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5 results
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
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Oct 25, 2017
Arnie the Doughnut
,
Tangles and Plaques
, and 11 more new stage shows to see
A delightful kids' show and a Neo-Futurist's look at dementia are among this week's best bets.
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
Arnie the Doughnut
,
Lifeline Theatre
,
Laurie Keller
,
Francis Limoncelli
,
George Howe
,
Rachel Sypniewski
,
Juanita Andersen
,
The Black Renaissance (A Musical Resistance Against Racism)
,
Jackie Taylor
,
Black Ensemble Theater
,
Reconstruction
,
the Civil War
,
Ku Klux Klan
,
Barack Obama
,
Donald Trump
,
racism
,
Robert Reddrick
,
Carrie
,
Underscore Theatre Company
,
Carrie 2: The Rage
,
The Rage: Carrie 2
,
Preston Max Allen
,
Maggie Robinson
,
Rachel Elise Johnson
,
Isaac Loomer
,
Spring Awakening
,
Chicago Danztheatre
,
Danztheatre Playwright Fest
,
Getting Old Sucks
,
Nelia Winter
,
Cetalogy
,
Moby-Dick
,
Pivot Arts
,
Don't Look Back/Must Look Back
,
Uptown
,
Chinese Mutual Aid Association
,
Albany Park Theater Project
,
Ellen Gates Starr High School
,
Learning Curve
,
Devon de Mayo
,
Tennessee Williams
,
His Greatness
,
The Glass Menagerie
,
Daniel MacIvor
,
David Zak
,
Pride Films and Plays
,
Danne E. Taylor
,
The Last Days of the Commune
,
Bertolt Brecht
,
Prop Thtr
,
Stefan Brün
,
Kyle Ann Greer
,
Paris Commune of 1871
,
Refuge Theatre Project
,
High Fidelity: The Musical
,
Lysistrata
,
Lysistrata Jones
,
Douglas Carter Beane
,
Lewis Flinn
,
Justin Brill
,
Mary-Margaret Roberts
,
Shanna VanDerwerker
,
A Swell in the Ground
,
Jeanine Nabers
,
Chika Ike
,
the Gift Theatre
,
the Neo-Futurists
,
Kirsten Riiber
,
Jen Ellison
,
With Blood, With Ink
,
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
,
Third Eye Theatre Ensemble
,
Daniel Crozier
,
Peter M. Krask
,
Johns Hopkins Peabody Conservatory
,
Zombie Bathhouse: A Rock Musical
,
Campsongs Productions
,
Brian Kirst
,
Dan Foss
,
Scott Free
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Feb 1, 2017
Rhinofest isn’t just an experimental theater festival, it’s a community
”Chicago’s longest running fringe” event is back for its 28th year.
By Tony Adler
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Rhinofest
,
fringe theater
,
Curious Theatre Branch
,
Prop Thtr
,
Beau O'Reilly
,
Jenny Magnus
,
Rhinoceros
,
Eugen Ionesco
,
Salvador Dalí
,
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
,
This Is a Movie of a Report I Am Making to the 3rd Grade
,
Hatchet Lady
,
Savannah Reich
,
Carrie Nation
,
Olivia Lilley
,
Runaways Lab Theatre
,
Hawkeye Plainview
,
Disney Pixar Beers
,
Rory Jobst
,
Michael Martin
,
Martin on Hinckley on Foster: The Home Visit
,
Emmy Bean
,
You're His Child
,
On Loss
,
Mark Chrisler
,
Stefan Brün
,
Last Week
,
Karen Orendurff Fort
,
Groundswell
,
global warming
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
May 4, 2016
Mike Mother
,
Best of Enemies
,
The 180 Degree Rule
, and eight more stage shows to see now
A Neo-Futurist performance piece, a drama about an almost unimaginable alliance, and a satire of Hollywood's golden age are among the hits this week.
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
iO
,
Vienna Juvenile
,
Matt Besser
,
Layne Dixon
,
Provision Theater
,
Best of Enemies
,
Osha Gray Davidson
,
Mark St. Germain
,
C.P. Ellis
,
Ann Atwater
,
Rod Armentrout
,
Felicia Fields
,
Collaboraction
,
Anthony Moseley
,
Rivendell Theatre
,
Dry Land
,
Ruby Rae Spiegel
,
Hallie Gordon
,
Bryce Gangel
,
Jessica Ervin
,
Curious Theatre Branch
,
The Eviller Twin
,
Sue Cargill
,
Stefan Brün
,
Raven Theatre
,
House of Blue Leaves
,
John Guare
,
JoAnn Montemurro
,
Kelli Strickland
,
Sarah Hayes
,
Lyric Opera
,
The King and I
,
Rodgers and Hammerstein
,
Paolo Montalban
,
Kate Baldwin
,
Ali Ewoldt
,
Rona Figueroa
,
Matthew Uzarraga
,
Théâtre du Châtelet
,
Mike Mother
,
Neo-Futurarium
,
Jessica Anne
,
Mike Hamilton
,
Marsha Norman
,
'Night, Mother
,
Babes With Blades
,
The 180 Degree Rule
,
M.E.H. Lewis
,
Barbara Lhota
,
Rachel Edwards Harvith
,
Lisa Herceg
,
Stage 773
,
Skin in the Game
,
one-act festival
,
The Living Canvas
,
Cathedral
,
Right Brain Project
,
the Ruckus
,
Hobo Junction Productions
,
Organic Theater Company
,
pH Comedy
,
Thanks for the Tip
,
Kayce Alltop
,
Dan Wright
,
Jared Miller
,
Theatre Y
,
3 Sisters
,
Andrej Visky
,
Melissa Lorraine
,
Katie Stimpson
,
Kevlyn Hayes
,
Anton Chekhov
,
Earl H.E. Hill
,
Dan Christmann
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Apr 4, 1996
Brecht Betrayed
Fatzer: Demise of the Egoist
By Justin Hayford
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Bertolt Brecht
,
Fatzer: Demise of the Egotist
,
Stefan Brün
,
Prop Theatre
,
The Threepenny Opera
,
Heiner Müller
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