Chicago - Official Visitors Guide - (Page 69) 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 (Events) • 10/12–13, 8pm: Merce Cunningham Dance Company • 10/16, 7:30pm: Mariza • 10/23, 7:30pm: Eighth Blackbird • 11/23, 8pm; 11/24, 3pm and 8pm; 11/25, 3pm: Global Rhythms 3 featuring TAO • 1/17/08, 7:30pm: Les Ballets Trockadero You don’t have to have seen any of the current shows to find it absolutely hilarious!” — New York Daily News. “Gut-bustingly funny!” — New York Post. 1641 N. Halsted St., 312–988–9000, www.theroyalgeorgetheatre.com (Mainstage) • Hats! The Musical: All tickets $49.50. Tues.–Sat. 7:30pm. Matinees Wed. and Sat. 2pm, Sun. 3pm. (Great Room) • Late Nite Catechism: Thurs. 8pm, Sat. 8pm, Sun. 3pm. We also have Put the Nuns in Charge on Fri. 8pm and Sat. 5pm. All tickets $30. cont. ™ (Gallery Space) • Another Day in the Empire: Fri. 8pm, Sat. 5pm and 8pm, Sun. 3pm. Tickets are $15 on Fri. and Sun., $20 on Sat. Shear Madness America’s favorite whodunit comedy! When a world-famous pianist is found dead in her apartment above the Shear Madness Hair Salon, the audience gets involved combing through the clues and solving the crime. Mon., Wed., Thu., Fri. at 7:30pm; Sat. at 6pm & 9pm; Sun. at 3pm. 175 N. State St., 312-462-6300 www.shearmadnesschicago.com Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre Award–winning, 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 (Events) • Through–12/9: The Producers • 12/19/07–2/10/08: Little Women 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 (Events) • 9/1/07–10/7/07: The Princess Club (Thurs.–Sun. 7:30pm; Sat.4pm) • 12/6/07–1/6/08: Hunchback Royal George Theatre Center Located minutes north of Chicago’s Loop with four theaters within one complex, 450-seat main stage, this venue is one of Chicago’s premier, mid-sized theaters. 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 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 send-ups 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! cont. ™ pg For a personalized tour contact the Chicago Greeter Program: 312-744-8000, www.chicagogreeter.com ¶ 69 http://www.chicagogreeter.com
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