Top Chicago Theater Picks For March 27, 2008: ‘Driving Miss Daisy,’ ‘Dead Man’s Cell Phone,’ ‘Bronte’

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This week, we feature the Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Driving Miss Daisy,” the quirky comic adventure “Dead Man’s Cell Phone” at the Steppenwolf, the Victorian literary drama “Bronte” at the Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater, Neil LaBute’s acclaimed “In a Dark Dark House” at the Profiles Theatre and the first full-length Tennessee Williams play “Candles to the Sun” also at Victory Gardens.

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Title: “Driving Miss Daisy” Venue: Mayslake Peabody Estate in Oakbrook, Ill. Dates: April 2, 3 and 9, 2008 Full Price: $16-$26        Partner Price: $8-$13! Description: First Folio presents Alfred Uhry’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Driving Miss Daisy”. This story details the relationship between an elderly Jewish matron and her African-American chauffeur over the span of several decades. Uhry has created two outsiders who come to a mutual respect based on their independence, strength and integrity. Snag your “Driving Miss Daisy” tickets now!

Title: “Dead Man’s Cell Phone” Venue: Steppenwolf Upstairs Theatre Dates: March 27 to June 1, 2008 Full Price: $40-$68        Partner Price: $20-$34! Description: Jean is sleepwalking through her life until she answers a dead man’s cell phone. It turns out to be a wake-up call that sends her on a date with the dead man’s brother, a drinking binge with his wife and a mysterious rendezvous with his mistress as Jean rediscovers herself. Snag your “Dead Man’s Cell Phone” tickets now!

Title: “Bronte” Venue: Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater Dates: March 28 to May 2, 2008 Full Price: $40        Partner Price: $20! Description: This inventive drama examines the lives of three of the most studied and discussed writers of all time. Spurred by their brother’s tumultuous personal life, Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte write from their remote home on the Yorkshire moors. The real and the imagined collide as the characters the sisters have created come to life. Snag your “Bronte” tickets now!

Title: “In a Dark Dark House” Venue: Profiles Theatre Dates: March 28 to May 11, 2008 Full Price: $15-$30        Partner Price: $7.50-$15! Description: On the grounds of a private psychiatric facility, two brothers find themselves brought face to face with each other’s involvement in their traumatic past. In Neil LaBute’s powerful new play, these siblings must struggle to come to grips with their troubled legacy both inside and outside their dark family home. Snag “In a Dark Dark House” tickets now!

Title: “Candles to the Sun” Venue: Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater Dates: March 27 to April 25, 2008 Full Price: $25        Partner Price: $12.50! Description: Eclipse Theatre Company presents the Chicago premiere of the first full-length Tennessee Williams play “Candles to the Sun”. Set during the Great Depression in Alabama’s coal-mining region, the play paints a portrait of the bleak lives of the miners’ families and their attempts to unionize. Snag your “Candles to the Sun” tickets now!

By ADAM FENDELMAN Editor-in-Chief HollywoodChicago.com adam@hollywoodchicago.com