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American ballet and Broadway dancer Sono Osato. Auditorium Theatre, 50 E Congress Pkwy (800- 982-2787,
auditoriumtheatre.org). Jan 9 at 7:30pm; $28–$68.
February
Theater Cocked Sarah Gubbins’s new play examines the issues of weapons and violence and self-defense via an antigun lesbian couple who are visited, unbidden, by one of the women’s unstable brother. Joanie Schultz directs. Victory Gardens Biograph Theater, 2433 N Lincoln Ave (773-871-3000, victorygardens. org). Feb 12–Mar 13. Wed–Fri at 7:30pm; Sat at 3, 7:30pm; Sun at 3pm. $15–$60.
Far from Heaven Porchlight Music Theatre mounts the Chicago premiere of the 2013 musical drawn from Todd Haynes’s 2002 film, which inserted frank sexuality into a Douglas Sirk–esque 1950s domestic drama. The score is by
Grey Gardens songwriters Michael Korie and Scott Frankel. Stage 773, 1225 W Belmont Ave (773-777- 9884,
porchlightmusictheatre.org). Thu at 7:30pm; Fri at 8pm; Sat at 4, 8pm; Sun 2pm. $35–$45. Feb 5– Mar 13.
The Flick Annie Baker’s Pulitzer Prize winner, an intentionally languid three-hour portrait of employees at a movie theater, gets its Chicago premiere, helmed by Dexter Bullard. Steppenwolf Theatre Company, 1650 N Halsted St (312- 335-1650,
steppenwolf.org). Feb 4– May 8. Tue–Fri at 7:30pm; Sat, Sun at 3, 7:30pm. $20–$89.
If/Then This original musical by the Pulitzer Prize–winning Next to Normal team of Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey follows a woman along two divergent life paths, Sliding Doors- style. Oriental Theatre, 24 W Randolph St (800-775-2000,
broadwayinchicago.com). Feb 23– Mar 6. Tue–Fri at 7:30pm; Sat at 2, 8pm; Sun at 2pm; $TBA.
Jerusalem Profiles Theatre’s Darrell W. Cox is slated to direct the
overdue Chicago premiere of Jez Butterworth’s sprawling 2009 play centered on Johnny “Rooster” Byron, an outlaw of sorts in a small English town. Profiles Theatre Main Stage, 4139 N Broadway (773-549- 1815,
profilestheatre.org). Feb 12– Apr 3. Thu–Sun at various times; $30–$40.
Midnight Cowboy Christopher Hainsworth adapts James Leo Herlihy’s 1965 novel about a would- be hustler from Texas on the streets of New York, which inspired the 1969 movie of the same name. Lifeline Theatre, 6912 N Glenwood Ave (773-761-4477, lifelinetheatre. com). Feb 19–28: Fri at 7:30pm, Sat at 8pm, Sun at 4pm. Mar 3–Apr 10: Thu, Fri at 7:30pm; Sat at 4, 8pm; Sun at 4pm. $40.
Pop Waits Malic White and Molly Brennan co-created this new Neo- Futurists show, billed as “an athletic, participatory, clown-rock opera” about songwriting that’s inspired in part by Iggy Pop and Tom Waits. Neo-Futurarium, 5153 N Ashland Ave (773-878-4557,
neofuturists.org). Feb 4–Mar 12.
Thu–Sat at 7:30pm. $20, students $10, Thu pay what you wish.
2666 Goodman artistic director Robert Falls and director-playwright Seth Bockley adapt the late Chilean author Roberto Bolaño’s epic, complex, 900-page final novel into a five-hour play. Goodman Theatre, 170 N Dearborn St (312-443-3800, goodman
theatre.org). Feb 6–21: Wed–Sun at 6:30pm. Feb 23–Mar 13: Tue–Sun at 6:30pm. $20–$45.
Dance
Closer Than Ever Jazz dance troupe Giordano Dance Chicago, now in its 53rd season, stages a double bill: “Exit4,” by Roni Koresh, and “Shirt Off My Back” by Ray Mercer. Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, 1306 S Michigan Ave (312-369-8330, giordanodance. org). Feb 4–6 at 7:30pm; $30, seniors $24.
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