Chicago Official Visitors Guide - Summer/Fall 2008 - (Page 70) see & do Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place This elegant new venue features an The Harris Theater for Music and Dance Now in its fourth year of operation, Broadway musicals — everything from timeless classics to contemporary extravaganzas. 10 Marriott Dr., Lincolnshire, 847-634-0200, www.marriotttheatre.com intimate 549-seat theater and spacious lobby and presents musicals year-round. Dinner/ show packages and convenient discount parking are available. Tues.–Sun. evening shows and Wed., Sat. and Sun. matinees. Now playing: The hit musical Altar Boyz. 175 E. Chestnut St., 312-642-2000, www.drurylanewatertower.com Excalibur Nightclub Supernatural Chi- cago — Neil Tobin, necromancer, personally engages you in Chicago’s paranormal history via magic and “psychic experiments that put Jedi mind tricks to shame” — Red Eye. “Intriguing” — Chicago Tribune. Fridays at 7:30pm. Other dates available for groups or events. 632 N. Dearborn, 312-337-3836, www.excaliburchicago.com/catering Goodman Theatre Chicago’s oldest and 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 sight lines 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 (Events) • 9/16/08-9/21/08: San Francisco Ballet New Works Festival • 10/4/08: Sphinz Chamber Orchestra 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 theatres within one complex, 450-seat main stage, this venue is one of Chicago’s premier, mid-sized theatres. 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 long-running comedies. 50-seat Gallery Theatre continues to feature productions by new and developing theatre companies. Come see Forbidden Broadway, the musical that spoofs the winners of 57 Tony Awards. From Spamalot to Wicked, 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) • 6/14-7/27: Ain’t Misbehavin’: The New Fats Waller Musical Show • 8/8-8/24: Goodman Latino Theatre Festival — September: Turn of the Century Kooza from Cirque de Soleil Kooza is a return to the origins of Cirque Du Soleil. It combines two circus traditions: acrobatic performance and the art of 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 Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre Awardwinning, nationally acclaimed theater. Our theater-in-the-round features a host of cont. ™ cont. ™ pg 70 £ Two ways to get more information: call 1-877-CHICAGO or go to choosechicago.com http://www.marriotttheatre.com http://www.drurylanewatertower.com http://www.harristheaterchicago.org http://www.excaliburchicago.com/catering http://www.redmoon.org http://www.goodman-theatre.org http://www.cirquedusoleil.com http://chicago.weaverguides.com/clickthru.php?id=12649 http://chicago.weaverguides.com/clickthru.php?id=12649 http://choosechicago.com
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