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- Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice Jan 6, 2016
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In its 15th year, SketchFest is bigger than ever
The comedy festival features reunions, breakouts, and plenty of comedy.
- Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice Mar 17, 2015
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Half the laughs are offstage with the stand-up trio behind Road Kill Comedy
Jessica Michelle Singleton, Lisa Curry, and Dana Moon film their 15-city tour for a new docuseries, Road Kill Comedy.
- Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice Feb 26, 2015
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Enroll in the women-only comedy class founded by Cameron Esposito
Five years ago, Cameron Esposito started Feminine Comique, a stand-up class for women—and it's still going strong, thanks to Chicago comic Kelsie Huff.
- Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice Feb 3, 2015
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Can sketch group Hijinks survive a 12-hour comedy marathon at iO?
The experimental troupe settles into its new home with an endurance test.
- Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice Jan 27, 2015
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The Brothers Hines keeps funny in the family
From the cradle to the stage with the sibling comedy duo of Will and Kevin Hines
- Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice Dec 26, 2014
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The best comedy of 2014
Hannibal Buress's Comedy Central special taping, iO's farewell, and more highlights from the year in funny
- Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice Oct 11, 2014
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Brian Posehn farts on
Perhaps a good bit grayer in the beard, the gruff and charmingly juvenile comic probably ain't retreating from his trademark bawdy humor anytime soon. Have no fear.
- Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice Oct 6, 2014
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School's not quite out for Al Jackson
The comedian probably has an endless amount of material stored away from his years spent as a middle school teacher, and he's not done educating us all on the ways of the world.
- Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice Sep 29, 2014
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Do-Re-Mi-Ha? Laughingstock belts out a third year of musical comedy
The daylong festival expands to 26 acts and three stages.
- Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice Sep 22, 2014
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The living-room stylings of comedian Matt Braunger
The local-boy-made-good makes you feel like one of the guys.
- Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice Sep 13, 2014
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iO's Carl and the Passions keep good old-fashioned long-form alive in the new place
And the improv team's Wednesday-night showcase is free to boot.
- Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice Sep 9, 2014
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Comedian Judah Friedlander defends his title
The "World Champion" has acted in a number of small, out-there film roles, but his stand-up—complemented by trucker hats and denim—has stayed the course.
- Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice Aug 30, 2014
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Bridget Everett and Ian Abramson, subtle comedy it ain't
The cabaret comedian Everett flaunts an over-the-top sultriness, while local eccentric Abramson plays a vaudevillian angle (pencil mustache included).
- Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice Aug 26, 2014
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The arena-ready Oddball Comedy Festival offers a motley crew of stand-up comics
Sarah Silverman, Amy Schumer, and Bill Burr headline the stand-up touring festival's second go-round.
- Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice Aug 18, 2014
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Mega sketch-comedy troupe Harvard Sailing Team takes the helm, shoves off
The nine-person group that grew its name on YouTube is still at its best onstage.
- Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice Aug 11, 2014
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The God, Sex & Death Variety Hour delivers on variety
Hosted by Danny Black, the themed show crams performers and material into its hour-long running time—with some fire and brimstone for good measure.
- Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice Jul 21, 2014
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No people will be punchlines in "Racist Jokes 101" (OK, maybe white people)
Curated by Fred Sasaki and Seth Vanek, the entertainingly educational Homeroom series invites a pair of comics and a famed hashtagger to comment on (and ridicule) race and racism.
- Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice Jul 14, 2014
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Down-home cookin' with Nate Bargatze
The stand-up comic unearths his southern roots and spins yarns about growing up with a professional clown.
- Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice Jul 7, 2014
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The Comedy Exposition stand-up fest stands in for Just for Laughs
A fivesome of locals at the ground floor of Chicago's stand-up scene launch a new funny festival.
- Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice Jul 1, 2014
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Entertaining Julia does DIY right
Hosted by the dependable Puterbaugh Sisters, the long-running variety show presents a grab bag of comedy in the back of a dive bar, no two-drink minimum required.
- Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice Jun 14, 2014
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Hitch-Cocktails makes for a good (tanked) evening
Improvisers build an Alfred Hitchcock-style thriller in their own special way—alcohol included.
- Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice Jun 9, 2014
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Nick Vatterott plays it different
The former Chicagoan is never shy about experimenting with stand-up—or simply throwing the crowd for a loop.
- Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice Jun 2, 2014
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Joan and Ro reunite (and it feels so good)
Second City alums Katie Rich and Holly Laurent perform their improv show, Joan and Ro, New York City, 1962.
- Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice May 27, 2014
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The sage advice of Patton Oswalt
A little longer in the tooth, the comic auteur mixes his vintage snark with yarns about fatherhood.
- Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice May 19, 2014
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Super Human is once, twice, ten times a lady
The all-female improv troupe is so much more than that.