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Arts & Culture, Ghost Light Feb 25, 2021
Celebrating Chicago Theatre Week—a year into the pandemic

This year's lineup offers a smorgasbord of online options; plus honoring Felicia P. Fields and remembering Edward S. Weil Jr. and Sally Banes
- By Kerry Reid
- Tags: Ghost Light, Ghost Light, Chicago Theatre Week, League of Chicago Theatres, Choose Chicago, Mickle Maher, 16th Street Theater, MC-10 Playwrights' Ensemble, Ann Filmer, Guy Massey, Deanna Dunagan, Collaboration, About Face, Connective Theatre, Porchlight Music Theatre, Felicia P. Fi

City Life, Public Service Announcement Oct 9, 2020
Indigenous Peoples' Day and other upcoming celebrations

Upcoming events and recommendations from our listings coordinator
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Public Service Announcement, listings, events, exhibitions, museums, Field Museum, Indigenous Peoples' Day, Frank Waln, Old Town School of Folk Music, Mitchell Museum, American Indian Center, Santiago X, Wilco, concerts, Kurt Elling, Green Mill, livestream, 16th Street Theater, Chicago Public Art Group, Portage Park

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Oct 8, 2020
Recommended
16th Street and Strawdog examine racism and dystopia

Rastus and Hattie and Run the Beast Down bring nightmarish scenarios to virtual life.
- By Kerry Reid
- Tags: Performing Arts Review, Run the Beast Down, Strawdog Theatre, Rastus and Hattie, 16th Street Theater, Lisa Langford, Lanise Antoine Shelley, Kate Black-Spence, Krystel McNeil, David Goodloe, Ryan Kitley, Colin Jones, Jasmine Bracey, Roy Thomas, Olanrewaju Adewole, Nathan Cox-Reed, Octavia Butl, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Mar 27, 2020
All your home's a stage

The best online options for enjoying theater from local, national, and international companies
- By Kerry Reid
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Neo-Futurists, Theater Wit, 16th Street Theater, Goodman Theatre, Albany Park Theater Project, Otherworld Theatre, The Magic Parlour, Catastrophic Theatre, National Theatre, Schaubühne, Mike Lew, Steven Strafford, Mickle Maher

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Mar 24, 2020
Recommended
Methtacular! returns for an online-only engagement at 16th Street

Steven Strafford's solo remains honest and hilarious, even through a screen.
- By Kerry Reid
- Tags: Theater Review, Methtacular!, 16th Street Theater, Steven Strafford, Adam Fitzgerald, William TN Hall, Steppenwolf 1700 Theatre, HMS Media, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Feb 11, 2020
Recommended
Alabaster brings two women together in the aftermath of loss

Audrey Cefaly's story of a photographer and an agoraphobe goes far beyond Madison County.
- By Jack Helbig
- Tags: Theater Review, Alabaster, 16th Street Theater, Audrey Cefaly, Ann Filmer, Jessica Kadish, Mandy Walsh, Recommended

Columns & Opinion, On Culture Oct 30, 2019
Fall awakening?

Complaints from the production team of His Shadow have opened a painful discussion for Berwyn’s 16th Street Theater and head Ann Filmer.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: On Culture, 16th Street Theater, Berwyn, Loy A. Webb, His Shadow: A Parable, Ann Filmer, Berwyn Cultural Center, Wardell Julius Clark, Regina Victor, Marissa McKown, Sydney Charles, North Berwyn Park District, Koalas, Josh Sobel, Esteban Cruz, Joseph Vallez, Berwyn Police Department, institutional racism, Facebook, Not in Our House, Actors' Equity, 16th Street Theater, Berwyn Cultural Center

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Sep 18, 2019
Recommended
In His Shadow, a college football player tackles racism and sibling jealousy

Loy Webb's parable occasionally uses a heavy hand, but lands an emotional gut punch.
- By Kerry Reid
- Tags: Theater Review, His Shadow, Loy Webb, 16th Street Theater, Wardell Julius Clark, Charles Andrew Gardner, Marcus D. Moore, Anna Dauzvardis, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Fall Theater and Dance Sep 11, 2019
Loy Webb's plays create a neon sign in the darkness

In His Shadow, an aspiring football player confronts his brother's legacy and the price of protesting.
- By Catey Sullivan
- Tags: Fall Theater and Dance, Loy Webb, His Shadow, 16th Street Theater, The Light, New Colony, Wardell Julius Clark, Tanya Saracho

