It’s a timewarp!
Excalibur in River North begins monthly midnight screenings of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” that 1975 musical classic, on Friday, June 25.
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“Sugar” ran for 505 performances on Broadway in 1972 and garnered four Tony nominations. Drury Lane in Oakbrook Terrace is currently giving it a vibrant revival with lots of local color. Much in the same spirit as Charles Ludlam’s gothic spoof “The Mystery of Irma Vep,” this madcap pastiche by Patrick Barlow, based on a concept from Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon, features four actors who reenact all the roles in Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1935 film. They call it the Red Bar Comedy Club, but the humor can be decidedly blue. “Does Fox News have a theater critic?” I wondered, after viewing Second City Theatricals’ “Rush Limbaugh! The Musical.” Probably not. Live theater may be deemed too effete for their NASCAR- and gun sports-loving audiences. “Holla, Hola, Heeey (Oy Vey!),” brings together Chicago’s gay, Latina, African-American and Jewish comedy communities for a one-night, cross-cultural show celebrating the city’s diversity at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5 at iO’s Cabaret Theater in Wrigleyville. Tickets are $14. BlackOut, a variety show by African-American improvisers Sherman Edwards, Darwin Smith, Ramon [...] Don’t stay home hibernating! Connect with the people you didn’t see over the holidays. “What better way to do that than a free show that includes music and laughter and two fat guys eating nasty food!” says Mary Czerwinski, coordinator of the “n.u.f.a.n. nights” series at the Holiday Club in Uptown. The n.u.f.a.n. ensemble has [...] If you’ve been putting off making New Year’s Eve plans because funds are short, don’t worry. You don’t have to spend a fortune to celebrate the end of 2009. Although, sadly, big municipal celebrations have fallen victim to the economy this year, there are still plenty of low-cost options for Dec. 31. Here are 21 [...] Charles Ludlam’s most famous campy comedy, “The Mystery of Irma Vep,” gets a first-rate revival at Court Theatre in Hyde Park under the direction of Sean Graney. The early show is already sold out, bubelehs, so sign up quick so you shouldn’t miss the late show: Don Byron: The Music of Mickey Katz at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, at the Museum of Contemporary Art Theater in Streeterville. Tickets are $20. |
 
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