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Arts & Culture, Theater Review Mar 22, 2019
Detour Guide isn't sure where it's going

Karim Nagi takes his audience on a tour of the Arab world beyond Aladdin.
- By Justin Hayford
- Tags: Theater Review, Detour Guide, Silk Road Rising, Stage Left Theatre, Karim Nagi, Arab world, Egyptian-American

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Sep 28, 2017
The Ages of Man, Splatter Theater, and ten more new stage shows to see

Three Thornton Wilder one-acts and the Annoyance's long-running slasher parody are among this week's best bets.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, The Ages of Man, Thornton Wilder, Theatre Above the Law, Tony Lawry, Building the Wall, Richard Schenkkan, Stage Left Theatre, Amy Szerlong, For One, Gunder Mansion, (Re)discover Theatre, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, Quest Theatre Ensemble, Joe DiPietro, Jimmy Roberts, Laura Sturm, Liz Jarmer, Gavin Donnellan, Christian Aldridge, Alys Dickerson, The Legend of Georgia McBride, Northlight Theatre, Matthew Lopez, Nate Santana, Jeff Kurysz, Sean Blake, A New Brain, William Finn, Falsettos, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Theo Ubique, James Lapine, Fred Anzevino, No Exit Cafe, Chase Heinemann, Tyler Franklin, Orphée et Eurydice, Lyric Opera, Joffrey Ballet, Gluck, Dmitry Kolchak, Lyric Opera Chorus, Andrianna Chuchman, Lauren Snouffer, John Neumeier, Perfect Arrangement, Topher Payne, Pride Films and Plays, Lane Anthony Flores, Eric Lindahl, Autumn Teague, Riley Mondragon, Kelli Harrington, Derek Von Barham, Splatter Theater, Annoyance Theatre, Del Close, Martin DeMaat, Viola Spolin, slasher films, late-night shows, slasher parody, Friday the 13th, John Waters, Striking Out: A Gay Baseball Musical, Pride Films and Plays, Marco Braun, Take Me Out, The Twilight Zone, Olivia Nielsen, Adam Levin, Ryan Ford, Sylvester, Lifeline Theatre, Christina Calvit, Dorothy Milne, Andrés Enriquez, Samantha Newcomb, Alan Donahue, A Year With Frog and Toad, Chicago Children's Theatre, Robert Reale, Willie Reale, Andy Nagraj, Shawn Pfautsch, Matthew C. Yee

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Oct 25, 2016
Grounded, Dogs of Rwanda, and a dozen more new theater reviews

Two solo performances are among this week's best bets.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Allá en San Fernando, Collectivo El Pozo, Leslie Magdalena Holguín, José Rochel, Carolina Escrich, Raúl Doronte, Stage Left Theatre, The Bottle Tree, Beth Kander, Kathryn Acosta, Amy Szerlong, The Right Brain Project, The Dancing Plague, Joseph Ramski, Nathan Robbel, Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints, Dark Sisters, Nico Muhly, Stephen Karam, Third Eye Theatre Ensemble, Jason Carlson, Dogs of Rwanda, Sean Christopher Lewis, Rwandan genocide, Grounded, George Brant, drone warfare, Amber Kelly, Lexi Saunders, Leavings, Polarity Ensemble Theatre, Gail Parrish, Ashley Honore Roberson, Lecherous Honey, Henrik Ibsen, Ghosts, Cock and Bull Theatre, Ariane Mnouchkine, Théâtre du Soleil, Georges Bigot, Theatre Y, Macbeth, Runaways Lab Theatre, Mary Shelley Sees the Future, Frankenstein, Olivia Lilley, Multitudes, John Hollingworth, Rasaka Theatre Company, Vitalist Theatre, Liz Carlin Metz, Bradford, England, Saturn Returns, Tif Henderson, NeoFuturists, NeoFuturarium, Thumbelina, Lifeline Theatre, Hans Christian Andersen, Brandi Lee, Zombie Broads, The Factory Theater, Corrbette Pasko, Sara Sevigny, Janice L. Blixt

