Lookingglass' 'Cascabel' debuting March 21
Lookingglass Theatre, Frontera Grill and Silverguy Entertainment present Rick Bayless in Cascabel: DinnerDaringDesire, a theatrical adventure featuring a feast, world-class circus acts and a love story starring celebrity chef Rick Bayless.
It will run March 21-April 22 at Lookingglass Theatre Company, 821 N. Michigan Ave.
Many of the performances of Cascabel are sold out. Tickets are no longer available for March 21, 22, 23 and 31 as well as April 7, 13, 14, 18, 20 and 21. Regular-run tickets are $200-$225; see www.lookingglasstheatre.org or call 312-337-0665. (Preview tickets are sold out.)
Walgreens is the presenting sponsor of Cascabel.
Clown revue at Neo-Futurarium March 25
The Chi-Town Clown Revue returns to the Neo-Futurarium, 5153 N. Ashland Ave., on Sunday, March 25, at 9:30 p.m. for its eighth installment.
Physical comedians, circus clowns, vaudevillians and boufons will present their unique comic stylings in the 70-minute show.
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at www.chitownclown.com .
Gay-themed play at Red Tape Theatre
The Fine Print Theatre Company is presenting the gay-themed play The Xylophone Westa play by Windy City Times writer Alex Lubischer and directed by Josh Sobelat Red Tape Theatre, 621 W. Belmont Ave., March 16-April 4.
The Xylophone West chronicles a young boy's journey into the heart of violence and back again. Set against the backdrop of an insular, rural community in Nebraska, the story ignites with Patrick plotting a flight west to escape an increasingly hostile gang of boys at his high school. When a nightmarish accident nixes his chance of outrunning them, he is forced to confront his aggressorsand himself.
Tickets are $20-$25; they're available at www.TheFinePrintTheatre.org and www.BrownPaperTickets.com .
'Little Shop' at Street Tempo Theatre April 9
Street Tempo Theatre announces Little Shop of Horrors as the second production for the newly launched musical theatre company.
Street Tempo Theatre Artistic Director Brian Posen and Music Director Kory Danielson are co-direction the production.
The production will run April 9-May 13 at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave. Tickets are $38 each ($15 for previews April 9-10); visit www.stage773.com, call 773-327-5252 or stop by the box office.