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- Blogs, Bleader Jan 11, 2019
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Zanies executive director says he would book Louis C.K.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 2, 2018
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What we learned at the Chicago Humanities Festival last night
The best way to get over a breakup, according to Abbi Jacobson, is to go on a three-week solo road trip and publish a book about it.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 30, 2018
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What we learned at the Chicago Humanities Fest last night
Phoebe Robinson says a hug from Oprah made her feel "as if Black History Month never ended."
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 18, 2018
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Peter Bogdanovich explains why Buster Keaton still matters
The director discusses his new documentary The Great Buster showing this weekend at the Chicago International Film Festival.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 5, 2018
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Indivisible Chicago’s Blue Wave Rave uses improv to mobilize political action
"Improv actors are like the best canvassers ever!"
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 12, 2018
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‘The Lubitsch touch’ on FilmStruck this week
Master of the romantic comedy Ernst Lubitsch is FilmStuck's "director of the week."
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 24, 2018
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The iO Theater's Bentwood Comedy Festival arrives with an abundance of talent
In its freshman year, this ten-day comedy bacchanalia approaches improv from all angles.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 18, 2018
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FilmStruck spotlights the sophisticated cinema of George Cukor
George Cukor, the great Hollywood auteur hiding in plain sight, gets the "director of the week" treatment form FilmStruck.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 4, 2018
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Chicago Underground Film Festival at 25: A look back
As the 25th Chicago Underground Film Festival approaches, here are ten stand-out features from festivals past.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 30, 2018
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The guy who quit Second City
Dan Bakkedahl had one of the best improv gigs in Chicago. Why did he give it up?
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 6, 2018
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Zanies comedy club has lasted 40 years with an old-school stand-up model
The club continues to draw audiences and motivate local comics to obtain a paid slot.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 21, 2018
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The new Monday night show at Beauty Bar isn't Salonathon, it's Something Else
But the organizers promise they'll #keepmondaysweird.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 8, 2018
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Before Peele met Key or wanted to Get Out, he was onstage in Chicago
And his show, Two White Guys, which he performed with Rebecca Drysdale at ImprovOlympic, was pretty good.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 6, 2018
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My Dad Wrote a Porno onstage, LIVE, and uncut
The popular podcast featuring the erotic fiction of Jamie Morton's father, Rocky Flintstone, arrives in the U.S.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 22, 2018
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Webseries Super Narcoleptic Girl introduces a superhero who fights off crime and sleep
Get woke to narcolepsy via comedians Sarah Albritton and Catherine "Povs" Povinelli.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 5, 2018
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John Mulaney's stand-up is getting angrier and faster-paced
Chicago-born stand-up John Mulaney shows an angrier side at last week's Chicago Theatre shows.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 23, 2018
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Jack Black is a delightful singing con man in The Polka King
The new comic docudrama is now available to stream on Netflix.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 19, 2018
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Mom and Dad is a bracing Mad magazine-style satire
The latest from Brian Taylor, the co-director of Crank and Gamer, is playing all week at Facets.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 15, 2018
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Chicago is the best city for comedy, but men are fucking it up
Dear men of Chicago comedy: We can do better.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 12, 2018
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Chicago Ex Fest canceled amid allegations of sexual misconduct against its organizer
Matthew Payne cancels the comedy festival that he intended to be an alternative to SketchFest.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 10, 2018
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Statistics show dudes still get majority of bookings at stand-up comedy shows
Meredith Kachel, a comedian and now statistician, did a ten-month study and crunched the numbers.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 9, 2018
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The Other Side of Hope is a career-best achievement for Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki
Now playing at the Music Box Theatre, the film spotlights the refugee experience with humor and pathos.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 11, 2017
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Erin Diamond spreads holiday jeer about our first lady in the sketch show Christmas: By Melania
In working on her comedic homage to celebrity Christmas specials, actress Erin Diamond discovers specifically how Melania Trump has desecrated decency for all women.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 24, 2017
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Comedians celebrate the life of the late stand-up Pat Brice a decade after his death
Brice's friends and family gather at Sox park to celebrate what would've been his 40th birthday.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 17, 2017
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Brian Posen resigns from Stage 773 amid harassment allegations
"Due to the comments online about me being shared at this time, I am more of a distraction right now," Posen wrote on Facebook.