Arts & Culture, Fall Preview Sep 3, 2016
Onstage this fall: Race and violence

The next season of Chicago theater season shows a new emphasis on social consciousness.
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Fall Preview, Chicago theater, Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights, Porchlight Music Theatre, race, gun violence, Jack DeCesare, Aston Rep, The Black Slot, Warren Hoffman, Azhar Usman, Silk Road Rising, Ultra-American: A Patriotic Act, 16th Street Theater, A. Zell Williams, Polarity Ensemble Theatre, Gail Parrish, Leavings, Beth Kander, The Bottle Tree, Stage Left Theatre, Caitlin Parrish, The Burial, Steppenwolf for Young Adults, Alex Lubischer, Bobbie Clearly, Steep Theatre, Nancy Kerrigan, Tonya Harding, U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Underscore Theatre, Tonya and Nancy: The Rock Opera, Michael Teoli, T. Dan Aibel, American Theater Company

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature May 26, 2016
Death & Harry Houdini, the 'nearly flawless' One Man, Two Guvnors, and seven more new theater shows

The House Theatre performs a little magic and Court Theatre gathers an A-list ensemble.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, The Body of an American, the Hypocrites, One Man, Two Guvnors, Johanna Faustus, The Boys Upstairs, Pride Films & Plays, Chewing on Beckett, Artemisia Theatre, Death & Harry Houdini, the House Theatre of Chicago, Haymarket: the Anarchist’s Cookbook, Underscore Theatre, Stage Left Theatre, Court Theatre, The Seagull, the Artistic Home, the Annoyance Theatre, Super Picante

Blogs, Bleader Sep 25, 2014
Reader's Agenda Thu 9/25: King Crimson, Jennifer Reeder, and The Coward

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, September 25
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, King Crimson, Jennifer Reeder, the Coward, Stage Left Theatre, Lady Gaga, the Rolling Stones, Riot Fest, Gene Siskel Film Center, Theater Wit

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar Aug 6, 2014
At DrekFest, the worst is yet to come

Stage Left's annual contest for terrible ten-minute plays returns.
- By Kerry Cardoza
- Tags: Performing Arts Sidebar, ComedySportz Theatre, Drekfest 2014, Stage Left Theatre, Abortion Carnival of the Juggalos, F*** You Janine: A Play Ruined by My Ex, Like Everything Else in My Life, Jonathan Baude, Dragons in America: A Fantasia on the Theme of How F**kin' Awesome Dragons, Anderson Lawfer, Michael Dailey, Strawdog Theatre Company, Troubling Innocence, Rory Leahy, Grape Jelly: A Play About a Prostitute, Behind the Wax Myrtle Shrub, Cynthia Shur Petts, Stage Left, Vance Smith, Chris Jones, Kerry Reid, Chicago Tribune, Kris Vire

Blogs, Bleader Jul 30, 2014
Principal Principle tells it like it is about teaching in Chicago

Now playing at Theater Wit, Joe Zarrow's play Principal Principle accurately describes what it's like to be a public school teacher in Chicago.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Education, Politics, News, Joe Zarrow, Chicago Public Schools, Kenwood High School, Stage Left Theatre, Principle Principal, Bel Kaufman, Up the Down Staircase, Sandy Dennis, Chinua Achebe, Huckleberry Finn, Teach for America, Theatre Seven

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Dec 16, 2013
Too Much Light at 25: An oral history

The Neo-Futurists reflect on a quarter century of their forever-running show, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind.
- By Janet Potter
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Neo-Futurists, Neo-Futurarium, oral history, history, ensembles, theater, actors, plays, audiences, performance, Greg Allen, Oberlin College, Phil Auslander, Futurism, experimental theater, Stage Left Theatre, Phil Ridarelli, spontaneity, improvisation, cabaret, scripts, nudity, Chicago Reader, Tony Adler, reviews, King Lear, Gene Dillenburg, Live Bait Theater, John Pierson, auditioning, Bilal Dardai, Megan Mercier, Trevor Dawkins, Kurt Chiang

Blogs, Bleader May 28, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Friday 5/28

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, Shondes, Sushi Mura, The Bicycle Thief, Gene Siskel Film Center, Sable Kitchen & Bar, Crisis (A Musical Game Show), Neo-Futurarium, Big Jones, Chaste, Trap Door Theatre, Jane's, Sun, Stand Thou Still, Stage Left Theatre, TAC Quick

Blogs, Bleader May 20, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Thursday 5/20

