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Events on August 9th For Chicago, IL 60603

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

Piper's Alley (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 7:00pm
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

Chemically Imbalanced Comedy! — Improv and Sketch Comedy Showcase

Chemically Imbalanced Theater (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 10:30pm (Attila, 96D)
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, Aug. 9 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

Learning to Unscramble Mixed Messages in S*x Signals

Stage Left Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 3:00pm
Full Price: $10.00   Our Price: FREE - $5.00*
Rated: 2.8 stars
Blending improvisational comedy, education and audience participation, S*x Signals is a provocative look at dating, s*x and acquaintance rape on college campuses. The two-person show explores how mixed messages, gender role stereotypes and unrealistic fantasies contribute to misunderstandings between men and women.  Learn More

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

Bailiwick Art Center (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $45.00   Our Price: $10.00 - $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

Swing I: Learn Swing Dancing in 4 Classes at Big City Swing

Big City Swing (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 1:00pm (plus same time 8/16, 8/23, 8/30)
Full Price: $60.00   Our Price: $30.00*
Rated: 3.5 stars
Dance like the stars! Jump, jive and wail the night away after you've learned the basics of swing dancing—undoubtedly the hippest, most fun dance out there. The instructors of this four-class series have the talent, experience and sense of humor to make swing dancing accessible to everyone—even the true beginner. Enjoy the music, dance with confidence and amaze your friends!  Learn More

Neil Simon's Plaza Suite at Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater

Greenhouse Theater Center (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $25.00   Our Price: FREE - $12.50*
Rated: 3.4 stars
One of Neil Simon's most popular and celebrated plays, Plaza Suite details the misadventures of three very different couples as they face crucial moments in their respective lives—all in the same hotel room at the world-famous Plaza Hotel. Plaza Suite showcases Simon at his best: witty, clever and relentlessly funny.  Learn More

Michael McKean in Superior Donuts by 2008 Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright, at Steppenwolf

Steppenwolf Downstairs Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 3:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $40.00 - $68.00   Our Price: FREE - $34.00*
Rated: 3.5 stars
Michael McKean (This is Spinal Tap, Laverne and Shirley) stars in Superior Donuts, a provocative new comedy by 2008 Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts. Arthur (McKean) owns a decrepit donut shop in the uptown neighborhood of Chicago. Franco, a black teenager who is his only employee, wants to change the shop for the better. Set in one of Chicago's most diverse communities, this world-premiere highlights the redemptive power of friendship.  Learn More

William Shakespeare's Macbeth from Candid Theater Co.

The Building Stage (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00   Our Price: FREE - $7.50*
We've all heard the story: a military genius deposes the rightful king and then succumbs to madness. But Candid Theater Co. has found at the heart of Macbeth a powerful story of political evolution, personal destruction and the unintended benefits of revolution. Your English teacher never dreamed of this Macbeth. A cast of seven players explores the humor and suffering of Shakespeare's most gruesome and uplifting tragedy.  Learn More

The Merchant of Venice: Shakespeare's Gripping Comedy

Heartland Studio Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00   Our Price: $10.00*
Rated: 3.4 stars
Bohemian Theatre Ensemble presents a production of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. This comedy offers one of Shakespeare's most complex and gripping plots, focusing on a wealthy merchant who owes money to an unscrupulous moneylender, and on the courtship of the beautiful and clever Portia.  Learn More

Wheel of pHortune: A Different Type of Improv at Every Show!

