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- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Dec 17, 2019
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Working does more than punch the clock
Theo Ubique's staging celebrates the dignity of everyday labor.
- Arts & Culture, Travel May 30, 2018
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Leave the flatlands behind in Savanna and Galena, along the bluffs of the mighty Mississippi
Head west for quaint townships and lush landscapes.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 3, 2017
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The Obama Foundation throws a summit
What the Obama Foundation's summit revealed about its mission.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 2, 2017
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Emanuel: Chicago will ‘learn something’ from Manhattan terror attack, and other news
Also, the Obamas would rather have a conversation with fans than take a selfie.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 1, 2017
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Barack, Michelle Obama return to Chicago for the first-ever Obama Foundation Summit, and other news
Also, Prince Harry and Michelle Obama surprise south-side students.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 24, 2017
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Report: Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda may not perform as Alexander Hamilton in Chicago, and other news
Also, parolees can no longer be arrested for being spotted with a gang member in Illinois.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Aug 23, 2017
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There's no audience takedown in The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
Like Hamilton, Kristoffer Diaz's Pulitzer nominee softens its skewering.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 15, 2017
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Black Lives Matters sues Chicago Police Department over reform consent decree, and other news
Also, Lin-Manuel Miranda might star in a Chicago Hamilton performance during the last week of August.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 19, 2017
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Former CPD chief Garry McCarthy gets a surprise subpoena in the Sandi Jackson-Jesse Jackson Jr. divorce case, and other Chicago news
Also, a lot of Illinois elected officials are skipping the Trump inauguration.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jan 18, 2017
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There’s not a single WASP penis in the pants of Men on Boats
American Theater Company shoots the Colorado River in this drama set in 1869.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Dec 21, 2016
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2016 in theater was wildly convulsive on- and offstage
Controversies over abuse, alleged druggings, and “whitewashing” roiled even as Shakespeare 400 Chicago soared.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Oct 25, 2016
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From the $10 bill to the multimillion-dollar musical
In an extraordinarily ugly election season, the rousing Hamilton shows us the light.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Sep 22, 2016
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A dispute seems to have galvanized Porchlight's In the Heights
Ethnic wars—and a really good show
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 13, 2016
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Grand jury will decide whether to indict cops for roles in alleged Laquan McDonald cover-up, and other Chicago news
Also, Rauner is spending millions to fund Republicans running for the Illinois General Assembly.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Sep 8, 2016
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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.
- Arts & Culture, Fall Preview Sep 3, 2016
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Onstage this fall: Race and violence
The next season of Chicago theater season shows a new emphasis on social consciousness.
- Arts & Culture, Fall Preview Aug 31, 2016
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Hamilton: The latest case of tulip mania?
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s award-winning, box-office-breaking musical sells out the (smallish) house.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 30, 2016
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Rapper Rhymefest invites Trump to walk a Chicago block with him, and other news
Also, August is already the most violent month since 1996.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 11, 2016
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How do you stop whitewashing Chicago theater?
The theater community gathered to work on a solution.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 3, 2016
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Porchlight casting raises questions on the nature of ‘authentic’ theater
The Chicago theater community debates casting for Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes's In the Heights.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 3, 2016
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Porchlight’s whitewashing of In the Heights narrator is a letdown for Latinx community
The Hemosa-based musical theater company could have told a powerful story of Latinxs in America. Instead they cast a white actor as the storyteller.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 14, 2016
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Financial woes have Chicago State University worrying about its accreditation, and other news
Also, the Chicago Hamilton cast is full of Broadway stars.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 10, 2016
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At least 14 CPS schools test positive for lead in the water supply, and other Chicago news
And, set your calendars: Hamilton tickets go on sale June 21.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Dec 11, 2015
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The touring Broadway hit Beautiful, Noël Coward's Fallen Angels, and 16 more new and notable shows
Including, yes, more holiday fare
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 9, 2015
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Columnists continue to come to terms with Boyhood, musicals, and Super Bowl ads
Deep thoughts on reading the Sunday papers