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- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar Aug 13, 2014
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Fringe theater goes on parade with the 26th annual Abbie Fest
Mary-Arrchie's Yippie tribute features 72 hours of performances starting with a march from Daley Plaza.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar Aug 6, 2014
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At DrekFest, the worst is yet to come
Stage Left's annual contest for terrible ten-minute plays returns.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar Jul 2, 2014
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The Three Oaks Theater Festival brings off-Loop shows to Harbor County
Reprises of The Normal Heart and Exit Strategy are among the highlights at the second annual Michigan showcase.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar Jun 24, 2014
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Death and the Maiden DOA at Victory Gardens
Sandra Oh puts the wrong mask on the role of a tortured woman.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar Jun 11, 2014
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The brave new human architecture of Levels and Lines
Kristina Isabelle's modern dance puts her performers on stilts.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar Jun 3, 2014
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The Chicago Women's Funny Festival commandeers Stage 773
In its third year the showcase offers 70 acts, 400 performers, and some tough decisions.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar May 28, 2014
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Theater Oobleck hits the Hideout for 'Toosdays' in 'Joon'
The fringe-theater faves take over the monthlong Tuesday Night Residency series.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar May 14, 2014
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Lucky Plush's The Queue finds us ready and waiting
An absurdist comedy has some fun while poised over the abyss.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar May 7, 2014
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Bob Eisen's dance pushes psychic buttons
The Links Hall cofounder returns with a duet.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar Mar 18, 2014
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Welcome to Night Vale comes alive
The podcast that details the odd happenings and characters populating the fictional town of Night Vale goes on tour.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar Mar 5, 2014
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With Late Night at Garage Rep, Steppenwolf returns to its roots
A new weekly series promises an eclectic lineup of up-and-coming Chicago artists.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar Jan 17, 2014
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Anna Deavere Smith has a Conversation on Grace
The documentary theater artist looks at "the unbidden in life."
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar Jan 15, 2014
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The 25th annual Rhinofest isn't getting old
The fringe-theater festival has been around longer than some of its most noteworthy participants.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar Jan 8, 2014
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Sketchfest comes of age
The 13th annual sketch comedy festival features 150 troupes over two long weekends.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar Jan 1, 2014
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The storytelling tribes assemble for Fillet of Solo
This year's festival, the 17th, presents 13 collectives and ten independent performers.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar Jan 1, 2014
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Le cirque nouveau is coming to town
A new festival shines a light on cirque nouveau—which is not circus.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar Dec 4, 2013
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Christmas onstage: Let us count the ways
This year's holiday theater roundup, with cameos by Elf, Joan Crawford, and one or two Ebenezer Scrooges
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar Oct 16, 2013
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Weekend evenings of the living dead (and one midnight show)
Our critics' takes on seven seasonal shows, from creepy Jane Austen to nuclear zombies
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar Oct 16, 2013
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The Side Project celebrates "The Kindness of Strangers"
That's the theme of the theater company’s second storytelling festival, stretching over three weeks and including 40 performers.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar Sep 11, 2013
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Another "New Dawn" for the Alcyone Festival
Halcyon Theatre's annual celebration of female playwrights enters its sixth year.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar Aug 28, 2013
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Chicago Fringe Festival on the northwestern frontier
The yearly celebration of theatrical eclecticism descends on Jefferson Park.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar Aug 7, 2013
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Yippie! Abbie Hoffman fest returns
More than 150 performance groups grace the 25th year of Mary Arrchie's Abbie Hoffman Died for Our Sins Theatre Festival.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar Jul 17, 2013
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Theatrical adaptation is the sincerest form of flattery
City Lit Theater presents short dramatic takes on eight nondramatic works at its sixth annual Art of Adaptation Festival.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar Jul 2, 2013
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Chicago shares its stage talent
The inaugural Three Oaks Theater Festival, in southwest Michigan, features three celebrated local productions, plus a premiere.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar Jun 27, 2013
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Naked talent at National Pastime Theater
The fifth annual Naked July offers performance in the buff.
