Still on stage

Posted March 06, 2008 10:00 pm

Foote fest finale

Goodman Theatre concludes its Horton Foote festival with "The Trip to Bountiful," a delicate drama about a widow returning to her childhood home for a last visit. Steppenwolf's Lois Smith reprises her Obie Award-winning performance as Carrie Watts, the role that earned Geraldine Page her only Oscar.

Opens Monday at 170 N. Dearborn St., Chicago. (312) 443-3800 or goodmantheatre.org

All aboard

Transported to a land where it's a crime to be unmarried, two thirtysomething single women must nab themselves husbands within 24 hours or risk an unhappy eternity in the "unromantic comedy" "Next Stop Spinsterland."

Opens today at the Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport Ave., Chicago. (312) 902-1500 or spinsterland.com

Seuss salute

The Cat in the Hat (George Keating) narrates the story of Horton the Elephant (Bernie Yvon) and his attempt to help the planet Who in Marriott Theatre for Young Audiences' version of the musical "Seussical" inspired by Theodor Geisel's stories.

Now playing at 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire. (847) 634-0200 or marriotttheatre.com

-- Barbara Vitello

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