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Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jun 22, 2018
Sluggish stage combat is Fight Quest 4 Peace’s kryptonite

Otherworld Theatre makes a lackluster debut in its new space.
- By Oliver Sava
- Tags: Theater Review, otherworld theatre, public house theatre, lakeview, fight quest, sci-fi, fantasy, fight quest 4 peace, violence

Blogs, Bleader Dec 29, 2017
The best things to do in Chicago on New Year's Eve

Hip-hop artist Noname, the Annoyance Theatre's Steamworks: The Musical, and more recommended events for New Year's Eve in Chicago
- By Steve Heisler
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Food & Drink, Music, burning bluebeard, the infinite wrench, champagne, new year's eve, voyager, noname, leor galil, lincoln hall, a night of witchcraft and wizardry, the laboratory, harry potter, DJ My Boy Elroy, uncommon ground, Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers, big star, public house theatre, bye bye liver, marshall's landing, merchandise mart

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Dec 13, 2017
Beautiful, Bad Hombres, and nine more holiday stage shows to see

An Equity touring production of the Carole King musical and an evening of Latinx sketch comedy are among this week's best bets.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Altar Boyz, Sawyer Smith, Courtney Crouse, Gary Adler, Michael Patrick Walker, KevinDel Aquila, Marc J. Kessler, Ken Davenport, Theo Ubique, musical theater, Bad Hombres, Rich Alfonso, Miguel Lepe, sketch comedy, Latino comics, Mario, Damian Anaya, Cesar Jaime, Jose Molina, Spic & Tan, Chris Farley Cabaret, iO Theater, Beautiful, Carole King, Broadway musical, bio-musical, the Shirelles, Bobby Vee, Gerry Goffin, Brill Building, Sarah Bockel, Marc Bruni, The Character Assassination of Donald Trump, Eric Coleman, Jamie Quinones, Dave Kwitkowski, Jenny Miller, Meir Steinberg, Mercury Theater, The Christmas Schooner, holiday musical, Julie Shannon, John Reeger, L. Walter Stearns, Gingerbread Grindhouse, Ghostlight Ensemble, Maria Burnham, The Nutcracker, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Tatum Hunter, Sean Harklerode, Chad Wise, Red Theater, Little Red Cyrano, Cyrano de Bergerac, Aaron Sawyer, Hell in a Handbag Productions, David Cerda, Rudolph the Red-Hosed Reindeer, Michael Jack Hampton, Terry McCarthy, Graham Thomas Heacock, Kristogger Bottrall, E.D.G.E. Theatre, Steampunk Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol, Industrial Revolution, Jared McDaris, Trap Door Theatre, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, They, Polish avant-garde, Beata Pilch, Mary-Kate Arnold, Carl Wisniewski, ’Twas the Night Before Christmas, ’Twas the Fight Before Christmas, Public House Theatre, Robert Frosty

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Dec 6, 2017
Barney the Elf, Hellcab, and ten more new stage shows

The best-ever explanation for what makes reindeer fly and the 25th anniversary of a Chicago classic are among this week's best bets.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Barney the Elf, The Other Theatre Company, Dixie Lynn Cartwright, Roy Samra, The Best of Days, Christopher Ellis, DeZhané Rouse, Zoë Sapienza, Voice of the City, Christmas Bingo: It's a Ho-Ho-Holy Night, Vicki Quade, Late Night Catechism, Royal George Theatre, Margaret Cotter, Goodman Theatre, A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Larry Yando, Henry Wishcamper, Tom Creamer, Scrooge, A Gilbert & Sullivan Jewelry Box, Cox and Box, Gilbert and Sullivan, Transgressive-Theatre Opera Company, Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company of Hyde Park, The Grand Duke, Utopia Limited, Aaron Hunt, Teaira Burge, Celeste Peake, Susan Gosdick, Hamlet, Public House Theatre, Alex Demetralis, Hellcab, Will Kern, Rusty Schwimmer, Somer Austin, Profiles Theatre, The Agency Theater Collective, Pine, Jacqui Honess-Martin, Arianna Soloway, Elise Spoerlein, Aria Szalai-Raymond, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Rock 'N' Roll Musical, Pearl Poet Productions, Chris Causer, Caroline Kidwell, John C. Ashton, Nich Radcliffe, Twelfth Night, Shakespeare, Midsommer Flight, Lincoln Park Conservatory, Elizabeth Rentfro, Dylan S. Roberts, Amy Malcom, Wife Material, Jamie Shriner, Stefan Brün, Prop Thtr

