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• FALL GUIDE / THE TOP-10 LIST:
Chris Jones picks his most-anticipated shows of the new season.
• Plus Kerry Reid's chart of 43 MORE in the city and suburbs.
• FALL GUIDE / MATCH YOUR MOOD: Chris Jones suggests shows to fit your personality, "Rock of Ages" to "Big River."
• HOT NEW FACES: Our annual picks of 10 young actors to watch for on Chicago-area stages.
• 2010 JEFF AWARDS: The nominations are in for the Equity Joseph Jefferson Awards, to be presented Oct. 25.
• "BILLY ELLIOT": When Elton John
first got to know a young dancer named Billy. | REVIEW from the Oriental Theatre
• MEET CHICAGO'S BILLYS:
Sid Smith takes a few moments with Tommy Batchelor, Giuseppe Bausilio, J.P. Viernes and Cesar Corrales. | SLIDESHOW of photos
Shows are rated on a ???? scale
• "The Absolute Best Friggin' Time of Your Life" ? ? ? ?
Open run at Second City e.t.c.
• "Big River" ???
Through Oct. 10 by BoHo at Theater Wit
• "Billy Elliot the Musical" ? ? ? ?
Through Jan. 15 at the Oriental Theatre
• "Billy Connolly Live!" ????
Through Oct. 16 at the Royal George Theatre
• "A Brief History of Helen of Troy" ???
Through Oct. 30 at Steep Theatre
• "The Comedy of Errors" ???
Through Oct. 17 at Court Theatre
• "A Chorus Line" ????
Through Oct. 31 at Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire
• "Daddy Long Legs" ???½
Through Oct. 24 at Northlight Theatre
• "Detroit" ???½
Through Nov. 7 at Steppenwolf Theatre
• "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" ???
Through Oct. 10 at Theatre at the Center
• "Frost / Nixon" ???½
Through Oct. 10 at TimeLine Theatre
• "The Invasion of Skokie" ???
Through Oct. 10 at Chicago Dramatists
• "Jailbait" ???
Through Oct. 17 at Profiles Theatre
• "The Lion King" ????
Through Nov. 27 at the Cadillac Palace Theatre
• "A Memory of Two Mondays" ???½
Through Oct. 17 at the Greenhouse Theater Center
• "Million Dollar Quartet" ? ? ?½
Through May 30 at the Apollo Theater
• "Night and Day" ???
Through Oct. 31 by Remy Bumppo at the Greenhouse
• "She Loves Me" ???
Through Nov. 21 at Writers’ Theatre
• "Speed-the-Plow" ????
Through Oct. 31 at American Theater Company
• "Suicide, Incorporated" ? ? ? ?
Through Oct. 10 at The Gift Theatre
• "Thieves Like Us" ???
Through Oct. 30 at the Chopin Theatre
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