Medieval Times is an exciting, family-friendly dinner attraction inspired by an 11th century feast and tournament. Guests are served a four-course banquet and cheer for one of six knights as they compete in the joust and other tests of skill. Expect lots of jousting, swordsmanship, thrilling hand-to-hand combat, and displays of extraordinary horsemanship as part of an exciting story set in Medieval Spain. Learn more...
LEGOLAND Discovery Center Chicago -- America's First Indoor LEGOLAND
LEGOLAND Discovery Center Chicago (Schaumburg, IL)
Bring the family out for an adventure at this giant indoor LEGO world, featuring hands-on LEGO activities and theme park attractions. Guests can enjoy such fabulous attractions as the brand new Technicycle ride, a LEGO factory tour, the Dragon Ride, and the 4D movie theatre. Build your own LEGO creations with the help of a Master Model Builder. Learn more...
Cirque Shanghai's Acrobatic Spectacle Bright Spirit at Historic Navy Pier
Pepsi Skyline Stage (Chicago, IL)
Cirque Shanghai returns to the Pepsi Skyline Stage on Navy Pier with an all-new acrobatic spectacle, Bright Spirit, a jaw-droppingly beautiful show that is fun for all ages. Featuring such exotic acts as the "Roman Wheel," "Diabolo," the "Spanish Web" and the "Russian Barre," and choreographed to a specially produced musical score. Learn more...
Earth: TTFN?!, a Sci-Fi Comedy Where Audiences Decide the Ending
Greenhouse Theater Center (Chicago, IL)
Earth is an experiment that has failed in this sci-fi, Mel Brooks-style, current events-inspired comedy. Including outrageous intergalactic battles in a provocatively stylized universe, every performance is unique as each audience suggests their own story line elements and determines Earth's fate in a final, climactic vote. Will it be "TTFN" (Ta Ta For Now) or "TTFE" (Ta Ta Forever)? Learn more...
The Alcyone Festival 09 - A Program of Plays by Female Writers
Lincoln Square Theatre (Chicago, IL)
For this year's Alcyone Festival, Halcyon Theatre decided to play with the notion that women only write small domestic dramas, picking a theme as far away from that as possible: terrorism, the cult of martyrdom and its effects upon the innocents. The Alcyone Festival 2009 features six writers from across the globe in rotating repertory. Check the listing for more details. Learn more...
A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking at McAninch Arts Center
McAninch Arts Center (Glen Ellyn, IL)
This lively comedy about friendship at the McAninch Arts Center emphasizes that fulfillment can come from the most unlikely people and places. A Coupla White Chicks centers on Maude, a prim suburban housewife, who has her quiet, organized life usurped by Hannah Mae, a raucous transplant from Texas. The two women learn from each other as their friendship grows. Learn more...
Poignant and Funny Fifth of July Looks at a Family's Disillusionment After Vietnam
Oak Park Festival Theatre (Oak Park, IL)
Set in rural Missouri in 1977, around the Talley family and their friends, Fifth of July focuses on the disillusionment with America in the wake of an unpopular war. Fifth of July was nominated for the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award and Tony Award for best play. Learn more...
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