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Mar 28, 2019
Julie Ganey's attempts to reconcile with her Trump-supporter father aren't Good Enough

She ignores that some people don't have the luxury of civility.
- By Catey Sullivan
- Tags: Theater Review, Good Enough, 16th Street Theater, Julie Ganey, Megan Shuchman, Trump era

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jan 25, 2019
Family drama unfolds with Small Jokes About Monsters

So Godzilla, Mothra, and Gamera go to a funeral. . .
- By Jack Helbig
- Tags: Theater Review, Small Jokes About Monsters, 16th Street Theater, Steven Strafford, Esteban Andres Cruz, Kristina Valada-Viars, family drama, brothers

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Oct 10, 2018
A rogue marsupial in the backyard is the least of one family's problems in Koalas

The play suffers from trying to be about too much.
- By Jack Helbig
- Tags: Theater Review, Koalas, 16th Street Theater, Gulf War, J. Joseph Cox, Eddie Dzialo, Michele Di Maso, Michael Holding, Josh Sobel, Leo Sharkey, koala

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jul 26, 2018
Recommended
The Hero’s Wife proves that the violence doesn’t end when the fighting stops

Aline Lathrop's drama explores different sides of a timeless story.
- By Jack Helbig
- Tags: Theater Review, The Hero's Wife, 16th Street Theater, Aline Lathrop, Ann Filmer, Miguel Nuñez, Synchronicity Theatre, Aaron Christensen, Alex Fisher, war, PTSD, returning soldier, veteran, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Apr 12, 2018
Recommended
Nothing is as it seems in Ike Holter’s The Wolf at the End of the Block

A case of police brutality turns into a complex morality tale.
- By Jack Helbig
- Tags: Theater Review, Ike Holter, Wolf at the End of the Block, 16th Street Theater, police violence, Alberto Mendoza, Christian Isely, Lili-Anne Brown, José Manuel Diaz-Soto, Gabriela Diaz, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Nov 8, 2017
Akeelah and the Bee, Die Walküre, and 14 more new stage shows to see

An inspirational kids' show and a not-be-missed Lyric Opera production are among this week's best bets.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Akeelah and the Bee, Adventure Stage, Cheryl L. West, Scripps National Spelling Bee, La Shone T. Kelly, Aaron Quick, Brandon Rivera, Daryl Brooks, Bob: A Life in Five Acts, Peter Sinn Nachtrieb, the Comrades, Derek Bertelsen, Will Quam, Bobby Pin Girls, Nothing Without a Company, Janey Bell, Grace Hutchings, Emilie Modaff, Debo Balogun, Peter Wilde, Ben Kaye, The Consul, Gian Carlo Menotti, Chicago Opera Theater, Andreas Mitisek, refugee crisis, Patricia Racette, Victoria Livengood, Justin Ryan, Kristof van Grysperre, 42nd Street, Michael Stewart, Mark Bramble, Harry Warren, Al Dubin, Michael Heitzman, Gene Weygandt, Emilio Sosa, I'll Be Seeing You, Broken Nose Collective, Kevin Jandrist, standards, the Derrick Tate Connection, J.B., Archibald MacLeish, City Lit Theater, The Book of Job, Brian Pastor, John Sabine, The Low Upside, stand-up, Promethean Theatre Ensembl, Marisol, Juan Castañeda, Newsies, Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre, Patrick Rooney, Alex Sanchez, Man of La Mancha, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, MadKap Productions, Rocket City, Alabam', Mark Saltzman, Ashley Schaeffer, Michael Dalberg, Wayne Mell, School of Rock, Jack Black, Mike White, Julian Fellowes, This Wonderful Life, It's a Wonderful Life, American Blues Theater, Frank Capra, James Leaming, Carmen Roman, Joe Huppert, Steve Murray, Yasmina's Necklace, Rohina Malik, Susaan Jamshidi, Ann Filmer, 16th Street Theater, Goodman Theatre, Die Walküre, Lyric Opera Chicago, Richard Wagner, Andrew Jones, Christing Goerke, Eric Owens

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Sep 14, 2017
The American Mercy Tour, United Flight 232, and ten more new stage shows

