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Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar Jan 6, 2011
Chicago SketchFest

The 10th SketchFest, touted as the nation's largest event of its kind, features 150 performances by 129 sketch troupes comprising more than 800 artists.
- By Tony Adler and John V. Santore
- Tags: Performing Arts Sidebar, Brian Posen, Theatre Building Chicago, Stage 773, SketchFest, SketchFest Chicago, Cupid Players, Bri-Ko, pH Productions, Best Church of God, Maximum Party Zone, Monsters from the Id, Williams & Martinez, Puterbaugh Sisters, Jablonski!, Blaire, Dark Eyed Strangers, The Adults, best Chicago sketch group

Columns & Opinion, On Culture Dec 9, 2010
Still in the Dark

Walter Stearns is talking about his plans for the Mercury Theater—but not about his investors.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: On Culture, Mercury Theater, Walter Stearns, Porchlight Music Theatre, Southport Theatre LLC, Fullerton State Bank, Jeannie Lukow, Michael Cullen, Joe Carlucci, Cullen's Bar and Grill, Travel Light Theater, Theatre Building Chicago, League of Chicago Theatres, Blaine Theatre, Stage 773, Mercury Theatre, Mercury Theater Chicago

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Nov 18, 2010
Everybody's a Producer

Members can buy into the show-selection process in Chicago Muse's new model.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Sean Cercone, Theatre Building Chicago, Chicago Muse, The Story of My Life, Victory Gardens Theater, Brian Hill, Neil Bartram, TBC, Carousel Dinner Theatre, theater membership, Chicago Muse festival, theater subscriptions, Ruth Higgins

Blogs, Bleader Mar 18, 2010
Theatre Building Chicago Update

Theatre Building Under Contract to Lubaka Productions
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Onstage, Performing Arts, Comedy, Arts, Theatre Building Chicago, Lukaba Productions, Laura Michaud

Blogs, Bleader Mar 17, 2010
Theatre Building Chicago, Minus the Building

A sale is apparently in the works for Theatre Building Chicago.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Onstage, Comedy, Arts, Theatre Building Chicago, Lukaba Productions, Brian Posen, Craig Wilson, TBC, Joan Mazzonelli, Chris Jones

Blogs, Bleader Mar 11, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Thursday 3/11

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Lit & Lectures, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, Books, Shapers, Hideout, the Southern, Clay Taylor, Little Big, John Crowley, Free Fall, Atomic, Ken Vandermark, Elastic, La Humita, North Face, Music Box, P.S. Bangkok, Comic Symposium of Chicago, Nicole Hollander, Paul Hornschemeier, Anders Nilsen, John Porcellino, School of the Art Institute, Cafecito, Rent, Theatre Building Chicago, NightBlue, Cuna, Kendal Duque, My Mans, Mark Raterman, Tim Robinson, Cook County Social Club, iO, Moxie

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar Jan 8, 2010
Chicago SketchFest

The ninth annual Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival runs through January 17
- By Steve Heisler
- Tags: Performing Arts Sidebar, Chicago SketchFest, Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, Sad on Vacation, Fried Green Durbins, The Reckoning, The Best Church of God, Heavyweight, Last Call Cleveland, Summer of Tears, Team Submarine, Britanick, Theatre Building Chicago, Stage 773

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Dec 3, 2009
Sweet and Sour

A buffet of nontraditional holiday theater fare
- By Tony Adler, Justin Hayford, Ryan Hubbard, Zac Thompson, and Albert Williams
- Tags: Performing Arts Review, Cockettes: The Christmas Spectacular, Annoyance Theatre, The Feats of Strength: Six New Plays for Surviving the Holidays, Emma Stanton, Dramatis Personae, Strawdog Theatre Company, It Came Upon a Midnight Queen, Chemically Imbalanced Theater, Madame Barker, Molly Brennan, Madame Barker Holiday Variety Show, Prop Thtr, Mother Superior’s Ho-Ho-Holy Night, Royal George Theatre, Vicki Quade, Kathleen Puls Andrade, The Santaland Diaries, David Sedaris, Mitchell Fain, Theater Wit, Theatre Building Chicago, Silent Nightmare: A Christmas Dirge, Angie McMahon, Cynthia Shur, John Fournier, David Kovacs, Royal George Theatre Center, Stage 773

Columns & Opinion, On Culture Oct 8, 2009
Everyone Is Implicated

My Kind of Town, John Conroy's unforgiving new play about the Chicago police torture scandal, gets a reading at the Chicago Writers' Bloc New Play Festival.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: The Arts, Theatre Building Chicago, Stage 773

Blogs, Bleader Aug 5, 2009
TBC: Board Prez Offers to Step Down
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Onstage, Performing Arts, Arts, Theatre Building Chicago, Allan Chambers, Jeff DeLong, Joan Mazzonelli, Craig Wilson, TBC

