Switch to the
mobile version
of this page.
Newsletters
Follow us
Twitter
Facebook
RSS
Mobile
Username
View Profile
Edit Profile
Log Out
Log in
Create Account
The Chicago Reader
News & Politics
The Bleader
Music
Arts & Culture
Film
Food & Drink
Classifieds
Rentals
Browse News & Politics
News & Politics home page
Michael Miner | Media
Ben Joravsky | Politics
Deanna Isaacs | Culture
Steve Bogira | Narrative
Mick Dumke | Investigative
Browse Music
Music home page
Gossip Wolf
Miles Raymer | Music Criticism
Peter Margasak | Music Criticism
Soundboard: Concerts this week
Early Warnings: Concerts on horizon
Browse Film
Film home page
J.R. Jones | Movie Reviews
Ben Sachs | Movie Reviews
Index of Long Reviews
Film archive: Short reviews
Now Playing
Today's Showtimes
Browse Arts & Culture
Arts & Culture home page
Theater, Comedy & Dance home page
Tony Adler | Theater Reviews
Visual Arts home page
Lit & Books home page
Arts & Culture event search
Browse Food & Drink
Food & Drink home page
Mike Sula | Restaurant Reviews
Key Ingredient: A chef-to-chef challenge
Cocktail Challenge
Bar Guide
Restaurant search
Browse The Bleader
The Bleader blog home page
Browse Classifieds
Classifieds home page
Jobs
Services
Music
The Arts
Buy | Sell | Trade
Bulletin Board
Adults Only
Post An Ad
Browse Rentals
Apartments and Rentals
Studio
One Bedroom
Two Bedrooms
Three Bedrooms
Four or More Bedrooms
Chicago Apartments and Rentals
Cook County Apartments and Rentals
Search by Chicago Neighborhood
Search by Chicago Zip Code
Best of Chicago
People Issue
Straight Dope
Savage Love
I Saw You
Agenda
Fun & Free
Archives
Matches
Coupons & Deals
You searched for:
[X]
Performing Arts
[X]
Performing Arts Sidebar
Start over
Search for…
Narrow Search
Category
Culture Vultures
Performing Arts Feature
Video
Theater Review
Comedy Critic's Choice
Performing Arts Review
Performing Arts Sidebar
[X]
Close Window
All Categories
Best of Chicago
Arts & Culture
Arts & Entertainment
City Life
Civics
Food & Drink
Goods & Services
Introduction
Music & Nightlife
Sports & Recreation
News & Features
At the Track
Ben Joravsky on Politics
Caught in the Net
Cheap Suits
Chicago Antisocial
Chicago Baseball 2003 Consumer Confidence Index
Chicago Reader at Forty
City File
City Side
Deanna Isaacs on Culture
Environment
Essay
Feature
Field & Street
Letters
Media
Michael Miner on Media
Miscellany
Mudville
Neighborhood News
News of the Weird
Obituary
Our Town
Police Scanner & Petty Crime
Politics
Savage Love
Sidebar
Snips
Sports Section
Straight Dope
Summer Guide
The Arts
The Reader's Guide Feature
Year In Review
Blogs
Bleader
Music
Artist on Artist
Critic's Choice
Gossip Wolf
In Rotation
Music Column
Music Feature
Music Review
Music Sidebar
Night Spies
Nightlife
Photo Pit
Pitchfork
Post No Bills
Soundboard
Spot Check
Summer Guide
The Secret History of Chicago Music
Three Beats
Movies
Movie Critic's Choice
Movie Feature
Movie Review
Movie Sidebar
Food & Drink
Cocktail Challenge
Food & Drink Column
Food & Drink Feature
Food & Drink News
Key Ingredient
Morsels
Restaurant Reviews
Scraps
Summer Guide
Transformations
Arts & Culture
Architecture
Calendar
Chicago Reader's Guide to New Year's Eve
Culture Club
Culture Vultures Slideshow
Dance Critic's Choice
Festival
Special Event
Summer Guide
Theater Critic's Choice
Travel
Visitors' Guide
Performing Arts
Comedy Critic's Choice
Culture Vultures
Performing Arts Feature
Performing Arts Review
Performing Arts Sidebar
Theater Review
Video
Lit & Lectures
Book Review
Fiction
Lit & Lectures: Lit Feature
Lit Critic's Choice
Lit Sidebar
Video
Zine-o-File
Galleries & Museums
Art Critic's Choice
Art Feature
Art Review
Art Sidebar
Video
You Are Here
Chicagoans
Show us your [____]
Zoom in
Style
Boutique of the Week
Fashion
Holiday Gift Guide
Local Wares
Shopping
Space
Video
What Are You Wearing?
