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Events on August 1st For Highland Park, IL 60035

Massages, Facials and More from Amber Spa

Amber Spa (Chicago, IL)
Friday, Aug. 1 2008 @ Various Times
Full Price: $75.00 - $160.00   Our Price: $37.50 - $80.00*
Rated: 3.1 stars
Amber Spa combines a peaceful and beautifully modern environment with a highly trained, friendly staff to offer the most advanced spa services available. Enjoy facials, massages, manicures, pedicures, waxing and body treatments, and more in a tranquil atmosphere with beautiful paintings and stained glass works on display.  Learn More

Pimprov - Hilarious, Original Improv Comedy

Chemically Imbalanced Theater (Chicago, IL)
Friday, Aug. 1 2008 @ 10:30pm
Full Price: $12.00 - $15.00   Our Price: $6.00 - $7.50*
Rated: 3.3 stars
Chicago's favorite Improv Group is back for a limited run at the Chemically Imbalanced Theater. Hailed by critics and audiences alike, Pimprov is one of the most original and hilarious unscripted shows in town. Yes, it's pimps that improvise. It's that simple.  Learn More

The Hunchback of Notre Dame with a Bold New Musical Score at Bailiwick Rep

Bailiwick Art Center (Chicago, IL)
Friday, Aug. 1 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $45.00   Our Price: $10.00 - $22.50*
Rated: 3.6 stars
Based on the novel by Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame tells of the love triangle between a gypsy, Esmeralda; a priest, Frollo; and a deformed bell-ringer, Quasimodo. With book, music and lyrics by rock legend Dennis DeYoung ("Lady," "Come Sail Away," "Mr. Roboto"), this classic story is told in a bold new adaptation.  Learn More

Neil Simon's Plaza Suite at Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater

Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater (Chicago, IL)
Friday, Aug. 1 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00   Our Price: $12.50*
Rated: 3.3 stars
One of Neil Simon's most popular and celebrated plays, Plaza Suite details the misadventures of three very different couples as they face crucial moments in their respective lives—all in the same hotel room at the world-famous Plaza Hotel. Plaza Suite showcases Simon at his best: witty, clever and relentlessly funny.  Learn More

William Shakespeare's Macbeth from Candid Theater Co.

The Building Stage (Chicago, IL)
Friday, Aug. 1 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00   Our Price: $7.50*
We've all heard the story: a military genius deposes the rightful king and then succumbs to madness. But Candid Theater Co. has found at the heart of Macbeth a powerful story of political evolution, personal destruction and the unintended benefits of revolution. Your English teacher never dreamed of this Macbeth. A cast of seven players explores the humor and suffering of Shakespeare's most gruesome and uplifting tragedy.  Learn More

The Merchant of Venice: Shakespeare's Gripping Comedy

Heartland Studio Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Friday, Aug. 1 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00   Our Price: $10.00*
Rated: 3.0 stars
Bohemian Theatre Ensemble presents a production of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. This comedy offers one of Shakespeare's most complex and gripping plots, focusing on a wealthy merchant who owes money to an unscrupulous moneylender, and on the courtship of the beautiful and clever Portia.  Learn More

Cirque du Soleil's Newest Touring Show: KOOZA

Grand Chapiteau at United Center (Chicago, IL)
Friday, Aug. 1 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $80.00   Our Price: $48.00*
Rated: 3.6 stars
Cirque du Soleil presents its newest touring show, KOOZA. The story of an innocent who enters a world full of kings, thieves, and other archetypal characters, KOOZA is a return to Cirque du Soleil's roots: a combination of classic circus acrobatics and broad slapstick clowning.  Learn More

Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief — An Othello Parody, Songs & Skits

Stage Left Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Friday, Aug. 1 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00   Our Price: $10.00*
Rated: 4.0 stars
Re-imagining the last days of Desdemona's life, The Mill's production draws inspiration from the structure of early burlesque, using original songs and skits that poke fun at Othello and contemporary gender politics to make up the first act, and finishing with a parody by Paula Vogel (How I Learned to Drive) of one of Shakespeare's great plays.  Learn More

Factory Theater Presents: Ren Faire! — A Renaissance Faire Meets A Wild West Show

