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Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Dec 30, 2020
The Evanston Performing Arts Collective kicks off with "A New World" on New Year's
Fleetwood-Jourdain spearheads a new collaboration "Celebrating Life, Community and the Arts."
By Catey Sullivan
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
Evanston Performing Arts Collective
,
Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre
,
Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
,
The Musical Offering
,
Timothy Edward Rhoze
,
Jeremy Ramey
,
Kara Roseborough
,
Rick Ferguson
,
Harmony France
,
Firebrand Theatre
,
Averis I. Anderson
,
Matthew Hunter
,
Kyrie Ander
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Sep 25, 2019
Recommended
Hello Again
puts
La Ronde
to music
Michael John LaChiusa's riff on Arthur Schnitzler's 1897 play gets a stellar production from Theo Ubique.
By Max Maller
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Hello Again
,
Michael John LaChiusa
,
Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
,
Arthur Schnitzler
,
Brenda Didier
,
Jeremy Ramey
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Jun 26, 2019
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
, up close and personal at Theo Ubique
In the title role, Will Lidke is a nova of charisma.
By Catey Sullivan
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
,
Theo Ubique
,
Plato
,
Symposium
,
John Cameron Mitchell
,
Stephen Trask
,
Toma Tavares Langston
,
Will Lidke
,
Jacob Gilchrist
,
Brittney Brown
,
Jakob Smith
,
Perry Cowdery
,
Joseph Drzemiecki
,
Carlos Mendoza
,
Jeremy Ramey
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Mar 21, 2019
Recommended
The Bridges of Madison County
remembers that romance is about the journey
Theo Ubique's production is a sweet, sweet piece of Iowa cheese.
By Sheri Flanders
Tags:
Theater Review
,
The Bridges of Madison County
,
Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
,
Kelli Harrington
,
Tommy Thurston
,
Kate Harris
,
Randolph Johnson
,
Carl Herzog
,
Jeremy Ramey
,
Iowa
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Dec 21, 2018
The Full Monty
is a less-than-auspicious inauguration of Theo Ubique's new space
The production's sexual politics unsuccessfully hang between self-aware period piece and relevant, contemporary commentary.
By Dan Jakes
Tags:
Theater Review
,
The Full Monty
,
Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
,
Fred Anzevino
,
Jeremy Ramey
,
Terrence McNally
,
David Yazbek
,
Windy City Playhouse
,
Viaduct Theatre
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Jun 22, 2017
Bette Davis Ain’t for Sissies
,
Jacques Brel’s Lonesome Losers . . .
, and nine more new stage shows
A one-woman show to buckle up for and an intimate, retro revue are among this week's best bets.
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
Bette Davis
,
Bette Davis Ain't for Sissies
,
Joan Crawford
,
Jessica Sherr
,
Howard Hughes
,
Drag Party Party
,
Bina Martin
,
the Annoyance
,
Julia DeFerdinando
,
Hell in a Handbag Proudctions
,
The Golden Girls: The Lost Episodes
,
David Cerda
,
Lady X: The Musical
,
Adrian Hadlock
,
Jacques Brel's Lonesome Losers of the Night
,
Theo Ubique
,
No Exit Cafe
,
cabaret
,
Jeremy Ramey
,
Randolph Johnson
,
Joshua Stephen Kartes
,
Fred Anzevino
,
Arnold Johnston
,
The King and I
,
Rodgers and Hammerstein
,
Laura Michelle Kelly
,
Jose Llana
,
London Assurance
,
Dion Boucicoult
,
City Lit Theatre
,
Oscar Wilde
,
Terry McCabe
,
Oak Park Festival Theatre
,
Macbeth
,
Julius Caesar
,
Matthey Fahey
,
Barbara Zahora
,
The Agency Theater Collective
,
Nautilina
,
Brian Foster
,
Sommer Austin
,
Anna Lucero
,
Brendan Duffy
,
Safe in My Own Head
,
Jenn Noyes
,
Natalie Moretti
,
Tempel Lizzipans
,
Tempel Farms
,
dressage
,
When the Fog Begins to Lift
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Dec 21, 2016
The Phantom of the Opera
and four more new stage shows
The longest-running musical on Broadway returns to Chicago as impressive as ever.
