Chicago Theatre Week is expanding.
The upcoming celebration of theatregoing in Chicago is returning for its third year and will take place Feb. 12-22, spanning a week and two full weekends for the first time.
More than 100 productions are expected to participate as part of the 2015 line-up. Chicago Theatre Week is presented by the League of Chicago Theatres in partnership with Choose Chicago.
A few of Chicago Theatre Week's 2015 participating productions include The Selfish Giant at Chicago Children's Theatre; Waiting for Godot at Court Theatre; Rapture, Blister, Burn at the Goodman Theatre; Tannhauser at the Lyric Opera of Chicago; Tommy at Paramount Theatre; Marie Antoinette at Steppenwolf Theatre Company; Mr. Burns: A Post Electric Play at Theater Wit; and Samsara at Victory Gardens Theater.
The complete list of participating theaters will be listed this fall on www.chicagotheatreweek.com .
About Face's 'A Kid Like Jake' in Feb.
About Face Theatre will present the Chicago premiere of A Kid Like Jake Feb. 6-8 and Feb. 12-March 15 at The Greenhouse Theater Center, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave.
It will run Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 3 p.m.
The plot is as follows: Alex and Greg's intelligent and precocious 4-year-old son is a leading candidate for enrollment in one of Manhattan's top kindergarten programs. However, when attention turns to his passion for Cinderella and dress-up, his imagination and behavior becomes a lightning rod for all involved.
Tickets are $10-$35; visit greenhousetheater.org/kid-like-jake/ .