'The Male Intellect' coming to The Metropolis
After he gets dumped by his fiance, Bobby (Robert Dubac) seeks advice from five fellow chauvinists to dissect his psyche in "The Male Intellect: An Oxymoron?" Creator/star Dubac brings his one-man show to the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre for two shows this weekend.
Info: 8 p.m. Friday, April 23, and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 24, at 111 W. Campbell St., Arlington Heights. (847) 577-2121 or metropolisarts.com.
The brothers returnThe Flying Karamazov Brothers, the award-winning ensemble that took its name from a Fyodor Dostoevsky novel, brings its brand of theater, comedy and juggling to Elgin's Hemmens Cultural Center for one show. Info: 6 p.m. Sunday, April 25, at 45 Symphony Way, Elgin. (847) 931-5900 or hemmens.org.Wake up to 'Drowsy'Director/choreographer Marc Robin returns to Marriott Theatre to work his magic on that charming confection, "The Drowsy Chaperone," about a musical theater devotee whose favorite show about a starlet determined to give up the stage for love unfolds - to his consternation and delight - in his living room. Doug Peck is the music director.Info: Previews begin Wednesday, April 28, at 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire. The show opens May 5. (847) 634-0200 or marriotttheatre.com.What's newsbull; A Chinese girl adopted by an American woman grows up with few reminders of her identity in playwright Will Cooper's examination of identity "Jade Heart," in its world premiere at Chicago Dramatists. Previews continue through Thursday, April 29, at 1105 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago. The play, directed by artistic director Russ Tutterow, opens Friday, April 30. (312) 633-0630 or chicagodramatists.org.bull; Strawdog Theatre concludes its 22nd season with Bertolt Brecht's "The Good Soul of Szechuan," in a translation by David Harrower. Artistic associate Shade Murray directs the play with music about a prostitute with a pure heart who is rewarded with great wealth, only to have her fellow citizens attempt to take advantage of her. The last preview is Friday, April 23, at 3829 N. Broadway St., Chicago. A benefit performance on Saturday, April 24, is followed by the opening on Sunday, April 25. (773) 528-9696 or strawdogtheatre.com.bull; Jeffrey Baumgartner and Katherine Keberlein play two people whose 50-year relationship is chronicled in an epistolary fashion in A.R. Gurney's "Love Letters," running Friday, April 23, and Saturday, April 24, at Source Theatre in the New England Congregational Church, 406 W. Galena Blvd., Aurora. (630) 606-5375. The duo reprises the show April 29 to May 1, at Jackson Junge Gallery in the Flat Iron Arts Building 1579 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago. bull; Jedlicka Performing Arts Center presents the musical "A Tale of Two Cities," inspired by Charles Dickens' novel. The show opens Friday, April 23, at 3801 S. Central Ave., Cicero. (708) 656-1800 or jpactheatre.com.bull; Amy Lowe and Megan Wells perform "Fire in Boomtown," their show about 1871's Chicago Fire which incorporates original music and survivor testimonials into a musical history lesson. Village Players Theater presents the show at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 24, at 1010 Madison St., Oak Park. (866) 764-1010 or village-players.org.bull; Adventure Stage Chicago hosts its annual benefit from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 24, at Vittum Theater, 1012 N. Noble St., Chicago. The Pirate Party includes a performance of Adventure Stage's current show "The Ghosts of Treasure Island," followed by live music by the Barehand Jug Band, family activities, appetizers and beverages and a silent auction. Tickets are $60 at the door for adults and $30 for children. Proceeds benefit the theater company. (773) 342-4141 or adventurestage.org.bull; Channel 2 weatherman Steve Baskerville serves as master of ceremonies for eta Creative Arts Foundation's annual gala celebrating the company's 39 years. Jazz vocalist Dee Alexander will be a special guest at the event held from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday April 25, at 7558 S. South Chicago Ave., Chicago. (773) 752-3955 or etacreativearts.org.bull; Monologist Mike Daisey performs his solo show "How Theater Failed America," an examination of the state of the art form, from Wednesday, April 28, to May 2, at Victory Gardens Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago. (773) 871-3000 or victorygardens.org. bull; "Stomp" returns to Chicago for a brief run beginning Tuesday, April 27, at the Bank of America Theatre, 18 W. Monroe St., Chicago. The show features new routines incorporating