Results tagged “viaduct”

If you've got the Recession Blues, the Winter Is Coming/Basically Here Already Blues, a case of "the Mondays," or some combo of the above, The Plagiarists have just the show for you: American Stage Sessions: The Best of History of World Drama (Parts 237, 156, and 994, Presented in Consecutivity). The plot line is somewhat loose: The Muskogee County Magic Theatre Players attempt to raise enough money to keep their theater running by holding a live telethon featuring top episodes of their long-running public access show, American Stage Sessions. Over three "acts," the Players present three excerpts from three different, imaginary playwrights: Southern sad sack Alabama O'Dell, morose and German Herzlichen Gluckwunsch Zum Geburtstag, and early 20th century prole sympathizer Elmer Templeton Shirley, III. To ensure the telethon succeeds, they bring on board former Player and savvy actor Mitch Newman. Tension develops between Newman and stodgy old Professor Nigel Babblecock-Fatkins; their escalating conflict keeps the play moving forward, and ties the scenes together.

In about 10 minutes, the city will close Jackson between Canal and Wacker for the next year to repair the bridge and rebuild the viaduct over the Union Station south passenger platforms. This, of course, means CTA bus reroutes. Several of them. Between now and April 2010, if you catch the 1, 7, X28, 126, 129, 130, 132, 151, and 156 buses in this area, you'll need to figure out your new stop. The CTA has all the details here.

Leaving the Viaduct Theatre following Dog & Pony Theatre Company’s production of God’s Ear, we were in a bit of a daze. We knew we’d seen something good, but couldn’t decide how to explain it to you. This 90 minute one-act, centered around a couple who has lost their young son in an accident, is more like an epic poem disguised as a play with odd musical numbers, but is much better than that sounds. We decided to see what Chris Jones, critic for the Trib, had to say about it. At the very least, we were sure his opinion, to which our reaction generally ranges from slight to complete disagreement, would provide a good jumping-off point for argument. Wrong.