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Events on August 31st For Chicago, IL 60603

Bad Review: Improv Comedy Show Based On Theatre Reviews

Chemically Imbalanced Theater (Chicago, IL)
Sunday, Aug. 31 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00   Our Price: $5.00*
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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

Neil Simon's Plaza Suite at Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater

Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater (Chicago, IL)
Sunday, Aug. 31 @ 3:00pm
Full Price: $25.00   Our Price: $12.50*
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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

Andrew Lloyd Webber's Tell Me on a Sunday from Bailiwick Rep

Bailiwick Art Center (Chicago, IL)
Sunday, Aug. 31 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $25.00   Our Price: $10.00 - $12.50*
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Bailiwick Repertory Theatre presents the Chicago premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber's one-woman musical Tell Me on a Sunday. It tells the story of British transplant Emma, a fierce 30-year-old hat designer determined to find love and success under the bright lights of New York City.  Learn More

LEGOLAND Discovery Center Chicago — Kids Learn and Play with LEGOs

LEGOLAND Discovery Center Chicago (Schaumburg, IL)
Sunday, Aug. 31 @ All Day
Full Price: $15.75 - $20.15   Our Price: $8.00 - $10.20*
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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

Scenes from the Big Picture — A Medley of Contemporary Irish Stories

The Storefront Theater (Chicago, IL)
Sunday, Aug. 31 @ 3:00pm
Full Price: $20.00   Our Price: $10.00*
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Continuing Seanachai Theatre's tradition of Irish storytelling, this play, written by Owen McCafferty, smashes the "big picture" into vivid snapshots of intimate groups of people. Moving from shops to pubs to life on the street, the urban story masterfully weaves together the lives of 20 characters in 40 scenes into a 24-hour slice of contemporary Belfast life.  Learn More

Buffet Cruise on the Spirit of Chicago: Dining, Dancing, Live Entertainment, and More 

Spirit of Chicago - Navy Pier (Chicago, IL)
Sunday, Aug. 31 @ 7:00pm (Fireworks Dinner Cruise)
Full Price: $108.66   Our Price: $65.20*
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Step aboard the Spirit of Chicago for unparalleled lakefront cruising fun. Dine on a delicious buffet lunch or dinner, dance, enjoy Broadway-quality entertainers and catch breathtaking views of the city's historic skyline.  Learn More

Short Shorts: Three Short Comic Plays at the Annoyance Theatre

Annoyance Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Sunday, Aug. 31 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $7.00   Our Price: FREE*
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Chicago's Annoyance Theatre presents Short Shorts, a program of three short plays. Deprived is a one-act musical about three lonely people trapped in a sleep study experiment; Hipsters concerns two men competing for the love of a woman; Jacoby's Promise takes place at a neighborhood sleepover, as a family's bizarre quirks and rituals are revealed.  Learn More

Gore Vidal's Political Comedy Weekend from TimeLine Theatre Company

TimeLine Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Sunday, Aug. 31 @ 2:00pm
Full Price: $35.00   Our Price: $17.50*
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Written and set during the 1968 presidential campaign, Weekend is a witty comedy about a Republican senator who is about to announce his candidacy for the party's nomination when his son arrives with shocking — and potentially politically damaging — news. Prejudice, blackmail, self-righteousness and opportunism become a potent mix as the candidate and his handlers conspire with well-calculated maneuvers to save the day.  Learn More

The Threepenny Opera — Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's Musical Masterpiece

Steppenwolf Merle Reskin Garage Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Sunday, Aug. 31 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
Full Price: $10.00 - $25.00   Our Price: SOLD OUT*
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Steppenwolf Visiting Company The Hypocrites presents The Threepenny Opera, Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's tale of notorious bandit and womanizer Macheath. This daring, dark musical about the urban underground features an unforgettable score including "Mack the Knife" and "Pirate Jenny."  Learn More

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