New Year's Eve Guide 2002/2003 Centerstage's Absolute Last-Minute, Ridiculously Thorough, I Refuse to Have Another Horrid New Year's New Year's Eve 2003 Guide

Kate Schwartz, editor

Apollo Theater
2540 N. Lincoln
Tickets: 773-935-6100 or 312-902-1500.

The Vagina Monologues is a series of human stories based on interviews with a diverse group of women. Each performance features three women (both local and nationally-renowned performers) sharing the stage. $24.75-$55. 8pm.

Bailiwick Repertory Theatre
1229 W. Belmont Avenue
Tickets: 773-883-1090

Get down to basics with a bit of gratuitous nudity. With Naked Boys Singing! as the title, how much more info do you need? 8pm.

Briar Street Theatre
3133 N. Halsted St.
Tickets: 773-348-4000 or 312-902-1500

Usher in the New Year with a bang--a techno-hip bang, that is, with the edgy Blue Man Group. 7pm, 10pm. $75, includes special perks.

Second City
1616 N. Wells St.
Tickets: 312-337-3992

Thank Heaven It Wasn't 7/11 moves from the Oval Office to the Middle East; from airplanes to el-trains. It's an America where everything's changed--but not necessarily pure. Social commentary Second City-style, Thank Heaven It Wasn't 7/11 doesn't ignore corporate greed, political rhetoric, and racist thought. 7pm, 10pm. $30.

Steppenwolf Theatre
1650 N. Halstead
Tickets: 312-335-1650

Make culture your New Year's Resolution with a good dose of quality theatre. The Steppenwold presents "I Just Stopped By to See The Man" by Stephen Jeffreys. This American premiere follows the legendary Jesse Davidon (a dead Delta blues singer whose story isn't quite over), an English rock band, and a confrontation of mythic proportions. $35-$50.

Victory Gardens Theater
2257 N. Lincoln Ave.
Tickets: 773-871-3000

Spend your Holiday with Holiday, Philip Barry's comedy about a non-conformist young man who confronts a stuffy New York soceity family and finds his match in their younger daughter. $25-$30.