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Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Apr 28, 2020
The Upright Citizens Brigade shutters its New York venues

A critic reflects on UCB's early history in Chicago.
- By Jack Helbig
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Upright Citizens Brigade, Amy Poehler, Matt Besser, Ian Roberts, Matt Walsh, Kate McKinnon, Aubrey Plaza, Ilana Glazer, Chris Gethard, Adam McKay, Horatio Sanz

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Feb 25, 2020
Recommended
The Layover is a total masterpiece

Leslye Headland's drama reignites the dead nerve endings of romance.
- By Max Maller
- Tags: Theater Review, The Layover, The Comrades, Leslye Headland, Drew Shirley, Michael Vizzi, Allison Plott, Emma Jo Boyden, Jim Morley, Natasha Lyonne, Russian Doll, Amy Poehler, Recommended

Film, Movie Feature Feb 18, 2020
‘Chicago Memories’ showcases the spirit of the city

The three short documentaries dig deep into corners of Chicago history.
- By Kathleen Sachs
- Tags: Movie Feature, Chicago Memories, Carl Sandburg, Chicago Filmmakers, Wild Chicago, Harvey Moshman, Will Clinger, Wild Chronicles, Del Close, The Legend of Del Close, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Amy Poehler, Dave Pasquesi, Vanishing Act, vaudeville, Maceo Anderson, Bleacher Bums: Rabid Fans of Wrigley Field, Wrigley Field, Chicago Cubs, baseball

Arts & Culture, Comedy Jan 14, 2020
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Get brunch in Lemoncurd with Three Busy Debras

Watch the best of the comedy trio before their Tomorrow Never Knows show and Adult Swim series.
- By Jack Riedy
- Tags: Comedy, Three Busy Debras, Lemoncurd, Adult Swim, Hideout, Tomorrow Never Knows, Mitra Jouhari, Sandy Honig, Alyssa Sonoha, comedy, Amy Poehler, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jul 10, 2017
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The House can’t save Will Ferrell from himself

The new comedy, also starring Amy Poehler, is desperate and lightweight.
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Comedy, Film, The House, Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler, Jason Mantzoukas, comedy, improvisation, A.O. Scott, Video

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

Blogs, Bleader Dec 18, 2015
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The longest night of the year, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this weekl's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Opening, Leah Pickett, The Big Short, Michael Lewis, Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, Christian Bale, Youth movie, Paolo Sorrentino, The Great Beauty, Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Paul Dano, Jane Fonda, Christmas Again, Dreams Rewired, Tilda Swinton, Flowers movie, Sisters movie, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, John Paizs, Crime Wave, Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly, On the Town, Frank Tashlin, Susan Slept Here, White Christmas, It's a Wonderful Life, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 5, 2015
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Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp tastes like a burger—and I like it

Michael Showalter and David Wain did it. They did it.
- By Gwynedd Stuart
- Tags: Arts, Small Screen, Television, wet hot american summer: first day of camp, wet hot american summer, michael showalter, david wain, bradley cooper, janeane garofalo, elizabeth banks, paul rudd, marguerite moreau, amy poehler, molly shannon, dan klein, ken marino, joe lo truglio, jim stansel, Video

Columns & Opinion, On Culture Jul 14, 2015
Inside Out has a small but significant Chicago connection

The ideas behind Disney-Pixar's new film about emotion have local roots.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Inside Out, Disney, Pixar, Bill Hader, Mindy Kaling, Lewis Black, Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Pete Docter, Paul Ekman, Dacher Keltner, University of Chicago, Telling Lies, Ernest H. Haggard, Kenneth S. Isaacs

Blogs, Bleader Feb 4, 2015
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In Wild, Laura Dern and Reese Witherspoon play characters with a unique mother-daughter bond

A mother and daughter, separated by a generation of feminist thought.
- By Zara Yost
- Tags: Women's Issues, Film, Wild movie, Pride & Prejudice, Titanic, Amy Poehler, Rachel McAdams, Mean Girls, Jean-Marc Vallee, Cheryl Strayed, Pacific Crest Trail, Catherine Hardwicke, Thirteen movie, Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Woman’s Inhumanity to Woman, Phyllis Chesler, The Hunger Games, Divergent movie, feminism, movies, Video

Film, Movie Review Jan 22, 2015
In The Humbling, Al Pacino stars as a Shakespearean actor who can't get it up

Barry Levinson directs the screen adaptation of Philip Roth's novel.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Barry Levinson, The Humbling, Are You Here, Mad Men, Matthew Weiner, Life of Crime, Elmore Leonard, Owen Wilson, Zach Galifianakis, Amy Poehler, Jennifer Aniston, Mos Def, John Hawkes, Tim Robbins, Isla Fisher, Philip Roth, Michael Keaton, Al Pacino, video on demand, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Buck Henry, The Graduate, Heaven Can Wait, To Die For, Diner, Rain Man, Bugsy, Wag the Dog, Dianne Wiest, Dan Hedaya, Nina Arianda, Greta Gerwig, Joe Swanberg, Whit Stillman, Noah Baumbach

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Jan 1, 2015
In praise of maintenance sex

Dan Savage seconds Amy Poehler on milking the husband. Plus: the ethics of "briefs breathing"
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, Dan Savage, Savage Love, Amy Poehler, maintenance sex, feminism, panty sniffer