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
Honky Tonk Angels
,
Theo Ubique
,
Always . . . Patsy Cline
,
Jeremy Ramey
,
Ted Swindley
,
Tonya Tucker
,
Dolly Parton
,
I Will Always Love You
,
Delta Dawn
,
Pigpen Theatre Co.
,
The Hunter and the Bear
,
Writers Theatre
,
The Old Man and the Old Moon
,
Lookingglass Theatre Company
,
Mary Zimmerman
,
The Arabian Nights
,
Mr. and Mrs. Pennyworth
,
Doug Hara
,
Samuel Taylor
,
Lindsey Noel Whiting
,
John Musial
,
Blair Thomas
,
The Phantom of the Opera
,
Cameron Mackintosh
,
Andrew Lloyd Webber
,
Paul Brown
,
Derrick Davis
,
Katie Travis
,
Angel of the Music
,
Music of the Night
,
All I Ask of You
,
Irish Theatre of Chicago
,
Conor McPherson
,
The Weir
,
Brad Armacost
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Oct 7, 2016
The Bardy Bunch
,
The Last Wife
,
A Walk in the Woods
, and ten more new stage shows
A mashup of Shakespeare with
The Partridge Family
and
The Brady Bunch
is one of this week's high- (or maybe lowlights).
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
The Bardy Bunch
,
The Brady Bunch
,
The Partridge Family
,
The Bard
,
Stephen Garvey
,
Logan Medland
,
Jay Stern
,
Mercury Theater
,
Steep Theatre
,
Bobbie Clearly
,
Alex Lubische
,
Robert Askins
,
Joel Sobel
,
Hand to God
,
Victory Gardens
,
Fantasy Island for Dummies
,
Trap Door Theatre
,
Ruth Margraff
,
Fantasy Island
,
Annette Funicello
,
Party Perfect
,
Dandelion Theatre
,
Fish Eye
,
Lucas Hardin
,
Katherine Lamb
,
Morgan Crouch
,
Stephen Rowland
,
the Frontier
,
Theo Ubique
,
Fly by Night
,
No Exit Cafe
,
Jeremy Ramey
,
Fred Anzevino
,
Meredith Kochan
,
Kyrie Anderson
,
Will Connolly
,
Michael Mitnick
,
Kim Rosenstock
,
Hillary: The Musical!
,
KellyAnn Corcoran
,
Greg Allen
,
Jenny Magnus
,
Mark Chrisler
,
How We Got On
,
Idris Goodwin
,
hip-hop
,
Grandmaster Flash
,
Den Theatre
,
Black Ensemble Theater
,
I Am Who I Am: The Teddy Pendergrass Story
,
Rashawn Thompson
,
Deverin Deonte
,
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
,
Jessica Seals
,
Rueben Echoles
,
Kyle Smith
,
TimeLine Theatre
,
The Last Wife
,
Kate Hennig
,
Catherine Parr
,
Henry VII
,
Elizabeth I
,
AnJi White
,
Steve Pickering
,
Quest Theatre Ensemble
,
The People's History of the United States
,
Andrew Park
,
City Lit Theater Company
,
Psmith, Journalist
,
P.G. Wodehouse
,
Terry McCabe
,
Skooby Don't
,
Hell in a Handbag Productions
,
Interrobang Theatre Project
,
Still
,
Jen Silverman
,
Yale Drama Series Award
,
Georgette Verdin
,
miscarriage
,
Matthew Nerber
,
A Walk in the Woods
,
Spartan Theatre Company
,
Lee Blessing
,
Patrick Belics
,
Sara Pavlak McGuire
,
Vincent P. Mahler
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