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The Week of April 7th For Chicago, IL 60603

Massage and Facial Packages at the Asha SalonSpa Gold Coast

Asha SalonSpa Gold Coast (Chicago, IL)
Monday, Apr. 7 2008 @ Various Times
Tuesday, Apr. 8 2008 @ Various Times
Wednesday, Apr. 9 2008 @ Various Times
Full Price: $85.00 - $160.00 Our Price: $42.50 - $80.00*
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Enjoy a relaxing full body massage or facial package at the beautiful Asha Salon Spa. At Asha, beauty, fashion and wellness become an art, and you are their canvas. A visit there also makes a wonderful gift.

Asha SalonSpa Bucktown Massage and Facial Packages

Asha SalonSpa Bucktown (Chicago, IL)
Monday, Apr. 7 2008 @ Various Times
Tuesday, Apr. 8 2008 @ Various Times
Wednesday, Apr. 9 2008 @ Various Times
Full Price: $95.00 - $160.00 Our Price: $47.50 - $80.00*
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Enjoy a relaxing full body massage or facial package at the beautiful Asha Salon Spa. At Asha, beauty, fashion and wellness become an art, and you are their canvas. A visit there also makes a wonderful gift.

Inspired Improvisation With iO's Armando Diaz Experience

ImprovOlympic Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Monday, Apr. 7 2008 @ 8:30pm
Full Price: $12.00 Our Price: $6.00*
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Frequently joined by guests from "MADtv," "Saturday Night Live," "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," the Second City and more, "The Armando Diaz Experience" is long-form improv in which a monologist tells personal stories that provide the inspiration for the resulting scenes. The cast is a group of i.O.'s most accomplished performers and alumni, making this show a Monday-night smash for years.

Massages and More from Chocolate For Your Body

Chocolate For Your Body Spa (Chicago, IL)
Monday, Apr. 7 2008 @ Various Times
Tuesday, Apr. 8 2008 @ Various Times
Wednesday, Apr. 9 2008 @ Various Times
Full Price: $93.00 - $200.00 Our Price: $46.50 - $100.00*
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Indulge in a luscious treatment from Chocolate For Your Body, a new spa in the heart of Chicago. Whether it's a Golfer's Massage, an Age Defying Facial, or a Microdermabrasion with Masque, you'll leave feeling refreshed and invigorated.

Massages, Facials and More from Amber Spa

Amber Spa (Chicago, IL)
Tuesday, Apr. 8 2008 @ Various Times
Wednesday, Apr. 9 2008 @ Various Times
and 3 more dates.
Full Price: $75.00 - $160.00 Our Price: $37.50 - $80.00*
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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.

"The Best Night of Improv in Chicago" — Four Funny Improv Groups in One Show

Annoyance Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Tuesday, Apr. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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The Annoyance presents "The Best Night of Improv in Chicago" — four fantastically funny groups filled with veterans of the Annoyance, Second City, Steppenwolf and other great theatres. The show includes Fishnuts, Chicagoland, Bad Touch: Unsavory Improv and The Gambino Crew.

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

Steppenwolf Upstairs Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Tuesday, Apr. 8 2008 @ 7:30pm
Wednesday, Apr. 9 2008 @ 7:30pm
and 4 more dates.
Full Price: $40.00 - $68.00 Our Price: FREE - $34.00*
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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.

Singles Speed Dating Party at Flatwater on the Chicago River

Flatwater (Chicago, IL)
Tuesday, Apr. 8 2008 @ 8:30pm
Full Price: $32.00 Our Price: $16.00*
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Bypass the awkwardness of the first date with a bunch of speedy ones at DateandDash's speed dating party for singles 25-40. If you click, DateandDash will pass your contact information along to each other so you can start courting the old-fashioned way. The event takes place at Flatwater, a restaurant with a breathtaking view of the Chicago River.

Quadrille - A Festival of Music, Drama and Dance Starring Horses

Noble Horse Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Wednesday, Apr. 9 2008 @ 10:30am
Full Price: $14.00 - $42.00 Our Price: FREE - $26.00*
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Returning to the year 1804, Napoleon's Europe, this festival features majestic white Lipizzaner and Andalusian horses performing with exciting Cossack and Gypsy riders from around the world. Quadrille is a spectacle of strength and beauty showcasing the noble horse in all its splendor. The production elegantly combines riding art, music, drama and dance.