Blogs, Bleader Oct 27, 2017
Helltrap Nightmare, Chic-A-Go-Go, and more of the best Halloween happenings in Chicago this weekend

Splatter Theater, Spektral Quartet’s Costumed Soiree, and more goings-on October 27-29
- By Steve Heisler
- Tags: Arts, Do This, sarah sherman, helltrap nightmare, sarah squirm, improvised black mirror, public house theatre, twilight zone, splatter theater, annoyance theatre, steve heisler, edgar allan poe, the raven, Morton Arboretum, fat rice, chic-a-go-go, the promontory, jake austen, julia dratel, chicago symphony orchestra, university of chicago school of dance, mandel hall, downey mansion, downton abbey, friday XIII

Blogs, Bleader Aug 7, 2017
Van Jones at the Chicago Theatre, a rededication of Daley Plaza’s Picasso, and more of the best things to do this week

Amy Day honors Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Andersonville Dinner Crawl, and more happenings August 7-10
- By Emily Wasielewski
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Kathleen Barber, City Lit Books, Jeremy McCarter, Seminary Co-op Bookstore, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: The Good Parts, Public House Theatre, Andersonville Dinner Crawl, Swedish American Museum, Van Jones, the Chicago Theatre, Chicago Underground Comedy, the Beat Kitchen, Ben Hall, Experimental Sound Studio, Jello, Links Hall at Constellation, Everyone's Picasso, Daley Plaza, Amy Day, the Bean, Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Blogs, Bleader Jul 21, 2017
Chicago Craft Beer Festival, Cirque Du Soleil: Luzia, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

John Corbett on Vinyl Freak: Love Letters to a Dying Medium, and more happenings from July 21-23
- By Emily Wasielewski
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Something Rotten, Oriental Theatre, B.A.P.S.: A Comedy Variety Showcase, Public House Theatre, John Corbett, Seminary Co-op Bookstore, Chicago Craft Beer Festival, Where's Waldo Party, Women and Children First, Sweet Creature, Chicago Artists Coalition, Cirque Du Soleil: Luzia, the United Center, Tim and Eric, Tim and Eric 10 Year Anniversary Awesome Tour, the Vic, Firefly Ball, Art Institute of Chicago, chicago craft beer festival, taste of river north

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Jul 19, 2017
Something Rotten, The Project(s), and eight more new stage shows to see now

A touring Broadway hit and a youth revival from American Theater Company are among this week's best bets.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Shakespeare, As You Like It, First Folio Theatre, Skyler Schrempp, Kevin McKillip, The God of Isaac, Frank Collin, Skokie, Dennis Začek, James Sherman, T. Isaac Sherman, Grippo Stage Company, Bruised Orange Theater, I Saw You, personals, OkCupid, improv, Clint Scheffer, Ann Sonneville, Lela & Co., Steep Theatre, Cordelia Lynn, Robin Witt, Chris Chmelik, Michael John LaChiusa, Little Fish, Hello Again, The Wild Party, Kokandy Productions, Nicole Laurenzi, Allison Hendrix, Kasey Alfonso, Kory Danielson, Loose Knit, Theresa Rebeck, Public House Theatre, Eclipse Theatre, Megastasis, Kia Corthron, commutation, Anthony Conway, Aaron Todd Douglas, My Son the Waiter: A Jewish Tragedy, Brad Zimmerman, The Project(s), American Theater Company Youth Ensemble, PJ Paparelli, Jess McCleod, Sarah Slight, Monty Cole, CHA, Chicago public housing, Something Rotten, Karey Kirkpatrick and John O'Farrell

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Jul 12, 2017
The Amish Project, Hitch*cocktails, and seven more new stage shows to see now

