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- Arts & Culture, Calendar Feb 14, 2020
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Odd Pleasures: A Queer Valentine’s Day Event, the Half-Court Classic 3v3 Invitational, and more to do this weekend
Arts and culture happenings from Fri 2/14 to Sun 2/16.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Oct 2, 2019
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Believable: changing the story on how plays address violence against women
The fall theater season has brought several shows about women surviving trauma—and reclaiming their stories.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Preview Aug 14, 2019
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The Fly Honey Show hits double digits
The body-positive burlesque-inspired hive of performance queens fills the Den.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Aug 7, 2019
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The One: The Matrix Musical Parody is a show behind the times
The sight gags score, but the music falls short in this spoof/homage of the Wachowskis’ sci-fi classic.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jun 5, 2019
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Four Places hovers brilliantly between public pleasantries and private dysfunction
Adult children confront the past and future lives of their aging parents over lunch.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Apr 1, 2019
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My Name is Rachel Corrie shows that tragic source material doesn't make great drama
Sitting through this play is like spending an hour and a half with a Greenpeace volunteer on the street.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jan 24, 2019
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In Charlie Johnson Reads All of Proust, a small-town Hoosier goes in search of lost time
Cornmeal mush is his madeleine.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Dec 19, 2018
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The holiday miracle that gave Agency Theater Collective its Hellcab cab
The onstage taxi has a dramatic backstory.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Nov 22, 2018
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Plainclothes takes a look behind the security cameras at a department store
It doesn't quite ring true, but it's still a successful work comedy.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Nov 1, 2018
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Surrealistic elements help Hooded, or Being Black for Dummies transcend its sitcom origins
Like the black experience, the show is messy, fun, shocking, and unpredictable.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Oct 10, 2018
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The dystopian Endeavor Mind could do with a little less certainty
The script's strict logic is its greatest weakness.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Oct 4, 2018
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Firebrand's Caroline, or Change revels in tension, both racial and domestic
Firebrand's production features fearless, fantastic singers.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 21, 2018
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Reeling Film Festival, 312 Block Party, and more to do in Chicago this weekend
The World Music Festival wraps up and more happenings around town.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Sep 19, 2018
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Brett Schneider's brand of magic creates Communion
The "shared hallucinations" feel like real illusions.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Sep 19, 2018
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The ghost stories in Second Skin move from creepy to compelling to haunting
Playwright Kristin Idaszak weaves together horrors real and imagined.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 20, 2018
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The play The Harvest and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
Bump J at the Promontory and more goings on 8/20-8/24.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 10, 2018
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BlacKkKlansman and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend
Josie Dunn at Lincoln Hall and more goings on 8/10-8/12
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jun 14, 2018
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In The Displaced, the ghosts of gentrification won't leave a young couple alone
Bumps in the night blend with poignant social commentary.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 27, 2018
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American Pleasure Club at the Beat Kitchen and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend
Post Animal at Lincoln Hall and more goings-on 4/27-4/29.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 26, 2018
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A spoof of 80s teen movies and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
Chicago Dance Month Kickoff Celebration and more goings-on March 26-29
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Aug 23, 2017
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The Fly Honey Show grows into a Chicago institution
The performing-arts showcase doubles as a celebratory creative outlet for marginalized people.
- Blogs, Bleader May 1, 2017
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The One-Minute Play Festival, a May the 4th Star Wars party, and more things to do in Chicago this week
Female Chicago Comics Panel, Chiang Mai Thai New Year Celebration, and more happenings from May 1-4.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Apr 12, 2017
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) and eight more new stage shows
An updated comedy classic from Piccolo Theatre tops this week's best bets.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 21, 2017
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The One-Minute Festival offers a takedown of the entire Trump administration in just 60 seconds
After a messy presidential election, the performances in this year’s edition target the political realm.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 20, 2017
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Bit Bash’s Filthy Pixels, Taco Fest 2017, and more things to do in Chicago this week
Presidents' Day Benefit Dinner, TRL Live, and more happenings from February 20-23.