Spotlight: Leslie Jordan brings adults-only holiday show to Chicago

Posted December 17, 2019 5:00 am

Deck the halls

Leslie Jordan ("American Horror Story," "Will & Grace") brings his adults-only holiday show "Deck Them Halls Y'all," which combines his recollections of growing up in the south with anecdotes from his stage and television career, to Chicago. Joining Jordan are The Feathered Beaus, a Chicago cabaret quartet.

8 p.m. Friday through Sunday, Dec. 20-22, at Chicago Theater Works, 1113 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago. $40, $55. See chicagotheaterworks.com.

Seasonal satire

The Metropolis Performing Arts Centre welcomes The Second City touring company performing the holiday sendup "The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Sweater." Performances continue through New Year's Eve.

9:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, and 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 22, and through Dec. 31 at 111 W. Campbell St., Arlington Heights. $30, $35. New Year's Eve tickets (which include a complimentary glass of champagne, party favors and countdown) are $50, $60. (847) 577-2121 or metropolisarts.com.

Brian Acker stars as the titular character in Music Theater Works production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat." Courtesy of Music Theater Works

Go, go Joseph

Music Theater Works revives the Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," adapted from the Bible story about a young man sold into slavery who rises to the position of Pharoah's trusted adviser. Brian Acker plays Joseph and Samantha Behen plays The Narrator in director Rudy Hogenmiller's production.

Opens at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 22, and runs through Dec. 31 at Cahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson St., Evanston. $34-$96. (847) 920-5630 or musictheaterworks.com.

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