paint cans and tractor tire inner tubes. The show runs through May 2. (800) 775-2000 or broadwayinchicago.com.bull; Oak Brook's First Folio Theatre, at Mayslake Peabody Estate, 1717 W. 31st St., has added two performances of its new show, "Will Rogers: An American Original" at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 25, and May 2. (630) 986-8067 or firstfolio.org.bull; Bernie Yvon and Heidi Kettenring star in Theatre at the Center's production of "I Do! I Do!" the two-person musical that looks at the ups and downs of a longtime marriage. Previews continue through Saturday, April 24. The show opens Sunday, April 25, at 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, Ind. (800) 511-1552 or theatreatthecenter.com.bull; Theater Wit inaugurates its new venue at 1229 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago, with its world premiere of "Spin," Penny Penniston's comedy about an advertising executive who decides to remake himself after losing his job and his wife, but finds everything spinning out of control. Previews continue through Tuesday, April 27. The show opens April 28. Additionally, Theater Wit hosts an open house from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 25. (773) 975-8150 or theaterwit.org.bull; Previews begin Wednesday, April 28, for Walkabout Theater's latest site-specific production, "The Pigeons." Set in Chicago's up-and-coming West Town neighborhood, Joe Zarrow's play is about a guy forced out of his apartment, who takes up with a bunch of pigeons while he searches for his dream condo. Cassy Sanders directs the farce which opens Wednesday, April 28, at the Swim Caf#233;, 1357 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago. (773) 572-0341 or walkabouttheater.org.bull; Timberlake Wertenbaker's "The Love of the Nightingale" - a version of the myth of Philomele, who with her sister Procne, exacts revenge on the man who raped her - is the next production from Red Tape Theatre. Previews begin Thursday, April 29, at 621 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago. See redtapetheatre.org for information. bull; About Face Theatre and Columbia College Chicago present the world premiere of "Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South," written and performed by E. Patrick Johnson. Previews begin Thursday, April 29, at the Viaduct Theatre, 3111 N. Western Ave., Chicago. (773) 296-6024 or aboutfacetheatre.com.bull; American Theater Company celebrates its 25th anniversary from 6 to 11 p.m. Thursday, April 29, at its Silver Ball fundraiser at the Germania Club, 108 Germania Place Chicago. The evening includes dinner, auctions and a salute to Joe Shanahan, owner of Metro and Smart Bar. Tickets are $200. They're available online at atcweb.org or by phone at (773) 409-4125.bull; "The Man Who Saved New Orleans," Thomas Meloncon's play about an 85-year-old blind man uprooted by Hurricane Katrina, opened Thursday at eta Creative Arts Foundation, 7558 S. South Chicago Ave., Chicago. (773) 752-3955 or etacreativearts.org.bull; A man helps his best friend consummate his lifelong passion for the girl of his dreams in "Edge and Back," an absurdist comedy originally featured as part of Annoyance Theatre's Triple Feature series. The show opened Thursday at 4830 N. Broadway, Chicago. (773) 561-4665 or theannoyance.com.bull; Northlight Theatre has extended "A Life," Hugh Leonard's drama about an acerbic Irish civil servant (John Mahoney). Performances run through May 2 at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie. (847) 673-6300 or northlight.org. bull; "The Pillowman," the redtwist theatre production that keeps on going, has been extended for the fourth time. Performances continue through May 14, at 1044 W. Bryn Mawr, Chicago. (773) 728-7529 or redtwist.org.bull; National Pastime Theater has extended its revival of "Street Scene," Elmer Rice's drama depicting the struggles of immigrants in the early part of the 20th century, through May 8, at 4139 N. Broadway, Chicago. (773) 724-1554 or npt2.com.bull; Kristoffer Diaz' "The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity" was named a finalist for the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play about professional wrestling had its world premiere at Chicago's Victory Gardens Theater as part of its first ever Ignition Festival showcasing playwrights of color under age 40. "The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity" opens off Broadway Tuesday, April 27, at the Second Stage Theater. bull; Munster, Indiana's Theatre at the Center will raffle off a 2011 Chevy Malibu through Dec. 19. Tickets are $20. Proceeds will benefit theater productions. For information on purchasing tickets, call (219) 836-3255.