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Events on June 1st For Highland Park, IL 60035

Comedian and Bestselling Author Greg Behrendt at the Chicago Improv of Schaumburg

Chicago Improv of Schaumburg (Schaumburg, IL)
Sunday, Jun. 1 2008 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $22.00 - $27.00   Our Price: $11.00 - $13.50*
Rated: 3.7 stars
Comedian Greg Behrendt is author of the bestseller He's Just Not That Into You, which he developed from working as a consultant on HBO's "Sex and the City." He is currently hosting "The Greg Behrendt Show" for Sony Pictures Television, featuring his signature humor and relationship advice.  Learn More

Dead Man's Cell Phone, A Quirky Comic Adventure at Steppenwolf Theatre

Steppenwolf Upstairs Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Sunday, Jun. 1 2008 @ 3:00pm
Sunday, Jun. 1 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $40.00 - $68.00   Our Price: FREE - $34.00*
Rated: 2.4 stars
Jean is sleepwalking through her life until she answers a dead man's cell phone. It turns out to be a wake-up call that sends her on a date with the dead man's brother, a drinking binge with his wife, and a mysterious rendezvous with his mistress—leading Jean to rediscover herself.  Learn More

Midwest Premiere of Neil LaBute's Acclaimed Play In A Dark Dark House

Profiles Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Sunday, Jun. 1 2008 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $30.00   Our Price: FREE - $15.00*
Rated: 3.1 stars
On the grounds of a private psychiatric facility, two brothers find themselves brought face-to-face with each other's involvement in their traumatic past. In Neil LaBute's powerful new play, these siblings must struggle to come to grips with their troubled legacy, both inside and outside their dark family home.  Learn More

British Drama A Taste of Honey from Shattered Globe Theatre

Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater (Chicago, IL)
Sunday, Jun. 1 2008 @ 3:00pm
Full Price: $27.00 - $35.00   Our Price: $13.50 - $17.50*
Rated: 3.3 stars
Set in 1950s Manchester, England, this poignant and comic play tells the story of Jo, a shy adolescent chafing against the constraints of her working-class life and the demands of her selfish, irresponsible mother, Helen.  Learn More

Neil Simon's Laughter on the 23rd Floor at the Raven Theatre

Raven East Stage (Chicago, IL)
Sunday, Jun. 1 2008 @ 3:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $25.00   Our Price: FREE - $12.50*
Rated: 3.2 stars
The Raven Theatre presents Laughter on the 23rd Floor. Based loosely on Simon's early career, when he worked for Sid Caesar's legendary Your Show of Shows alongside Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner and Woody Allen, the play tells the story of Max Prince, star of a '50s variety show, and the outrageous antics of his team of writers.  Learn More

Golda's Balcony: Broadway's Longest-Running One-Woman Play

Pegasus Players at O'Rourke Center (Chicago, IL)
Sunday, Jun. 1 2008 @ 3:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $25.00   Our Price: FREE - $12.50*
Rated: 3.7 stars
William Gibson's one-woman tour de force, Golda's Balcony, examines the history of Israel through the eyes of one of the 20th century's most remarkable world leaders, Golda Meir. The show was the longest-running one-woman show in Broadway history. Actress Janet Ulrich Brooks plays the title role; Pegasus Players' Artistic Director, Alex Levy, directs.  Learn More

Academy Award-Winner Olympia Dukakis Directs Botanic Garden

Piccolo Theatre (Evanston, IL)
Sunday, Jun. 1 2008 @ 3:00pm
Full Price: $30.00   Our Price: FREE - $15.00*
Rated: 3.8 stars
Directed by Oscar-winning actress Olympia Dukakis, Botanic Garden is the story of Kate, who faces the daunting and often humorous prospect of her first date since the death of her husband, Jake. Memories her marriage force Kate to take a stark look at her present and the choices she must make as she embarks upon the next chapter of her life.  Learn More

The Prisoner's Dilemma: Theatre Mir Presents Epic Drama About War at Raven West Stage

Raven West Stage (Chicago, IL)
Sunday, Jun. 1 2008 @ 3:30pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $25.00   Our Price: FREE - $12.50*
Rated: 3.2 stars
Two sides battle for the fate of a country in this epic drama from award-winning playwright David Edgar (Pentecost, Nicholas Nickelby) about peace, war and negotiation. A bloody conflict on Europe's eastern border is escalating at an alarming rate, while every urgent effort is made to resolve ethnic and religious differences, and to end the conflict.  Learn More