Other Stuff
Inkwell
Reader
Announcements
Matches blog
...more »
Author
Select an author
Kevin Warwick
Sharon Lurye
Laura Molzahn
Becca Oken
Niel Spidle
Tony Adler
Year
Select a year
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971
Show only
Recommended
Recommended
Member Picks
Member Picks
Slideshow
Slideshow
Video
Video
Audio
Audio
Critics' Picks
Critics' Picks
Readers' Poll
Readers' Poll
Other Searches
Events
Location Guide
Member Search
Movie Showtimes
Movie Reviews
Article Archives
Issue Archives
Comments
Videos
Images
Sorting by Date
Number of Comments
Most Shared
Top Viewed
Alphabetical by Headline
Showing:
Performing Arts Sidebar
Tools
Add to favorites
Saving…
Add to Custom List
Loading…
Add a Comment (0)
Performing Arts
,
Performing Arts Sidebar
, Jan 9, 2013
Recommended
The
Homeland
in His Head
RE|Dance cofounder Michael Estanich goes back to his Appalachian roots
by Laura Molzahn
Tags:
Performing Arts Sidebar
,
RE
,
Dance Group
,
Homeland dance
,
Michael Estanich
,
Lucy Riner
,
Nemacolin Pennsylvania
,
Fiddlers 4
,
Wailin' Jennys
,
Daiva Bhandari
,
Kym Nolden
,
Hamlin Park
,
Hamlin Park Fieldhouse Theater
,
Recommended
Tools
Add to favorites
Saving…
Add to Custom List
Loading…
Add a Comment (0)
Performing Arts
,
Performing Arts Sidebar
, Dec 27, 2012
The Fillet of Solo festival is back
The storytelling fest hits sweet 16, running three weeks
by Niel Spidle
Tags:
Performing Arts Sidebar
,
Fillet of Solo Festival
,
Lifeline Theatre
,
Big Stories, Up Close
,
Heartland Studio
,
GayCo
,
Amanda Rountree
,
185 Buddhas
,
2nd Story
,
EnSolo
,
The Kates
,
Alicia Solisdrawl
,
Mia McCullough
,
Story Club
,
Write Club
,
Tekki Lomnicki
,
Anne Purky
,
Beth Ann Bryant-Richards
,
Sweat Girls
Tools
Add to favorites
Saving…
Add to Custom List
Loading…
Add a Comment (1)
Performing Arts
,
Performing Arts Sidebar
, Dec 5, 2012
The Letters
is more than just Marx on a page
Writers' Theatre production confronts life under Stalin
by Tony Adler
Tags:
Performing Arts Sidebar
,
Joseph Stalin
,
USSR
,
Russia
,
despotism
,
John Lowell
,
Kate Fry
,
Mark Montgomery
,
Kimberly Senior
,
Rachel Anne Healy
,
Writers' Theatre
Tools
Add to favorites
Saving…
Add to Custom List
Loading…
Add a Comment (0)
Performing Arts
,
Performing Arts Sidebar
, Oct 24, 2012
Raising the singles bar
Ten artists contribute a performance apiece to MPAACT's late-night Solo Jams series
by Becca Oken
Tags:
Performing Arts Sidebar
,
MPAACT
,
Solo Jams
,
Kate McCandless
,
Jesse Dean Stanford
,
Jamie Black
,
D-Nick the Microphone Misfit
,
Dawn Bless
,
Martin M. Morrow
,
Celeste Cooper
,
Huey Amaru
,
Tremaine Montell Ford
Tools
Add to favorites
Saving…
Add to Custom List
Loading…
Add a Comment (0)
Performing Arts
,
Performing Arts Sidebar
, Oct 10, 2012
The new boo review
Frankenstein, pig's blood, and zombie boobs: A selection of seven shows for Halloween 2012
Tags:
Performing Arts Sidebar
,
Halloween
,
Halloween theater
Tools
Add to favorites
Saving…
Add to Custom List
Loading…
Add a Comment (0)
Performing Arts
,
Performing Arts Sidebar
, Oct 9, 2012
A perfect
Sunday in the Park With George
Chicago Shakespeare's staging of the Sondheim musical is a walk in the, well . . .
