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In a vision reminiscent of Monty Python, Samuel Beckett, Franz Kafka and Joseph Heller, Vitalist Theatre, in association with DCA Theater, presents the U.

The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago opens its spring 2012 season with the return of the San Francisco Bay Area's Margaret Jenkins Dance Company in the Midwest premiere of Light Moves, Jenkins' most recent collaborative work.

Chicago singer and actor, Rob Dorn, returns to the Wilmette Theatre with the holiday concert "Rob Dorn's Wonderland" on December 19th at 7:30pm.

While continuing a long run in its home base at the Las Vegas Hilton, SANDY HACKETT'S RAT PACK SHOW celebrates New Year's Eve in grand style with two shows (6 p.

Wicker Park upscale sports bar The Fifty/50 (2047 W Division St) will show four of Michael Jordan's greatest playoff games in HD in their entirety on its 18 flatscreens with sound at 8pm on two consecutive Tuesdays (December 13 and December 20) as a warmup before the Bulls start their season.

The Chicago Tribune reports that Chicago's downtown Marriott Hotel will host a reading for UNSPEAKABLE, a new play based on the life of comedian Richard Pryor.

TimeLine Theatre Company, recently named one of the nation's top 10 emerging professional theatres by the American Theatre Wing, founder of the Tony Awards®, presents the Chicago premiere of Enron by Lucy Prebble, directed by Rachel Rockwell, January 27 - April 15, 2012 (previews January 17 - 26) a

Oracle Productions has announced the addition of 3 new Company Members who are all excited about launching Season Two of Public Access Theatre in Chicago.

The Champaign Urbana Theatre Company has announced "An Evening with … Saint Jimi Presley A Tribute to Elvis "Vegas Style"," a fundraising event set for This Thursday, December 15, 2011, at the Laborers Union Hall (108 E.

Lifeline Theatre welcomes Alex Kyger as the company's first Development Manager, starting December 12, 2011.

American Theater Company (ATC) announces new performance dates for its hit production of the holiday classic, It's a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play, adapted from the film by Frank Capra and directed by ATC Artistic Associate Jason Gerace.

Fox Valley Repertory kicks off their 2012 season with a variety of improv, musical tributes and comedic combat, including: Chicago's finest improv troupe The Best of Second City, some of the best comedic swordplay in the country, The Swordsmen, and a weekend of the popular Beatles band, American Eng

Emmy, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award winner Julianna Margulies will be the guest of honor at the third annual Steppenwolf Salutes WOMEN IN THE ARTS fundraising luncheon on Monday, March 12, 2012 at Noon at The Chicago Cultural Center, 77 E.

The House Theatre of Chicago continues its 10th anniversary season with an all-new re-imagining of the company's inaugural production and first ever hit, Death and Harry Houdini, opening on January 29, 2011 at The Chopin Theatre (1543 W.

TUTA THEATRE presents Fulton Street: Peel Sessions in a sneak peek for the upcoming WORLD PREMIERE February 2012 engagement of Fulton Street Sessions.

The Paramount Theatre, 23 E.

Raven Theatre announces the cancellation of the four-week extension of William Inge's Bus Stop as rights cannot be secured beyond the original closing date of December 11.

Court Theatre Artistic Director Charles Newell and Executive Director Stephen J.

The Music Institute of Chicago, one of the U.

The Scooty & JoJo Show and Metro present a special holiday performance of the comic rock spectacle, Alien Queen: The Concert, on Saturday, December 10, at Metro with returning crowd favorite, Battlestar Fantastica, and DJBoywonder.

BoHo Theatre brings laughs and style to the stage this January with Ranjit Bolt's contemporary translation of Molière's Tartuffe, the classic tale of sex, money, and the power of persuasion.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) announced today the casting for its 10th annual concert collaboration with The Chicago Chamber Musicians (CCM), Witches, Wizards, Spells and Elves: The Magic of Shakespeare, introducing families and children to the joys of live performance-through music performed by

Midwest New Musicals continues Words and Music, its concert reading series of original musicals, with MRS.

Broadway In Chicago has announced that individual tickets for the explosive Broadway hit AMERICAN IDIOT, called "wonderfully raucous" and "emotionally charged" by The New York Times, will go on sale today at 10 a.

Legendary rocker Bret Michaels brings his rock hits and hot ballads to Viper Alley Friday, Dec.