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Performing Arts Feature
, Dec 26, 2012
Eight faves, six stars, and a horror: 2012 in theater
The best productions, beloved artists, and a show more than one
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by Tony Adler
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National Theatre of Scotland at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
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Enron
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Steppenwolf Theatre's Garage
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Empanada for a Dream
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Yo Solo Festival of Latino Solo Shows
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Juan Francisco Villa
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Marc Grapey
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Arturo Soria
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, Dec 20, 2012
People Issue 2012:
Jackie Taylor, the dramatist
"I put my life into this and I don't want it to go when my life goes."
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, Dec 19, 2012
People Issue 2012:
Alejandro Cerrudo, the dancer
"I make you uncomfortable so the contrast is greater."
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, Dec 19, 2012
People Issue 2012:
Dave Cerda, the performer
"I loved camp before I knew it was camp."
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Female Trouble
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, Oct 17, 2012
Burning down the house
Only the polemics get really hot in
The Arsonists
by Tony Adler
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, Sep 12, 2012
Our ten best bets for fall theater
Trainspotting
: the play, 44 plays for 44 presidents, and more
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George Burke
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Irvine Welsh
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Tom Mullen
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Richard Pryor
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James Murray Jackson Jr.
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Markus Zusak
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Hallie Gordon
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Will Kern
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Profiles Theatre
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, Sep 12, 2012
One to watch this fall: comedian Brian Babylon
Prince of Bronzeville works both sides of Chicago's color line, from Jokes and Notes to
Wait Wait . . . Don't Tell Me
by Asher Klein
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, Sep 12, 2012
One to watch this fall: Starinah "Star" Dixon has performance in her blood
Tap dancer attributes her hard-hitting style to being taught by men
by Laura Molzahn
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Making a Difference Dancing
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Chicago Human Rhythm Project
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, Sep 12, 2012
Our three best bets for fall dance
Skeletons in
Imperial Silence: Un Ópera Muerta
, painted nudes in Gallim Dance, and Chagall's windows at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
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Day of the Dead
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Gallim Dance
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Ohad Naharin
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Hubbard Street 2
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Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
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, Sep 12, 2012
One to watch this fall: Eric Hoff works the corner of justice and art
The director of
Hit the Wall
stages
The Skriker
, promenade-style, at Red Tape Theatre
by Tony Adler
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, Dec 22, 2011
Jamil Khoury, the theater activist
'We love the art form, but that's not where we're coming from. It's the desire to impact change.'
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Silk Road Rising
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Islam
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Chicago Temple, First United Methodist Church
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, Dec 22, 2011
Kelly Williams and Dan Abbate, the burlesque producers
'There's so many funny female performers. Now find the funny female performers who are willing to take off their clothes.'
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, Dec 22, 2011
Rick Snyder, the actor's director
'I never kinda said, "I'll be an actor." One thing just kind of led to another.'
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, Dec 22, 2011
Brian Posen, the comedian trainer
'The more I teach, the less I know. The more I dig in, the more I realize I don't know anything about this.'
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Stage 773
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Performing Arts
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Performing Arts Feature
, Dec 22, 2011
Phoenix Askani, the sexpot
'I did it because I wanted to and I could'
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, Nov 3, 2011
Saved by rock 'n' roll
The Arts of Life Band shows that being developmentally disabled doesn't stand in the way of rocking out
by Leah Pietrusiak
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, Oct 13, 2011
Reminiscence from a reviled theater critic
'If there are still some bad feelings out there after all these years then, damn, you've got to learn to let go'
by Tom Boeker
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, Oct 13, 2011
Excerpts from a reviled theater critic's most scathing reviews
Tom Boeker: 'This is a fungus that's festered in the back of the refrigerator for 20 years'
by Tom Boeker
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Four Portraits of Mothers
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Medea
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Black Ensemble
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Alagazam . . . After the Dog Wars
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New Criminals at Blind Parrot Theater
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Candyland
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Live Bait Theater
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Beirut
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New Lincoln Theater
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Hughie
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Before Breakfast
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Gare St. Lazare Players
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Royal-George Theatre
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Performing Arts
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, Sep 15, 2011
The Reader's Fall Arts Preview
Our advice for navigating a season that offers way too much
by Tony Adler
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Performing Arts
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, Sep 15, 2011
Theater of broken plays
"Problem" scripts are a specialty for director Max Truax
by Kerry Reid
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