OPERA IN CINEMA PRESENTS

AIDA

From the Teatro Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Italy

Verdi’s most spectacular and over-the-top opera, in a new production from the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Verdi’s Aida is one of the most popular operas of all time. It premiered at the Cairo Opera House on Christmas Eve, 1871, and was an immediate commercial success. The plot of Aida is filled with political intrigue, love, betrayal, passion, and vengeance, and has captivated audiences for generations.

 Conducted by Zubin Mehta

Directed by Ferzan Ozpetek

Choreographed by Francesco Ventriglia

Starring Luciana D’Intino, Hui He, Marco Berti

Sung in Italian with English subtitles

Tickets $20

Buy Tickets - Sunday, February 5 @ 2:30pm

Broads on Boards

in association with The Annoyance Theatre

Chicago's Annoyance Theatre - renowned for its inventive yet edgy shows, brings its hilarious production starring Lauren Dowden & Amanda Blake Davis! They discuss their humble days starting out in New York City to the glitz and glamour of Broadway, Hollywood and beyond! These two broads have sung, danced and endured it all, and they're ready to tread the boards for you one more time! A departure from the usual Annoyance irreverence, this show is a nostalgic and sweet salute to the business of show. 

 Amanda Blake Davis is a graduate of Providence College and has been acting, writing and performing in Chicago professionally for the last 12 years. She is a veteran of The Second City etc stage where she wrote and performed in 5 revues. Shows included Disposable Nation, Campaign Supernova and Studs Terkel’s Not Working, for which she received a Jeff Award for Best Actress in a revue. She improvises regularly with Baby Wants Candy, Virgin Daquiri & The Armando Diaz Experience at iO Chicago.  She is a member of Actors’ Equity.

Lauren Dowden is thrilled to bring Broads on Boards back out again after their run at The Annoyance Theater.  Credits with The Second City include:  It Takes a ‘Ville!  - Actor’s Theatre, Louisville, KY, Rod Blagojevich Superstar - Lisa Madigan, Second City Does Arizona – Arizona Theatre Company, Reverie - Montreal Just For Laughs, The Not Ready For $3.99 Prime Rib Players - Las Vegas, No Shirt, No Shoes, No Weapons of Mass Destruction and Who’s Yer Baghdadi – Cleveland.  She has performed in  Crimes of the Heart  & The Miracle Worker at regional theatres, and well as Boom Chicago, Amsterdam:  Rockstars and Europe: We’ve Created a Monster - Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Baby Wants Candy, Murderers - iO.

Tickets $15

21+, beer and wine will be sold

Buy Tickets - Thursday, February 9 @ 8:00pm

Comedy at the Mette

In association with ChiCago Underground Comedy

PResents SEAN FLANNERY

Also featuring Cameron Esposito and hosted by Dan Ronan.

A critically acclaimed monthly stand-up comedy series on the second Saturday of each month featuring full length headlining and feature sets from the absolute best comics in Chicago, a Chicago Tribune Best Bet and Time Out Chicago Magazine Critics' Pick. For these shows the Wilmette Theatre has partnered with Chicago Underground Comedy, which the Chicago Tribune called "one of the hottest shows in town" and Chicago Magazine raved, "the hippest, hottest stand-up showcase to emerge in years." We are thrilled to present ChUC's top local comedians in headlining shows on our stage every month!

Your headliner for this month is the hilarious Sean Flannery!  Sean Flannery has been voted Best Stand-Up Comedian in Chicago by the Chicago Reader. He was also a featured performer in the TBS Just For Laughs Chicago Festival. His one man show, "Never Been to Paris," played to rave reviews across Chicago and his new show, “The Blackout Diaries” is a Critics’ Pick in Time Out Chicago Magazine, The Chicago Reader and Metromix.  Sean can be heard on the extremely popular weekly podcast, "Vistors Locker Room" which is available on iTunes. The Visitors Locker Room also just recently released their first album, Sports Combat Comedy, which is available on Amazon and iTunes.

