Goldstar hot sellers – Chicago

Posted on July 22, 2013 by The Goddess

Goldstar has deals across the nation – click any link below and switch to other cities for more offerings. I’m surprised to see LEGOLAND still available!

Million Dollar Quartet: Hit Rock ‘n’ Roll Musical at Apollo Theater

Cirque Shanghai Returns to Navy Pier With Dragon’s Thunder

The Pianist of Willesden Lane: Chicago Premiere of LA and Boston Hit

LEGOLAND Discovery Center Chicago — The Indoor LEGOLAND

Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly & The Isley Brothers

Step Back in Time at the Bristol Renaissance Faire

Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys at Ravinia

Andrew Lloyd Weber’s Whistle down the Wind freebie

Posted on July 22, 2013 by The Goddess

Goldstar tickets for this production of Whistle down the Wind range from comp to $9 (full price is $18). Jedlicka Performing Arts Center brings to the stage Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock musicalWhistle Down the Wind. Based on the novel and the film of the same name, this stage iteration follows the fortunes of a fugitive caught between the prejudice of adults and the innocence of youth. Swallow is a 15 year-old-girl growing up in America’s Deep South in the late 1950s. When she discovers a mysterious man hiding out in a barn, she asks who he is and the first words he utters are “Jesus Christ.” It’s as if all her prayers have been answered. Swallow and the town’s other children vow to protect the stranger from the world that waits outside — townspeople who are determined to catch a fugitive hiding in their midst. As fantasy and reality collide, Swallow begins to discover who she is and where she’s going in life. Webber’s score combines hauntingly beautiful love songs and explosive rock music.

Goldstar comedy comps

Posted on July 21, 2013 by The Goddess

Full page of comp comedy tickets at Chicago Improv in Schaumburg. See Dean Edwards.

$15 for Brian Wilson @ Ravinia – 73% off!

Posted on July 20, 2013 by The Goddess

Tickets to Brian Wilson’s July 26 Ravinia concert start at $15 – that’s 73% off! Brian Wilson wrote some of the greatest tunes in American pop music as a founding member of the Beach Boys. From their early songs about cars and surfing to the 1966 masterpiece Pet Sounds and beyond, Wilson’s “teenage symphonies to God” broke new ground in rock music, combining elaborate vocal harmonies with baroque, unconventional instrumentation. He’s been productive in recent years, releasing his long-awaited magnum opus Smile in 2004 and reuniting with the Beach Boys for a 50th anniversary tour. He’s currently working on his 11th solo album. For this concert, he’ll be joined by two more founding members of the Beach Boys: Al Jardine and David Marks.

LEGOLAND – $10 for any date this year!

Posted on July 19, 2013 by The Goddess

Through December 31, 2013, get tickets to LEGOLAND in Schaumburg for only $10 – that’s over 50% off! Grab ’em now because Goldstar hasn’t offered a LEGOLAND deal in many moons.

Shrek the Musical – tickets start at $9

Posted on July 18, 2013 by The Goddess

PITA and I saw Shrek the Musical on Broadway – I couldn’t believe how much fun it was! We listen to the music in the car – especially “That’s the Story of my Life – waaaay more than normal! Looking for a great family show, then grab this Goldstar deal now. Listening to Pinocchio whine about how his life sucks pine saaaaap is worth the ticket price alone! Or Shrek muttering that he’s a crackpot magnet while Fiona drones on about her fantasy prince.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s annual summer family musical this year is Shrek The Musical. Based on the Oscar-winning animated movie, Shrek the Musical brings the hilarious story of everyone’s favorite ogre to life on stage. Shrek just wants to be left alone in his beautiful swamp, but exiled fairy tale characters keep showing up on his doorstep. Finally, he agrees to confront the diminutive yet ruthless Lord Farquaad and hopefully regain his privacy. Joined by a wise-cracking donkey, Shrek embarks on a life-changing adventure as an unlikely hero who fights a fearsome dragon and rescues the cursed Princess Fiona. He not only saves the day, but also discovers the value of friendship and realizes that true love is more than skin deep. CST’s production stars two Jeff-Award winning actors, Michael Aaron Lindner as the lovable ogre Shrek and Summer Naomi Smart in her CST debut as the spunky Princess Fiona.

Wicked performance – Idina Menzel live!

Posted on July 17, 2013 by The Goddess

Tickets to Friday’s 8 pm performance by Idina Menzel are half-price ($37), thanks to The Dunham Fund, an Aurora-based philanthropic foundation, which made this special ticket offer possible to help celebrate RiverEdge Park’s inaugural year. Not only did she star in Wicked, she’s now cast as the biological mother of teen-prodigy Rachel in Glee.

