Performing Arts Search
Side Man
Previews 3/11-3/13. Opens 3/14. Through 4/18: Thu 7:30 PM, Fri 8 PM, Sat 7 PM (also 3 PM on 3/13), Sun 3 PM, 4/7, 2 PMTheater & Performance
This Tony Award-winning drama by Warren Leight focuses on a family that falls apart when the father puts his love for jazz above the needs of his loved ones.
$27-$43
Anyone of Us: Words from Prison
Fri 3/12, 7:15 PM,
773-530-8603Theater & Performance
The Chicago Foundation for Women's Lesbian Leadership Council presents this Eve Ensler play based on monologues written by more than 50 women who are or were incarcerated in U.S. prisons. Benefits the council's Lavender Fund and POW-WOW's Juvenile Justice/Crisis Care programs. $20-$35
700 E. Oakwood Blvd.
Other South
773-268-7500Hedwignites
Fri 3/12, 6-10 PM 773-871-0872Dance
This 25th anniversary benefit for Hedwig Dances features a cocktail reception, a performance, a silent auction, and more. $95-$135
Irish Dance Chicago
Fri 3/12, 7 PM 773-282-7035Dance
More than 150 students from schools across the city perform a large-scale Irish step dance. $10 (kids under 12 free with paying adult)
Spectacle Lunatique
Fri 3/12, 8 PM 312-850-8440, ext. 111Theater & Performance
Redmoon hosts an evening of visual art, pageantry, music, food, and more. $150 and up
5th Annual Dancing With Chicago Celebrities Fundraising Gala
Fri., March 12, 6 p.m.Dance
The Fifth Annual Dancing with Chicago Celebrities will take place Friday, March 12, 2010, featuring some wonderful Chicago celebrities who are taking to the dance floor to join the fight against breast cancer.
This star-studded charity ball presented by Arthur Murray Dance Studios will donate all net proceeds to the Chicagoland affiliate of Susan G. Komen For the Cure.
This year's event will take place at the Hyatt Regency, 151 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60601.
For more information, check out: http://www.dancingwithchicagocelebrities.org
MaryAnn McGovern and Dancers
Thu-Fri 3/11-3/12, 7:30 PMDance
Performing Part/Whole, which explores themes such as self-sabotage and Depersonalization Disorder from the perspective of Laban Movement Analysis. Also featured are dances by company members Missy Lobes and Emily Miller.
$6-$8
Drunk o' the Irish IV
Sat 3/13, 9 PMStand-Up
An all-Irish line-up with Collin Bullock, Megan Gailey, Mike Joyce, Jeanie Doogan, Matty Ryan, and Adam Burke. $12-$15
Funprov
Sat 3/13, 3-6 PM youngestchildproductions@gmail.comImprov/Sketch
Youngest Child Productions presents this improv-based workshop for beginners, taught by Amanda Rountree. $30
Lucky Charms Party & Drag Revue
Sat 3/13, 11 PM,Theater & Performance
Dida Ritz, Saya Naomi, and others perform production numbers with choreography by Rachel Gordon. $5 after 10 PM
Three Duos + Sextet
Sun 3/14, 7 PM 312-330-4171Dance
Dancers Asimina Chremos, Julia Mayer, and Ayako Kato join musicians Jason Roebke, Josh Berman, and Marc Riordan in this music and dance improvisation. suggested donation
Variety Underground
Sat 3/13, 11 PM,Theater & Performance
A vaudeville-style variety show with Strawdog ensemble members and guests. $5
Yvonne, Rhonda and Tracey Spend the Evening Together
Thu-Sat 3/11-3/13, 7 PM, 773-995-4511Theater & Performance
Chicago State University Theatre presents this workshop of playwright Tsehaye Geralyn Hebert's latest one-act, which explores relationships between African-American men and women and raises questions about the issues surrounding domestic violence. Kamesha Khan directs.
$5-$10