A dual-sided look at health care and an electrifying study of heroism are among this week's best bets.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, The American Mercy Tour, Michael Milligan, health care, Greenhouse Theater Center solo series, The Civility of Alfred Cashier, the American Civil War, Union Army, Albert D. J. Cashier, Jay Paul Deratany, Permoveo, Keaton Wooden, Joe Stevens, Dani Shay, Billy Rude, Deirdre of the Sorrows, John Millington Synge, William Butler Yeats, Abbey Theatre, Deirdre, Conchubor, High King of Ulster, Naisi, Irish mythology, Dublin, Kay Martinovich, City Lit Theater, Distracted, Lisa Loomer, Cuckoo's Theater Project, Rebecca Sparks, Marc James, ADD, MadKap Productions, The Drowsy Chaperone, James Spangler, The Heavens Are Hung in Black, Shattered Globe Theatre, James Still, the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, Lawrence Grimm, The Invisible Scarlet O'Neil, Barbara Lhota, Babes With Blades, Leigh Barrett, Chloe Baldwin, Lisa Herceg, Hedy Lamarr, Ron Hawking, The Men and Their Music, song revue, Burt Bacharach, Moody Blues, Knights in White Satin, Frank Sinatra, Muthaland, 16th Street Theater, Heidi Stillman, Minita Gandhi, Nox Arca One-Act Play Festival, Death & Pretzels, Right Brain Project, black-box theater, Helmut's Big Day, Reutan Collective, George and the Floating Cookbook, Otherworld Theatre, Eden of Omicon Ceti, Nick Izzo, Rock of Ages, Drury Lane Theatre, Chris D'Arienzo, Scott Weinstein, Nick Druzbanski, Cherry Torres, Russell Mernaugh, Don't Stop Believing, House Theatre of Chicago, United Flight 232, Vanessa Stalling, Laurence Gonzalez

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Apr 26, 2017
Recommended
16th Street Theater brings Into the Beautiful North beautifully to life

Karen Zacarías’s stage adaptation of the beloved novel by Chicago writer Luis Alberto Urrea is sly and sharp—and faithful in its fashion.
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Theater Review, Into the Beautiful North, 16th Street Theater, Luis Alberto Urrea, Karen Zacarías, Berwyn, Ann Filmer, Miguel Nuñez, The Magnificent Seven, Estaban Andres Cruz, Brandon Rivera, Laura Crotte, Joanna Iwanicka, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Fall Preview Sep 3, 2016
Onstage this fall: Race and violence

The next season of Chicago theater season shows a new emphasis on social consciousness.
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Fall Preview, Chicago theater, Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights, Porchlight Music Theatre, race, gun violence, Jack DeCesare, Aston Rep, The Black Slot, Warren Hoffman, Azhar Usman, Silk Road Rising, Ultra-American: A Patriotic Act, 16th Street Theater, A. Zell Williams, Polarity Ensemble Theatre, Gail Parrish, Leavings, Beth Kander, The Bottle Tree, Stage Left Theatre, Caitlin Parrish, The Burial, Steppenwolf for Young Adults, Alex Lubischer, Bobbie Clearly, Steep Theatre, Nancy Kerrigan, Tonya Harding, U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Underscore Theatre, Tonya and Nancy: The Rock Opera, Michael Teoli, T. Dan Aibel, American Theater Company

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Apr 20, 2016
Dreamgirls, Dead Man Walking, The Few, and ten more new theater reviews

Porchlight wows, Piven Theatre crusades, and Steep Theatre goes hard-core American.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, The Book Club Play, Karen Zacarias, 16th Street Theater, Kevin Christopher Fox, Ann Filmer, Brad Harbaugh, Piven Theatre, Dead Man Walking, Sister Helen Prejean, Tim Robbins, Patricia Lavery, Jay Reed, Mikalina Rabinsky, Black Ensemble Theater, Dionne Warwick, Jackie Taylor, Rueben D. Echoles, Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Dreamgirls, Porchlight Music Theatre, Brenda Didier, Effie White, Evan Tyrone Martin, Eric Lewis, The Few, Steep Theatre, Samuel D. Hunter, Peter Moore, Dana Black, Travis Coe, Eclipse Theatre, Jesus Hopped the "A" Train, Anish Jethmalani, Stephen Adly Giurgis, Elizabeth Birnkrant, Johnathan Nieves, The Kinematics, Mark Ravenhill, Pool (No Water), Milkwhite, Anthony Kochensparger, Chris Smith, Chicago Art Department, Strangeloop Theatre, Mitera, Maria Burnham, Othello: The Remix, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Jeffrey Qaiyum, Gregory Qaiyum, Q Brothers, Shakespeare, Postell Pringle, Jackson Doran, Tympanic Theatre, Paper City Phoenix, Walt McGough, Rebecca Willingham, Rogue Theater, Pygmalion, Right Brain Project, George Bernard Shaw, Nate White, Nellie Ognacevic, The Other Theatre Company, The Realm, Sarah Myers, Kelly Howe, Trash!, New American Folk Theatre, Anthony Whitaker, Jamal Howard, Johnny Drago

