Neill and "Krapp's Last Tape" by Samuel Beckett.
Theater / Theater Event
The Philanderer
Ruth Page Center for the Arts - 1016 N. Dearborn St. - Chicago (Near North Side)
In this 1893 comedy by George Bernard Shaw, a confirmed bachelor meets his match in an independent, free-thinking woman.
Theater / Theater Event
Nikhil Chopra
Museum of Contemporary Art - 220 E. Chicago Ave. - Chicago (Gold Coast)
10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
The performance artist explores India's colonial history as well as gender and race through a day-long piece which blends masculine and feminine characters. Throughout the performance, Chopra also creates charcoal drawings on the walls to illustrate an artist's internal anxiety.
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
Private Lives
Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier - 800 E. Grand Ave. - Chicago (Streeterville)
In Noel Coward's comedy, a divorced pair meets again for the first time while honeymooning with their new spouses.
Theater / Theater Event
The Old Settler
Writers' Theatre - 325 Tudor Ct. - Glencoe
In 1943 Harlem, two middle-aged African-American sisters take in a young male boarder who's arrived in New York in search of his girlfriend but find their relationship tested when one falls in love with him.
Theater / Theater Event
Oh Coward!
Writers' Theatre - 664 Vernon Ave. - Glencoe
A musical comedy revue features songs, scenes and quips by humorous British playwright Noel Coward.