Also Featuring Cameron Esposito.    Known for her "effervescent storytelling" (The AV Club), Cameron also acts as ringmaster for Chicago-based touring circus company El Circo Cheapo Cabaret, and created and teaches the world's only all-female standup course, The Feminine Comique.  Cameron was nominated for Best Female Comic at the Chicago Comedy Awards, won Chicago's 2008 Snubfest competition, and has been featured at Just for Laughs Chicago and the Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival and Leicester (UK) Comedy Festivals as well as on NBC, WGN, the LOGO network, Sirius Satellite Radio and on NPR's "The Sound of Young America. Cameron's debut album, "Grab Them Aghast" was recently released and launched on iTunes in 2010.  Her one woman show SIDE MULLET NATION debuted as a production of TBS' 2011 TBS Just for Laughs Chicago Festival, and has gone on to have critically acclaimed runs at The Playground Theatre and The Comedy Bar, both in Chicago, and at New York's UCB Theatre.

And Hosted by Dan Ronan.  From Wilmette, Dan Ronan is a young rising comedic talent in Chicago.  With six years of experience in comedy, he started doing improv as part of a New Trier high school club at age fifteen, and at age eighteen, Dan started doing stand up comedy in the city of Chicago. He quickly rose up the ranks, performing at Zanies, The Improv, Comedy Club on State, and Comedy Cafe, and working with names such as Gilbert Gottfried, Dwayne Kennedy, Hal Sparks, and Sugar Sammy. Currently, Dan can be seen at such venues as Zanies, Red Bar Comedy Club, and the prestigious Lincoln Lodge.
 

Tickets $12

21 and over event.  Beer and Wine will be sold.

Buy Tickets - Saturday, February 11 @ 9:00pm

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Three Floyds "Pride & Joy Mild Ale" will be the featured beer for this event.

CABARET AT THE METTE PRESENTS

Dat's Love

with KT McCammond

A twist on KT McCammond's critically acclaimed show, The Love Of My Life.  We live. We learn. We win.  We lose. Dat's Love.  The many places and faces in which we find love, brought to life through a wonderfully eclectic grouping of music, from Oscar Hammerstein and Opera to Joan Armatrading and Gospel.   McCammond is the recipient of the 2005 Chicago After Dark Award for Outstanding Cabaret Artist and has appeared at Chicago's premier venues including Maxim's, Davenport's, Katarina's, Drury Lane and more.  Also, this show is on her birthday!  Help her make it a great one!   Visit ktmccamond.com for more info.

Tickets $20 General Admission. $15 Students/Seniors

Buy Tickets - Monday, February 13 @ 7:30pm

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 GREAT AGE DAYTIME PROGRAMS PRESENTS

IRVING & ANNIE, COLE & KATE 

multimedia presentation by Charles Troy

Join Charles Troy for his musical multimedia presentation of Berlin and Porter, good friends who inspired each other.  Porter’s work for Merman served as guides for Berlin’s wondrous score for “Annie Get Your Gun”.  As for Porter, what propelled him to write such a terrific score for “Kiss Me Kate”?  You”ll find out!

View the trailer here.

Tickets $10 in advance, $12 at the door

Buy Tickets - Wednesday, February 15 @ 1:30pm

 OPERA IN CINEMA PRESENTS

Il Trittico

From the Royal Opera House, London

 This is The Royal Opera’s first complete presentation of Puccini’s Il trittico since 1965. Leading director Richard Jones staged his witty, darkly comic realization of Gianni Schicchi for The Royal Opera in 2007, and here he completes the trio. Royal Opera Music Director Antonio Pappano will conduct. Il trittico (‘the triptych’), unveiled at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, in 1918, represented an operatic departure. Instead of a single evening-length narrative, Puccini offered three contrasting one-act works. Il trittico reached Covent Garden in 1920, but has rarely been performed there complete.

The first panel, Il tabarro (The Cloak), takes us to a barge on the banks of the Seine, where an unusually dark version of the eternal operatic triangle is played out with a gruesome and violent ending. World-famous soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek, recently on the main stage as Anna Nicole Smith in Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Anna Nicole, directed by Richard Jones, takes the role of the wayward Giorgetta, bored with her elderly husband, who embarks on an affair with the handsome Luigi.

Next comes the pastel-shaded Suor Angelica (Sister Angelica), set in a convent where a woman has been sent to expiate the ‘sin’ of having an illegitimate baby; suddenly a relative arrives to bring her some devastating news. The devoted and tormented mother, Suor Angelica, is sung by German soprano Anja Harteros, who made her triumphant Royal Opera debut in 2008 as Amelia Grimaldi in Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra. Acclaimed Jette Parker Young Artist Anna Devin sings the charming cameo role of young Suor Genoveva.