A one-woman show about a terrible tragedy and an improvised thriller performed under the influence are among this week's best bets.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, The Amish Project, Lydia Berger Gray, Oak Park Festival Theater, Jessica Dickey, Melanie Keller, The Best Western This Side of Mississippi, Public House Theatre, Travis Marsala, Adrienne Teeley, John Wilson, Jesse Kendall, Stephanie Murphy, Patrick Hall, The Cubs Show Is Here . . . but Last Year, Dave Karasik, Midsommer Flight, Beth Wolf, Hamlet, Hitch*cocktails, Jason Stockdale, the Annoyance, Open Door Repertory Company, It Don't Just Shake Off, McKinley Johnson, Fania Bourn, Thomas Dorsey, Tampa Red, Georgia Tom, Ma Rainey, Pride Films & Plays, The Nance, Douglas Carter Beane, John Nasca, Chauncey Miles, Vince Kracht, Pride Ever After, Carly Crawford, Pride Arts Center's Theatre for Young Audiences, Amber Snyder

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature May 31, 2017
The Incredible Hank and four more new stage shows to see (or avoid)

New Millennium Theatre Company's low-budget superhero goof is among this week's best bets.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, The Incredible Hank, New Millennium Theatre Company, The Karaoke Murder Mystery Extravaganza, Public House Theatre, The Night Season, Strawdog Theatre Company, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Elly Green, The Radiant, Madame Curie, Marie Curie, Genesis Theatrical Productions, Paul Langevin, Debbie Ruzicka, Shirley Lauro, James McGuire, 26, Pride Arts Center, late-night shows, sketch shows, Brian Gore

Blogs, Bleader May 30, 2017
Voices Against Violence, Maifest, and more things to do in Chicago this week

Trixie Mattel, the Fourth Annual 26th Annual Comedy Festival, and more happenings from May 30-June 1.
- By Emily Wasielewski
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Emily Galati, Zanies, Welcome Home series, The Chicago Reporter, Young Chicago Authors, Public Narrative, Kennedy-King College Theatre, Voices Against Violence, Trixie Mattel, RuPaul's Drag Race, Laugh Factory, Women and Children First, Courage Campaign, Annie Clark, Andrea Pino, We Believe You: Survivors of Campus Sexual Assault Speak Out, Ada Cheng, No Quite: Asian American by Law, Asian Woman by Desire, Public House Theatre, Healing Corner, Maifest, Lincoln Square, German Festival, Patton Oswalt, Fourth Annual 26th Annual Comedy Festival, Xasthur, Beat Kitchen

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature May 10, 2017
We're Gonna Die, the Comedy Dance Collective, and 11 more new stage shows

A rock concert/play by Young Jean Lee and an iO revue inspired by dance-class trauma are among this week's best bets.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Brown Bear, Brown Bear and Other Treasured Stories, Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia, Eric Carle, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me, Cannonball, Ryan Burkett, Public House Theatre, Carrier, Chicago Slam Works, Dru Smith, The Comedy Dance Collective, Molly Todd Madison, Dylan Brody, Dylan Brody's Driving Hollywood, Arlene Malinowski, A Little Bit Not Normal, Up Close & Personal, Victory Gardens, Paradise Blue, Dominique Morrisseau, Detroit, Paradise Valley, Al'Jaleel McGhee, Ron OJ Parson, Ronald L. Conner, Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, She Loves Me, Elizabeth Telford, Aaron Thielen, Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, Joe Masseroff, Milós László, Alex Goodrich, Parfumerie, 20 Percent Theatre, Rachel Bykowski, Bryce Saxon, Tight End, Spooky Dookie, iO, The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: An IMAX Experience, Claire McFadden, Maureen Monahan, We're Gonna Die, Young Jean Lee, Haven Theatre, Isa Arciengas, Josh Sobel, What Rhymes With America, Theatre Above the Law, Dan Sauer, Alicia Ciuffini, Olivia Nicholson, Brittany Vogel, Melissa James Gibson, Brian Quinones, Chay Yew, Where Did We Sit on the Bus?

