Chicago is My Home

03
Jan

Top Chicago Performance Picks For the Weekend of of Jan. 4, 2008

Author: Adam Fendelman, Category: Theater

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Were you the first hipster on your block of that undiscovered Chicago neighborhood only to see it become infested by yuppies and vampires? Yes, bloodsuckers are here to change your neighborhood along with gangsters and too-cool urbanites – well, at least for a month at the Annoyance Theatre.

The new sketch comedy “Idiot Tango” is guaranteed to make you feel a little better about urban sprawl and the jerks now living in your hood. There is a special performance on Friday at 8 p.m. The show officially opens on Jan. 12 and runs through Feb. 16. Tickets run $8 to $10.

Now that you’ve moved to that wonderful neighborhood and killed all the vampires, other social edifices start to bother you. Do you want to be a cool dad but still show your kids how to be responsible? Learn how to be a wonderful citizen from the masters of comedy at Second City.

“Pratfall of Civilization” is a satire of all things socially acceptable. It plays at the Second City e.t.c. stage with two showings on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 and 11 p.m. The performance also shows on Thursdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 7 p.m. Tickets are $19 to $25.

Does the phrase “let’s get ready to rumble!” get you all pumped to watch some masterful pummeling? If so, the “KTF Championship: Battle For the Belt” takes skilled dancers and pits them against each another in an all-out dance mêlée.

Head over to the Lakeshore Theater every first Friday of the month to watch the combatants. Tickets are $10.

Do you read business Web sites like MidwestBusiness.com religiously so you have something interesting to say at parties? If so, skip the party, read our news and head over to I.O. in Wrigleyville for “Whirled News Tonight”.

You will be the hit of the theater as you stump improvisation experts with insightful Midwest business news as they try to make it funny. The show, which is on Saturdays at 8 p.m., will run you $14.

By Stephanie Huls