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Events for December, 15
Spotlight
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"Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol" is a funny and moving work that brings the ghost of Jacob Marley out of the shadows and into the spotlight and tells his version of the Dickens classic. Written by award-winning playwright, actor and director Tom Mula, this fanciful tour of Marley's afterlife and his assignment to redeem Scrooge and himself is a delightful holiday show. Chicago's famed Organic...
2:00 PM- 4:30 PM
Bask in the holiday mood with David Ott's sparkling setting of "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" and Jeff Tyzik's delightfully inventive "The Twelve Gifts of Christmas," plus Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn's ingenious and jazzy reinvention of Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker Suite." Acclaimed Chicago-area singers join the DSO to perform an array of Christmas songs from around the world and...
3:00 PM- 5:00 PM
Not quite ready to Haul out the Holly? Cabaret favorites Marianne Murphy Orland, Beckie Menzie and Laura Freeman present a wild and wonderful evening of cabaret. "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" is filled with songs you'd expect and some you definitely don't, including "Merry Christmas, Darling," "Silent Night" and "Keep Your Stinking Wonderland." The trio of Murphy Orland, Menzie and...
6:00 PM- 7:30 PM
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