Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace's New Year's Eve Package December 31, 2008

Ring in the New Year at Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace, Wednesday, December 31 with three special dinner theater packages. Featured will be Drury Lane Oakbrook’s award winning cuisine and current production of the touching Broadway musical and international sensation MISS SAIGON. Package one features dinner at 4 p.m. and the show at 6:30 p.m. for $61 per guest; package two features dinner at 9 p.m. following the show at 6:30 p.m. for $78 per guest; package three features dinner at 7 p.m. followed by the show at 9 p.m. for $89 per guest. Packages two and three also include a reception in Drury Lane’s bar, “Critic’s Corner” from 8 p.m. until 1 a.m., featuring a live DJ from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. At midnight, there will be a complimentary champagne toast with New Years party favors.



The dinner menu includes a salad, the choice between Roast Tenderloin of Beef or Baked Salmon as well as an Apple Strudel dessert. All entrees will be served with Baked Potato, Chef’s Vegetable, Fresh Baked Bread and non alcoholic beverages.



The Tony award winning musical Miss Saigon is the story of a romance between Chris, an American Marine serving as an Embassy guard in the days before the American evacuation of Saigon, and Kim, a young Vietnamese woman orphaned by the war and forced to work in a Saigon night club. In this modern adaptation of Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly, Kim and Chris have a brief but passionate affair and he vows to take her out of Saigon. On the evening of the largest helicopter evaculation in history, the two are separated and Chris is forced leave Vietnam without his love. Three years after the war’s end the two struggle to deal with the emotional aftermath of their affair while moving on with new lives. Chris, now married, discovers that he has a young son with Kim, while Kim clings to the hope that she and Chris will be reunited and raise their son together as an American boy. Featuring a beloved score, Miss Saigon includes the songs "The Heat is On in Saigon", "Why God, Why?, “Bui Doi” and "The American Dream".



The packages, detailed above, can be reserved by calling the Drury Lane Oakbrook box office at (630) 530-0111. Dinner only and theater only tickets are also available. For more information about Drury Lane Oakbrook, please visit their website at www.drurylaneoakbrook.com.

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