Jazz-Filled Tale of Love: Carter's Way at the Steppenwolf

Steppenwolf Downstairs Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Wednesday, Apr. 9 2008 @ 7:30pm
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ 7:30pm
and 3 more dates.
Full Price: $40.00 - $68.00 Our Price: $20.00 - $34.00*
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Steppenwolf Theatre Company presents Carter's Way, a jazz-filled tale of love, the mob and an artist's integrity, featuring original music by Darrell Leonard, written and directed by Oscar-winning ensemble member Eric Simonson. It's 1935, the middle of the Great Depression, and the peak of Kansas City's legendary jazz era, when renowned black saxophonist Oriole Carter is falling head over heels for the white girlfriend of a local mobster.

Double Feature: Long-Form Improv From Tha Weave and 21st Century Men

Chemically Imbalanced Theater (Chicago, IL)
Wednesday, Apr. 9 2008 @ 9:00pm
Full Price: $6.00 Our Price: FREE*
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Chemically Imbalanced Comedy presents Double Feature, a show featuring long-form improv from Tha Weave and 21st Century Men. Two long-running improv groups, Tha Weave and 21st Century Men are composed of veteran performers from Second City, The Annoyance, IO, pH Productions, The Playground and Chemically Imbalanced Comedy.

Carousel: "Best Musical of the Twentieth Century" (Time Magazine) at Court Theatre

Court Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Wednesday, Apr. 9 2008 @ 7:30pm
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $32.00 - $38.00 Our Price: $10.00 - $19.00*
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This Rodgers and Hammerstein masterpiece reinvented musical theatre in its day with its lush score and seamless integration of song, story, and dance. Now the piece Time Magazine named the "best musical of the twentieth century" will soar to new heights in Court Theatre's intimate space. Set in a small New England town, the story of an impulsive, brash carnival barker and his bride spans heaven and earth in its exploration of love, human frailty, and redemption.

Driving Miss Daisy, the Pulitzer Prize-Winning Play, from First Folio

Mayslake Peabody Estate (Oak Brook, IL)
Wednesday, Apr. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ 1:00pm
Full Price: $16.00 - $26.00 Our Price: $8.00 - $13.00*
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First Folio presents Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Driving Miss Daisy. This beloved story details the relationship between an elderly Southern Jewish matron and her African-American chauffeur over the span of several decades. In this delicate depiction of racial tensions and of growing old, Uhry has created two outsiders who come to a mutual respect based on their independence, strength and stubborn integrity.

Critically Acclaimed Heartfelt Drama The Trip To Bountiful at the Goodman Theatre

Goodman Theatre - The Albert (Chicago, IL)
Wednesday, Apr. 9 2008 @ 7:30pm
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ 7:30pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $45.00 - $60.00 Our Price: $22.50 - $30.00*
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Horton Foote's play tells the story of Carrie Watts, an elderly woman who flees the stifling confinement of the city apartment she shares with her son and daughter-in-law to revisit her hometown in the low farmland of the Texas coast. Actor/director Harris Yulin re-creates his off-Broadway triumph, featuring a luminous performance by Obie Award-winner Lois Smith.

NPR's Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!: Live Tapings from Chicago Public Radio

Chase Auditorium (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $21.99 Our Price: $11.00*
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Be in the audience for a taping of the hilarious weekly news quiz from NPR and Chicago Public Radio, Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! Each week on the radio, you can test your knowledge against some of the news and entertainment world's best and brightest. Peter Sagal, Carl Kasell, and company take a fast-paced, irreverent look at the week's events. Guest panelists rotate weekly, like comedian Paula Poundstone, author Roy Blount Jr., and The Daily Show's Mo Rocca.

iO Presents A Night of Improv With The Reckoning

ImprovOlympic Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $12.00 Our Price: $6.00*
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Improv can be a challenge week after week, but The Reckoning make it look easy time and time again. One of iO's premiere House teams, The Reckoning performs a completely unique improvised show each week. The Reckoning continues to set the standard of excellence for improv comedy in Chicago. The Reckoning performs with a different set of Improv teams each week.