Goldstar’s hottest deals nationwide – by city

Posted on July 16, 2013 by The Goddess

Here’s a short list of the offerings in many parts of the nation – click on any and change to your city (if not listed). There are many offerings in each city.

ATLANTA
Mel Brooks’ Hit Young Frankenstein Comes to OnStage Atlanta

Broadway Sensation Les Misérables From Aurora Theatre

Disney Musical Tarzan, With Grammy-Winning Songs by Phil Collins

BALTIMORE
Relive the News Stories That Have Shaped Our Lives at the Newseum

Exclusive Goldstar Pre-Sale: Spank! The Fifty Shades Parody

BOSTON
The Marvelous Wonderettes Bring ’50s and ’60s Music to Stoneham

How We Got On: Company One’s Hip-Hop Drama

CHICAGO
Cirque Shanghai Returns to Navy Pier With Dragon’s Thunder

Million Dollar Quartet: Hit Rock ‘n’ Roll Musical at Apollo Theater

The Pianist of Willesden Lane: Chicago Premiere of LA and Boston Hit

DALLAS
Avenue Q: The Irreverent Adult Puppet Musical From Theatre Three

Family Comedy and Magic Show at the Arlington Improv

Forever Lovely: A Drag Queen Comedy About Living, Loving and Lipstick

The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker: A Two-Family Comedy

DENVER
Amaluna: An Epic Love Story From Cirque du Soleil

Summer Symphonic Classics: A Colorado Symphony Concert

I Declare War: Fantasy & Reality Blur in Film About Children’s War Games

HOUSTON
China’s Famed Golden Dragon Acrobats at The Grand

Sweeney Todd: Sondheim’s Macabre Musical Thriller

The Great American Trailer Park Musical: Double-Wide Fun

Club Morocco: Swinging Film Noir Mystery Musical

INLAND EMPIRE
Intimate, Passionate, Exotic: The Art of Flamenco & Spanish Cuisine at Cafe Sevilla

See Shakespeare’s Henry IV Under the Stars at Europa Village Winery

Comedian Sheryl Underwood at the Ontario Improv

Comedians Esai Morales, Willie Barcena & Richard Villa

LAS VEGAS
Marc Savard Comedy Hypnosis at V Theater at Planet Hollywood

Stars Beam Down to 12th Annual Official Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas

Broadway’s Hit Musical Xanadu at Las Vegas Little Theatre

LOS ANGELES
Matchbox Twenty and Goo Goo Dolls in Irvine

MIAMI
Cirque Du Soleil’s Quidam at BB&T Center

Facts of Life: The Lost Episode: All-Male Cast Recreates ’80s Sitcom

The Boys Next Door: A Funny, Touching Play About Living With Disability

MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL
When a Man Loves a Diva — The Hit Pop Musical Revue by Manly Men

Hit Musical Les Misérables From Mounds View Community Theatre

When a Man Loves a Diva — The Hit Pop Musical Revue by Manly Men

Clybourne Park: Tony and Pulitzer-Winning Comedy

NEW YORK
iLuminate Artist of Light (As Seen on America’s Got Talent)

Sail New York Harbor Aboard the City’s Largest Sailing Boat

Let It Be: A Celebration of the Music of The Beatles, From Beatlemania to Abbey Road

OAKLAND/EAST BAY
Counting Crows and The Wallflowers in Concert at America’s Cup Pavilion

SF Symphony’s Best of Tchaikovsky on the Waterfront

Annie Get Your Gun: Irving Berlin’s Wild West Musical

Camelot Starring Wilson Jermaine Heredia From Broadway’s Original Rent

ORANGE COUNTY

The Sound of Music: Beloved Broadway Musical for Whole Family

Shrek the Musical Brings Your Favorite Ogre to Fullerton

Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson performs Thick as a Brick 1 & 2 @ Ravinia

Posted on July 14, 2013 by The Goddess

Ian Anderson comes to the Ravinia Festival to perform Jethro Tull’s definitive prog-rock album, Thick as a Brick, plus his own follow-up, Thick as a Brick 2. Tickets for the July 22nd performance start at $15 on Goldstar (75% off!). This tour will feature a theatrical production with video and additional musicians, including Ian’s band: bassist David Goodier, keyboardist John O’Hara, drummer Scott Hammond, and wunderkind guitarist Florian Opahle. British singer and actor Ryan O’Donnell was chosen for his ability to perform vocals as they sounded on the original Thick as a Brick album. Thick as a Brick 2 revisits the first album’s child-poet character Gerald Bostock 40 years later as an adult, proposing different scenarios for the paths he may have taken in life: greedy banker, ordinary shopkeeper, soldier, beggar or evangelical preacher.