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25 things to do in Chicago Aug. 20-26

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<h3>Theater</h3><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center> <div class="Enhancement-item" data-crop=""> <figure class="Figure"><a class="AnchorLink" id="image-4b0000" name="image-4b0000"></a> <picture data-crop="medium"> <source type="image/webp" width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/2bba347/2147483647/strip/true/crop/7008x3933+0+369/resize/490x275!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F47%2F2c%2F940626764b5fb1f00ec23e2966fb%2Fmean-girls-photo-credit-adam-cannon.jpg 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/1dc3aaf/2147483647/strip/true/crop/7008x3933+0+369/resize/980x550!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F47%2F2c%2F940626764b5fb1f00ec23e2966fb%2Fmean-girls-photo-credit-adam-cannon.jpg 2x" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <source width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5c17f64/2147483647/strip/true/crop/7008x3933+0+369/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F47%2F2c%2F940626764b5fb1f00ec23e2966fb%2Fmean-girls-photo-credit-adam-cannon.jpg" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <img class="Image" alt="Mean Girls - photo credit Adam Cannon.jpg" srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5c17f64/2147483647/strip/true/crop/7008x3933+0+369/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F47%2F2c%2F940626764b5fb1f00ec23e2966fb%2Fmean-girls-photo-credit-adam-cannon.jpg 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a76cc41/2147483647/strip/true/crop/7008x3933+0+369/resize/980x550!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F47%2F2c%2F940626764b5fb1f00ec23e2966fb%2Fmean-girls-photo-credit-adam-cannon.jpg 2x" width="490" height="275" data-src="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5c17f64/2147483647/strip/true/crop/7008x3933+0+369/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F47%2F2c%2F940626764b5fb1f00ec23e2966fb%2Fmean-girls-photo-credit-adam-cannon.jpg" data-lazy-load="true" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" > </picture> <div class="Figure-content"><figcaption class="Figure-caption"><p>Elizabeth Stenholt (center) plays Cady Heron, the nice, new smart girl at North Shore High, attended to here by “The Plastics” (from left): Julia Hope Budd as Karen Smith, Angel Alzeidan as Gretchen Wieners and Dariana Mullen as Regina George in “Mean Girls.” </p></figcaption><span class="line"></span><div class="Figure-credit"><p>Adam Cannon</p></div></div> </figure> </div> </div><p></p><ul id="rte-d50240d0-9a4d-11f1-b512-a33325d99724"><li>Paramount Theatre begins its season with <b>“Mean Girls,”</b> Tina Fey, Jeff Richmond and Neil Benjamin’s Broadway musical adaptation of the motion picture about a smart new girl (Elizabeth Stenholt) who finds herself tangled up with the school’s popular clique, The Plastics (Julia Hope Budd, Angel Alzeidan and Dariana Mullen). 11 at Paramount Theatre, 23 E.

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<h3>Theater</h3><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center> <div class="Enhancement-item" data-crop=""> <figure class="Figure"><a class="AnchorLink" id="image-4b0000" name="image-4b0000"></a> <picture data-crop="medium"> <source type="image/webp" width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/2bba347/2147483647/strip/true/crop/7008x3933+0+369/resize/490x275!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F47%2F2c%2F940626764b5fb1f00ec23e2966fb%2Fmean-girls-photo-credit-adam-cannon.jpg 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/1dc3aaf/2147483647/strip/true/crop/7008x3933+0+369/resize/980x550!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F47%2F2c%2F940626764b5fb1f00ec23e2966fb%2Fmean-girls-photo-credit-adam-cannon.jpg 2x" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <source width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5c17f64/2147483647/strip/true/crop/7008x3933+0+369/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F47%2F2c%2F940626764b5fb1f00ec23e2966fb%2Fmean-girls-photo-credit-adam-cannon.jpg" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <img class="Image" alt="Mean Girls - photo credit Adam Cannon.jpg" srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5c17f64/2147483647/strip/true/crop/7008x3933+0+369/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F47%2F2c%2F940626764b5fb1f00ec23e2966fb%2Fmean-girls-photo-credit-adam-cannon.jpg 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a76cc41/2147483647/strip/true/crop/7008x3933+0+369/resize/980x550!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F47%2F2c%2F940626764b5fb1f00ec23e2966fb%2Fmean-girls-photo-credit-adam-cannon.jpg 2x" width="490" height="275" data-src="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5c17f64/2147483647/strip/true/crop/7008x3933+0+369/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F47%2F2c%2F940626764b5fb1f00ec23e2966fb%2Fmean-girls-photo-credit-adam-cannon.jpg" data-lazy-load="true" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" > </picture> <div class="Figure-content"><figcaption class="Figure-caption"><p>Elizabeth Stenholt (center) plays Cady Heron, the nice, new smart girl at North Shore High, attended to here by “The Plastics” (from left): Julia Hope Budd as Karen Smith, Angel Alzeidan as Gretchen Wieners and Dariana Mullen as Regina George in “Mean Girls.” </p></figcaption><span class="line"></span><div class="Figure-credit"><p>Adam Cannon</p></div></div> </figure> </div> </div><p></p><ul id="rte-d50240d0-9a4d-11f1-b512-a33325d99724"><li>Paramount Theatre begins its season with <b>“Mean Girls,”</b> Tina Fey, Jeff Richmond and Neil Benjamin’s Broadway musical adaptation of the motion picture about a smart new girl (Elizabeth Stenholt) who finds herself tangled up with the school’s popular clique, The Plastics (Julia Hope Budd, Angel Alzeidan and Dariana Mullen). 11 at Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Visit <a class="Link" href="http://paramountaurora.com" target="_blank" ><u>paramountaurora.com</u></a>.</li><li>Irene Sankoff and David Hein’s musical<b> “Come From Away”</b> tells the true story of the tiny town of Gander, Newfoundland, whose residents took in 7,000 strangers when air space was closed on Sept. 18 at Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Dr., Lincolnshire.

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