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Magnolia By Regina Taylor and Directed by Anna D.

Steppenwolf for Young Adults continues its 2008-2009 season with Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, directed by Michael Patrick Thornton.

On Monday, March 2, 2009, Chicago Opera Theater (COT) began a YouTube Contest encouraging the public to upload videos of their own creation answering the question 'Why Do You Deserve Free Tickets to Chicago Opera Theater?' The contest is found here: http://www.

Last Days of Desmond 'Nani' Reese; A Stripper's History of the World Directed by Abigail Deser Written and performed by Heather Woodbury

As an additional effort to bring the arts into the community, JERSEY BOYS is proud to announce the addition of six Stage Side Chats with cast members.

Award-winning playwright and solo performer Heather Woodbury returns to the Steppenwolf stage for a one night only performance of 'The Last Days of Desmond Nani' Reese: A Stripper's History of the World' on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at 7:30 p.

The award-winning Beatles concert, RAIN - A Tribute To The Beatles, makes its Chicago debut at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University (50 E.

As the economy continues to struggle, attending live performance has become a luxury for many people in Chicago, but for fans of New Millennium Theatre Company, high quality late night theatre remains accessible at an affordable price.

Profiles Theatre concludes its 2008-2009 Season with the World Premiere of Graceland, directed by Matt Miller.

Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to present the Chicago engagement of RENT, produced by Jeffrey Seller, Kevin McCollum, and Allan S.

Court Theatre continues its 54th season with August Wilson's classic American drama, The Piano Lesson.

Bohemian Theatre Ensemble (BoHo) presents the intriguing play Playing with Fire (after Frankenstein) by Barbara Field which explores what happens after Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

THE POLISH BOOK OF KARMA is a comedy about a daughter, educated at godless-liberal Harvard, who comes home to visit her working-class, God-fearing, Polish family on the same weekend the Pope arrives in Chicago.

TimeLine Theatre Company presents the Chicago premiere of the Tony and Olivier award-winning play The History Boys by Alan Bennett.

Facing East, a new musical based on the play of the same name by Carol Lynn Pearson, will have a special preview reading this spring in Chicago.

Desire Under the Elms at Goodman Theater opens tonight.

Schoolhouse Rock Live! the favorite Saturday morning cartoon series from the 1970's, comes to the stage at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, on Saturday, Feb.

Hobo Junction Presents an Original Live Action Musical Comedy Four mobsters of Depression era 1930s have a particularly bad day at the office in Hobo Junction Company's latest incarnation of 'Bad Guys In Suits.

Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J.

Chicago Cabaret Professionals (CCP) and Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place, 175 E.

Tickets are still available for 'Rosie! A Tribute.

The Theatre and Interpretation Center at Northwestern University will continue its 2008-09 season in April with the Mainstage productions of a musical adaptation of Aesop's fables, two performance hours, an adaptation of a Pierre Corneille classic and two performance hours hosted by the performance

Lookingglass Theatre Company presents The Arabian Nights, adapted and directed by Ensemble Member Mary Zimmerman.

Profiles Theatre continues its 20th Anniversary Season with the acclaimed new dark comedy The Wonderful World of Dissocia by Anthony Neilson, directed by Profiles Associate Artistic Director Darrell W.

From the writer of Lend Me a Tenor and Moon Over Buffalo comes a sidesplitting comedy of mistaken identities and harebrained schemes.