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Mar 8, 2017
American Hwangap, Matt Damon Improv, and 12 more stage and comedy shows to see now

A Korean-American family drama and an all-female Annoyance troupe are among this week's best bets.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, American Hwangap, Lloyd Suh, Halcyon Theatre, A-Squared Theatre, Helen Young, By the Apricot Trees, ETA Creative Arts Foundation, Ntsako Mkhabela, Kemati Janice Porter, Alicia Watley, Jelani Smith, Darryl Goodman, Enter Your Sleep, Margaret Grace Hee, Baby Crow Productions, Christina Quintana, Norma Chacon, Anthony Venturini, Babes With Blades, William Shakespeare, Henry V, Hayley Rice, Kim Fukawa, Diana Coates, Alison Vodnoy Wolf, The Infinite Wrench, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, the Neo-Futurists, Greg Allen, Matt Damon Improv, Yazmin Ramos, Allison Reese, Angela Oliver, Matt Damon, Lena Dunham, the Annoyance, Pinching and Screaming, Ryan Morrill, Miles Potter, Jordan Mullins, Rhinoceros, Eugène Ionesco, Alexander Baggett, Derek Prouse, Public House Theatre, The Scene, Theresa Rebeck, Kimberly Senior, Writers Theatre, Skin for Skin, Agency Theater Collective, Michael Menendian, Paul Pasulka, Steve Silver, Hannah Tarr, David Goodloe, Timeless Magic, Sean Masterson, Valid Historia, Under the Gun Theater, Zelda Fitzgerald, A Wrinkle in Time, Lifeline Theatre, James Sie, Madeleine L'Engle, Elise Kauzlaric, Naima Hebrall Kidjo, Alan Donahue, Andrew Hildner, Chicago Children's Theatre, The Year I Didn't Go to School: A Homemade Circus, Heidi Stillman, Caroline Macon, Lookingglass Theatre, The Actors Gymnasium, Samantha Jenkins, Audrey Edwards, Sylvia Hernandez-DiStasi

Blogs, Bleader Jan 9, 2017
Impact Statement gives rape victims a chance to speak out

"There's so much power in hearing yourself say what happened," says organizer Sasha Hatfield.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Arts, Crime, Performing Arts, Impact Statement, Sasha Hatfield, Public House Theatre, rape victims, rape survivors

Blogs, Bleader Nov 25, 2016
Caroling at Cloud Gate, ZooLights, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

Whitney Cummings, Movember 2016, a Chicago punk documentary, and more happenings from November 25-27
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Wild Onion Night Market, Cole's, Caroling at Cloud Gate, Millennium Park, Black Friday Ball, Uptown Underground, ZooLights, Lincoln Park Zoo, Crystal Pop-Up Shop, Sideshow Gallery, No Delusions, CHI PRC, Movember 2016, Emporium Arcade Bar, Be Happy, Public House Theatre, Helltrap Nigthmare, Hideout, Whitney Cummings, Chicago Improv

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Nov 23, 2016
Roz and Ray, Turtle, and eight more new stage shows

A tables-turning HIV drama and a world premiere from Redtwist are among this week's best bets.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Beth in July, R.J. Tsarov, Antonio Brunetti, Lauren Demerath, Crazy for You, Girl Crazy, George and Ira Gershwin, Ken Ludwig, Clyde Alves, Matt Crowle, Lyric Opera, Jules Massenet, Don Quichotte, Chris Maravich, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Clémentine Margaine, Nicola Alaimo, Sir Andrew Davis, A Hedda Gabler, Red Tape Theatre, Nigel O'Hearn, Henrik Ibsen, ImprovOpoly, Under the Gun Theater, Lip Cervix, Ali Carney, Kate Nolan, McKenzie Morrell, Emma Macmillan, Tiffany Streng, Public House Theatre, Taco Tuesdays, Roz and Ray, Victory Gardens Theater, Chay Yew, Mary Beth Fisher, James Vincent Meredith, The Normal Heart, Larry Kramer, HIV/AIDS, TimeLine Theatre, Stomp, Savion Glover, Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk, Blue Man Group, Nothing Without a Company, The Living Canvas, [Trans]Formation, transgender, intersex, nonbinary, Turtle, Jake Jeppson, Redtwist Theatre, Emily Tate, Drew Johnson, Michael Sherwin, Carolyn Kruse, Daniel Friedman, Damon Kiely, Karen Hartman

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Nov 10, 2016
Fun Home, Betrayal, Graeme of Thrones, and 12 more new theater reviews

