Performing Arts Search
Comedy Smoke Showcase
Open run: Wed 9 PM (preceded by an open mike) and Sat 9 PMStand-Up
One of the top suburban showcases, featuring local and national acts.
Oliver
Through 6/2: Wed 1:30 PM, Thu 1:30 and 8 PM, Fri 8 PM, Sat 5 and 8:30 PM, Sun 2 and 6 PMTheater & Performance
Lionel Bart's musical version of the Dickens novel opened on Broadway 50 years ago, but it feels even older. That's not the fault of Rachel Rockwell, who directed this spirited revival for Drury Lane Oakbrook, nor of her energetic cast, led by John Reeger as the lovable rogue Fagin and Heidi Kettenring as Nancy, the golden-hearted whore. It's just that Bart's show is so conservative and unadventurous—a melodrama packed with tunes written in the style of an earlier generation—that the whole thing smells of mothballs. Still, it's entertaining, and just try to get Bart's earworm-filled score out of your head. —Jack Helbig $35-$49
The Screwtape Letters
Through 3/18: Fri 8 PM, Sat 4 and 8 PM, Sun 3 PM
630-942-4000Theater & Performance
New York City based Fellowship for the Performing Arts brings an adaption of the C.S. Lewis story about spiritual warfare from the point of view of a demon. $29-$89