Shecky Kulhan: Amuse-Bouche, A Dark Comedy Cabaret Solo Show

Annoyance Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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Written and performed by Chicago improv veteran Bob Kulhan, Shecky honors the history of great physical comedy legends within the dark, twisted world of the human mind. A menacing emcee and German cabaret sidekick guide the audience through a "carnival of the mouth," meeting vaudevillian comedians, theatrical magicians and sultry singers, and encountering distortions of reality.

M. Butterfly from Bohemian Theatre Ensemble

Heartland Studio Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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David Henry Hwang's Tony Award-winning M. Butterfly is one of the most celebrated of recent American plays, and the first by an Asian-American to win universal acclaim. Based on a true story that stunned the world, M. Butterfly is the tale of Rene Gallimard, held captive by the French government, and his memories of a love affair with Song Liling, a beautiful Chinese diva who turned out to be a spy for the Chinese government.

Tennessee Williams' First Full-Length Play, Candles to the Sun

Greenhouse Theater Center (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $25.00 Our Price: $5.00 - $12.50*
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Eclipse Theatre Company presents the Chicago premiere of Tennessee Williams' first full-length play, Candles to the Sun. Set during the Great Depression in Alabama's Red Hills coal mining region, Candles to the Sun paints a portrait of the bleak lives of the miners' families and their attempts to unionize. Recent Jeff-award winning director Steven Fedoruk (who directed Eclipse's hit Blues for an Alabama Sky) will return to direct Williams's rarely produced piece.

Smart, Quirky Award-Winning Play Underneath the Lintel at City Lit Theater

City Lit Theater (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $18.00 - $25.00 Our Price: FREE - $12.50*
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Underneath the Lintel is the story of a librarian who is searching the world to find the person who returned a book to his library 113 years overdue. The play won the Los Angeles Ovation Award for Best Play and Back Stage West's Garland Award for Best Play, and was one of TimeOut New York's Ten Best Plays during its Off-Broadway run.

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

Raven West Stage (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ 8:30pm
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:30pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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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!

Off-Broadway Musical Hit A Man of No Importance from Bailiwick Rep

Bailiwick Art Center (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ 7:30pm
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $25.00 - $35.00 Our Price: $12.50 - $17.50*
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Celebrate Oscar Wilde, the streets of Dublin and the joys of making live theatre with A Man of No Importance, the musical treasure written by the team that found much success with their Award-Winning musical classic Ragtime. This compelling story by playwright Terrence McNally brims with passion, humor and sexual awakenings, coupled with a gorgeous score filled with Irish-inspired music.

Midwest Premiere of Neil LaBute's Acclaimed Play In A Dark Dark House

Profiles Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $30.00 Our Price: FREE - $15.00*
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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.

Noel Coward's "Spirited Comedy" Blithe Spirit

Historic Pleasant Home (Oak Park, IL)
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ 7:30pm
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 7:30pm
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $27.00 Our Price: $7.50 - $13.50*
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Oak Park Festival Theatre presents Noel Coward's witty drawing-room farce Blithe Spirit. Charles is a novelist who, while doing research on the supernatural, mistakenly brings back the spirit of his first wife, Elvira. His second wife, Ruth, is appalled. This odd threesome becomes entangled in a comedic web of love, jealousy and attempted murder.

Lavell Crawford (Last Comic Standing, Laffapalooza, Comedy Central) at Schaumburg Improv

Chicago Improv of Schaumburg (Schaumburg, IL)
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ 7:30pm
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 10:15pm
Full Price: $22.00 Our Price: $11.00*
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Rotund funnyman Lavell Crawford is quickly climbing the comedic ranks and becoming one rising comedy star to watch. From his numerous television appearances and on stage performances, audiences are becoming increasingly familiar with Lavell's giant-sized talent.

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

The Neo-Futurarium (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm (Unitards)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm (Unitards)
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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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.

Omniscience: Dystopian Thriller at Stage Left Theatre

Stage Left Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
Full Price: $10.00 - $25.00 Our Price: FREE - $12.50*
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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.

Dreamlandia, a Crisp, Comic Adventure from Teatro Vista

Greenhouse Theater Center (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 8:30pm
Full Price: $30.00 - $35.00 Our Price: FREE - $17.50*
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Crisp and comic, Dreamlandia is where dreams and reality collide for a family living on the US/Mexico border as they deal with NAFTA, narcotics and illegal immigration. Epic, inventive and full of "street-cred," this vibrant play is witness to a clear and potent political voice.