Finally, in the mordant comedy Gianni Schicchi we meet the Florentine relatives of the late Buoso Donati, intent upon altering the will of their deceased family member with the aid of a wily newcomer to the city. Renowned baritone Lucio Gallo returns to The Royal Opera after his triumphant performances as Iago in Simon Boccanegra, Elena Zilio returns in the grandly comic role of Zita and rising star Francesco Demuro sings the role of her nephew Rinuccio

Conducted by Antonio Pappano

Directed by Richard Jones

Starring Lucio Gallo, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Anja Harteros, Anna Larsson & Elena Zili

 Sung in Italian with English subtitles

Tickets $20

Buy Tickets - Thursday, February 16 @ 7:00pm

Buy Tickets - Sunday, February 19 @ 2:30pm

Mindy Hester and the Timeouts

Rock is here to stay with Chicago kindie rock band Mindy Hester & The Time Outs! Their 2011 release, “Juice Box Hero” is a Kids Music Awards winning collection of kid-friendly rock parodies that has been praised as “ not anything that you’d expect, but it’ll have you giggling and reminiscing right up to the end!“ and “..even better than the originals!” Mindy and her band transform Neil Young, Guns & Roses, The Flaming Lips, The Clash and numerous other pivotal and iconic rock anthems and turn them into songs and new experiences that kids and parents LOVE! You can find “Juice Box Hero”, “Keep On Rockin’ In The Pre-School” as well as Mindy’s debut, “Box Of Sunshine” at itunes and www.cdbaby.com.

Listen to songs ahead of time here.

Mindy Hester: Guitar/Vocals

Chris Peterson: Bass

Colin Campbell: Drums

Tickets $10 in advance, $12 at the door

Buy Tickets - Saturday, February 18 @ 10:00am

GREAT AGE DAYTIME PROGRAMS PRESENTS

SPOTLIGHTERS PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP

For seniors who love to perform and want to develop more confidence  in vocal performance and stage movement.  Lift your spirit and voice with selections from great movie musicals suited to your individuality.  You’ll share your talents with an audience last day of class.  Conducted by Joyce Stern Greenberg, accompanist, Ester Hana.

Tuesdays beginning February 21 at 10:30am

Registration costs: $100 for all 5-week series. Registration deadline: February 17^th.  Call (847) 849-9070 for details.

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW

Come see this classic cult film at the Wilmette Theatre! It's the full Rocky Horror Picture Show experience with audience participation and a live performance with the film by the Midnight Madness Rocky Horror Picture Show cast of Chicago!  Dance Party, preshow, and more!

Under age 12 not admitted.

Buy Tickets - Friday, February 24 @ 9:30pm

Buy Tickets - Friday, March 23 @ 9:30pm

 ATC REP COMPANY PRESENTS

Seussical Jr.

Actors Training Center Repertory Company presents Seussical Jr. Bring the whole family to the Wilmette Theatre to see Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, lazy Mayzie and a little boy Jojo. "Anything’s Possible" captures the show's spirit of imagination, transporting us from the Jungle of Nool to Circus McGurkus to the invisible world of the Whos.

Directed by Janet Louer

Musical direction by Aaron Benham

Featuring:

Sam Baum, Lindsey Byster, Megan Delaney, Elita Ernsteen, Sabrina Fosse, Alex Hatcher, Elizabeth Kasten, Colleen King, Veronique Lalley, Jack Levin, Julia Mates, Julia Packer, Alayna Rickard, Tatiana Ranallo, Maura Streppa & Sophie Thatcher

Buy Tickets - Saturday, February 25 @ 10:00am

Buy Tickets - Saturday, March 3 @ 10:00am

Buy Tickets - Saturday, March 10 @ 10:00am

Buy Tickets - Saturday, March 17 @ 10:00am

 BALET IN CINEMA PRESENTS

THE NUTCRACKER

From the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow

  A young girl, dancing sugar plums, and of course, the Rat King: it can only be The Nutcracker. The ballet is a fantastic tale presented in the choreography of Yuri Grigorovich. It is filled with beautiful music - the Waltz of the Snow flakes and the pas de deux of Sugar-Plum Fairy and Prince have become immortal - as well as enchanting costumes and a fabulous setting at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.

