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Events on May 8th For Chicago, IL 60603

Massages & More at Lincoln Park Massage Spa

Lincoln Park Massage Spa (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ Various Times
Full Price: $95.00 - $190.00   Our Price: $47.50 - $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

Massages, Facials and More from Amber Spa

Amber Spa (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ Various Times
Full Price: $75.00 - $150.00   Our Price: $37.50 - $75.00*
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

Sizzling Swordplay in Los Desaparecidos (The Vanished) from Babes With Blades

Raven West Stage (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 8:30pm
Full Price: $20.00   Our Price: $10.00*
Rated: 3.0 stars
Set in 16th-century Spain, Los Desaparecidos (The Vanished) explores the impact of family ties, societal pressures, and unexpected love on the lives of two sisters: Diana Garcia Diaz and Isabel Garcia Reyes de la Barrera. Expect clandestine trysts, plots and counterplots, blackmail—and lots of swordplay!  Learn More

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

Steppenwolf Upstairs Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $48.00 - $68.00   Our Price: $24.00 - $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, May. 8 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

Speech and Debate - The Fiercely Funny Off-Broadway Hit

American Theater Company (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $30.00 - $35.00   Our Price: $15.00 - $17.50*
Rated: 3.4 stars
This quick-witted and timely comedy tells the story of three misfits who team up to expose their teacher's online secrets while forming their high school's first Speech and Debate club. Speech and Debate is the hysterical yet touching tale of three teens' quest for fame and free speech.  Learn More

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

The Neo-Futurarium (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm (Too Much)
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

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Plays Shostakovich's Symphony No. 4

Symphony Center (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $42.00 - $50.00   Our Price: $21.00 - $25.00*
Rated: 3.4 stars
Written in Stalinist Russia, Dmitri Shostakovich's brilliant Fourth Symphony wasn't performed until twenty-five years after its completion; it's now regarded as among its composer's greatest works. Conductor Bernard Haitink, known for his skills interpreting Shostakovich leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Also on the bill: Haydn's Symphony No. 101, "The Clock".  Learn More

Omniscience: Dystopian Thriller at Stage Left Theatre

Stage Left Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, May. 8 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

Alice in Wonderland, A Modern Musical Adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Stories

Christian Arts Auditorium (Zion, IL)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 9:30am
Full Price: $5.00 - $12.00   Our Price: FREE - $6.00*
Rated: No ratings yet
This original production is Alice like you've never seen before—full of surprises and twists on the classic story! A 2005 Stephen Schwartz/ASCAP national award winner based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll, this modern adaptation is presented by students ages 8-18 of Christian Youth Theater (Lake County).  Learn More

Another Piece of Cake: A Comedy About Life in the "Last Lane"

Citadel Theatre Company (Lake Forest, IL)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00   Our Price: $12.50*
Rated: 4.0 stars
On her 80th birthday, Great Aunt Clara decides she has no more use for secrets. Fueled by cake and bourbon, Clara and her friends soon divulge the true story of their lives. Nothing is held back as the women reveal the passions, loves, rivalries and felonies that constitute a life well-lived.  Learn More

William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors Set in the Golden Age of Film

Chicago Shakespeare Theater - Courtyard Theater (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $44.00 - $70.00   Our Price: $22.00 - $35.00*
Rated: 3.6 stars
It's the Bard's zaniest comedy...like you've never seen it before! Shakespeare is transported to the golden age of film as an eccentric group of stage and screen actors gather on the set of Shepperton Studios in the midst of the London blitz to film The Comedy of Errors.  Learn More

Korean American Family Grapples with the American Dream in Durango

Silk Road Theatre Project (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 7:30pm (Preview)
Full Price: $18.00 - $32.00   Our Price: $9.00 - $16.00*
Rated: 3.0 stars
Silk Road Theatre Project presents the Midwest premiere of Julia Cho's drama Durango. Old memories, secrets and unhealed wounds break open on a Korean American family's road trip to Durango, Colorado.  Learn More

Lewis and Clark Reach the Euphrates — A Historical Adventure with a Twist

National Pastime Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00   Our Price: $10.00*
Rated: 2.5 stars
This bitingly funny commentary about America's hubris in domestic and foreign policy follows the cleverly imagined, two-century journey of explorers Lewis and Clark from the Louisiana Purchase to the Spanish-American, Vietnam and Iraq wars. Along the way they meet a variety of "characters," including Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, Sacagawea, Colin Powell and Donald Rumsfeld.  Learn More

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

Bailiwick Art Center (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 7:30pm (Preview)
Full Price: $25.00 - $45.00   Our Price: $12.50 - $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

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