Monument: The Seldoms' Dance-Theater Work About the Environment

Ruth Page Center for the Arts (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $18.00 Our Price: FREE - $9.00*
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Monument is an evening-length dance-theater work that follows the voracious, frenzied course of people's individual acts of consumption along the one-way ride to the trash heap. This final destination, the landfill—that accidental social sculpture—looms large, a physical culmination of desire and expenditure.

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

Piper's Alley (Chicago, IL)
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ 7:30pm
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $60.00 - $70.00 Our Price: $30.00 - $35.00*
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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.

Supernatural Chicago, An Interactive Journey Through Chicago's Paranormal Past

Excalibur Nightclub (Chicago, IL)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*

Now in its fifth straight year! Experience Chicago's paranormal past for yourself through stories, psychic magic, and audience participation in this acclaimed one-man show. Neil Tobin, Necromancer, stars in Supernatural Chicago at one of Chicago's most haunted locations. Find out why Metromix calls the show a "Best Bet" and Chicago Tribune's Red Eye calls it "a perennial hot ticket."

Chemically Imbalanced Comedy! — Improv and Sketch Comedy Showcase

Chemically Imbalanced Theater (Chicago, IL)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 10:30pm (Counterproductive Lover, Black Irish, and Cyclops Baby)
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 10:30pm (Found in Translation, Cutlass Supreme, and Cornwallis)
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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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!

Massages & More at Lincoln Park Massage Spa

Lincoln Park Massage Spa (Chicago, IL)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ Various Times
Full Price: $85.00 - $190.00 Our Price: $42.50 - $95.00*
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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.

The Audience Chooses: "The Harold" at iO

ImprovOlympic Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 10:30pm
Full Price: $12.00 - $14.00 Our Price: $6.00 - $7.00*
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A night of laughs where the audience rules: Created by Del Close and Charna Halpern, The Harold begins with an audience suggestion. A team of improvisers fully explore the suggestion through scenes and games, creaing disparate stories, characters and themes the eventually weave together seamlessly, like the instruments of a jazz band.

Bodyslam! The Rise and Fall of CAWC - A Comedy about Wrestling

Annoyance Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 10:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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Bodyslam! The Rise and Fall of CAWC follows the journey of Rufus and Preston Dreamwater through the flamboyant world of Professional Wrestling. With characters like Baron Hittem Von Smashem, "Horny" Rick Powers, Moonshine Misty Morgan and Man Sized Baby, as well as original songs, crazy costumes and an actual ring in the theatre, Bodyslam! offers a comedic theatrical experience unlike any other.

Bear Force One - A Gay Parody of the Film Air Force One

Annoyance Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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After a series of unexpected assassinations, Secretary of Agriculture Buck Marshall finds himself the first gay "bear" President of the United States. Like his chest, the world he steps into is quite hairy. All Buck wants to do is escape to Key West with his "First Cub," daughter India-China, and his newly assembled queer cabinet. But as he boards "Air Force One" for some R & R, his enemies have plans of their own!

Live Comedy at Jokes & Notes

Jokes & Notes Comedy Club (Chicago, IL)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:30pm
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 10:30pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Jokes & Notes Comedy Club presents an evening of hilarious stand-up comedy. A great line-up of comics is scheduled to appear, including headliners from across the Midwest and beyond.

Bronte, A Victorian Literary Drama About the Bronte Sisters

Greenhouse Theater Center (Chicago, IL)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $40.00 Our Price: $20.00*
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This inventive drama examines the lives of three of the most studied and discussed writers of all time. Spurred by their brother's tumultuous personal life, Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte write from their remote home on the Yorkshire moors. The real and the imagined collide as the characters the sisters have created come to life.

Italian Farce Lust, Lies and Marriage from Piccolo Theatre

Piccolo Theatre (Evanston, IL)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $12.50 - $25.00 Our Price: $6.25 - $12.50*
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Dottore tells his daughter she'll be marrying Lelio when all she wants to do is marry the handsome Orazio. A foreign woman named Celia falls in love with the same Orazio while another gentleman named Odoardo falls in love with her. What's a servant or two to do but dress up in disguise and help lovestruck masters figure the whole mess out?

