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		<title>&#8216;The Rocky Horror Picture Show&#8217; to play in River North</title>
		<link>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2010/06/17/the-rocky-horror-picture-show-to-play-in-river-north/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's a timewarp! 

<a href="http://www.diningchicago.com/2008/show_banner.php?restID=1202&#038;sCate2=" title="Dining Chicago: Excalibur" target="_blank"><b>Excalibur</b></a> in River North begins monthly midnight screenings of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," that 1975 musical classic, on Friday, June 25.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Sugar&#8217;-coated musical comedy a sweet night out</title>
		<link>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2010/06/15/sugar-coated-musical-comedy-a-sweet-night-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["Sugar" ran for 505 performances on Broadway in 1972 and garnered four Tony nominations. <a href="http://www.diningchicago.com/2008/show_banner.php?restID=4438&#038;sCate2=" title="Dining Chicago: Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace" target="_blank">Drury Lane</a> in Oakbrook Terrace is currently giving it a vibrant revival with lots of local color. ]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Alfred Hitchcock&#8217;s The 39 Steps&#8217; a thrilling farce</title>
		<link>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2010/05/20/alfred-hitchcocks-the-39-steps-a-thrilling-farce/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 17:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Much in the same spirit as <b>Charles Ludlam's</b> gothic spoof "<a href="http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2009/11/24/the-mystery-of-irma-vep-a-rollicking-gothic-spoof/">The Mystery of Irma Vep</a>," this madcap pastiche by  <b>Patrick Barlow,</b> based on a concept from <b>Simon Corble</b> and <b>Nobby Dimon,</b> features four actors who reenact all the roles in <b>Alfred Hitchcock's</b> classic <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0780021967?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=60666-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0780021967" target="_blank">1935 film</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>New club brings comedy to downtown Chicago</title>
		<link>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2010/05/18/new-club-brings-comedy-to-downtown-chicago/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 17:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They call it the Red Bar Comedy Club, but the humor can be decidedly blue. ]]></description>
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		<title>Limbaugh lampoon easier to take than the original</title>
		<link>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2010/02/05/limbaugh-lampoon-easier-to-take-than-the-original/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Does Fox News have a theater critic?&#8221; I wondered, after viewing Second City Theatricals&#8217; &#8220;Rush Limbaugh! The Musical.&#8221; Probably not. Live theater may be deemed too effete for their NASCAR- and gun sports-loving audiences. 
If they had, I&#8217;m sure he&#8217;d have panned this show. As a card-carrying member of the Big-City, Blue-State, Liberal Press, though, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Night out: &#8216;Massive Obama-esque post-racial night of colorblind humor&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2010/01/29/night-out-massive-obama-esque-post-racial-night-of-colorblind-humor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Holla, Hola, Heeey (Oy Vey!),&#8221; brings together Chicago&#8217;s gay, Latina, African-American and Jewish comedy communities for a one-night, cross-cultural show celebrating the city&#8217;s diversity at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5 at iO&#8217;s Cabaret Theater in Wrigleyville. Tickets are $14.
This one-of-a-kind, major minority evening features:


BlackOut, a variety show by African-American improvisers Sherman Edwards, Darwin Smith, Ramon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Night out: Chase the post-holiday blues with a free show</title>
		<link>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2010/01/04/night-out-chase-the-post-holiday-blues-with-a-free-show/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2010/01/04/night-out-chase-the-post-holiday-blues-with-a-free-show/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t stay home hibernating! Connect with the people you didn&#8217;t see over the holidays.  &#8220;What better way to do that than a free show that includes music and laughter and two fat guys eating nasty food!&#8221; says Mary Czerwinski, coordinator of the &#8220;n.u.f.a.n. nights&#8221; series at the Holiday Club in Uptown.

The n.u.f.a.n. ensemble has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>21 cheap dates for New Year&#8217;s Eve in Chicago</title>
		<link>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2009/12/29/21-cheap-dates-for-new-years-eve-in-chicago/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
If you&#8217;ve been putting off making New Year&#8217;s Eve plans because funds are short, don&#8217;t worry. You don&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;The Mystery of Irma Vep&#8217; a rollicking gothic spoof</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charles Ludlam&#8217;s most famous campy comedy, &#8220;The Mystery of Irma Vep,&#8221; gets a first-rate revival at  Court Theatre in Hyde Park under the direction of Sean Graney.
The play exhibits two of this straitened season&#8217;s theatrical themes, the &#8220;comfort-theater,&#8221; sure-thing revival, and the limited cast. But you don&#8217;t get more for your money than with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Night out: Kvell with Don Byron and the music of Mickey Katz</title>
		<link>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2009/11/06/night-out-kvell-with-don-byron-and-the-music-of-mickey-katz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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The early show is already sold out, bubelehs, so sign up quick so you shouldn&#8217;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.
A great African-American jazz musician channeling one of the finest Yiddish [...]]]></description>
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