The Broadway musical based on Alison Bechdel's graphic novel and a Pinter classic are among this week's best bets.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Another Snowy Day With Beatrix Potter and Friends, Chicago Children's Theatre, Will Bishop, Grace Needlman, Betrayal, Raven Theatre, Harold Pinter, Abigail Boucher, Sam Guinan-Nyhart, Keith Neagle, Cosmic Events Are Upon Us, Waltzing Mechanics, the Romanovs, Keely Leonard, Anastasia, Tsar Nicholas II, Chicago Opera Theater, The Fairy Queen, Henry Purcell, Baroque opera, semi-opera, Andreas Mitisek, Haymarket Opera Orchestra, Marc Molomot, Kimberly E. Jones, First Lady Suite, Michael John LaChiusa, Jackie Kennedy, Mamie Eisenhower, Eleanor Roosevelt, Nick Graffagna, Nicholas Reinhart, Circle Theatre, Fun Home, Alison Bechdel, Lisa Kron, Jeanine Tesori, David Zinn, Sam Gold, Robert Petkoff, Abby Corrigan, Graeme of Thrones, Ali Brice, Libby Northedge, Michael Condron, Krampus!, Ghostlight Ensemble, Underground Wonder Bar, Jaclyn Jensen, Mike Wozniak, The Little Flower of East Orange, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Eclipse Theatre Company, Steve Scott, John Henry Roberts, Moon Shot, Theater Unspeakable, Neil Armstrong, Yuri Gargarin, Mark Frost, John F. Kennedy, Apollo 11, Wernher von Braun, NASA, Murder on Mount Olympus, Plautus, Public House Theatre, Byron Hatfield, Bye Bye Liver, Xolotl, Out of This World, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, Cirque de Soleil, Rutherford's Travels, Charles Johnson, Middle Passage, Ilesa Duncan, David Barr II, Breon Arzell, Pegasus Theatre, Shrewish, The Taming of the Shrew, William Shakespeare, Artemisia Theatre, Singin' in the Rain, Tammy Mader, Michael Scott, Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds

Arts & Culture, Calendar Oct 24, 2016
More than three dozen of the best Halloween 2016 events

A ghoulish brunch, a costume parade, and more spooky things to do.
- Tags: Calendar, Halloween 2016, Another 90s Halloween Party, Beauty Bar, Bowie Night 2: Son of Bowie, Crown Liquors, Bric-a-Brac’s Halloween Brunch, Empty Bottle, Bye Bye Liver: Drink or Treat, Public House theatre, Carmine's Friday Fright Fest, Carmine's, Dia de los Muertos, Chicago Sinfonietta, Symphony Center, National Museum of Mexican Art, Day of the Dead, Death Toll, Cornservatory, The Fame Monster Mash, Berlin, Glitter Ghoul Halloween, Late Bar, East Room, Beat Kitchen, Rachal Duggan, Comfort Station, Untitled Supper Club, Hallowzine, Chicago Publishers Resource Center, Cafe Brauer, Haunted Hotel, Emporium Arcade Bar, Evanston History Center, Heltrap Nightmare, Hideout, Fabulous Ladies of Fitness, Cole's, Hog-lloween, Frontier, Howl-o-ween, Sit Social, La Casa de Santanas, Little Bash of Horrors, Bottom Lounge, Mama's Boy, A Memory Place of Fear, Silent Funny, Nightmares on Lincoln Ave., Northalsted Halloween Parade, Pay 2 Slay, Peek-A-Boo, Uptown Underground, Porn and Chicken, Halloween Banger, Evil Olive, Race of the Dead 5K, Scare You Very Much, Chicago Art Department, Spooky Zoo Spectacular, Lincoln Park Zoo, Too Much Fright Makes the Baby Go Blind, Whores of Horror

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Sep 14, 2016
Ubu the King, True West, and nine more new theater reviews

Alfred Jarry's absurdist satire and a minor masterpiece by Sam Shepard are among this week's highlights.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, The House Theatre of Chicago, A Comedical Tragedy for Mister Punch, Kara Silverman, Echaka Agba, Jesse Mooney-Bullock, Izumi Inaba, Shade Murray, Kevin O'Donnell, Adrian Danzig, Punch and Judy, Dylan's Apartment, iO Theater, Dylan Doetsch, Mister Rogers, Natalie Carneal, Girl Jesus: Resurrected and Back to School!, Public House Theatre, Jessica Wilcox, John Waters, Edith Massey, I Do Today, Carin Silkaitis, Sarah Myers, I Know What You Sang Last Summer, Abba, Mamma Mia!, Amy Montgomery, Sara Sevigny, Jennifer Knox, Jim Corti, Paramount Theatre, The Memory Tour, Pivot Arts, Julieanne Ehre, Tanya Palmer, Scarcity, Red Twist Theatre, Lucy Thurber, Brendan Meyer, Ada Grey, Jacqueline Grandt, Cody Estle, Mark Pracht, Johnny Garcia, Smokey Joe's Cafe, Leiber and Stoller, Marcia Milgrom Dodge, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Drury Lane Theatre, Keirsten Hodgens, Sam Shepard, True West, Shattered Globe Theatre, James Yost, Christina Gordon, Kevin Viol, Joseph Wiens, Ubu the King, Alfred Jarry, Rough House Theater, Mike Oleon, Grace Needlman, Trump, Pere Ubu