Blogs, Bleader Aug 5, 2009
Theatre Building Debate Heats Up
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Onstage, Performing Arts, Arts, Theatre Building Chicago, Joan Mazzonelli, Craig Wilson, Ruth Higgins, John Sparks, theater

Columns & Opinion, On Culture Jul 30, 2009
The New Board at Theatre Building Chicago Has Big Plans—and They Don’t Include TBC’s Longtime Leadership

Executive director Joan Mazzonelli is out as the Theatre Building Chicago board decides to pursue a new direction; artistic director John Sparks leaves in solidarity.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: The Arts, Joan Mazzonelli, Chicago theater, Ruth Higgins, Craig Wilson, John Sparks, Theatre Building Chicago

Blogs, Bleader Jul 29, 2009
Cofounder Ruth Higgins tells Theatre Building board to resign
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Onstage, Performing Arts, Arts, Theatre Building Chicago, Ruth Higgins, Joan Mazzonelli, Craig Wilson, Arthur Don, Melissa Giovagnoli, James Groth, Sally Reuking, David Riley, Gabrielle Stormo, John Sparks, Chicago, theater

Blogs, Bleader Jul 20, 2009
Mazzonelli out at Theatre Building Chicago
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Onstage, Arts, Theatre Building Chicago, Joan Mazzonelli, Thom Van Ermen, Jeff DeLong

Blogs, Bleader Jul 7, 2009
Chicago winners in the Recovery grant game

Who's getting NEA Recovery Act money? Here are Chicago's winners.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: News, Chicagoland, University Of Chicago, Chicago Cultural Center, National Endowment For The Arts, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago International Film Festival, Facets Multimedia, Neighborhood Writing Alliance, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Steppenwolf Theatre, Next Theatre, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago Sinfonietta, Field Museum, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Theatre Building Chicago, Black Ensemble Theater, Recovery Act Grants, Art Resources in Teaching, Hubbard Street Dance, Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, South Chicago Art Center, Spertus College, Urban Gateways

Blogs, Bleader Feb 21, 2009
"Urinetown" composer Mark Hollmann to speak

Theatre Building Chicago hosts a "Meet the Artist" encounter.
- By Albert Williams
- Tags: Performing Arts, Onstage, Arts, Mark Hollmann, Urinetown: The Musical, Theatre Building Chicago

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Chicago SketchFest

The 10th SketchFest, touted as the nation's largest event of its kind, features 150 performances by 129 sketch troupes comprising more than 800 artists.

Still in the Dark

Walter Stearns is talking about his plans for the Mercury Theater—but not about his investors.

Everybody's a Producer

Members can buy into the show-selection process in Chicago Muse's new model.

Theatre Building Chicago Update

Theatre Building Under Contract to Lubaka Productions

Theatre Building Chicago, Minus the Building

A sale is apparently in the works for Theatre Building Chicago.

Dinner & a Show: Thursday 3/11

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.

Chicago SketchFest

The ninth annual Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival runs through January 17

Sweet and Sour

A buffet of nontraditional holiday theater fare

Everyone Is Implicated

My Kind of Town, John Conroy's unforgiving new play about the Chicago police torture scandal, gets a reading at the Chicago Writers' Bloc New Play Festival.

TBC: Board Prez Offers to Step Down

Theatre Building Debate Heats Up

The New Board at Theatre Building Chicago Has Big Plans—and They Don’t Include TBC’s Longtime Leadership

Executive director Joan Mazzonelli is out as the Theatre Building Chicago board decides to pursue a new direction; artistic director John Sparks leaves in solidarity.

Cofounder Ruth Higgins tells Theatre Building board to resign

Mazzonelli out at Theatre Building Chicago

Chicago winners in the Recovery grant game

Who's getting NEA Recovery Act money? Here are Chicago's winners.

"Urinetown" composer Mark Hollmann to speak

Theatre Building Chicago hosts a "Meet the Artist" encounter.

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The 10th SketchFest, touted as the nation's largest event of its kind, features 150 performances by 129 sketch troupes comprising more than 800 artists.

Walter Stearns is talking about his plans for the Mercury Theater—but not about his investors.

Members can buy into the show-selection process in Chicago Muse's new model.

Theatre Building Under Contract to Lubaka Productions

A sale is apparently in the works for Theatre Building Chicago.

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.

The ninth annual Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival runs through January 17

A buffet of nontraditional holiday theater fare

My Kind of Town, John Conroy's unforgiving new play about the Chicago police torture scandal, gets a reading at the Chicago Writers' Bloc New Play Festival.

Executive director Joan Mazzonelli is out as the Theatre Building Chicago board decides to pursue a new direction; artistic director John Sparks leaves in solidarity.

Who's getting NEA Recovery Act money? Here are Chicago's winners.

Theatre Building Chicago hosts a "Meet the Artist" encounter.

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