Theater Events
OPENING NOV. 5
WHAT: “LITTLE WOMEN”
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. today through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday
WHERE: Johnsburg High School, 2002 W. Ringwood Road, Johnsburg
ABOUT: Musical version of the classic story about the March sisters.
TICKETS: $10 adults, $7 seniors and students available at the door.
INFO: 815-385-9233
OPENING NOV. 6
WHAT: “ASK ANY GIRL”
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday
WHERE: Marian Central Catholic High School, 1001 McHenry Ave., Woodstock
ABOUT: Meg Wheeler persuades her parents into allowing her move to New York where she attempts to make herself irresistible to the handsome but lazy brother of the head of an advertising agency.
TICKETS: $8 adults, $4 seniors and students
INFO: 815-338-4220
WHAT: “BACKSTAGE”
WHEN: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday
WHERE: Richmond-Burton Community High School, 8311 N. Route 31, Richmond
ABOUT: Laura Armbruister is posing as her own substitute teacher because the school wants to put an end to all this drama nonsense, but they can’t close down the play until they find Ms. Armbruister to fire her.
TICKETS: $7 adults, $5 seniors and students
INFO: 815-678-6585
WHAT: “BROKEN EGGS”
WHEN: Friday through Nov. 22
WHERE: Visual and Performing Arts Center at Elgin Community College, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin
ABOUT: Based on real-life experiences of Cuban playwright Eduardo Machado. Story takes place in 1979 on the wedding day of Lizette Marquez.
SCHEDULE: 8 p.m. Nov. 6-7, 13-14 & 20; 3 p.m. Nov. 15 & 22; 4 p.m. Nov. 21.
TICKETS: $11 adults, $9 seniors and students
INFO: 847-622-0300 or www.elgin.edu/arts
WHAT: “LEADING LADIES”
WHEN: Friday through Nov. 22
WHERE: Woodstock Opera House, 121 Van Buren St., Woodstock
ABOUT: Two English Shakespearean actors try to pass themselves off as a rich, dying, old woman’s nieces to get her cash.
SCHEDULE: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays.
TICKETS: $23 adults, $20 seniors and students
INFO: www.woodstockoperahouse.com
WHAT: “THE MOUSETRAP”
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday
WHERE: Jacobs High School, 2601 Bunker Hill Drive, Algonquin
ABOUT: Story about Mollie and Giles Ralston, a young couple who started a new hotel in the Monkswell Manor. They and their four guests are snowed in with an additional traveler who ran his car into a snowdrift. When a guest, Mrs. Boyle, is killed, the guests realize the murderer is already there.
TICKETS: $7 adults, $6 seniors and students
INFO: 847-658-2500.
WHAT: “THE ODD COUPLE (Female Version)”
WHEN: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday
WHERE: Prairie Ridge High School, 6000 Dvorak Drive, Crystal Lake
ABOUT: Story about Florence Unger, an obsessive compulsive separated from her husband, and her new roommate, the slovenly divorcee Olive Madison.
TICKETS: $8 adults, $6 seniors, students and children
INFO: www.showtix4u.com
THEATER EVENTS
McHenry County
GREENROOM THEATER, Cosman Cultural Center, 12015 Mill St., Huntley. Schedule: 7 p.m. Nov. 7, Unscripted improv show. Tickets: $12 adults, $8 seniors and students at the door. Tickets and information: 847-931-4233 or www.greenroomtheater.com.
“HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL”: through Nov. 8, Huntley High School Performing Arts Center, 13719 Harmony Road, Huntley. Students ages 8-18 of Christian Youth Theater Chicago (McHenry) present Disney’s “High School Musical.” Schedule: 7 p.m. Nov. 6; 2 & 6 p.m. Nov. 7; 2 p.m. Nov. 8. Tickets: $8-$12 in advance, $2 extra at the door. Tickets and information: 847-516-2298 or www.cytchicago.org.
HUNTLEY FABULOUS INC. VARIETY SHOW, 10th annual, 7 p.m. Nov. 14, Huntley High School Performing Arts Center, 13719 Harmony Road, Huntley. More than 80 District 158 high school and middle school students will perform. Featured acts include selections from the musical “Wicked,” singing, dancing and comedy with special guests “The Jersey Kids” and more. Tickets: $7 adults, $5 seniors and students available at the door. Information: 815-923-8810.
“MAME”: 7 p.m. Nov. 12-14 and 1:30 p.m. Nov. 15, Drendel Ballroom of Sun City Huntley, 12940 Del Webb Blvd., Huntley. Musical version of “Auntie Mame” presented by the Theatre Company of Sun City. Story of an eccentric, wealthy woman from New York raising her Midwestern nephew, Patrick, her only living relative, after his father dies. Tickets: $15 adults, $10 children 12 and younger at 847-515-8545 or 847-515-1583.
“MARVIN’S ROOM”: 7 p.m. Nov. 12-13; 2 and 7 p.m. Nov. 14, McHenry West High School, 4724 W. Crystal Lake Road, McHenry. By Scott McPherson. McHenry West High School presentation. The play is about mending broken family relationships. Tickets: $7 adults, $5 seniors and students available at the door or e-mail: MyhreJason@dist156.org.
Regional
“1-2-3 IMAGINE! WITH ELMO & FRIENDS”: 7 p.m. Nov. 10; 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Nov. 11, MetroCentre, 300 Elm St., Rockford. Sesame Street Live touring production. When Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Big Bird and friends wish to visit exciting locations, Sam the mail carrier shares her secret on how they can do it as easy as 1-2-3 Imagine! Tickets: $10, $13, $18 at 815-968-5222 or www.metrocentre.com.
“CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF”: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 5-7, 12-14 and 19-21, Black Box Theatre at McHenry County College, 8900 Route 14, Crystal Lake. By Tennessee Williams. Southern seductress Maggie “the Cat” tangles with her husband Brick’s lack of desire and her in-laws’ lack of decorum as they all confront ghosts from the past and uncertainty of the future while plotting to secure their portion of the family fortune. Contains adult language and mature themes. Tickets: $12 general public, $8 seniors, students, faculty/staff and alumni at 815-455-8746 or jgeller@mchenry.edu.
FRED GARBO INFLATABLE THEATRE, 7 p.m. Nov. 7, Ramsey Auditorium in Wilson Hall at Fermilab, Pine Street at Kirk Road, Batavia. Blends classic vaudeville shtick with new inventions to surprise, engage and amuse the audience. Special free workshop with Mr. Freeze at 6 p.m. Tickets: $26 adults, $13 ages 18 and younger at 630-840-2787 or www.fnal.gov/culture.
Chicago
“BEETHOVEN, AS I KNEW HIM”: Nov. 13 to Dec. 6, Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place, 175 E. Chestnut St., Chicago. By Hershey Felder. A dramatization of a little known true story as told in 1870, 43 years after Beethoven’s passing, by the person who spent a good part of the maestro’s last two years by his side. Schedule: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $55-$60 at 312-642-2000, all Ticketmaster outlets or www.ticketmaster.com.
“MAN OF LA MANCHA”: through Nov. 22, No Exit Cafe, 6970 N. Glenwood, Chicago. Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre presentation. Imprisoned during the Spanish Inquisition, Cervantes is forced to plead his case to his fellow prisoners and regales them with the story of Don Quixote. Schedule: 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, 7 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $30-$35 or $53 dinner/show. Information: 773-347-1109. Tickets: 800-595-4849 or www.theoubique.org.
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