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6 results
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Jun 20, 2018
Recommended
Twenty years on,
The Laramie Project
is as relevant as ever
It asks questions that are fundamental to our national identity.
By Albert Williams
Tags:
Theater Review
,
laramie project
,
matthew shepard
,
university of wyoming
,
laramie
,
Moisés Kaufman
,
tectonic ensemble
,
LGBTQ+
,
AstonRep Theatre Company
,
Derek Bertelson
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Sep 20, 2017
Five Guys Named Moe
,
The Funny Papers
, and eight more new stage shows to see
A Louis Jordan tribune and a satire of the 21st-century news biz are among this week's best bets.
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
Margaret Atwood
,
Alias Grace
,
Rivendell Theatre
,
Karen Kessler
,
Jennifer Blackmer
,
Ashley Neal
,
Jane Baxter Miller
,
Steve Haggard
,
Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical
,
Woody Allen
,
NightBlue
,
Monica Szaflik
,
Kevin Bellie
,
Cole Porter
,
Let's Misbehave
,
Five Guys Named Moe
,
Louis Jordan
,
Court Theatre
,
Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens
,
Saturday Night Fish Fry
,
Ron OJ Parson
,
Caldonia
,
Felicia P. Fields
,
Abdul Hamid Royal
,
Clarke Peters
,
Fuck You, Stephen Hawking!
,
Sean Benjamin
,
Carolyn Benjamin
,
Drinking & Writing Theater
,
Kenny Rogers
,
Dolly Parton
,
The Funny Papers
,
Benjamin Vigeant
,
Stephen Winchell
,
Erica Reid
,
Wildclaw Theatre
,
Night in Alachua County
,
Christopher M. Walsh
,
Jennifer Rumberger
,
Allison Cain
,
1984
,
Robert Tobin
,
AstonRep Theatre Company
,
George Orwell
,
Robert Owens
,
Wilton E. Hall Jr.
,
William A. Miles Jr.
,
Amy Kasper
,
Huggable Riot
,
Panic! At the Honky Tonk
,
Destiny Strothers
,
Elisabeth Del Toro
,
Lea Ciatsko
,
Picture It! A
Golden Girls
Musical
,
Jeff Bouthiette
,
Jay Steigmann
,
MCL
,
Molly Todd Madison
,
Beau Nolan
,
Michael Silver
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
May 17, 2017
American Hero
,
Into the Empty Sky
, and eight more new theater reviews
"Sandwich artists" go rogue and nameless women go nowhere in two of this week's notable stage shows.
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
American Hero
,
First Floor Theater
,
Bess Wohl
,
Cody Estle
,
Saraí Rodriguez
,
Black Pearl: A Tribute to Josephine Baker
,
Black Ensemble Theater
,
Joan Ruffin
,
Aeriel Williams
,
Josephine Baker
,
Dance for Beginners
,
MT Cozzola
,
Piven Theatre Workshop
,
Chicago Dramatists
,
Dev Kennedy
,
Laurie Larson
,
Into the Empty Sky
,
Trap Door Theatre
,
Wisława Szymborska
,
Monica Payne
,
Chicago Theatre Workshop
,
Little Miss Sunshine
,
William Finn
,
James Lapine
,
Maggie Portman
,
Robert Groth
,
Jennifer Thusing
,
George Keating
,
Sophie Kaegi
,
The Outpost
,
One on One Chicago
,
Andrew Lund
,
Seminar
,
Spartan Theatre Company
,
Theresa Rebeck
,
Robert Koon
,
Time Stands Still
,
Donald Margulies
,
AstonRep Theatre Company
,
Georgette Verdin
,
Sara Pavlak McGuire
,
Rob Frankel
,
Waiting to Inhale
,
Under the Gun Theater
,
EbonyEssenceJet
,
Mike Mazzocca
,
Michael Arndt
,
Kedgrick Pullums Jr.
,
Exit Chicago
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Mar 1, 2017
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
,
Gender Breakdown
, and nine more stage shows to see now
A black Irish comedy and a look at inequity in the local theater scene are among this week's best bets.
