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Events on May 17th For Chicago, IL 60603

Chemically Imbalanced Comedy! — Improv and Sketch Comedy Showcase

Chemically Imbalanced Theater (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 10:30pm (Tumbleweeds, Feverberry Mountain, Angerstein Street)
Full Price: $10.00   Our Price: $5.00*
Rated: 2.7 stars
Chemically Imbalanced Comedy presents their Comedy Showcase featuring local improv and sketch comedy groups performing on stage with a hilarious stand-up comic as host. A laugh-out-loud great night out!  Learn More

Massages, Facials and More from Amber Spa

Amber Spa (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, May. 17 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

Hot Saturday Nights: Late Night Tit-Bits & Skinprov

Annoyance Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 10:00pm
Full Price: $15.00   Our Price: $7.50*
Rated: 2.5 stars
Annoyance Productions dives into the heat of Saturday night by doing the only sensible thing — getting undressed. With a double-bill Saturday night the theatre gets racy, debuting the Burlesque-cum-Improv shows "Late Night Tit-Bits" (featuring seven stimulating ladies), and "Skinprov" (featuring six shirtless men). The only thing more sparse than the clothing will be the paper-thin plots.  Learn More

Pimprov - Hilarious, Original Improv Comedy

Chemically Imbalanced Theater (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $12.00   Our Price: $6.00*
Rated: 3.4 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

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

Steppenwolf Upstairs Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 3:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 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)
Saturday, May. 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

Speech and Debate - The Fiercely Funny Off-Broadway Hit

American Theater Company (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 4:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 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

Omniscience: Dystopian Thriller at Stage Left Theatre

Stage Left Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, May. 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

Space Future: Rock Musical Spoof at the Annoyance Theatre

Annoyance Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00   Our Price: $7.50*
Rated: 1.5 stars
Billed as "A Symphonic Ear Blast to the 10th Progression", Space Future is a tongue-in-cheek take on rock musicals. Accompanied by a live four-piece band, the show tells the story of the dreaded Space Overlord, who has banned music from every planet in the universe, and the slacker/Prince/future rock & roller who is the one and only hope for peace and prosperity in the galaxy.  Learn More

The Jungle Book, Based on Rudyard Kipling's Adventurous Tale

Lake Zurich Performing Arts Center (Lake Zurich, IL)
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 2:00pm
Full Price: $9.00 - $12.00   Our Price: $4.50 - $6.00*
Rated: 3.7 stars
The Jungle Book is about a young boy named Mowgli who was raised in the jungles of India by a pack of wolves—and makes friends with many colorful characters along the way. Students ages 8-18 of Christian Youth Theater (McHenry County) present this daring story of adventure based on Rudyard Kipling's exotic tale.  Learn More

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

Raven East Stage (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 8:00pm
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)
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $25.00   Our Price: FREE - $12.50*
Rated: 3.7 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

Academy Award-Winner Olympia Dukakis Directs Botanic Garden

Piccolo Theatre (Evanston, IL)
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $30.00   Our Price: FREE - $15.00*
Rated: 3.8 stars
Directed by Oscar-winning actress Olympia Dukakis, Botanic Garden is the story of Kate, who faces the daunting and often humorous prospect of her first date since the death of her husband, Jake. Memories her marriage force Kate to take a stark look at her present and the choices she must make as she embarks upon the next chapter of her life.  Learn More

Neil Simon's Fools at Saint Sebastian Players Theatre

Saint Sebastian Players Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 8:00pm
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)
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 8:00pm
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

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

Chicago Shakespeare Theater - Courtyard Theater (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 3:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 8:00pm
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

Open Door Rep Presents The Oldest Profession

Hatch Auditorium (Oak Park, IL)
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 3:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $18.00   Our Price: $7.50 - $9.00*
Rated: No ratings yet
As Ronald Reagan enters the White House, five aging practitioners of the oldest profession are faced with a diminishing clientele, increased competition for their niche market and aching joints. The Oldest Profession focuses on the 50+ years of friendship these ladies share. It provides the framework to talk the issues both in their lives and society.  Learn More

Korean American Family Grapples with the American Dream in Durango

Silk Road Theatre Project (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 4:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 8:00pm
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

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

National Pastime Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, May. 17 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

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

City Lit Theater (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 8:00pm
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 Mark of Zorro: New Version of Classic Adventure Story at Lifeline Theatre

Lifeline Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 4:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 8:00pm
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

Trap Door Theatre Presents Beholder: Premiere of Drama About Poet Rainer Maria Rilke

Trap Door Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00   Our Price: $10.00*
Rated: 3.3 stars
Ken Prestinzini's Beholder is inspired by the notebooks and letters of painter Paula Modersohn-Becker and her friend poet Rainer Maria Rilke. The script also takes inspiration from Rilke's poem "Requiem for a Friend". A love story on many levels, Beholder explores how Paula's continually evolving relationship to her work is reflected in her relationship to herself and to the people in her life.  Learn More

Boys & Girls: Two plays presented by Theatre Seven and the DCA

Studio Theater (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $10.00 - $15.00   Our Price: FREE - $7.50*
Rated: 2.7 stars
Enjoy two dark comedies presented by Theatre Seven of Chicago and the DCA. Daniel MacIvor's Never Swim Alone blows the lid off modern masculinity as it examines the lives of two lifelong friends, chained together by one tragic childhood day at the beach. In The Shallow End, playwright Wendy MacLeod follows four teenage girls through the twists and turns of friendship over the course of one summer.  Learn More

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

Chicago Dramatists (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 8:00pm
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

Collaboraction's 8th Annual Sketchbook Festival: 14 Short Plays

Steppenwolf Merle Reskin Garage Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 5:30pm (Program A)
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 8:00pm (Program B)
Full Price: $15.00 - $30.00   Our Price: FREE - $15.00*
Rated: 2.3 stars
Featuring 14 world-premiere short plays written by a combination of emerging and established playwrights, Collaboraction's annual Sketchbook Festival has grown into one of Chicago's most electrifying annual events during its eight-year history. This year, the roster of playwrights includes such critically acclaimed authors as Academy Award nominee Jose Rivera, Sean Graney, Greg Allen, Emily Schwartz and Itamar Moses. See full event description for lineup.  Learn More

The Master Builder: Building Stage Presents Ibsen's Mysterious, Lyrical Drama

The Building Stage (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00   Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
Rated: 3.3 stars
Chicago's award-winning Building Stage, presents Henrik Ibsen's The Master Builder. Master Builder Solness is in the prime of his life and at the height of his powers, yet is locked in a sterile and guilt-ridden marriage, desperately fighting to maintain his place in the world. The unexpected arrival of a mysterious and beautiful young woman gives Solness new life. But does she bring redemption, or is this the end for the Master Builder?  Learn More

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