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Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Nov 16, 2017
No Blue Memories, Significant Other, and seven more stage shows to see now

There's a raft of recommended new plays this week.
- By Tony Adler, Justin Hayford, Jack Helbig, Dan Jakes, Marissa Oberlander, Dmitry Samarov
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, The Belle of Amherst, Court Theatre, Emily Dickinson, Breath, Boom, Kia Corthron, Eclipse Theatre, Mignon McPherson Stewart, BrittnneyLove Smith, Elana Elyce, Death and the Maiden (La Muerte y la Doncella), Auguijón Theater, Ariel Dorfman, Sándor Menéndez, Marcela Muñoz, No Blue Memories: The Life Gwendolyn Brooks, Manual Cinema, Eve L. Ewing, Nate Marshall, Jamila Woods, Ayanna Woods, House Theatre of Chicago, The Nutcracker, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Chris Matthews, Haley Seda, Shakin' the Mess Outta Misery, Pegasus Theatre, Shay Youngblood, Ilesa Duncan, Significant Other, Joshua Harmon, About Face Theatre, Keira Fromm, Alex Weisman, Amanda Drinkall, Emerald City Theatre, 'Twas the NIght Before Christmas, Kirra Silver, Nora Lise Ulrey, Alejandro Tey, Youth Group: A Skit Comedy Show, Jonny Nelson, Eli Weatherby, Jess Mitolo

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Dec 21, 2016
2016 in theater was wildly convulsive on- and offstage

Controversies over abuse, alleged druggings, and “whitewashing” roiled even as Shakespeare 400 Chicago soared.
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Profiles Theatre, Darrell Cox, Joe Jahraus, Aimee Levitt, Christopher Piatt, Brianna Wellen, Peter Kim, Chicago magazine, Second City E.T.C., Second City, Porchlight Music Theatre, Usnavi, Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights, Hamilton, Victory Gardens Theater, ALTA, Alliance of Latinx Theater Artists of Chicago, Actors' Equity, Women in Comedy, Not in Our House, Theater Wit, Annus Mirabilis Award, Shakespeare 400 Chicago, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Company Theatre Mumbai, Piya Beharupiya, Twelfth Night, Hamlet, Belarus Free Theatre, King Lear, Alex Weisman, Hand to God, the Gift Theatre, Michael Patrick Thornton, Richard III, Rough House Theater, Ubu the King, puppetry, Year in Review 2016

Blogs, Bleader Sep 29, 2016
Up yours! A satanic Kermit takes over a good Lutheran kid in Victory Gardens’ Hand to God

Alex Weisman is masterfully schizoid in a dark comedy written by Robert Askins and directed by Gary Griffin.
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Boom!, Theater, Arts, Hand to God, Victory Gardens Theater, Missouri Synod Lutheran Church, Texas, conservative evangelicals, satanic possession, Robert Askins, Gary Griffin, Alex Weisman, puppets, Kermit the Frog

Arts & Culture, Fall Preview Sep 4, 2016
Ten best bets for fall theater

A satanic hand puppet, a live version of Cheers, and a Twelfth Night in Hindi are among this season’s highlights.
- Tags: Fall Preview, Mary Zimmerman, Doug Peck, Goodman Theatre, Candide, Leonard Bernstein, Wonderful Town, My Sister Eileen, Bri Sudia, Lauren Molina, Sophocles, Electra, the House of Atreus, Agamemnon, Iphigenia in Aulis, Nicholas Rudall, Court Theatre, Sandra Marquez, Michael Pogue, Kate Fry, Amiri Baraka, LeRoi Jones, Dutchman, American Blues Theater, Darren Canady, TRANSit, Shattered Globe Theatre, True West, Sam Shepard, Black Button Eyes Productions, Amour, Michel Legrand, Shakespeare 400 Chicago, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Shanghai Jingju Theatre, Peking opera, The Revenge of Prince Zi Dan, Hamlet, Company Theatre Mumbai, Piya Behrupiya, Twelfth Night, Eduardo Pavez Goye, Foro Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, The Complete Deaths, Spymonkey, The Happiest Place on Earth, Sideshow Theatre Company, Philip Dawkins, Scooby Don't, Hell in a Handbag Productions, David Cerda, Andrew Hinderaker, The Magic Play, Calamity West, Give It All Back, Idris Goodwin, How We Got On, Haven Theatre Company, Kristiana Rae Colón, Octagon, Jackalope Theatre, I Am My Own Wife, Doug Wright, About Face Theatre, Delia Kropp, Nothing Without a Company, [Trans]formation, the Living Canvas, Cheers Live on Stage, Amy Poehler, Broadway in Chicago, Mat Smart, Naperville, The Royal Society of Antarctica, the Gift Theatre, Jeff Award, Aguijón Theater, Romeo y Julieta, Sándor Menéndez, Gerardo Cárdenas, Hand to God, Robert Askin, Victory Gardens Theater, Alex Weisman, Gary Griffin, Seret Scott