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Aug 18, 2016
The Wizengamot, Three Hotels, and seven more new theater reviews

A Harry Potter debate and a hard-hitting drama are among this week's best bets.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beeholder, The Annoyance Theatre & Bar, Kristen Tallon, Nate Dicken, Bette, Live at the Continental Baths, Bette Midler, Caitlyn Jackson, Hell in a Handbag Productions, David Cerda, Barry Manilow, The Divine Miss M, Crushed, Public House Theatre, A Hero's Journey, Forks & Hope Ensemble, Joseph Campbell, Austin D. Oie, John Szymanski, Collaboraction, Peacebook, Ray of Light, Relatively Meaningless, Gina DeLuca, Strike 3*, Benjamin Vigeant, Stephen Winchell, Zack Mast, Three Hotels, Jon Robin Baitz, Stonewall, Bluebird Arts, Luda Lopatina Solomon, Dave Belden, Jaimelyn Gray, The Wizengamot: A Harry Potter Debate!, Under the Gun Theater, J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Feb 10, 2016
Belarus Free Theater's King Lear, the Hypocrites' Glass Menagerie, and eight more new stage shows

Shakespeare in Belarusian and a reimagined Tennessee Williams play are among the highlights this week.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Body/Courage, Danielle Pinnock, the Annoyance, Evicted!, Shannon Noll, Alex Young, The Explorers Club, Nell Benjamin, Windy City Playhouse, David H. Bell, Falling Circus, Public House Theatre, The Glass Menagerie, Hans Fleischmann, Mary-Arrchie Theatre, the Hypocrites, the Den Theatre, Joanne Dubach, Kate Buddeke, Daniel Knox, Grant Sabin, Matt Gawryk, Incendium, Chicago Slam Works, Angela Oliver, Nate Cheeseman, King Lear, Belarus Free Theater, Vladimir Shcherban, Aleh Sidorchyk, Victoria Biran, The Old Friends, Horton Foote, Raven Theatre, Michael Menendian, Other Letters, A.R. Gurney, Love Letters, the Side Project, the Other Theatre Company, Bryan Renaud, Carin Silkaitis, Alex Weisman, Will Allan, Arc Theatre, The Things We Keep, Natalie Sallee, Mark Boergers

Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice Sep 29, 2014
Do-Re-Mi-Ha? Laughingstock belts out a third year of musical comedy

The daylong festival expands to 26 acts and three stages.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Comedy Critic's Choice, musical comedy, Mike Barton, Josh Dunkin, Public House Theatre, Pub Theater Company, Shock Ts, Cupid Players, She's Crafty, Off Off Broadzway, Lorenzo Toia

Blogs, Bleader Jul 2, 2013
Reader's Agenda Tue 7/2: Irvine Welsh, Alex Wiley, and a bechamel burger

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Tuesday, July 2
- By Tosten Burks
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Public House Theatre, Put 'Em Up, Irving Welsh, Don De Grazia, Publican Quality Meats, Big Star, Alex Wiley, Vic Mensa, Reggie's Rock Club

Arts & Culture, Lit Critic's Choice Jun 26, 2013
Recommended
Workshopping with Irvine Welsh

The Trainspotting and Skagboys author joins Don De Grazia for a staged reading of their script in progress.
- By Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Lit Critic's Choice, Irvine Welsh, Skagboys, Trainspotting, Theater Wit, October, Printers Row Lit Fest, Filth, White Sox, Blackhawks, Public House Theatre, Put 'Em Up, Second City, John Cates, Pat McKenna, Don De Grazia, The Public House Theatre, Recommended

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