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10 results
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Mar 18, 2016
Lookingglass's
Blood Wedding
, Strawdog's
D.O.A.
, and nine more notable current stage shows
García Lorca gets transplanted to the Dust Bowl, and an off-Loop mainstay goes noir.
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
Lookingglass Theatre
,
Federico Garcia Lorca
,
Blood Wedding
,
Daniel Ostling
,
Kareem Bandealy
,
Mercy Street Theatre
,
Ian Michael James
,
Burn
,
J. Cody Spellman
,
Strawdog Theatre
,
D.O.A.
,
Leo C. Popkin
,
42nd Street
,
City Lit Theatre
,
Harold Arlen
,
I've Got the World on a String
,
Sheldon Patinkin
,
Kingsley Day
,
Profiles Theatre
,
Darrell W. Cox
,
Joe Jahraus
,
Jez Butterworth
,
AmarA*jk
,
Thad Halstein
,
Jerusalem
,
Mai Lang Dao
,
Sideshow Theatre
,
David Jacobi
,
Marti Lyons
,
The Matchmaker
,
Thornton Wilder
,
Goodman Theatre
,
Hello, Dolly!
,
Henry Wishcamper
,
Jerry Herman
,
The New Sincerity
,
Theater Wit
,
Jeremy Wechsler
,
Erin Long
,
Alex Stein
,
Alena Smith
,
Zuccotti Park
,
Pride Films & Plays
,
Delia Kropp
,
David Valdes Greenwood
,
Raggedy And
,
Recent Tragic Events
,
Craig Wright
,
9/11
,
Interrobang Theatre Project
,
World Trade Center
,
Joyce Carol Oates
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Dec 23, 2015
Chicago theater was true to our times in 2015
Theater Wit's
Bad Jews
and the Goodman's
Stop. Reset.
are among our senior theater critic's favorites of the year.
By Tony Adler
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
Sati Word
,
Sheldon Patinkin
,
Russ Tutterow
,
Erin Meyers
,
PJ Paparelli
,
Martha Lavey
,
Chicago Dramatists
,
Steppenwolf Theatre
,
American Theater Company
,
Theater Wit
,
Bad Jews
,
Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play
,
Anne Washburn
,
Madeline George
,
The Little Foxes
,
Lillian Hellman
,
Goodman Theatre
,
Shannon Cochrane
,
Stop. Reset.
,
Regina Taylor
,
The Tempest
,
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
,
Aaron Posner
,
Penn & Teller
Blogs
,
Bleader
Sep 17, 2015
Chicago Theater Memorial Bike Ride honors theater professionals lost too soon
The Chicago Theater Memorial Bike Ride commemorates theater professionals who have recently passed.
By Colleen Cottet
Tags:
Theater
,
Arts
,
Performing Arts
,
Chicago Theater Memorial Bike Ride
,
Russ Tutterow
,
Andrew Patner
,
Molly Glynn
,
Joe Foust
,
Chicago Fire
,
Eric Eatherly
,
Trinity P. Murdock
,
Joe Lambie
,
Sati Word
,
Sheldon Patinkin
,
Actors Fund
,
Burnham Park
,
Chicago Dramatists
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Dec 23, 2014
Chicago theater 2014: In a year of hard losses, the shows went on—many of them spendidly
Writers Theatre's
Hedda Gabler
and
The Dance of Death
and a rawer, truer
Hair
were among our senior critic's favorites.
By Tony Adler
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Trinity P. Murdock
,
Molly Glynn
,
Tom Jones
,
Sheldon Patinkin
,
Playwrights Theatre Club
,
Paul Sills
,
Second City
,
Hedda Gabler
,
Writers Theatre
,
The Dance of Death
,
Hair
,
American Theater Company
,
Monstrous Regiment
,
Lifeline Theatre
,
The Qualms
,
Steppenwolf Theatre
,
The Wild Party
,
Bailiwick Chicago
,
Iphigenia in Aulis
,
Court Theatre
,
Year in Review 2014
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Mar 4, 2010
Hyde Park & Kenwood Issue: The Cradle of Chicago-Style Theater
Both Chicago improv and the off-Loop theater movement have their roots in Hyde Park. Sheldon Patinkin was there.
By Tony Adler
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
Sheldon Patinkin
,
off-Loop theater
,
Chicago theater history
,
improv comedy
,
Chicago improv
,
University of Chicago
,
U of C
,
Hyde Park
,
Paul Sills
,
Viola Spolin
,
Mike Nichols
,
Elaine May
,
Barbara Harris
,
Playwrights Theatre Club
,
Compass Players
,
University Theater
,
George Blair
,
Eugene Troobnick
,
David Shepherd
,
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
,
Playwright's Theater Club
,
Otis Imbodin
,
The Typewriter
,
Jean Cocteau
,
Second City
,
Severn Darden
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Sidebar
Dec 10, 2009
The Second City's 50th Anniversary Weekend
December 11-13
By Sam Adams
Tags:
Performing Arts Sidebar
,
The Second City
,
SCTV
,
Harold Ramis
,
Sheldon Patinkin
,
Horatio Sanz
,
Jeff Garlin
,
Stephen Colbert
,
Steve Carell
,
Mina Kolb
,
Alan Arkin
,
Paul Sands
,
Bernie Sahlins
,
Martin Short
,
The Second City Alumni: One Night Only
,
Second City
,
Second City E.T.C.
Blogs
,
Bleader
Oct 29, 2009
Ivanov Against All Odds
Sinnerman Ensemble overcomes all kinds of tribulations to put on one of the best shows of the season so far.
By Justin Hayford
Tags:
Onstage
,
Performing Arts
,
Arts
,
Sinnerman Ensemble
,
Calliope Porter
,
Ebony Wimbs
,
Anna Carini
,
Jill Bowarchuk
,
Adam Stasinopoulos
,
Howie Johnson
,
Jackie Penrod
,
Sheldon Patinkin
,
Ivanov
Blogs
,
Bleader
Apr 1, 2009
Columbia College gets a new theater chair
Butler University theater chair John Green tapped to succeed Sheldon Patinkin at Columbia College.
By Tony Adler
Tags:
Performing Arts
,
Onstage
,
Arts
,
Butler University
,
Columbia College
,
Sheldon Patinkin
,
John Green
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jan 13, 2009
Remembering Tom O'Horgan
Chicago director Sheldon Patinkin recalls Tom O'Horgan, best known for directing Hair on Broadway.
By Albert Williams
Tags:
Performing Arts
,
Onstage
,
Arts
,
Sheldon Patinkin
,
Hair
,
Tom O'Horgan
,
Playwrights Theatre Club
,
Jesus Christ Superstar
Blogs
,
Bleader
Sep 26, 2008
Candide
comments,
Threepenny
thoughts
Threepenny
turns 80, Bernstein turns 90.
By Albert Williams
Tags:
Performing Arts
,
Onstage
,
Arts
,
The Threepenny Opera
,
Candide
,
Leonard Bernstein
,
Kurt Weill
,
Marc Blitzstein
,
Sheldon Patinkin
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