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
,
Martin McDonagh
,
Bluebird Arts
,
Luda Lopatina Solomon
,
Jaimelyn Gray
,
Kate Harris
,
The Best of Bri-Ko
,
Brian Posen
,
Brian Peterlin
,
Tim Soszko
,
Blue Man Group
,
clowning
,
sketch comedy
,
silent comedy
,
Carmina Burana
,
The Columnist
,
David Auburn
,
Philip Earl Johnson
,
Keira Fromm
,
American Blues Theater
,
Creatives
,
Irvine Welsh
,
Don De Grazio
,
Chicago Theatre Workshop
,
Simple Minds
,
Happy Mondays
,
Tom Mullen
,
AstonRep Theatre Company
,
Alexandra Bennett
,
Sarah C. Lo
,
Debra Rodkin
,
Jeremiah Barr
,
Derek Bertelsen
,
Eugene Onegin
,
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
,
Lyric Opera
,
Alexander Pushkin
,
Michael Levine
,
Robert Carsen
,
Metropolitan Opera
,
Mariusz Kwiecień
,
Ana María Martínez
,
Alisa Kolosova
,
Charles Castronovo
,
Dmitry Belosselskiy
,
Aleyo Perez
,
Collaboraction
,
Gender Breakdown
,
Profiles Theatre
,
Not in Our House
,
Dani Bryant
,
Erica Vannon
,
Forum Productions
,
Jesus the Jew as Told by His Brother James
,
Steven Strafford
,
the Cuckoo's Theater Project
,
Redtwist Theatre
,
Language of Angels
,
Naomi Iizuka
,
Jenna Liddle
,
Marc James
,
Private Eyes
,
Steven Dietz
,
Piccolo Theatre
,
Michael D. Graham
,
Megan DeLay
,
Kurt Preopper
,
Edward Fraim
,
Venus in Fur
,
David Ives
,
Circle Theatre
,
Zach Livingston
,
Arti Ishak
,
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
,
Charlotte Drover
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Sep 8, 2016
1776
,
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
, and six more new theater reviews
Two well-loved musicals are among this week's onstage highlights.
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
Amour
,
Michel Legrand
,
Black Button Eyes Productions
,
Jeremy Sams
,
Emily Goldberg
,
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
,
The Black Slot
,
AstonRep Theatre Company
,
Warren Hoffman
,
Justin Wade Wilson
,
Brittany Stock
,
Distance
,
Strawdog Theatre Company
,
Janice O'Neill
,
Anita Deely
,
Loretta Rezos
,
Caleb Fullen
,
Stephen Rader
,
Erica Weiss
,
Marvin's Room
,
(Re)discover Theatre
,
Farewell My Friend: The Tragic Tale of Star-Crossed Lovers
,
Matt Wills
,
Janet Howe
,
Romeo and Juliet
,
The Heidi Chronicles
,
The Cuckoo's Theater Project
,
Wendy Wasserstein
,
Sara Carranza
,
Rebecca Sparks
,
Ari Butler
,
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
,
Marriott Theatre
,
Don Stephenson
,
Melissa Zaremba
,
Catherine Zuber
,
Angela Ingersoll
,
Irrational Tales
,
David Denman
,
Clock Theater
,
"The Gorgon"
,
Clark Ashton Smith
,
F. Scott Fitzgerald
,
Nathaniel Hawthorne
,
Jennifer Cheung
,
Weird Tales
,
1776
,
Lin-Manuel Miranda
,
Hamilton
,
John Adams
,
the Declaration of Independence
,
Philadelphia
,
Independence Hall
,
Sherman Edwards
,
Jonathan Crabtree
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Sidebar
Jan 15, 2014
The 25th annual Rhinofest isn't getting old
The fringe-theater festival has been around longer than some of its most noteworthy participants.
By Tony Adler
Tags:
Performing Arts Sidebar
,
Rhinoceros Theater Festival
,
Theater Oobleck
,
Neo-Futurists
,
Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind
,
Curious Theatre Branch
,
Pigeons With Teeth
,
East of the Sun
,
West of the Moon
,
Jack Helbig
,
Let's Copy Each Other So We Can Be Copy Cats
,
Jessica Peri Chalmers
,
Phonies, Frauds, and Fakes
,
Elevator Tours
,
Carolyn Hoerdemann
,
Colm O'Reilly
,
The Ruckus
,
Tell It & Speak It & Think It & Breathe It
,
Neil Young
,
Neko Case
,
The Dangling Conversation
,
Astonrep Theatre Company
,
Harold Pinter
,
The Dumb Waiter
,
Boygirlboygirl
,
Cremes and Jellies
,
Loa to Divine Narcissus
,
Josh Nordmark
,
Falling
,
Jenny Magnus
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