Chad's Corner
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Hi everyone! Here are some of the great films and events we have coming up at the Mette!
We've got two really good films this week. We're holding over the incredible Oscar Award Winner for Best Documentary, SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN, as well as opening the critically acclaimed QUARTET.
Tonight it's time to do the Time Warp again as the ultimate cult classic film, THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, is back at the Wilmette Theatre. It's the 1975 cult classic along with live cast - the ultimate audience participation experience. Come and join in on the fun!
This weekend is your last chance to see INTO THE WOODS! Presented by the ATC REPERTORY COMPANY this musical is perfect for ages 5 and up. There is a Saturday 10am show and a Sunday evening 7pm show. Don't miss this great show.
Also on Saturday night it's time again for COMEDY AT THE METTE, our hugely popular Stand-Up Comedy series. Your headliner this month is the hilarious CHAD BRIGGS. Also featuring JOE McADAM and hosted by EVER MAINARD.
On the right you can see more great events we have coming up and check out our website for even more! Check them out HERE! Have a great weekend! --Chad Byers |
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QUARTET
PG13. 99 Minutes 
WINNER -- Best Narrative Feature (Chicago International Film Festival)
GOLDEN GLOBES NOMINEE -- Best Actress
"Quartet asks the musical question, 'Is there such a thing as too much Maggie Smith?' and answers it with a resounding 'No.'" -Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The directorial debut of Dustin Hoffman, "Quartet" is a high-drama comedy about temperamental divas and old grudges, passion and pride, romance and Rigoletto, starring Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly and Pauline Collins.
Lifelong friends Wilf and Reggie, together with former colleague Cissy, are residents of Beecham House, a home for retired opera singers. Every year on Giuseppe Verdi's birthday, the residents unite to give a concert to raise funds for their home. But when Jean Horton, a former grande dame of the opera fallen on hard times, also Reggie's ex-wife and the fourth and most celebrated member of their former quartet, moves into the home to everyone's surprise, the plans for this year's concert start to unravel.
As old grudges threaten to undermine past glories and theatrical temperaments play havoc with the rehearsal schedule, it becomes apparent that having four of the finest singers in English operatic history under one roof offers no guarantee that the show will go on.
Based on Ronald Harwood's stage play of the same name, QUARTET is a wickedly comic film about redefining old age and growing old with hope; demonstrating how art illuminates life and the human spirit remains undimmed even as the brightest stars start to fade.
Fri 3/8 - Thurs 3/14
Fri: 4:45, 7:00
Sat: 2:30, 4:45, 7:00
Sun: 2:30
Mon-Tues: 2:15
Wed-Thurs: 4:45, 7:00
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SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN
Rated PG-13. 86 Minutes 
ACADEMY AWARD WINNER - BEST DOCUMENTARY!
"A Sensation! Unravels the extraordinary mystery of an American Folksinger" - Entertainment Weekly
"A Great Triumph! A hugely entertaining, emotionally touching, and musically revelatory experience." -Indie Wire
Searching For Sugar Man tells the incredible true story of Sixto Rodriguez, the greatest '70s rock icon who never was. Discovered in a Detroit bar in the late '60s by two celebrated producers struck by his soulful melodies and prophetic lyrics, Rodgriguez recorded two bombing albums, shooting the band into obscurity. But a bootleg recording found its way into segregated South Africa, turning him into a phenomenon over the next two decades. Long rumored there to be dead by suicide, two South African fans in the 1990s decided to seek out the truth of their hero's fate. What follows is a bizarrely heartening story in which they found far more in their quest than they ever hoped, while a Detroit construction laborer discovered that his lost artistic dreams came true after all.
Check out Rodriguez's recent performance on The Tonight Show HERE!
Fri 3/8 - Thurs 3/14
Fri: 5:00, 7:05
Sat: 3:00, 5:00, 7:05
Sun: No Shows
Mon-Tues: 2:00
Wed-Thurs: 5:00, 7:15
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THE WORLD OF THE WEIRD MONSTER SHOW presents
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
Movie With Live Cast!