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, Mohammad Reza Shajarian, Copernicus Theater, Smak-Tak, Arbouretum, Pontiak, Hideout, The Southern, Jane Smiley, Harold Washington Library Center, Cafecito, Crime and Punishment, Jonathan Eig, Robert K. Elder, McCormick Tribune Center, Bistro Bordeaux, Sun Stand Thou Still, Stage Left Theatre, Ka-Tet Theatre, Vines on Clark, Neverwhere, Lifeline Theatre, Sahara Kabob, Ikiru, Gene Siskel Film Center, Sable Kitchen & Bar, Mike Ryan, Violet Hour

Blogs, Bleader Apr 16, 2009
New reviews

Fresh theater, comedy, and dance criticism from the Reader.
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Performing Arts, Onstage, Arts, iO, Museum of Contemporary Art, Goodman Theatre, Stage Left Theatre, Links Hall, Collaboraction, Sketchbook Festival, Hydrate, The Side Project, A Red Orchid Theatre, Mary's Attic, Striding Lion, The Galaxie, Theatre Seven of Chicago, Marisa Wegrzyn, The Typographer's Dream, Fifth Floor Productions, Greenhouse Theater, ETA Creative Arts Foundation, Disciples of Clyde, Cornservatory, Cupola Bobber, Compagnie Marie Chouinard, Gift Theatre, Bare Boned Theatre, Long Pork

Blogs, Bleader Mar 5, 2009
Reader reviews

The Reader reviews theater, dance, and a Beatles tribute show.
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Performing Arts, Onstage, Arts, Stage Left Theatre, Auditorium Theatre, Our Lady of the Underpass, The Day of Knowledge, Teatro Vista, Rain, David Rousseve, Dance Center of Columbia College

Blogs, Bleader Jul 10, 2008
Kevin Heckman moves north

Stage Left's producing artistic director will be managing director at Next Theatre.
- By Albert Williams
- Tags: Performing Arts, Onstage, Arts, Kevin Heckman, Next Theatre, Stage Left Theatre

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Detour Guide isn't sure where it's going

Karim Nagi takes his audience on a tour of the Arab world beyond Aladdin.

The Ages of Man, Splatter Theater, and ten more new stage shows to see

Three Thornton Wilder one-acts and the Annoyance's long-running slasher parody are among this week's best bets.

Grounded, Dogs of Rwanda, and a dozen more new theater reviews

Two solo performances are among this week's best bets.

Onstage this fall: Race and violence

The next season of Chicago theater season shows a new emphasis on social consciousness.

Death & Harry Houdini, the 'nearly flawless' One Man, Two Guvnors, and seven more new theater shows

The House Theatre performs a little magic and Court Theatre gathers an A-list ensemble.

Reader's Agenda Thu 9/25: King Crimson, Jennifer Reeder, and The Coward

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, September 25

At DrekFest, the worst is yet to come

Stage Left's annual contest for terrible ten-minute plays returns.

Principal Principle tells it like it is about teaching in Chicago

Now playing at Theater Wit, Joe Zarrow's play Principal Principle accurately describes what it's like to be a public school teacher in Chicago.

Too Much Light at 25: An oral history

The Neo-Futurists reflect on a quarter century of their forever-running show, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind.

Dinner & a Show: Friday 5/28

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.

Dinner & a Show: Thursday 5/20

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.

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Fresh theater, comedy, and dance criticism from the Reader.

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The Reader reviews theater, dance, and a Beatles tribute show.

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Stage Left's producing artistic director will be managing director at Next Theatre.

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Karim Nagi takes his audience on a tour of the Arab world beyond Aladdin.

Three Thornton Wilder one-acts and the Annoyance's long-running slasher parody are among this week's best bets.

Two solo performances are among this week's best bets.

The next season of Chicago theater season shows a new emphasis on social consciousness.

The House Theatre performs a little magic and Court Theatre gathers an A-list ensemble.

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, September 25

Stage Left's annual contest for terrible ten-minute plays returns.

Now playing at Theater Wit, Joe Zarrow's play Principal Principle accurately describes what it's like to be a public school teacher in Chicago.

The Neo-Futurists reflect on a quarter century of their forever-running show, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind.

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.

Fresh theater, comedy, and dance criticism from the Reader.

The Reader reviews theater, dance, and a Beatles tribute show.

Stage Left's producing artistic director will be managing director at Next Theatre.

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