Conducted by Pavel Klinichev

Choreographed by Yuri Grigorovich

Starring Nina Kaptsova & Artem Ovcharenko

 Tickets $15

Buy Tickets - Thursday, March 1 @ 7:00pm

Buy Tickets - Sunday, March 4 @ 2:30pm

 GREAT AGE DAYTIME PROGRAMS PRESENTS

The Creation of the Wizard of Oz

multimedia presentation by Charles Troy

Charles Troy’s incomparable  multimedia presentation of this beloved movie, seen by everyone since their early childhood.  Come learn the fascinating untold story behind this legendary film, filled with studio intrigue, bad decisions that were reversed or left on the cutting room floor, and unsung heroes. 

 Watch the video trailer here.

Tickets $10 in advance, $12 at the door

Buy Tickets - Wednesday, March 7 @ 1:30pm

Comedy at the mette presents:

Side Mullet Nation

A ONE WOMAN SHOW STARRING CAMERON ESPOSITO

SIDE MULLET NATION was a Critics' Pick in Time Out New York, Time Out Chicago, and the Chicago Reader and was also named Best of the Fest at the Just For Laughs Festival 2011 by the Onion's AV Club!

Just your average asymmetrically haired punk rock standup comic & circus ringmaster, roller derby commentator, and atheist with a theology degree, Cameron Esposito lives at the heart of Chicago's alt arts scene.  SIDE MULLET NATION is a storytelling show filled with snapshot-like moments of improbability, huge failure, and tiny success.  Since its debut as a production of TBS' 2011 TBS Just for Laughs Chicago Festival, SIDE MULLET NATION has had critically acclaimed runs at The Playground Theatre and The Comedy Bar, both in Chicago, and at New York's UCB Theatre.

Known for her "effervescent storytelling" (The AV Club), Cameron also acts as ringmaster for Chicago-based touring circus company El Circo Cheapo Cabaret, and created and teaches the world's only all-female standup course, The Feminine Comique.  Cameron was nominated for Best Female Comic at the Chicago Comedy Awards, won Chicago's 2008 Snubfest competition, and has been featured at Just for Laughs Chicago and the Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival and Leicester (UK) Comedy Festivals as well as on NBC, WGN, the LOGO network, Sirius Satellite Radio and on NPR's "The Sound of Young America." Cameron's debut album, "Grab Them Aghast" was recently released and launched on iTunes in 2010.

Tickets $12 in advance, $15 at the door.

Buy Tickets - Thursday, March 8 @ 8:00pm

Sponsored by The Bottle Shop 

 GREAT AGE DAYTIME PROGRAMS PRESENTS

The Next President: The Back Story

The next President will face unprecedented challenges.  Will they be up to the job?  Join former National Teacher of the Year and lecturer, Barry Bradford, as he explores the family background, unique challenges and psychological history of each candidate. Fascinating anecdotes, little known stories and interesting insights highlight this fast moving program.

Tickets $10 in advance, $12 at the door

Buy Tickets - Wednesday, March 14 @ 1:30pm

 OPERA IN CINEMA PRESENTS

CARMEN

From La Scala, Italy

Lies. Lust. Murder. (And some great music too!) The thrilling story of Carmen tells of the fatal attraction between the titular hot-blooded gypsy, and Don José, the upstanding corporal in the Spanish army. This production from La Scala stars opera greats Jonas Kaufmann and Erwin Schrott, with newcomer Anita Rachvelishvili making her wildly successful debut. Don’t miss this opera classic. Don José begins to fall for Carmen as she sings the famous song of seduction, the Habañera. When he helps her avoid arrest, he is thrown in prison. Upon his release, he seeks her out; as a result, his life continues to unravel. 

Conducted by Daniel Barenboim

Directed by Emma Dante

Starring Anita Rachvelishvili and Jonas Kaufmann

Sung in French with English subtitles

Tickets $20

Buy Tickets - Thursday, March 15 @ 7:00pm

Buy Tickets - Sunday, March 18 @ 2:30pm

 GREAT AGE DAYTIME PROGRAMS PRESENTS

Page to Screen: Gentleman's Agreement (1948)

A book discussion and film discussion…rolled into one epic event. Stay tuned. This classic film, based on the novel by Laura Z. Hobson, tells the story of a reporter who pretends to be Jewish in order to cover a story on anti-Semitism, and personally discovers the true depths of bigotry and hatred.  Enjoy the interactive discussion of both the book and the film (screening highlights of the film) led by noted book discussion leader, Judy Levin. Screen play by Moss Hart and directed by Elia Kazan, featuring Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield, and Celeste Holm.