Prop Thtr (Chicago, IL)
Friday, Aug. 1 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 - $20.00   Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
Rated: 3.4 stars
What happens when a Renaissance Faire gets into a turf war with the Wild West show across the interstate? Well, if you think things got dicey between The Sharks and The Jets, you can't imagine what happens when knights square off against cowboys in this swashbuckling shoot-'em-up featuring music, mayhem and much more.  Learn More

Marry Me, You Idiot!: Comic Musical at the Annoyance Theatre

Annoyance Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Friday, Aug. 1 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00   Our Price: $7.50*
Rated: 3.1 stars
The Annoyance Theatre presents the world premiere of Marry Me, You Idiot!. It's the story of Andy and Tracy, and the effect their relationship has on their parents, friends, co-workers, and Tracy's sister, who happens to look exactly like Andy's late fiancee.  Learn More

Stark Raven Mad! — Raven Theatre's Annual Gala with Dinner & Comedy Show

Raven East Stage (Chicago, IL)
Friday, Aug. 1 2008 @ 6:30pm
Full Price: $100.00   Our Price: $50.00*
Rated: 4.0 stars
Enjoy an evening of outrageous comedy from Raven Theatre's award-winning ensemble as they celebrate another year of great success. Dinner, dessert and libations will be courtesy of Anne Sather Catering and Champions Tavern, with a live auction and more.  Learn More

Shameless Shamuses: Factory Theater's Slapstick Detective Comedy

Prop Thtr (Chicago, IL)
Friday, Aug. 1 2008 @ 10:30pm
Full Price: $10.00   Our Price: $5.00*
Rated: 3.8 stars
Factory Theatre presents Ernie Deak's Shameless Shamuses, a wacky comedy about Duck, Dodge, and Hyde, three incompetent detectives thrown into a bizarre case. Part Marx Brothers, part Three Stooges, this high-energy slapstick romp takes its cues from classic vaudeville comedy.  Learn More

LEGOLAND Discovery Center Chicago — Kids Learn and Play with LEGOs

LEGOLAND Discovery Center Chicago (Schaumburg, IL)
Friday, Aug. 1 2008 @ All Day
Full Price: $15.75 - $20.15   Our Price: $8.00 - $10.20*
Rated: 2.6 stars
Bring the family out for an adventure at this giant indoor LEGO world, featuring hands-on LEGO activities and theme park-like attractions. Go on a LEGO factory tour, ride the Dragon Ride, watch the Spellbreaker 4D movie, and build your own LEGO creations, which you can test out on the speed ramp or the earthquake table. Enjoy a bite to eat at the LEGO cafe, shop in the LEGO store and much more.  Learn More

Classic Tragedy Medea, Reimagined by Dream Theatre Company

Dream Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Friday, Aug. 1 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00   Our Price: $7.00*
Rated: 4.0 stars
Jeremy Menekseoglu's Medea is a visceral reimagining of the classic tragedy that turns its focus to the children's psychological trauma caused by divorce and abandonment. A chorus of wayward girls converges on a torn family. A wife clings to the passion of her past while neglecting her offspring. A man's rage cannot be tempered by the virgin's kindness and logic. Will a wife temper her madness long enough to get a husband's love to return?  Learn More

The Wind Cries Mary: Drama by Philip Kan Gotanda

City Lit Theater (Chicago, IL)
Friday, Aug. 1 2008 @ 8:00pm (Opening Night)
Full Price: $18.00   Our Price: $9.00*
Rated: 2.4 stars
Loosely based on Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, Philip Kan Gotanda's The Wind Cries Mary is the story of Eiko Hanabi, a Japanese-American woman whose strength and intelligence is handcuffed by the burdens of gender and tradition.  Learn More

Poet Kevin Coval Celebrates the Release of His New Book, Everyday People

The Victory Gardens Biograph Theater (Chicago, IL)
Friday, Aug. 1 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $20.00   Our Price: $10.00*
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Four-time HBO Def Poet Kevin Coval, founder of Louder Than a Bomb: The Chicago Teen Poetry Festival, will celebrate the debut of his newest book of poems, Everyday People, at official book release events at the Victory Gardens Biograph Theater. Coval will perform selected poems from the book, along with teen performers from Louder Than a Bomb.  Learn More

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