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Triple Threat Extreme - Legally Blonde Style, presented by The Broadway Dreams Foundation, will storm into the Windy City in March with three of the original cast members of the hit Broadway Show 'Legally Blonde' to instruct, encourage and inspire Broadway hopefuls of all ages to follow their dreams

Porchlight Music Theatre will present the exotic musical Pacific Overtures at Theatre Building Chicago, 1225 West Belmont.

Adventure Stage Chicago (ASC) is proud to announce Producing Artistic Director Tom Arvetis as one of the recipients of the 2009 Ann Shaw Fellowship from Theatre for Young Audiences/USA, the United States chapter of the International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People.

A secret satellite.

THE QUIET MAN TALES, a riveting new play presented by Smock Alley Theater Co.

MARY-ARRCHIE THEATRE CO.

Celebrating 35 years of bringing award-winning musical theater to Chicagoland, the Marriott Theatre will open its 2009 Season with the mega-hit musical JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT.

500 Clown Theater,, founded in 2000 and made a non-profit in 2007, presents '500 Clown Madame Barker's Cabaret,' a celebration of Chicago talent hosted by Molly Brennan as Madame Barker of '500 Clown and the Elephant Deal,' as a lead-up to the full production opening at Steppenwolf in June.

The Guthrie is set to present Frank Theatre's production of By the Bog of Cats by Marina Carr, March 12 - April 5 in the Dowling Studio.

Striding Lion InterArts Workshop presents their eighth full-length production, the world premiere of 'Birdsongs,' a down-the-rabbit-hole look at one man's search for a particularly fascinating girl in a digital world.

HUGO WOLF QUARTETT Dynamic Viennese sensation Sunday, February 22, 2009, 3:00 p.

Due to popular demand, Steppenwolf Theatre Company is adding two additional weeks of performances to its critically-acclaimed production of The Seafarer, by Conor McPherson, directed by ensemble member Randall Arney.

TheatreworksUSA, ranked among North America's most respected theaters for the young, brings Marcy Heisler's and Zina Goldrich's popular musical, Junie B.

The New Colony continues to push the limits of theater with its second production: FRAT, by founding member Evan Linder.

Lifeline Theatre continues its 26th anniversary MainStage season with the world premiere adaptation of Ron Hansen's contemporary bestseller 'Mariette in Ecstasy,' adapted by Lifeline ensemble member Christina Calvit, directed by Lifeline ensemble member Elise Kauzlaric.

Rebecca Gilman's 'Blue Surge' Begins Eclipse's 2009 Season: Celebration Series Part II Playwright Scholar Series Event - In this humorous and touching story, a pair of cops and a pair of prostitutes struggle with class and the way that they view their own lives.

'This is a fairy story--the story of Cinderella and the Four Ugly Corporation Directors.

On Saturday, March 7, 2009, Chicago Opera Theater (COT) hosts its 2009 Spring Gala at The Spertus Institute's new home on Michigan Avenue in Chicago.

Opening in our Blackbox Theatre, Paula Vogel's Pulitzer-winning play, How I Learned to Drive, runs February 27 ? March 15, 2009.

'Betrayal' by Nobel Prize-winner Harold Pinter, who died in December 2008.

The Neo-Futurists, acclaimed Chicago off-Loop theater troupe and 'one of the most imaginative experimental theater ensembles in the country' (The Economist), bring Goodman Theatre's 21st century Exploration of Eugene O'Neill to a triumphant close with Strange Interlude March 6 - 8.

Magnolia, Artistic Associate Regina Taylor's world premiere about possibility in the face of seismic social change, takes root at the Goodman this spring, March 14 - April 19, 2009.

THE LARAMIE PROJECT By Mois?s Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theatre Project Directed by Krista Hansen February 27 through March 1, 2009 Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.

Brian Dennehy, currently starring as Ephraim Cabot in 'Desire Under the Elms' at the Goodman Theatre, suffered a freak fall Tuesday night on stage during the performance.

Our Lady of the Underpass by Teatro Vista Resident Playwright Tanya Saracho will be produced at the Greenhouse Theatre Center, Teatro Vista Ensemble Member Sandra Marquez will direct.