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Events on May 11th For Chicago, IL 60603

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

Piper's Alley (Chicago, IL)
Sunday, May. 11 2008 @ 5:00pm
Full Price: $60.00 - $70.00   Our Price: $30.00 - $35.00*
Rated: 2.9 stars
Come see acclaimed Chicago theater mainstay Tony n' Tina's Wedding as it celebrates 12 years on stage! Be a guest at this hysterical satirical Italian-American wedding, and 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

Bad Review: Improv Comedy Show Based On Theatre Reviews

Chemically Imbalanced Theater (Chicago, IL)
Sunday, May. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00   Our Price: $5.00*
Rated: 2.6 stars
Bad Review is a hilarious improv show in which performers take the worst theatre review from the Chicago Reader and improvise the play they believe the reviewer would rather have seen. The troupe has performed Bad Review across the continent, and it now finds a home at the Chemically Imbalanced Theatre.  Learn More

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

Steppenwolf Upstairs Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Sunday, May. 11 2008 @ 3:00pm
Sunday, May. 11 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)
Sunday, May. 11 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

Speech and Debate - The Fiercely Funny Off-Broadway Hit

American Theater Company (Chicago, IL)
Sunday, May. 11 2008 @ 3:00pm
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

Omniscience: Dystopian Thriller at Stage Left Theatre

Stage Left Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Sunday, May. 11 2008 @ 3:00pm
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

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

Raven East Stage (Chicago, IL)
Sunday, May. 11 2008 @ 3:00pm
Full Price: $25.00   Our Price: $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, May. 11 2008 @ 3:00pm
Full Price: $17.00 - $25.00   Our Price: FREE - $12.50*
Rated: 3.6 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

Neil Simon's Fools at Saint Sebastian Players Theatre

Saint Sebastian Players Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Sunday, May. 11 2008 @ 2:00pm
Full Price: $15.00   Our Price: $7.50*
Rated: 2.8 stars
Saint Sebastian Players present Fools, Neil Simon's comedy about the Ukranian village of Kulyenchikov, which is cursed with stupidity. Dr. Zubritsky and his wife hire a teacher from outside the village for their lovely daughter. When the teacher falls in love with his pupil, he vows to break the town's curse; hilarity ensues.  Learn More

Hilarious Satire Urinetown, the Musical from Big Noise Theatre

Prairie Lakes Theatre (Des Plaines, IL)
Sunday, May. 11 2008 @ 2:00pm
Full Price: $21.00   Our Price: $10.50*
Rated: 3.4 stars
One of the most uproariously funny musicals in recent years, the Tony award-winning Urinetown is a tale of greed, corruption, love and revolution. Set in a future where water is scarce and the government enforces a ban on private toilets, one hero rises up and leads the people to fight for their basic rights.  Learn More

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

Citadel Theatre Company (Lake Forest, IL)
Sunday, May. 11 2008 @ 2:00pm
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)
Sunday, May. 11 2008 @ 3:00pm
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)
Sunday, May. 11 2008 @ 4:00pm
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

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

City Lit Theater (Chicago, IL)
Sunday, May. 11 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 Hunchback of Notre Dame with a Bold New Musical Score at Bailiwick Rep

Bailiwick Art Center (Chicago, IL)
Sunday, May. 11 2008 @ 3:30pm (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

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

Lifeline Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Sunday, May. 11 2008 @ 4:00pm (Preview)
Full Price: $25.00   Our Price: $12.50*
Rated: 3.5 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

Chicago Sinfonietta's Portraits of the Blues/Back into Space at Lund Auditorium

Lund Auditorium (River Forest, IL)
Sunday, May. 11 2008 @ 2:30pm
Full Price: $40.00   Our Price: $20.00*
Rated: No ratings yet
Chicago Sinfonietta's last concert of the season will explore the orchestral side of the blues with guitarist John Primer, Muddy Waters' legendary sideman, performing three pieces arranged for blues guitar and orchestra, followed by pianist Leon Bates playing Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, closing with Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, which will be accompanied by a breathtaking video.  Learn More

Chicago Dramatists Present 10 Virgins, a Magical Mix of Live Action and Puppetry

Chicago Dramatists (Chicago, IL)
Sunday, May. 11 2008 @ 3:00pm
Full Price: $22.00 - $28.00   Our Price: $11.00 - $14.00*
Rated: 2.5 stars
Ten girls live alone in Wabansia swamp, depending on each other for protection and strength. But what lies outside of the mist-shrouded bog? When the oldest of the group goes searching for answers, she comes face-to-face with her family's past, as well as the mysterious witch who haunts the swamps. Fantasy, folklore and reality blend together as the truth is revealed, lying in wait under the soft, wet peat of the marsh.  Learn More

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