Come up to the lab and see what's on the slab! It's The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), a screamingly funny, sinfully twisted salute to sci-fi, horror, B-movies and rock music. This weird and wonderful musical film phenomenon will make you shiver with antici...pation!
Adapted by director Jim Sharman and Richard O'Brien from O'Brien's glam and punk rock inspired UK stage musical, The Rocky Horror Show, the madcap, musical mayhem begins when rain-soaked typical square American couple Brad (Barry Bostwick) and Janet (Oscar winner Susan Sarandon) take refuge in the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry, in his iconic gender-bending performance), a transvestite mad scientist from outer space who is about to unveil his greatest creation - and have a bit of fun with his reluctant guests! Also present is his strange butler Riff-Raff (Richard O'Brien), weird maid Magenta (Patricia Quinn), rock and roll motorcyclist Eddie (rock star Meat Loaf) and his tap-dancing groupie Columbia ("Little Nell" Campbell). The most popular cult classic of all time!
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is an extraordinary phenomenon-- an enduring worldwide cult success, beginning in the USA at late-night screenings, where attendees would dress up, chant lines and comebacks in unison, pull visual gags, dance, sing and more for the audience to enjoy. The ultimate audience-participation film, this campy horror send-up is hosted here at the Wilmette Theatre by Chicago TV's horror/scifi host Undead Johnny and is performed with a live cast The World of the Weird Monster Show in a unique shadowcast performance that both duplicates and parodies the action taking place onscreen for a fabulously entertaining multimedia late-night show. And you can join in the fun as well, with plenty of opportunities for the audience to dig into their participation prop bags (sold at the door, complete with instructions) and enter the wild fun! And there's even a spooktacularly amazing pre-show!
Let's do the "Time Warp" again... and again... and again!
Not for the faint of heart, the show is packed with raucous and racy humor. Mature audiences suggested. No one under 12 will be admitted.
Tickets $10, Prop Kits on sale for $3 each in lobby before show.
Buy Tickets - Friday, March 8 @ 9:30pm. Doors open at 9pm
Screens the Second Friday of every month!
Upcoming shows: April - no show, May 10, June 14, July 12, August 9, September 13, October 11, Special Halloween shows on October 26 and 27, November 8 and December 13.
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ATC PRODUCTIONS presents
INTO THE WOODS: THE MUSICAL!
Recommended for Ages 5+!
When a Baker and his Wife learn they've been cursed with childlessness by the Witch next door, they embark on a quest for the special objects required to break the spell, swindling, lying to and stealing from Cinderella, Little Red, Rapunzel and Jack (the one who climbed the beanstalk). Everyone's wish is granted, but the consequences of their actions return to haunt them later with disastrous results.
One of Stephen Sondheim's most popular works, Into the Woods is a timeless yet relevant piece and a rare modern classic. What begins a lively irreverent fantasy in the style of The Princess Bride becomes a moving lesson about community responsibility and the stories we tell our children.
Directed by Janet Louer
Musical Direction by Claire Bigley
Tickets $15
Buy Tickets - Saturday, March 9 @ 10:00am
Buy Tickets - Sunday, March 10 @ 7:00pm
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COMEDY AT THE METTE
PRESENTS CHAD BRIGGS
in association with Chicago Underground Comedy
Also Featuring Joe McAdam.
A critically acclaimed monthly stand-up comedy series on the second Saturday of each month featuring full length headlining and feature sets from the absolute best comics in Chicago, a Chicago Tribune Best Bet and Time Out Chicago Magazine Critics' Pick. For these shows the Wilmette Theatre has partnered with Chicago Underground Comedy, which the Chicago Tribune called "one of the hottest shows in town" and Chicago Magazine
raved, "the hippest, hottest stand-up showcase to emerge in years." We are thrilled to present ChUC's top local comedians in headlining shows on our stage every month!
Your Headliner for this month is the hilarious Chad Briggs. Texas native Chad Briggs has been featured as part of the TBS Just For Laughs Comedy Festival and is lauded as one the best comedians in Chicago by www.comedy.com. In 2009, he won "Impress These Apes," the hit Chicago-based comedy competition and in 2010, Briggs won national acclaim as an Andy Kaufman Awards semi-finalist playing his own creation, D.K. Ediger.