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Feb 10, 2016
Belarus Free Theater's King Lear, the Hypocrites' Glass Menagerie, and eight more new stage shows

Shakespeare in Belarusian and a reimagined Tennessee Williams play are among the highlights this week.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Body/Courage, Danielle Pinnock, the Annoyance, Evicted!, Shannon Noll, Alex Young, The Explorers Club, Nell Benjamin, Windy City Playhouse, David H. Bell, Falling Circus, Public House Theatre, The Glass Menagerie, Hans Fleischmann, Mary-Arrchie Theatre, the Hypocrites, the Den Theatre, Joanne Dubach, Kate Buddeke, Daniel Knox, Grant Sabin, Matt Gawryk, Incendium, Chicago Slam Works, Angela Oliver, Nate Cheeseman, King Lear, Belarus Free Theater, Vladimir Shcherban, Aleh Sidorchyk, Victoria Biran, The Old Friends, Horton Foote, Raven Theatre, Michael Menendian, Other Letters, A.R. Gurney, Love Letters, the Side Project, the Other Theatre Company, Bryan Renaud, Carin Silkaitis, Alex Weisman, Will Allan, Arc Theatre, The Things We Keep, Natalie Sallee, Mark Boergers

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Apr 23, 2014
Recommended
Down the rabbit hole with the House Theatre's Dorian

A visually strong adaptation of Wilde's Picture of Dorian Gray doesn't go far enough.
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Theater Review, Oscar Wilde, Chopin Theatre, The House Theatre, The Matrix, Ben Lobpries, Tommy Rapley, Dorian, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Collette Pollard, Double Penetration, Sloppy Seconds, Ted Bundy, Cole Simon, Ivan Albright, Albert Lewin, The Tempest, Jeff Klapperich, Francis Bacon, Patrick Andrews, Alex Weisman, Joan Rivers, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Nov 6, 2013
Recommended
But is The Normal Heart good?

TimeLine Theatre gets an important play pumping.
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Theater Review, AIDS, Larry Kramer, Centers for Disease Control, Gay Men's Health Crisis, Manhattan, President Reagan, New York, Ed Koch, AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, The Normal Heart, Pat Buchanan, Public Theater, William Hoffman, As Is, Mark Ruffalo, Julia Roberts, Denis O'Hare, Finn Wittrock, Chris Sullivan, TimeLine Theatre, agit-prop, New York Times, Don Shewey, Emma Brookner, Linda Laubenstein, Stephen Rader, Bertolt Brecht, David Cromer, Nick Bowling, Brian Sidney Bembridge, Michael Stanfill, Mary Beth Fisher, Mark Grapey, Alex Weisman, Patrick Andrews, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Apr 28, 2011
Alan Bennett's The Madness of George III: a highly polished look at chaos.
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Performing Arts Review, The Madness of King George, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Allan Bennett, Henry Groener, David Lively, Richard Baird, Alex Weisman

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No Blue Memories, Significant Other, and seven more stage shows to see now

There's a raft of recommended new plays this week.

2016 in theater was wildly convulsive on- and offstage

Controversies over abuse, alleged druggings, and “whitewashing” roiled even as Shakespeare 400 Chicago soared.

Up yours! A satanic Kermit takes over a good Lutheran kid in Victory Gardens’ Hand to God

Alex Weisman is masterfully schizoid in a dark comedy written by Robert Askins and directed by Gary Griffin.

Ten best bets for fall theater

A satanic hand puppet, a live version of Cheers, and a Twelfth Night in Hindi are among this season’s highlights.

Belarus Free Theater's King Lear, the Hypocrites' Glass Menagerie, and eight more new stage shows

Shakespeare in Belarusian and a reimagined Tennessee Williams play are among the highlights this week.

Recommended
Down the rabbit hole with the House Theatre's Dorian

A visually strong adaptation of Wilde's Picture of Dorian Gray doesn't go far enough.

Recommended
But is The Normal Heart good?

TimeLine Theatre gets an important play pumping.

Alan Bennett's The Madness of George III: a highly polished look at chaos.

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There's a raft of recommended new plays this week.

Controversies over abuse, alleged druggings, and “whitewashing” roiled even as Shakespeare 400 Chicago soared.

Alex Weisman is masterfully schizoid in a dark comedy written by Robert Askins and directed by Gary Griffin.

A satanic hand puppet, a live version of Cheers, and a Twelfth Night in Hindi are among this season’s highlights.

Shakespeare in Belarusian and a reimagined Tennessee Williams play are among the highlights this week.

A visually strong adaptation of Wilde's Picture of Dorian Gray doesn't go far enough.

TimeLine Theatre gets an important play pumping.

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