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May 12 - May 18
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LAST CHANCE!
These shows are closing this week
Elephant Larry: The acclaimed sketch comedy troupe return with a brand-new show. Closes May 16, 2008.
Retrograde: All Balls Out Ensemble presents a theatre work that interprets the astronomical phenomenon of "retrograde motion" via human interaction on the stage. Closes May 16, 2008.
Street Limbo Blues: An interactive environmental play by the Hawaiian troupe Cruel Theatre. The performance takes place all around Tompkins Square Park. Closes May 18, 2008.
The 5 Borough Plays: Milk Can Theatre Company presents a program of five original short plays inspired by the five boroughs of New York City. Closes May 18, 2008.
4Track: An improvised show featuring a long-form piece created from a single audience suggestion.
A Political Party!: A weekly comedy/satire show that uses current news as fodder for entertainment. In previews; opens on May 28, 2008.
Blue Man Group: A supremely silly, long-running performance featuring music, gags, video, flying food, flying paint, and lots and lots of paper.
Bouffon Glass Menajoree: A return engagement of the clown-style parody of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie. Closes May 27, 2008.
Celia: A new musical about the life of the late Cuban singer Celia Cruz. Performances will be in English and Spanish. Closes May 25, 2008.
Chicago City Limits, Without a Net!: A new sketch comedy and improvisation show from the long-running comedy troupe.
Eightballs: A comedy by C. J. Thom about four 20something guys who try to party like rock stars. Closes May 31, 2008.
Eleanor Reissa Sings English: A cabaret show starring actress/director Eleanor Reissa, singing a variety of American popular music. Closes May 22, 2008.
Flanagan's Wake: An interactive Irish wake, with a score by Bonnie Shadrake. This show has been running in Chicago for 13 years.
Fuerzabruta: A new physical theater event from the creators of De La Guarda.
Line: Israel Horovitz's one-act dark comedy about a group of people who are waiting on line, though they don't know for what. Now in its 32nd year.
Megawatt: Comedy/improv in various forms and styles, at the Magnet Theater.
Move On: An all-new program featuring Karen Akers with accompanist Don Rebic. Closes June 14, 2008.
Naked Boys Singing: The title pretty much says it all: eight attractive and unclothed young men perform a variety of sketches and songs in this amusing but tame revue. Weekends only.
National Comedy Theatre: An improv show in which two teams of comedians compete by performing a series of scenes, all based on audience suggestions.
Pinchbottom's Sub:Conscious: A monthly burlesque show presented by Pinchbottom, described as "sexy, intelligent, risqué, and above all theatrical."
Reverend Jen's Anti-Slam!: An open-mike evening hosted by alternative performance artists Reverend Jen, in which all participants win. At Downeast Arts Center.
Starshine Burlesque: A weekly late-night burlesque show at RiFiFi.
Stomp: Eight incredible young performers make rhythm with found objects like garbage cans and pots and pans. Now in its twelfth year off-Broadway.
The Interim: A new play by Julie Troost and Scott Troost about two people who find themselves at an open grave site, not quite sure how they got there. Closes June 1, 2008.
The Made Up Musical: A weekly improv show in which the cast creates an original musical right before the audience's eyes. At the Magnet Theater.
Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind: A program of 30 plays in 60 minutes, presented by the Neo-Futurists.
Van Driver: A 1960s style happening exploring life-altering experiences and the bohemian counter-culture. Closes June 7, 2008.