Read this great interview with Chad Briggs about his comedy and his show at the Wilmette Theater HERE.
Tickets $12
Buy Tickets - Saturday, March 9 @ 9:00pm
21+. Specialty Beer and Wine from The Bottle Shop will be sold.
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Ballet in Cinema Presents
NOTRE-DAME de PARIS
From La Scala, Italy.
Esmeralda, Quasimodo, Frollo and Phoebus: four great characters around which a highly dramatic, passionate story revolves. The Corps de Ballet underscores the dynamics almost like an ancient choir. And in the background is the silent but incumbent presence of the cathedral, both witness and actress in this drama.
Notre-Dame de Paris, inspired by Victor Hugo's novel, with music by Maurice Jarre, sets by Ren� Allio and the renowned costumes of Yves Saint-Laurent, returns to La Scala after more than ten years since its last performances. Once again it will be celebrating choreographer Roland Petit and the triumph of his vision of performance as a total creation: dance, sets, costumes, music, theatricality....with two of the international ballet world's brightest stars: Roberto Bolle and Natalia Osipova.
Conducted by Paul Connelly
Choreographed by Roland Petit
Tickets $15
Buy Tickets - Sunday, March 10 @ 2:30pm
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PADDY HOMAN - LIVE
ST. PATRICK'S EVE CONCERT
Join internationally acclaimed Irish tenor Paddy Homan for an evening of Celtic story and song St. Patrick's Day weekend! Featuring Irish Dancer Katie Grennan & an all star cast of music and celebration -- in true Irish fashion!
Tickets $22 in advance, $25 at door
Buy Tickets - Saturday, March 16 @ 8:00pm
Sponsored by: The Bottle Shop
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Films For The Ear Presents:
DR. STRANGELOVE
A Live Staged Reading of the 1964 Classic Film
BENEFIT FOR CHICAGO ACTORS & MUSICIANS WITHOUT INSURANCE.
An Encore Performance of Films For the Ear's staged reading of the classic film Dr. Strangelove.
If you weren't among the lucky Chicago theatergoers who cheered for its premiere performance in February, be sure to catch Tim Kazurinsky and a host of other hilarious Chicago actors in Films For The Ear 's presentation of Dr. Strangelove, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the making of the film. And if you were there, you're most likely going to want to see it again.
This showing is a benefit for Chicago Actors & Musicians Without Insurance. Come and enjoy an incredible evening with wonderful Chicago performers.
Tickets $25
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Kids Concert Series Presents:
SUPER STOLIE!
"An exciting kid-rock collection for kids, glittered with lyrical wit and high praise from children and parents alike!" - Macaroni Kid Chicago Loop
A Super Stolie children's show is high-energy, with interactive music and movement performance that gets kids thinking and singing about everything from spelling to animals, numbers, shapes and sounds while they move and shake to get all their wiggles out. Appropriate lyrically for all ages, but with enough "cool" for even those in the double-digits, a Super Stolie performance shows you that it's impossible to be bored when there's music involved! The show incorporates both traditional songs that you're bound to know plus catchy originals by Stolie that you'll be singing along to instantly. Couple that with a little dancing, instruments to play and bubbles to chase, and you'll be high-fiving all the way home!
Super Stolie debuted on the children's music scene in 2006 by accident at a school fundraiser. By early 2009, Stolie had written enough material for an album and released When I Grow Up, her first collection of original music for children. Recorded in her home studio, Super Stolie performed on guitar, piano, ukulele, bass, harmonica, djembe, all while singing vocals. The result is a full band-sounding kindie album, glittered with Stolie's lyrical wit and has parents laughing, toddlers tongue-twisting, and has also proven to lull the little ones to sleep in the back of the car. Super Stolie's second children's album, Press Play!, was released in November 2012 and is available now from www.superstolie.com
Watch music videos HERE, or listen to select tracks from both CDs HERE.
And read Stolie's interview with Time Out Chicago KIDS HERE.
Tickets $10 advance, $12 at the door
Buy Tickets - Saturday, March 23 @ 10:00am
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