 Tickets $10 in advance, $12 at the door

Buy Tickets - Thursday, March 15 @ 1:00pm

 sponsored by the Chai Hadassah Group

Comedy at the Mette

In association with Chicago Underground Comedy

Presents Adam Burke

SPECIAL ST. PATRICK'S DAY SHOW!

A critically acclaimed monthly stand-up comedy series on the second Saturday of each month featuring full length headlining and feature sets from the absolute best comics in Chicago, a Chicago Tribune Best Bet and Time Out Chicago Magazine Critics' Pick. For these shows the Wilmette Theatre has partnered with Chicago Underground Comedy, which the Chicago Tribune called "one of the hottest shows in town" and Chicago Magazine raved, "the hippest, hottest stand-up showcase to emerge in years." We are thrilled to present ChUC's top local comedians in headlining shows on our stage every month!

Your Headliner for this special St. Patrick's Day show is the absolutely hilarious Adam Burke!  Originally from the UK, Irish comic Adam Burke's absurdist, verbose comedy covers not only the vagaries of life in his adopted hometown of Chicago, but also the usefulness of mammoths, dogs who study law, and the importance of gangland grammar. He was recently listed as one of the Top Four Stand-Up Comedians in Chicago by Comedy.com and has appeared on WGN radio as well as at the Bridgetown Comedy Festival in Oregon and at the TBS Just For Laughs Festival in Chicago.  Adam has opened for a wide variety of comedians including Jeff Ross, Maria Bamford, Doug Benson, Bo Burnham, Brendon Burns, and Robin Williams.

The best way to spend St. Patrick's Day!

Tickets $12

21 and over event.  Beer and Wine will be sold.

Buy Tickets - Saturday, March 17 @ 9:00pm

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CABARET AT THE METTE PRESENTS

The Show Biz Kids: 20 Years of Trailer Park Cabaret!

starring Becca Kaufman and Dick O'Day

 The Wilmette Theatre is proud to present a RARE live appearance of the extraordinary comedy/music group!

The Show Biz Kids From Hell!; musical comedy duo starring Wild Chicago's Emmy-award winning Dick O'Day and Singer Spotlight showcase creator Becca Kaufman present The Show Biz Kids: 20 Years of the Trailer Park of Cabaret!.  This show is a celebration of the 20 years the duo have spent together onstage creating “the best of the worst” and “the worst of the best” in musical cabaret.  The show will highlight the duo’s “greatest hits” – from the hilarious to the hilariously fabu-lush – everything from their infamous “rock-n-roll medley” to an homage to TV theme songs, a medley of the worst million sellers, disco (natch), the 80s (get out your headbands), and of course, an Abba medley.  The non-stop, mixed assortment of “medleys for days,” a Show Biz Kids signature is interspersed with the occasional heart tugging ballad sung by vocal sensation Kaufman who currently is thrilling bridal parties up and down the North Shore and the hinterlands with her vibrant Becca Kaufman Orchestra.  But there’s a lot more than medleys and ballads when the Show Biz Kids take to the stage – every performance includes their patented segments – Mystery Karaoke, The Raffle from Hell (prizes MUST be taken home), and more.  Hell, in honor of their 20 years of performing together, Dick and Becca just might even do a couple of new songs.  Lady Gaga, anyone?  Further information on The Show Biz Kids at www.dickoday.com 

“A devilish slice of entertainment” -Bill Zwecker, Chicago Sun Times

"A Must See for Comedy Masochists!" -Kathy O'Malley, Chicago Tribune

"Delightfully, wickedly funny!" -Lewis Lazare, Crain's Chicago Business

Tickets $20 General Admission, $15 Students/Seniors

Buy Tickets - Monday, March 19 @ 7:30pm

 Cabaret at the Mette is Sponsored by:

 GREAT AGE DAYTIME PROGRAMS PRESENTS

The Little Girl with the Great Big Voice

 Producer, vocalist  Rob Dorn’s multimedia presentation explores Judy Garland’s early career from 2-year old scene stealer to MGM star with all the thrills, happiness and heartaches that went with it. Includes archival film footage, rare recordings, images and a handful of songs performed by Rob himself!

