Events Next 7 Days
JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound, Yoko & the Oh No's, Ye Ye's, Absolutely Not
Sat., May 25, 9 p.m.Rock, Pop, Etc
Next Fall
Through 5/25: Thu-Sat 8 PM, Sun 2 PMTheater & Performance
Adam loves Luke. Luke loves Adam. Luke also loves Jesus. Adam worries about which of them Luke loves more. Luke worries about Adam's immortal soul. Next Fall, making its Chicago premiere at AstonRep, looks back on their sometimes prickly five-year relationship. At times, like when the subjects of prayer, sin, and the Rapture come up, it risks becoming a play of ideas, with more speechifying than conversation. Fortunately, Geoffrey Nauffts's script leaves room for ambiguity and gives the characters personalities as well as points of view. The cast give them life and humor—particularly Ryan Hamlin and Mark Jacob Chaitin, who play Adam and Luke, and Lona Livingston and Jim Morley, who play Luke's parents. The result is charming, funny, and, ultimately, moving. —Aimee Levitt $15-20
The Robbers
Through 5/26: Thu-Sat 8 PM, Sun 2 PMTheater & Performance
Friedrich Schiller's first play, from 1781, recalls the Gloucester subplot of King Lear: a charismatic villain steals the inheritance and position of his virtuous brother, and their father realizes too late that he's trusted the wrong son. Schiller turns the bad seed, Francis, into a despotic count, while his wronged sibling, Charles, becomes the morally conflicted leader of a band of thieves. Brad Gunter's modern-dress staging for Strangeloop Theatre has an all-female cast and a let's-play-dress-up framing device that's ill defined and unnecessary. The director's occasional heavy-handedness is redeemed, however, by the show's whiz-bang pacing—even during long speeches on the nature of freedom—and swashbuckling performances, especially Margo Chervony's blazing turn as Francis. —Zac Thompson $10-$15
Flesh: Photographs by Justice Howard
Through May 31Galleries
Photographic prints that celebrate alternative sexuality. Reception Fri 2/1, 7 PM.
The Wide Open
Thursdays. Continues through June 9Museums: Openings & Receptions
Reception Sat 5/18, 1-4 PM.
Aloha, Say the Pretty Girls
Through 6/16: Thu-Sat 7:30 PM, Sun 2 PMTheater & Performance
Naomi Iizuka's comedy features a young group of characters searching for a place while faced with career and location changes while uncovering questions about the nature of the world they live in. $10-$20
Lives of the Pigeons
Through 6/30: Thu-Sat 7:30 PM, Sun 3 PMTheater & Performance
A dark comedy by poet and playwright Sherod Santos about an average day turned around. $8-$20
The Three Muskateers
5/31-7/21: Thu-Fri 7:30 PM, Sat 4 PM and 8 PM, Sun 4 PM.
(773) 761-4477Theater & Performance
The classic story of adventure by Alexandre Dumas is adapted by Robert Kauzlaric and directed by Amanda Delheimer Dimond. Previews 5/31 and 6/7 Fri 7:30 PM, 6/1 and 6/8 Sat 8 PM, 6/2 Sun 4 PM. Opening night 6/10 Mon 7:30 PM. $20-$40
One Group Mind
Open run: Tue 7:30 PMImprov/Sketch
One Group Mind's showcase team, Tricky Mickey, headlines this improv show. $10
