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Events on April 17th For Chicago, IL 60603

Dinner and a Show: Tony n' Tina's Wedding

Piper's Alley (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, Apr. 17 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $60.00 - $70.00   Our Price: $30.00 - $35.00*
Rated: 2.9 stars
Come see the acclaimed Chicago theater mainstay Tony n' Tina's Wedding as it celebrates 15 years on stage. Be a guest at this hysterical satirical Italian-American wedding, where you won't just see a show—you'll be a part of it! Tony n' Tina's Wedding includes a pre-wedding cocktail cash bar, a ceremony full of mishaps and madcap comedy, and an evening of dinner, music and dancing.  Learn More

Massages & More at Lincoln Park Massage Spa

Lincoln Park Massage Spa (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, Apr. 17 2008 @ Various Times
Full Price: $85.00 - $190.00   Our Price: $42.50 - $95.00*
Rated: 3.5 stars
Lincoln Park Massage Spa invites you to a sanctuary in the city, created with your satisfaction in mind. Discover comfort, serenity and balance while you enjoy a Swedish, Deep Tissue or Couple's Massage, or a specialty service such as a Sugar Body Polish.  Learn More

iO Presents A Night of Improv With The Reckoning

ImprovOlympic Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, Apr. 17 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $12.00   Our Price: $6.00*
Rated: 2.7 stars
Improv can be a challenge week after week, but The Reckoning make it look easy time and time again. One of iO's premiere House teams, The Reckoning performs a completely unique improvised show each week. The Reckoning continues to set the standard of excellence for improv comedy in Chicago. The Reckoning performs with a different set of Improv teams each week.  Learn More

Massages, Facials and More from Amber Spa

Amber Spa (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, Apr. 17 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

William Shakespeare's Romantic Comedy As You Like It

Writers' Theatre (Glencoe, IL)
Thursday, Apr. 17 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $40.00 - $58.00   Our Price: $20.00 - $29.00*
Rated: 3.7 stars
A courtship with a twist, a duke and his merry men in exile, a melancholic wit, a clown and a lovesick shepherd and the shepherdess who spurns him all swirl together in a wildly beautiful romp through the magical Forest of Arden. Shakespeare brings to life some of the most romantic and charming scenes ever to be scribed in this most perfect of comedies.  Learn More

Shecky Kulhan: Amuse-Bouche, A Dark Comedy Cabaret Solo Show

Annoyance Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, Apr. 17 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00   Our Price: $5.00*
Rated: 4.0 stars
Written and performed by Chicago improv veteran Bob Kulhan, Shecky honors the history of great physical comedy legends within the dark, twisted world of the human mind. A menacing emcee and German cabaret sidekick guide the audience through a "carnival of the mouth," meeting vaudevillian comedians, theatrical magicians and sultry singers, and encountering distortions of reality.  Learn More

M. Butterfly from Bohemian Theatre Ensemble

Heartland Studio Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, Apr. 17 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00   Our Price: $10.00*
Rated: 3.2 stars
David Henry Hwang's Tony Award-winning M. Butterfly is one of the most celebrated of recent American plays, and the first by an Asian-American to win universal acclaim. Based on a true story that stunned the world, M. Butterfly is the tale of Rene Gallimard, held captive by the French government, and his memories of a love affair with Song Liling, a beautiful Chinese diva who turned out to be a spy for the Chinese government.  Learn More

Tennessee Williams' First Full-Length Play, Candles to the Sun

Greenhouse Theater Center (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, Apr. 17 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $25.00   Our Price: $5.00 - $12.50*
Rated: 3.2 stars
Eclipse Theatre Company presents the Chicago premiere of Tennessee Williams' first full-length play, Candles to the Sun. Set during the Great Depression in Alabama's Red Hills coal mining region, Candles to the Sun paints a portrait of the bleak lives of the miners' families and their attempts to unionize. Recent Jeff-award winning director Steven Fedoruk (who directed Eclipse's hit Blues for an Alabama Sky) will return to direct Williams's rarely produced piece.  Learn More

Jazz-Filled Tale of Love: Carter's Way at the Steppenwolf

Steppenwolf Downstairs Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, Apr. 17 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $40.00 - $68.00   Our Price: $20.00 - $34.00*
Rated: 2.7 stars
Steppenwolf Theatre Company presents Carter's Way, a jazz-filled tale of love, the mob and an artist's integrity, featuring original music by Darrell Leonard, written and directed by Oscar-winning ensemble member Eric Simonson. It's 1935, the middle of the Great Depression, and the peak of Kansas City's legendary jazz era, when renowned black saxophonist Oriole Carter is falling head over heels for the white girlfriend of a local mobster.  Learn More

Smart, Quirky Award-Winning Play Underneath the Lintel at City Lit Theater

City Lit Theater (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, Apr. 17 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $18.00 - $25.00   Our Price: FREE - $12.50*
Rated: 3.1 stars
Underneath the Lintel is the story of a librarian who is searching the world to find the person who returned a book to his library 113 years overdue. The play won the Los Angeles Ovation Award for Best Play and Back Stage West's Garland Award for Best Play, and was one of TimeOut New York's Ten Best Plays during its Off-Broadway run.  Learn More

Off-Broadway Musical Hit A Man of No Importance from Bailiwick Rep

Bailiwick Art Center (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, Apr. 17 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $25.00 - $35.00   Our Price: $12.50 - $17.50*
Rated: 3.3 stars
Celebrate Oscar Wilde, the streets of Dublin and the joys of making live theatre with A Man of No Importance, the musical treasure written by the team that found much success with their Award-Winning musical classic Ragtime. This compelling story by playwright Terrence McNally brims with passion, humor and sexual awakenings, coupled with a gorgeous score filled with Irish-inspired music.  Learn More

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

Steppenwolf Upstairs Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, Apr. 17 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)
Thursday, Apr. 17 2008 @ 8:00pm
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

Noel Coward's "Spirited Comedy" Blithe Spirit

Historic Pleasant Home (Oak Park, IL)
Thursday, Apr. 17 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $27.00   Our Price: $7.50 - $13.50*
Rated: 3.7 stars
Oak Park Festival Theatre presents Noel Coward's witty drawing-room farce Blithe Spirit. Charles is a novelist who, while doing research on the supernatural, mistakenly brings back the spirit of his first wife, Elvira. His second wife, Ruth, is appalled. This odd threesome becomes entangled in a comedic web of love, jealousy and attempted murder.  Learn More

Picked Up: Six New TV Pilots — Audience Picks the Winner

The Neo-Futurarium (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, Apr. 17 2008 @ 8:00pm (The Colony)
Full Price: $15.00   Our Price: $7.50*
Rated: 3.2 stars
The Neo-Futurists present Picked Up: a series of six television pilots simply begging to be picked up by corporate network America. One new pilot will be acted out on stage each week, and the audience will decide which show gets "picked up." See full event description for show schedule.  Learn More

Omniscience: Dystopian Thriller at Stage Left Theatre

Stage Left Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, Apr. 17 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 - $25.00   Our Price: FREE - $12.50*
Rated: 2.4 stars
In a dystopian future, Channel One employee Warren struggles to finish editing a war documentary shot by his partner, who disappeared while filming in the battle zone. Under constant pressure from government surveillance, Warren might be cracking up... or is he coming to see the truth of his world? Stage Left Theatre presents the US premiere of Canadian playwright Tim Carlson's Omniscience.  Learn More

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