Tickets $10 in advance, $12 at the door

Buy Tickets - Wednesday, March 21 @ 1:30pm

FREE KIDS FILM SERIES

School of Rock (2003)

Rated PG-13. 110 Minutes

Jack Black plays Dewey Finn, axe-bearer for a bar-band determined to win a regional battle-of-the-bands competition. There's only one thing standing in the band’s way: Dewey. Kicked out of the band and jobless at home, Dewey intercepts a call for his substitute-teacher roomie Ned (Mike White), and the slacker finds himself standing in the front of an elite elementary school classroom. Clueless how to follow a lesson plan, Dewey instead preaches them the gospel of The Who, Led Zeppelin, and AC/DC. The kids are thrilled to learn something fun (for once!) and Dewey realizes his chance to get back at his old band: enter his class into the competition!

Rock House will host a live concert featuring their students before the film!

Sponsored by:

The Rock House

 GREAT AGE DAYTIME PROGRAMS PRESENTS

Spotlight on Great Movie Musicals

Joyce Stern Greenberg presents this new series showing filmed highlights of outstanding musical numbers and scenes from favorite films featuring unforgettable stars.  Singin' In the Rain, the American Film Institute’s top rated musical of all time, is kicking off this exciting series.

Tickets $10 in advance, $12 at the door

Buy Tickets - Thursday, March 29 @ 1:30pm

 FREE KIDS FILM SERIES

Wallace and Gromit:

CurSe of the Were-rabbit (2005)

Rated G.  85 Minutes

“Anti-Pesto”, the humane pest-control company, has been raking in the dough as villagers tend their gardens for the Giant Vegetable Competition. But when a huge, mysterious creature only described as “the were-rabbit” begins attacking the town's vegetable gardens at night, Wallace and his loyal dog, Gromit, set out to discover the mystery. After hearing his plan, the villagers are on his side… expect for one man.

 Sponsored by:

 GREAT AGE DAYTIME PROGRAMS PRESENTS

Stories Aboard the Titanic

For the 100^th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, Chicago actor and historical dramatist RJ Lindsey portrays NY Times Managing Editor, Carr Van Anda.  Includes a slide program detailing the ship’s construction, the dramatic maiden voyage, and several personal passenger stories.

Tickets $10 in advance, $12 at the door

Buy Tickets - Tuesday, April 3 @ 10:30am

 OEPRA IN CINEMA PRESENTS

LE CORSAIRE

From the Bolshoi Theare, Moscow

Le Corsaire was made famous by the Russian revivals of it by Jules Perrot in 1858 and Marius Petipa in 1868. Medora, a young Greek girl, is sold by a slave dealer, but the pirate Conrad seizes Medora and declares his love for her. Conrad's right-hand-man, who is jealous of Conrad, sends Medora back to the slave dealer. Conrad and his men show up to take Medora away again but he is recognized through his disguise, captured, and sentenced to death. To save his life, Medora must plot with a slave girl named Gulnare to escape.

 Choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky after Marius Petipa

Tickets $15

Buy Tickets - Wednesday, April 4 @ 7:00pm

Buy Tickets - Sunday, April 8 @ 2:30pm

 GREAT AGE DAYTIME PROGRAMS PRESENTS

Creation of Ragtime

multimedia presentation by Charles Troy

Charles Troy’s multimedia presentation of the last great American musical of the 20^thcentury.  We’ll discover how brilliantly composer Stephen Flaherty and lyricist Lynn Ahrens found material for their songs in E.L. Doctorow’s ground-breaking novel.

Tickets $10 in advance, $12 at the door

Buy Tickets - Wednesday, April 11 @ 1:30pm

CABARET AT THE METTE PRESENTS

Barbara Robertson

Stages of My Life

Barbara Robertson’s “Stages of My Life” features an eclectic collection of music and anecdotes as varied as the roles that she has played throughout her career. The evening will feature songs by Stephen Sondheim, Kurt Weill, Cole Porter, and Kander and Ebb to name a few.

Robertson will be joined by Jeremy Kahn on piano.

On November 7, 2011, Robertson received a Joseph Jefferson Award for her masterful portrayal of Alice Conroy in the world premiere of Keith Huff’s The Detective’s Wife at Writers’ Theatre. This year, she could also be seen in the Chicago productions of Love, Loss and What I Wore and Working at the Broadway Playhouse, as well as in Wicked’s National Tour as Madame Morrible.