Mark Twain's Pudd'nhead Wilson Adapted for the Stage, at City Lit Theater

City Lit Theater (Chicago, IL)
Sunday, Jun. 1 2008 @ 3:00pm
Full Price: $18.00 - $25.00   Our Price: FREE - $12.50*
Rated: 2.9 stars
Pudd'nhead Wilson tells the story of Roxana, a woman whose ancestry is 1/16 African. Even one drop of African blood designates her by law as black and holds her in slavery. To save her son (by a white father, and hence of 1/32 African ancestry) from the same fate, she switches him in the cradle with a legally white baby.  Learn More

The Mark of Zorro: New Version of Classic Adventure Story at Lifeline Theatre

Lifeline Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Sunday, Jun. 1 2008 @ 4:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $25.00   Our Price: FREE - $12.50*
Rated: 3.6 stars
Zorro can best any swordsman, outride any horseman, but if he is to save the young daughter of a noble family from ruin, he must also inspire the privileged young caballeros to join him in his fight against corruption. Filled with Latino music, dance and sword-fighting thrills, this new play is a more faithful adaptation of author Johnston McCulley's novel than any version previously seen.  Learn More

Northshore Concert Band: Summer Concert, Featuring Strauss, Vaughan Williams, More

Evanston Township High School Auditorium (Evanston, IL)
Sunday, Jun. 1 2008 @ 3:00pm
Full Price: $15.00   Our Price: $7.50*
Rated: No ratings yet
Northshore Concert Band ends its subscription season with a series of classical favorites, including the English Folk Song Suite of Ralph Vaughan Williams and the thrilling Finale from the "Romantic" symphony by American composer Howard Hanson. Tuba soloist Rex Martin joins the band for a virtuosic performance of the Strauss Horn Concerto No. 1.  Learn More

Collaboraction's 8th Annual Sketchbook Festival: 14 Short Plays

Steppenwolf Merle Reskin Garage Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Sunday, Jun. 1 2008 @ 5:30pm (Program A)
Full Price: $15.00 - $30.00   Our Price: FREE - $15.00*
Rated: 2.3 stars
Featuring 14 world-premiere short plays written by a combination of emerging and established playwrights, Collaboraction's annual Sketchbook Festival has grown into one of Chicago's most electrifying annual events during its eight-year history. This year, the roster of playwrights includes such critically acclaimed authors as Academy Award nominee Jose Rivera, Sean Graney, Greg Allen, Emily Schwartz and Itamar Moses. See full event description for lineup.  Learn More

Dark Comedy Sweet Confinement from SiNNERMAN Ensemble

Side Project Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Sunday, Jun. 1 2008 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $18.00   Our Price: $9.00*
Rated: 3.7 stars
Sweet Confinement is an energetic, violent, hilarious and heartbreaking journey of five twenty-something friends. This fiercely dark comedy doesn't let the audience off the hook as extreme circumstances make a bathroom the setting for an unexpected reunion. Old wounds are torn open and healed again, individuals are tested and alliances are stretched to their limits.  Learn More

Tallgrass Gothic — A Modern-Day Adaptation of The Changeling

City Lit Theater (Chicago, IL)
Sunday, Jun. 1 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $15.00   Our Price: FREE - $7.50*
Rated: 2.2 stars
Set in the rural, stark and beautiful Americana of the Great Plains, this drama is a loose adaptation of the sensual and brutal Jacobean tragedy The Changeling. The rules of this isolated small town make reason seem impossible, stifling freedom of expression and offering no escape for the six young friends trapped there.  Learn More

On the Verge: Northwestern University Produces Absurd Time-Travel Comedy

Ethel M. Barber Theater (Evanston, IL)
Sunday, Jun. 1 2008 @ 2:00pm
Full Price: $25.00   Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
Rated: 2.2 stars
Northwestern University presents Eric Overmyer's amusing romp On the Verge. The play follows three Victorian lady explorers as they travel forward in time to 1950s America. With wit, charm and intelligence as their weapons of choice, these ladies share tales of their past adventures.  Learn More

The Flaming Dames: Popular Burlesque Troupe Sings Cabaret Songs in Torch

The Spot (Chicago, IL)
Sunday, Jun. 1 2008 @ 8:30pm
Full Price: $10.00   Our Price: $5.00*
Rated: 3.0 stars
It's a change of pace for the Flaming Dames, Chicago's beloved burlesque troupe, as their new show Torch substitutes singing for dancing. No clothing will be removed, but the Dames' singing talents will be revealed as they perform classic torch songs.  Learn More

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