Theater Events
OPENING SEPT. 24
WHAT: “BILLY BISHOP GOES GO WAR”
WHEN: Through Oct. 3
WHERE: Kevin Lahvic Studio in the Flat Iron Arts Building, 1579 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago
ABOUT: An unlikely champion, Billy Bishop, stumbles his way into the Royal Canadian Flying Corps and unexpectedly becomes its most decorated officer.
Schedule: 8 p.m. Sept. 24-26, Oct. 1, 3 (no performance Oct. 2).
TICKETS: $20
INFO: 630-606-5375
OPENING SEPT. 26
WHAT: “INTO THE WOODS”
WHEN: 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and Oct. 3-4
WHERE: First Congregational Church of Huntley, Main and Grove streets, Huntley
ABOUT: By Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine. Outdoor performance by the First Congregational Church Players. Audience members invited to bring lawn chairs, blankets or a picnic lunch. Refreshments.
TICKETS: $10
INFO: 847-669-3691
WHAT: LEHRERDANCE
WHEN: 8 p.m.
WHERE: Genesee Theatre, 203 N. Genesee St., Waukegan
ABOUT: An inspiring and innovative contemporary dance company based in Buffalo, N.Y.
TICKETS: $20-$36
INFO: 800-982-2787 or www.ticketmaster.com
THEATER CALENDAR
McHenry County
“BREAKING LEGS”: Oct. 2-24, Woodstock Opera House, 121 Van Buren St., Woodstock. Woodstock Musical Theatre Company comedy presentation. The story takes place in an Italian restaurant owned by a successful mobster and managed by his beautiful daughter. Her former college professor arrives to ask for money to produce his new play. Schedule: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $23 adults, $20 seniors and students at 815-338-5300 or www.woodstockoperahouse.com.
“MUSIC 101”: 7 p.m. Oct. 2-3, St. John’s Lutheran Church & School Activity Center, 300 Jefferson St., Algonquin. A dinner theatre/musical with class. New Horizons is in need of a music teacher - enter Miss Moselle. Her goal for the school year is to help all students gain a respect of, and interest in, music. Come find out if she succeeds. Tickets: $15 a person. Tickets and information: 847-767-3705.
Kane County
“THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO”: through Oct. 17, Steel Beam Theatre, 111 W. Main St., St. Charles. Steel Beam Children’s Theatre presentation. Story of the woodcarver Geppetto whose puppet Pinocchio has many adventures and turns into a real boy. Schedule: 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturdays; 3 p.m. Oct. 3, 10 & 17. Tickets: $12 adults, $10 children 16 and younger at 630-587-8521 or www.steelbeamtheatre.com.
BALLET FOLKLORICO, 7 p.m. Sept. 26, Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd., Aurora. Nationally recognized dance troupe from Aurora featuring more than 50 dancers. Tickets: $23.50 adults, $16.50 children at 630-896-6666 or www.paramountaurora.com.
“WORKING”: through Oct. 18, Steel Beam Theatre, 111 W. Main St., St. Charles. A musical celebration of the extraordinary lives of ordinary Americans based on the book by Chicago’s Studs Terkel. Schedule: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $25 adults, $23 seniors and students, $22 groups of 10 or more at 630-587-8521 or www.steelbeamtheatre.com.
Chicago
“ANIMAL CRACKERS”: through Oct. 25, Goodman Theatre in the Albert, 170 N. Dearborn St., Chicago. When a celebrated sculpture goes missing from Mrs. Rittenhouse’s fancy house party in honor of African explorer Captain Spaulding, her guests set out to find the thief in a series of madcap antics and exploits. Based on the original Marx Brothers Broadway hit and film classic. Schedule: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 & 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $25-$76 at 312-443-3800 or www.goodmantheatre.org.
“JERSEY BOYS”: through Jan. 10, LaSalle Bank Theatre, 18 W. Monroe St., Chicago. Story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, a group of blue-collar boys who became one of the biggest American pop music sensations. Schedule: 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, 2 & 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays, 2 & 8 p.m. Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays. The final block of tickets for the Nov. 24 through Jan. 10 performances now on sale. Tickets: $30-$110 at 800-745-3000; all Ticketmaster outlets or www.ticketmaster.com.
“MOLL”: Oct. 2-25, Irish American Heritage Center, 4626 N. Knox Ave., Chicago. Comedy by John B. Keane. Shapeshifters Theatre presentation. A look at life in a parochial house in 1960s rural Ireland. Story follows the fortunes of Moll, a dominant priest’s housekeeper who is a dedicated but somewhat intimidating woman. Schedule: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $15 general public, $10 members at 773-282-7035 or www.irishahc.org.
“TAKING STEPS”: Oct. 2-11, UIC Department of Performing Arts, 1040 W. Harrison St., Chicago. By Alan Ayckbourn. UIC Theatre presentation. A comedy of errors in which an alcoholic man’s plans to buy a former brothel and turn it into a motel go awry when a suicidal guest, a suspected burglar, a ghost-fearing real estate lawyer and other show up. Schedule: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 2-3; 2:15 p.m. Oct. 4, 7; 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8-10; 2:15 p.m. Oct. 11. Tickets: $11-$16 at 312-996-2939 or www.uic.edu/depts/adpa.
“TREASURE ISLAND”: through Nov. 1, Lifeline Theatre, 6912 N. Glenwood Ave., Chicago. By Robert Louis Stevenson. A treasure map discovered in a dead pirate’s sea chest leads young Jim Hawkins on an expedition across the ocean to recover a fortune in plundered gold. Schedule: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 4 & 8 p.m. Saturdays, 4 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $30 adults, $25 seniors, $15 students with ID at 773-761-4477 or www.lifelinetheatre.com.
