CHICAGO THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 956

Just when you thought Monday nights couldn't get any better, Barrel of Monkeys is partnering with some of Chicago's best performing arts companies and artists for the second iteration of CHICAGO'S WEIRD, GRANDMA, directed by Artistic Director Molly Brennan, playing Mondays at 8 pm from October 28 -

The Apollo Chorus, celebrating 142 years of making music as Chicago's oldest premier volunteer chorus, will kick off its 2013-2014 season with a free 'Music in the Neighborhood' Concert on Sunday, November 3 at 3:00 p.

2013 MIDWINTER'S TALES: SIMPLE GIFTS - A Celebration of the Season in Music and Musings, benefiting both Oak Park Festival Theatre and Prevail (formerly Oak Park River Forest Walk In Ministry) will be held at 7 PM, Saturday, December 7, 2013, at the Unity Temple in Oak Park, Illinois.

Chicago Fringe Festival Executive Director Vinnie Lacey announces the Chicago Fringe Festival 2013, held August 29 - September 8, its first time in the new location of Jefferson Park was a success and the Festival will return in 2014.

Johan Botha, the world-renowned South African heldentenor who has been performing the title role of Verdi's Otello at Lyric Opera of Chicago, has been forced to withdraw from his final two performances on October 29 and November 2 because of severe back pain caused by a previous injury, Lyric's gene

Honorary Chairs Pat Quinn, Governor, State of Illinois, and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, along with the board, artists, top supporters and staff of Chicago Children's Theatre (CCT) invite Chicagoans to the company's 2013 fall gala Making a Scene, an incredible night out with an important cause - cele

CafeCabaret is an eclectic variety/cabaret show with a rotating cast of performers.

National Opera Week celebrates the vitality of opera in America as a contemporary cultural expression.

The Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University welcomes The Hungarian State Folk Ensemble, regarded as one of the greatest folkloric dance ensembles in the world, back to Chicago for 'Hungarian Rhapsody,' Friday, November 22 at 7:30 p.

Jedlicka Performing Arts Center continues its 2013-14 Season with the comedic thriller ACCOMPLICE by Rupert Holmes, the creator of the Tony Award-winning musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood, with direction by Artistic Director Dante J.

The friendly, on-the-field rivalry for a good cause between Chicago's top-tier Tony Award-winning theater companies--the Goodman and Steppenwolf--in the 3rd annual flag football game today, October 26 from 9:30-11:30am.

The audience becomes part of the play when Theatre in the Woods presents 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' at the Riverwoods Village Hall, 300 Portwine Road, Riverwoods, today, October 26, at 4 pm, as part of the Riverwoods Halloween celebration.

For the third year in a row, Raven Theatre celebrates fall with their wildly popular festival, Boo Ha Ha! Bring the whole family for a day of fun and games with the rest of the Edgewater/Andersonville community!

Direct from their phenomenally successful Broadway engagement, the internationally-acclaimed Beatles concert, 'RAIN: A Tribute to The Beatles,' makes its debut at Rosemont Theatre (5400 N.

Li'l Buds Theatre presents Those Silly Reindeer! This original musical for families was co written by J.

Looking for Last Minute Halloween Fun? Gorilla Tango Theatre has THREE Halloween-inspired performances to tickle your funny bone!

She's back! Plucky Rosenthal, Chicago's own Jewish star of stage and stage, returns on Thursday, November 7 with all her friends in tow.

Drury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane, presents the Tony Award-winning musical sensation HELLO, DOLLY!, currently running through January 5, 2014.

The question of who determines a child's fate amidst drug addiction, religion and child custody laws takes center stage in Rebecca Gilman's newest work, Luna Gale, directed by Goodman Theatre Artistic Director Robert Falls.

A comical Tony Award-winning musical about an angst-filled spelling championship, and performances of a Jane Austen classic are among the November productions at the Theatre and Interpretation Center (TIC) at Northwestern University.

Critics are loving, packed houses are jumping to their feet, and weekend performances are starting to sell out of Chicago Children's Theatre's family musical A Year with Frog and Toad, now playing at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N.

Chicago tap dancer, street performer, and dance instructor Kenneth D'Jedi Russell and OSE Consultants presents Loved-Lest: The Truth of the World on Saturday, November 2, 2013 at 7 pm and Sunday, November 3, 2013 at 4 pm at Gorilla Tango Bucktown, 1919 N Milwaukee, Chicago IL 60647.

The Chicago Humanities Festival (CHF) presents the 24th annual Fall Festival, with more than 60 events that will explore the theme of ANIMAL: What Makes Us Human, Nov.

Writers Theatre Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kate Lipuma announce the extension of the Midwest Premiere of The Old Man and The Old Moon, a new play with music by PigPen Theatre Co.

A seductive Halloween tradition, Music Box Theatre and Midnight Madness entice Rocky Horror fans and virgins alike to deck out in boas, fishnets and merry widows and give themselves over to absolute pleasure as they screen The Rocky Horror Picture Show over three nights.