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The Most Interesting Man in the World will be bringing his cast of characters to Chicago as the Most Interesting Show in the World. On Friday, November 6th Dos Equis and Mirrorball will transform Chicago’s Park West into an evening you won’t soon forget. This stop will be hosted by Fishbone’s own Angelo Moore as he intertwines an evening of music, acrobatics, burlesque, and contortion.

direction tour marketing will be working with long-time friends Mirrorball with on site event logistics for this event of events. This event is a private event and by invitation only… though we may have an invite for you here.

The Most Interesting Show in the World is at Park West on Friday, November 6th at 8PM.

Next week, keep an eye out for our direction street teams visiting college campuses throughout Chicago promoting The Mystery of Irma Vep opening  Thursday, November 12th at the Court Theatre in Hyde Park. Our teams will be distributing handbills and posting posters for this contender for the funniest American play of the last quarter-century.

Two actors take on innumerable dramatis personae in Charles Ludlam’s high-camp quick-change romp. Vep satirizes all that is ridiculous in Gothic Horror, Victorian melodrama, classic film, and conventional theatre. In addition, Court Theatre takes audience engagement to a whole new level by commissioning former University of Chicago math professor, Kevin Wald to create an exclusive crossword puzzle for the show. Wordplay, puzzles, and esoteric puns abound throughout the show and this crossword puzzle is not for the faint of heart

The Mystery of Irma Vep opens November 12th and will run through December 13th at the Court Theatre. Student Tickets are $24 and if you purchase your tickets before November 11threceive $10 off selected shows. For more details and to download the Mystery of Irma Vep crossword puzzle, click here.

The amount of family programming that Chicago has to offer is simply stunning and as a new parent, I’m excited to take advantage of all the great offers. The Harris Theater for Music and Dance returns with the Harris Family Series that kicks off next weekend (Saturday, November 7th) with a performance by our good friends at River North Dance Company. RNDC will be hand jiving and hustling through the history of dance. Each decade from the Roaring 20’s to the Hip-Hoppin’ 90’s is brought to life in costumes, narrative and fast footwork.

DJ Beethoven and the New Millenium Orchestra will be featured for the January installment (Saturday, January 30th) as they tackle the question, What is a DJ? Are DJ’s today’s composers? Was Beethoven one of the first? Come on this exciting trip with Francesco Milioto and his New Millennium Orchestra as he spins you through an urban electronic and orchestral mix of music.

Tickets for the Harris Family Series are $10 and all shows begin at 1PM. A subscription can be purchased for all three shows for just $20. For more information log onto www.harristheaterchicago.org

We’re well into our Northshore poster distribution for Next Theatre’s latest production, End Days. Previews begin tomorrow night (Thursday, October 30th and End Days looks to be hilarious. The show centers on the Stein’s and their identity crisis: Mom has been “born again” and spends all day chatting with Jesus in the kitchen; Dad hasn’t got out of his pajamas in weeks and is starting to smell; and 16 year old Rachel is coping by going Goth.

Who will save the Stein’s? To everyones surprise, Rachel’s new awkward classmate, clad in an Elvis jumpsuit arrives on their doorstep to save the day. His big heart and blind optimism is just what the Stein’s need and may be their best hope for a new a beginning.

End Days opens for previews on Thursday, October 29th. Use the code “FLYER” and save $5 on your tickets.  Next Theatre is located in the Noyes Arts Center in Evanston. For more information log onto www.nexttheatre.org.

Victory Gardens’ Fresh Squeezed series comes together for two very special one-night-only performances. The first event is Terry Galloway’s Out All Night & Lost My Shoes on Friday November 15th at 7:30PM. Side-splitting funny and shocking, Out All Night… is brimful of ideas for shaking an audience out of its gosh-aren’t-we-enlightened complacency an onto that uncomfortable narrow ledge where they’re not sure if they should be laughing or crying.

The following week, on the 22nd of November, Fresh Squeezed presents Kearn’s celebrated solo show, Intimacies. In it’s 20th Anniversary, Intimacy reminds us that only when we reconsider the catalysts for public fear and ignorance can we secure rights for the LGBT citizens.

Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 day of show and can purchased by calling 773.871.3000 or logging onto victorygardens.org.

We’re now two months into the launch of direction printworks and I couldn’t be more pleased with the success and performance of the printworks team thus far. Our presses have been running almost nonstop since direction printworks inception and we’ve produced a lot of great pieces. A couple of direction printwork’s clients include Allied Live, Carol Fox & Associates, Live Nation, Jam Productions, The Shrine, and The House Theatre of Chicago.

Give us a ring to discuss pricing or to receive a package of samples!

We couldn’t be more excited to be working with Broadway in Chicago on the pre-Broadway premier of The Addams Family in Chicago at the Ford Center. I have a special place for Nathan Lane and can’t wait to see his portrayal of Gomez Addams. This macabre new show, written by Jersey Boys authors Marshall Brickman and Rick Elise is sure to be a hit so be sure to get your tickets before its too late. We are currently distributing posters promoting the show throughout the downtown loop so keep an eye out for this endearing and hilarious family of characters on the walls of your favorite coffee shop.

The Addams Family opens November 13th and runs through the 10th of January. Ticket prices are $28 to $105 and may be ordered through Ticketmaster.

This Saturday, the world premier of Alan Gross’s High Holidays will be opening in the Owen Theatre at the Goodman.  This darkly comic, boisterous look at growing up in the Chicago suburbs during the early sixties is the story of 13-year old Billy Roman and the rollicking, anxiety-riddled preparations for his Bar Mitzvah. When Billy’s rebellious older brother returns from college during the Jewish high holidays, his family—the little Roman Empire—begins to wobble and crack as it is forced to examine some hard truths about coming of age in America.

High Holidays opens on Saturday, October 31st and will run through November 29th in the Owen Theatre. For tickets, click here.

If you spent anytime this past weekend near Water Tower Place you may have come across our adidas street teams promoting adidas’ relationship with the NBA with a fun call-to-action retail promotion created by Action Marketing Group. This past weekend and next weekend too our street teams are distributing go-cards to consumers along Michigan Avenue’s Magnificent Mile. Shoppers can then redeem our go-cards for a token at the adidas Sport Performance store to use in a giant gum ball machine. Instead of gum balls, the machine distributes NBA bouncy balls and if you’re lucky enough to get a black bouncy ball you win a $100 gift card to use at the adidas sport performance store!

Visit our street teams next weekend (Sat. or Sun.) to receive your token for a chance to win 12 – $100 gift cards for the adidas Sports Performance store.

Sadly, many of the events such as Paddling into the Past are coming to an end in October, but the Chicago History Museum has plenty of other events to keep you busy up until the holidays. November will see the continuation of Lincoln Bicentennial, with the Lincoln Diversified lecture series and a November installment of the History Pub Crawl. This month the History Pub Crawl visits Little Italy for their Mamma Mia! Little Italy where you will experience Italian immigrants to college students. Residents in this neighborhood maintain its rich history. Enjoy a little bit of vino or a whole lotta birra on this walking tour.

Events take place during the entire month, log onto chicagohistory.org for more details.