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Arts & Culture, Theater Review Mar 22, 2019
Refuge Theatre lifts Hands on a Hardbody out of complete banality

"If you want something," they sing, "keep your hands on it."
- By Justin Hayford
- Tags: Theater Review, Hands on a Hardbody, Refuge Theatre Project, S.R. Bindler, Doug Wright, Amanda Green, Trey Anastasio, pickup truck, Christopher Pazdernik

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Nov 17, 2016
After the Dance, End of the Rainbow, and ten more new theater reviews

A Chicago premiere from Runcible and another success from Porchlight are among this week's best bets.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, After the Dance, Terence Rattigan, Runcible Theatre Company, Layne Manzer, Andrew Root, The Amish Project, Charles Roberts, Nickel Mines, Jessica Dickey, Sarah Gise, David Connelly, Interrobang Theatre Project, First Floor Theater, Deer and the Lovers, Emily Zemba, Jesse Roth, Dirty Butterfly, Halcyon Theatre, Leah Raidt, Debbie Tucker Green, Genevieve VenJohnson, Reginald Robinson Jr., Azar Kazemi, Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead, Eclectic Theatre, David Belew, Kirk Osgood, Peanuts, End of the Rainbow, Judy Garland, Porchlight Music Theatre, Angela Ingersoll, Jon Steinhagen, Peter Quilter, About Face Theatre, I Am My Own Wife, Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, Doug Wright, Andrew Volkoff, Delia Kropp, In De Beginnin', Oscar Brown Jr., Fania Bourn, Kemati J. Porter, Barton Fitzpatrick, ETA Creative Arts, La Gringa, Carmen Rivera, Miranda Gonzalez, UrbanTheater Company, Sofia Tew, The Nutcracker, The House Theatre of Chicago, E.T.A. Hoffman, Ariana Burks, Curious Theatre Branch, Beau O'Reilly, One Boppa: Two Acts, Julia Williams, Vicki Walden, Meredith Lyons, Matt Reiger, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico

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, Theater Review Jul 21, 2016
The Goodman's War Paint is too rosy

But true divas shine in this musical about two cosmetics tycoons.
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Theater Review, War Paint, Goodman Theatre, Patti LuPone, Christine Ebersole, Helena Rubenstein, Elizabeth Arden, Lindy Woodhead, Doug Wright, Scott Frankel, Michael Korie, Grey Gardens, Catherine Zuber, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, David Brian Brown

Arts & Culture, Book Review Jun 11, 2009
Antiques Road Show

Young fogey cartoonists Adrian Tomine and Seth discuss their own work and some neglected masters at Quimby's.
- By Ben Schwartz
- Tags: Book Review, Adrian Tomine, Seth, Shortcomings, George Sprott, Quimby's, R.Crumb, Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Doug Wright, John Stanley, graphic novel, comics, cartoonist, Quimby's Bookstore

News & Politics, Feature Dec 2, 2004
Don't Call It a Gay Play

Moises Kaufman, the celebrated director of The Laramie Project and I Am My Own Wife, talks about the injustice of labels, theater that's stuck in the past, and his new project—a Tennessee Williams script too daring for its time.
- By Mara Tapp
- Tags: Feature, Moises Kaufman, The Laramie Project, One Arm, I Am My Own Wife, Doug Wright, Tectonic Theater Project, About Face Theatre, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, Angels in America, Matthew Shepard

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Mar 6, 2003
Kind of a Drag

Justin Hayford reviews Doug Wright's I Am My Own Wife and Alexandra Billings's Before I Disappear.
- By Justin Hayford
- Tags: Theater Review, About Face Theatre, I Am My Own Wife, Doug Wright, Alexandra Billings, Before I Disappear, trans people

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Refuge Theatre lifts Hands on a Hardbody out of complete banality

"If you want something," they sing, "keep your hands on it."

After the Dance, End of the Rainbow, and ten more new theater reviews

A Chicago premiere from Runcible and another success from Porchlight are among this week's best bets.

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.

The Goodman's War Paint is too rosy

But true divas shine in this musical about two cosmetics tycoons.

Antiques Road Show

Young fogey cartoonists Adrian Tomine and Seth discuss their own work and some neglected masters at Quimby's.

Don't Call It a Gay Play

Moises Kaufman, the celebrated director of The Laramie Project and I Am My Own Wife, talks about the injustice of labels, theater that's stuck in the past, and his new project—a Tennessee Williams script too daring for its time.

Kind of a Drag

Justin Hayford reviews Doug Wright's I Am My Own Wife and Alexandra Billings's Before I Disappear.

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Refuge Theatre lifts Hands on a Hardbody out of complete banality

"If you want something," they sing, "keep your hands on it."

After the Dance, End of the Rainbow, and ten more new theater reviews

A Chicago premiere from Runcible and another success from Porchlight are among this week's best bets.

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.

The Goodman's War Paint is too rosy

But true divas shine in this musical about two cosmetics tycoons.

Antiques Road Show

Young fogey cartoonists Adrian Tomine and Seth discuss their own work and some neglected masters at Quimby's.

Don't Call It a Gay Play

Moises Kaufman, the celebrated director of The Laramie Project and I Am My Own Wife, talks about the injustice of labels, theater that's stuck in the past, and his new project—a Tennessee Williams script too daring for its time.

Kind of a Drag

Justin Hayford reviews Doug Wright's I Am My Own Wife and Alexandra Billings's Before I Disappear.

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