Innovative performance company TheMASSIVE brings its Macbeth: As the Dust Settles to Stage 773. This unique take on the epic tragedy transplants Shakespeare’s 11th-century Scottish play to Dustbowl-era Scott City, Kansas. The show’s inventive staging, helmed by Executive Artistic Director Kyle Vincent Terry, layers Shakespeare’s words with movie-inspired projection on multiple surfaces, a band of dancing witches, and a score inspired by iconic 1960s Spaghetti Western films to put a fresh spin on this complex tale of treachery, ambition and loyalty.  Goldstar freebies are limited, so if you see something you like – GRAB IT!  Each ticket requires those pesky service charges (usually about $5.50).

Tickets for Avenue Q are only $17.  This production comes courtesy of Nightblue Performing Arts Company at Stage 773  A favorite musical of PITA and mine, we saw it several times on Broadway and then up in Milwaukee with the National Touring Company (I love the clever rhyming of The Internet is for Porn).

Get FREE tickets to Dean Evans’ Honeybuns: The Weird Mime Returns show on selected dates over the next four weeks.  Evans’ outlandish and charismatic creature will give you a wild night of visceral and hilarious physical comedy, peppered generously with audience interaction to create a terrific theatrical experience. If you have already witnessed the bizarre awesomeness of Honeybuns, you’ll enjoy a whole new incarnation of your favorite big yellow blob’s unmistakable brand of crass comedy, mime and twisted psychotherapy.  Appearing at Collaboraction (near North Avenue and Milwaukee, so no downtown driving/parking hassle).

Goldstar has $12.50 tickets to Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s rock musical Jesus Christ Superstar at the Prairie Lakes Theatre in Des Plaines. The show originally exploded onto the scene in 1971 and quickly became one of musical theater’s most popular works. A Tony nominee for Best Original Score, the captivating story of Christ’s conflict with Judas in the last week of his life features a powerhouse score with such notable songs as “Superstar,” “Everything’s Alright” and “I Don’t Know How to Love Him.” Jonathan Lee Cunningham and Lauren Paris star as Jesus and Mary.

The world-famous — and Chicago’s own — Joffrey Ballet takes the stage at Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University with Human Landscapes. This multi-faceted program features three pieces that pull inspiration from diverse sources.  Save up to 55% with today’s deal from Goldstar – choose from dates stretching over three weeks in October.

ShawChicago launches its 19th season with George Bernard Shaw’s The Millionairess. Epifania Fitzfassenden is a woman with loads of cash but bankrupt in the market of romance. Her husband, Alastair, is seeing another woman, and Epifania’s current companion, Adrian Blenderbland, is penniless and uses her only for access to expensive restaurants. When Epifania and Alastair decide to file for divorce, they inadvertently hire the same lawyer, Julius Sagamore, a man with a shady past. Then Epifania encounters a situation that forces her to rethink wealth and status. The Millionairess is packed with Shaw’s characteristic sparkling dialogue and keen social insight.  There is a whole week of freebie performances in October, but the catch is that YOU MUST ORDER THEM TODAY.

Boy!  And you think you have relationship issues …

Here’s a list of current Goldstar freebies offered to Chemically Imbalanced Theater productions. Some productions run through October, but as always, the freebies “sell” out quickly, so get those tickets now.

Swift Justice: See a Full Episode of Law & OrderPerformed Live

Troll the Sequel: Troll Again!  Halloween Horror Comedy Take-Off.  No trolls are harmed in this live performance – there are no trolls.

Birth of Evil: Original Horror-Comedy Play

The North Star:  Tragicomedy

Red Rocket Comedy Hour: Weekly Sketch Comedy Showcase

Chemically Imbalanced Comedy: Improv and Sketch Comedy Showcase

This looks like a great time! Get this Beer, Brats and Boats Oktoberfest Cruise on the Evening Star and kick off the fall season with this unique Oktoberfest celebration for $21.26 (almost half off)!  Shoreline Sightseeing welcomes the meat and sausage pros at Chicago’s famed Paulina Market, who will create an Oktoberfest feast of traditional German dishes for the two-hour Beer, Brats and Boats evening cruise. After departing from Navy Pier aboard the open-air Evening Star, you’ll be immersed in German culture as you enjoy a classic German dinner — which you can wash down with your two included specialty German beers as you listen to great music straight out of Deutschland and take in the iconic Chicago cityscape.

Based on the horrific true story of Dr. H. H. Holmes, widely considered to be America’s first serial killer (and whose crimes are chronicled in the best-selling book The Devil in the White City), this eerie Halloween adventure takes visitors back to 1895 Chicago, when Holmes was kidnapping, torturing and killing victims while masquerading as a doctor and caring husband. The sprawling house that police discovered to be the scene of his ghastly crimes came to be known as the Murder Castle, and was filled with secret passages, vats of acid for disposing of the dismembered bodies and other horrors. Screams in the Park puts you right back at the scene of the crime, where the Dexter-like Dr. Holmes just may be lurking anew.

Free tickets can be purchased today only, although the dates available are this Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  Unlike Groupon or livingsocial, these freebies do not last more than the day shown (don’t how i know).