The House Of Yes: Will Act For Food Presents Heartbreaking Dark Comedy at the Cornservatory

The Cornservatory (Chicago, IL)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $18.00 Our Price: $9.00*
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The House of Yes is a viciously witty yet surprisingly heartbreaking dark comedy about a wealthy East Coast family. During one hurricane-riddled Thanksgiving, four family members and one guest will explore the depths of love, lust, obsession and denial. Everyone has their secrets, but just how explosive are they?

The Beastly Bombing — L.A.'s Cult Theatre Hit Comes to Chicago

Trap Door Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $25.00 Our Price: $10.00 - $12.50*
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Framed by the plot mechanisms and charming music of a 19th-century Gilbert and Sullivan-esque comic operetta, The Beastly Bombing is a romance about white supremacists and Al Qaeda terrorists plotting to blow up the Brooklyn Bridge. The show's controversial but hilarious take on modern politics, fundamentalism and the war on terror has produced a touchstone event, leading to debate about which issues comedy can address in our polarized society.

Judy in Disguise with Glasses, a One-Woman Comedy Show

Chemically Imbalanced Theater (Chicago, IL)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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Chemically Imbalanced Comedy presents Angie McMahon's Judy in Disguise with Glasses. The character Judy McClure has been performed as part of CIC's Christmas shows for several years, but in 2007 McMahon used some of her written material to be part of CIC's Comedy Festival Snubfest. She now brings the revamped show to CIC for a limited engagement.

Ceres: Factory Theater Presents Tense Drama About Insurance Industry

Prop Thtr (Chicago, IL)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 - $20.00 Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
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Set against the backdrop of Chicago's Financial District and one broker's surreal subconscious, Heather Tyler's Ceres takes us into the lions' den of hot-shot investment insurance brokers, sneaking a glimpse into the dubious actions of clandestine Unit 57 and its Board of Directors.

Burlesque Revue The Flaming Dames in Vegas Baby

The Spot (Chicago, IL)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 10:30pm
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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The Flaming Dames, Chicago's most frequently running burlesque revue, are back and raising the stakes once more with their latest revue, The Flaming Dames in Vegas Baby. This time around the ladies are paying homage to everything glitzy, glamorous and sexy about Las Vegas. Returning once again to Uptown's The Spot, the dames are ready to entice with brand new strip-tastic dances and two hot new hosts.

Belcea Quartet: English Chamber Ensemble Plays Britten, Haydn in Chicago Debut

Mandel Hall (Chicago, IL)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $32.00 Our Price: $16.00*
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In their Chicago recital debut, England's dazzling Belcea Quartet lights up the stage of Mandel Hall with a work by Haydn and two of Benjamin Britten's string quartets. The winner of numerous awards, including two Royal Philharmonic Society prizes, the young ensemble has been praised by critics for its maturity and creativity.

Toys in the Attic, Lillian Hellman's Powerful Southern Family Drama

Lund Auditorium (River Forest, IL)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 7:30pm
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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Set in a steamy, insular New Orleans right after the Great Depression, Lillian Hellman's play follows two spinster sisters who are on the cusp of middle age. They've repeatedly sacrificed their dreams to rescue their troubled brother, whose sudden return as a wealthy man throws their long-established balance of power into chaos.

Hot Saturday Nights: Late Night Tit-Bits & Skinprov

Annoyance Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 10:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $20.00 Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
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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.

iO Presents an Improvised Musical by the Deltones

ImprovOlympic Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $14.00 Our Price: $7.00*
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One of the legendary improv theatre iO's premiere ensembles, the Deltones, perform a completely improvised musical. The cast includes members of other hit iO shows and teams including The Reckoning, Bullet Lounge, Improvised Shakespeare, Carl and the Passions and many more!

Bilingual Mystery The Blue House from Adventure Stage Chicago

Vittum Theater (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 2:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 - $17.00 Our Price: FREE - $8.50*
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Told in English and Spanish, this world premiere play centers around 13-year-old Maricela, who lives in a vibrant Chicago neighborhood with a rich and sad history. Haunting dreams of strangers from another time lead Maricela to an abandoned lot where the mysterious Blue House once stood. Can she uncover the house's dark secret and set the souls of its ghostly inhabitants free?

Pimprov - Hilarious, Original Improv Comedy

Chemically Imbalanced Theater (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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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.

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