Stage Left Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 11:00pm
Full Price: $10.00   Our Price: $5.00*
Rated: No ratings yet
Wheel of pHortune invites the audience—and fate—to decide the type of improvisation show to be performed each week! A variety of improv "forms" are attached to the Wheel of pHortune. Once an audience member spins the wheel, one of those styles will be selected for the performance.  Learn More

Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief — An Othello Parody, Songs & Skits

Stage Left Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $20.00   Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
Rated: 3.7 stars
Re-imagining the last days of Desdemona's life, The Mill's production draws inspiration from the structure of early burlesque, using original songs and skits that poke fun at Othello and contemporary gender politics to make up the first act, and finishing with a parody by Paula Vogel (How I Learned to Drive) of one of Shakespeare's great plays.  Learn More

Political Satire Election Day from Theatre Seven of Chicago

Chicago Dramatists (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00   Our Price: FREE - $7.50*
Rated: 3.7 stars
The race for mayor is coming down to the wire, and Adam's activist girlfriend, Brenda, won't stop reminding him to vote. When Brenda heads out for one last day on the stump, Adam gets a visit from his deadbeat sister, her anarchist boyfriend and the opposing mayoral candidate himself. Will Adam ever make it to the voting booth?  Learn More

Beloved Musical Willy Wonka from Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Chicago Shakespeare Theater - Courtyard Theater (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 11:00am
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 2:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $18.00 - $23.00   Our Price: $9.00 - $11.50*
Rated: 3.7 stars
Chicago Shakespeare Theatre presents Willy Wonka, the stage version of Roald Dahl's beloved novel. It's the story of young Charlie Bucket, who wins the chance to tour eccentric candy magnate Willy Wonka's fantastic factory. Based on the 1971 film, this show features such popular songs as "The Candyman" and "Pure Imagination."  Learn More

Nobel Prize-Winning Playwright Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party

Chopin Theatre Studio (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 - $20.00   Our Price: $5.00 - $10.00*
Rated: 3.1 stars
Stanley Webber, a retired pianist, is leading a quiet life in a seaside boarding house until two strangers roll into town. What is supposed to be a birthday celebration for Stanley quickly turns into a dark nightmare after a few glasses of whiskey and a game of blindman's bluff.  Learn More

LEGOLAND Discovery Center Chicago — Kids Learn and Play with LEGOs

LEGOLAND Discovery Center Chicago (Schaumburg, IL)
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ All Day
Full Price: $15.95 - $20.15   Our Price: $8.20 - $10.20*
Rated: 2.6 stars
Bring the family out for an adventure at this giant indoor LEGO world, featuring hands-on LEGO activities and theme park-like attractions. Go on a LEGO factory tour, ride the Dragon Ride, watch the Spellbreaker 4D movie, and build your own LEGO creations, which you can test out on the speed ramp or the earthquake table. Enjoy a bite to eat at the LEGO cafe, shop in the LEGO store and much more.  Learn More

Classic Tragedy Medea, Reimagined by Dream Theatre Company

Dream Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00   Our Price: FREE - $7.00*
Rated: 2.6 stars
Jeremy Menekseoglu's Medea is a visceral reimagining of the classic tragedy that turns its focus to the children's psychological trauma caused by divorce and abandonment. A chorus of wayward girls converges on a torn family. A wife clings to the passion of her past while neglecting her offspring. A man's rage cannot be tempered by the virgin's kindness and logic. Will a wife temper her madness long enough to get a husband's love to return?  Learn More

Dancing at Lughnasa: Oak Park Festival Theatre Presents Irish Play

Oak Park Festival Theatre (Oak Park, IL)
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $27.00   Our Price: $7.50 - $13.50*
Rated: 3.0 stars
Oak Park Festival Theatre presents Irish playwright Brian Friel's Dancing at Lughnasa on the lawn at picturesque Austin Gardens. In this unforgettable play, a young boy tells the story of growing up in a fatherless home, raised by his unmarried mother and his four spinster aunts in 1930's Ireland.  Learn More

The Wind Cries Mary: Drama by Philip Kan Gotanda

City Lit Theater (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $18.00   Our Price: FREE - $9.00*
Rated: 2.5 stars
Loosely based on Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, Philip Kan Gotanda's The Wind Cries Mary is the story of Eiko Hanabi, a Japanese-American woman whose strength and intelligence is handcuffed by the burdens of gender and tradition.  Learn More

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