2008 Chicago Official Visitors Guide - (Page 64) see & do clowning. Opens June 26 under the Grand Chapiteau at the United Center. Tues. & Wed. 8pm; Thurs.–Sat. 4pm and 8pm; Sun. 1pm and 5pm. United Center, Parking Lot K 1901 W. Madison St., 800-678-2119 www.cirquedusoleil.com With an intimate proscenium stage and comfortable seating, 190-seat Cabaret has an intimate club atmosphere; 90-seat Great Room, our newest space, is home to longrunning comedies. 50-seat Gallery Theatre continues to feature productions by new and developing theater companies. Forbidden Broadway begins April 19. Come see the musical that spoofs the winners of 57 Tony Awards! From Spamalot to Wicked, Annie to Robert Goulet, Forbidden Broadway presents 87 minutes of theater’s sharpest sendups and takedowns. Nothing is sacred and no one is off-limits. So come laugh out loud at the best and worst of Broadway, all wrapped up into one hilarious evening! “Consistently riotous!” — The New York Times. “Brilliant! You don’t have to have seen any of the current shows to find it absolutely hilarious!” — New York Daily News. “Gutbustingly funny!” — New York Post. 1641 N. Halsted St., 312-988-9000 www.theroyalgeorgetheatre.com (Events) • On our Mainstage: Hats! The Musical. All tickets $49.50.Tues.–Sat. 7:30pm. Matinees Wed. and Sat. 2pm, Sun. 3pm. • In the Great Room we have Late Nite Catechism,Thurs. at 8pm, Sat. at 8pm, and Sun. at 3pm. We also have Put the Nuns in Charge on Fri. at 8pm and Sat. at 5pm. All Tickets are $30. • In the Gallery Space we have Another Day In The Empire Fri. at 8pm, Sat. at 5pm and 8pm, Sun. at 3pm. Tickets are $15 on Fri. and Sun., $20 on Sat. Goodman Theatre Chicago’s oldest and largest non-profit theater is committed to presenting the classics with new vision and premiering new plays with dedication and respect for the playwright’s art. 170 N. Dearborn St., 312-443-3800 www.goodman-theatre.org (Events) • 1/26/08–4/6/08: The Horton Foote Festival (featuring The Trip to Bountiful) • 4/5/08–5/4/08: Ain't Misbehavin' • 4/26/08–6/1/08: The Ballad of Emmett Till Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre Awardwinning, nationally acclaimed theater. Our theater-in-the-round features a host of Broadway musicals, everything from timeless classics to contemporary extravaganzas. 10 Marriott Dr., Lincolnshire, 847-634-0200 www.marriotttheatre.com Redmoon Theater Redmoon Theater was founded in 1989 in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago. Redmoon has won national acclaim as the country’s leading creator of spectacle theater — a highly visual and inventive theater style that embraces the act of transformation through pageantry, puppetry, contraption-type mechanical objects, robust physical movement and surprising use of scale and special effects. Using this unique visual language, Redmoon transforms streets and stages into places of public celebration, capable of speaking across cultural, ethnic and generational boundaries. 1463 W. Hubbard St., 312-850-8440 www.redmoon.org Royal George Theatre Center Located minutes north of Chicago’s Loop with four theaters within one complex and a 450-seat main stage, this venue is one of Chicago’s premier mid-sized theaters. The Harris Theater for Music and Dance Now in its fourth year of operation, the Harris Theater continues to host the most diverse offerings of any venue in Chicago, featuring the city’s world-renowned music and dance institutions and acclaimed national and international companies, including Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Chicago Opera Theater, Luna Negra Dance, Chicago Jazz Ensemble and Music of the Baroque. The theater’s intimate downtown setting, perfect acoustics and impeccable sightlines have earned the venue much critical acclaim as the finest performing arts facility in Chicago. 205 E. Randolph Dr., 312-629-8696 www.harristheaterchicago.org Kooza from Cirque du Soleil In a return to the origins of Cirque Du Soleil, Kooza combines two circus traditions — acrobatic performance and the art of cont. ™ cont. ™ pg 64 £ Two ways to get more information: call 1-877-CHICAGO or go to choosechicago.com http://choosechicago.com
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