Tickets $20 General Admission, $15 Senior/Student

Buy Tickets - Monday, April 16 @ 7:30pm

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 OPERA IN CINEMA PRESENTS

LA BOHEME

From the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona Spain

 La Bohème speaks to the fragile nature of happiness in a world of poverty, cold and disease. Four young artists live out their everyday lives amid dreams and disappointments, waiting for the event that is to win them renown, but poverty and misfortune deprive the leading characters — Mimì and Rodolfo — of the joy of mutual love. The text and music relate all this with a pleasant melodramatic tenderness with which it is easy to identify.

Conducted by Víctor Pablo Pérez

Directed by Giancarlo del Monaco

Starring Ramon Vargas & Fiorenza Cedolins

Tickets $20

Buy Tickets - Wednesday, April 18 @ 7:00pm

Buy Tickets - Sunday, April 22 @ 2:30pm

 GREAT AGE DAYTIME PROGRAMS PRESENTS

Saks Fifth Avenue Reunion Follies

with fashion icon Nena Ivon

Come see all the new looks of Spring 2012 with the latest fashions  from Saks Fifth Avenue, Highland Park, worn by a bevy of beauties…the top models of the past reunited by Nena Ivon and backed by film clips from the movies of the 30’s and 40’s

Tickets $10 in advance, $12 at the door

Buy Tickets - Wednesday, April 18 @ 1:30pm

 Unscripted ROMANCE

in association with Annoyance Theatre

Humor. Heartache. Highs. Lows. Improv. Join Annoyance Theatre for a two-act story that follows the trajectory of a (mostly) typical relationship. By incorporating the real-life relationships of its audience members, this romance is unscripted.

Lindsey Finn has been performing improv and sketch comedy in Chicago for the past five years. It is truly her life's passion and she considers herself incredibly blessed to be able to do so. Lindsey is especially lucky to be able to perform with her very dear friend, Derrick, in An Unscripted Romance. She thanks you for coming to see the show and hopes you enjoy it as much as she does.

Derrick Aguis has been improvising and directing for the past ten years. Derrick started his career at the University of Florida as a member of Theatre Strike Force where he performed at several festivals and venues all over the country. It is there where he met Lindsey. Five years ago Derrick moved to Chicago where he studied and graduated from Second City's Conservatory program, The Annoyance, and iO.. For the past 4 years Derrick has been a member of The Annoyance's Skinprov cast with Annoyance founder Mick Napier. Derrick has been an instructor at The Annoyance over the past 3 years and loves being on the other side of the program where he learned so much. Although Derrick is still active at Second City, he is a regular at The Annoyance, appearing in this show, An Unscripted Romance, Splatter Theater, Him & Her, Short Shorts, The Triple Feature, and The Apartment. He has also recently directed a show, Desperation: A Celebration at Second City. Derrick would like to thank Ryan, Lindsey, Mick, Jennifer, The King and Tim Tebow, and of course his real life Unscripted Romance, Jess.

Tickets $15

Buy Tickets - Thursday, April 19 @ 8:00pm

 GREAT AGE DAYTIME PROGRAMS PRESENTS

SPOTLIGHT ON GREAT MOVIE MUSICALS

This month’s spotlight is on 42^nd Street,  the 1933 musical featuring Busby Berkeley choreography, and the talents of Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell and Ginger Rogers. Joyce Stern Greenberg will offer commentary and filmed highlights from this film, which is preserved in the U.S. National Registry of the Library of Congress. A Great Age Daytime Program.

Tickets $10 in advance, $12 at the Door

Buy Tickets - Thursday, April 26 @ 1:30pm

OPERA IN CINEMA PRESENTS

RIGOLETTO

From the Royal Opera House, London

Considered one of Giuseppe Verdi’s greatest accomplishments, and certainly his most touching portrayal of a father-daughter relationship, Rigoletto continues to enthral audiences worldwide with its tragic plot and trademark arias. 

Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner

Directed by David McVicar

Starring Dimitri Platanias, Ekaterina Siurina, Vittorio Grigolo, Pablo Bemsch & Christine Rice

Sung in Italian with English subtitles

Tickets $20

Buy Tickets - Thursday, May 3 @ 7:00pm

Buy Tickets - Sunday, May 6 @ 2:30pm

 BALLET IN CINEMA

THE BRIGHT STREAM

From the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow

Choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky

Tickets $15

Buy Tickets - Wednesday, May 16 @ 7:00pm

Buy Tickets - Sunday, May 20 @ 2:30pm