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Feb 5, 2016
Mothers and Sons, The Last Defender, and eight more theatrical shows

A moving drama about the AIDS epidemic and an immersive puzzle/play inspired by retro video games are among this week's best bets.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Redtwist Theatre, The Drawer Boy, Scott Weinstein, Michael Healey, Estrella Cruz, Halcyon Theatre, Tony Adams, High Fidelity: The Musical, Refuge Records, The Last Defender, The House Theatre of Chicago, Nathan Allen, Sander Weisz, The Man Who Murdered Sherlock Holmes, Warner Crocker, Northlight Theatre, Mothers and Sons, Cindy Gold, Jeff Parker, Pinocchio: A Folk Musical, Snowflake, Gale LaJoye, Upstate, Terrence McNally, Aaron Todd Douglas, Asia Martin, Yasmina's Necklace, 16th Street Theater, Ann Filmer, Rohina Malik, Michael Perez, Susaan Jamshidi

Blogs, Bleader Dec 5, 2013
Chicago Commercial Collective hits the road

Chicago Commercial Collective is booking Midwest college tours for five off-Loop theater productions.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Theater, Arts, Chicago Commercial Collective, Brian Loevner, Benjamin Brownson, A Steady Rain, Keith Huff, Honeybuns, Dean Evans, Broadway Playhouse, Unveiled, Rohina Malik, Crime Scene: A Chicago Anthology, Anthony Moseley, There Is A Happiness That Morning Is, Mickle Maher, Theater Oobleck, Chicago Dramatists, 16th Street Theater, Collaboraction

Blogs, Bleader Sep 24, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Friday 9/24

Recommended entertainment paired with nearby restaurants.
- By John V. Santore
- Tags: Chicagoland, Film, Food & Drink, Henri-George Clouzot's Inferno, Gene Siskel Film Center, Roof, Catfish, River East 21, Atrium Wine Bar, devil, big bowl, detroit, Landmark Grill and Lounge, This Lady's Not for Burning, Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre, No Exit Cafe, Menorca, 16th Street Theater, Berwyn Cultural Center, Freddy's Pizzeria, 1001, Chopin Theatre, Podhalanka Polksa Restauracja, World Music Festival, Red Baraat, Canceled Skaidi, Navy Pier, Randolph Cafe, Cimarron, Old Town School of Folk Music, Mahala Rai Banda, Balkan Beats DJ Robert Soko, Martyrs, Sonny & The Sunsets, sonny and the sunsets, Beat Kitchen, Village Tap, Rudresh Mahanthappa Quartet, Hackney's Printers'Row, Jazz Showcase, Kate Zambreno, Women & Children First, Andies Restaurant, 600 N. Michigan, Steppenwolf Theatre Company Downstairs Theater, Chopin Theatre, Charlie's Ale House, Park Grill, Bad Dog Tavern, Sola

Blogs, Bleader May 13, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Thursday 5/13

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Music, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, Gaslamp Killer, Smart Bar, Vines on Clark, Julieta Venegas, V Live, Accanto, Shanahan / Mad Shak, The Publican, Incognito, 16th Street Theater, Berwyn Cultural Center, Czech Plaza, People We Know, The Side Project, Luzzat Restaurant

Blogs, Bleader Apr 9, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Friday 4/9

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, John Jasperse Company, MCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, John Jasperse, Balsan, Our Lady of the Underpass, 16th Street Theater, Berwyn Cultural Center, Czech Plaza, Fred Hersch Trio, Club Blujazz, Cafe Absinthe, The Soft Pack, Empty Bottle, Crust, Tomasz Stanko Quintet, Tomasz Stanko, Logan Square Auditorium, Longman & Eagle, Ghost Town, Facets Cinematheque, Rose Angelis

Blogs, Bleader Jan 30, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Saturday, 1/30

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, Gates of Slumber, Thai Village, Magda Mayas, Heaven Gallery, Birchwood Kitchen, The Third Man, The Odd Man Out, film noir, Music Box, El Tapatio, The Chaser, Sprout, Talk Derby To Me, Windy City Rollers, Wishbone, The Train, 16th Street Theater, Czech Plaza, Busch Fest, Mary's Attic at Hamburger Mary's, Hopleaf

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