by Tony Adler
Tags:
Performing Arts Sidebar
,
Stephen Sondheim
,
James Lapine
,
Georges Seurat
,
Sunday on La Grande Jette—1884
,
Carmen Cusack
,
Jason Danieley
,
Gary Griffin
Tools
Add to favorites
Saving…
Add to Custom List
Loading…
Add a Comment (0)
Performing Arts
,
Performing Arts Sidebar
, Oct 3, 2012
Four-star Comedy Fest at Navy Pier
A celebration of Chicago-style comedy at Navy Pier
by Kevin Warwick
Tags:
Performing Arts Sidebar
,
comedy
,
Chicago School of Comedy
,
Ben Capraro
,
Jimmy Carrane
,
comedy workshops
,
Annoyance Theatre
,
ComedySportz
,
iO
,
Actors Training Centre
,
Tim Kazurinsky
,
Charna Halpern
,
Baby Wants Candy
,
Cook County Social Club
,
Uncle Brother's
Tools
Add to favorites
Saving…
Add to Custom List
Loading…
Add a Comment (0)
Performing Arts
,
Performing Arts Sidebar
, Oct 3, 2012
Equivocation
gives the Bard a good shagging
Playing English-major games with a writer called Shagspeare
by Tony Adler
Tags:
Performing Arts Sidebar
,
Sean Graney
,
Shakespeare
,
Richard III
,
Bill Cain
,
The Hypocrites
,
Marc Grapey
,
Arturo Soria
Tools
Add to favorites
Saving…
Add to Custom List
Loading…
Add a Comment (0)
Performing Arts
,
Performing Arts Sidebar
, Sep 26, 2012
Puppets of apartheid
Georg Büchner's tragedy, transposed to 1950s South Africa in Woyzeck on the Highveld
by Tony Adler
Tags:
Performing Arts Sidebar
,
Georg Bucnher
,
Franz Woyzeck
,
Handspring Puppet Theatre
,
William Kentridge
,
apartheid
Tools
Add to favorites
Saving…
Add to Custom List
Loading…
Add a Comment (0)
Performing Arts
,
Performing Arts Sidebar
, Aug 28, 2012
Fringe Without Borders
The Chicago Fringe Fest hosts troupes from as far away as France, Korea, and Highland Park
by Sharon Lurye
Tags:
Performing Arts Sidebar
,
fringe theater
,
Sarah Mikayla Brown
,
Vinnie Lacey
,
Rebecca Kling
,
White Elephant
,
Alan Turing
,
The Island
,
Dada
,
Small Fish Radio Theatre
,
Thespinarium
,
Doug Vincent
,
La Petite Famile
,
George Contini
Tools
Add to favorites
Saving…
Add to Custom List
Loading…
Add a Comment (0)
Performing Arts
,
Performing Arts Sidebar
, Aug 15, 2012
Think of it as Yippie Easter
Mary-Arrchie Theatre resurrects the spirit of Abbie Hoffman with Abbie Fest
by Sharon Lurye
Tags:
Performing Arts Sidebar
,
Abbie Hoffman
,
revolution
,
the Pentagon
,
Conspiracy Seven
,
Richard Cotovsky
,
Matt Rieger
,
Rush Pearson
,
Bilal Dardai
,
Lola Balatro
,
Jennifer Olson
Tools
Add to favorites
Saving…
Add to Custom List
Loading…
Add a Comment (0)
Performing Arts
,
Performing Arts Sidebar
, Aug 1, 2012
Latinos alone at Yo Solo
Two-thirds of this new festival is don't-miss stuff
by Tony Adler
Tags:
Performing Arts Sidebar
,
Yo Solo
,
Latino theater
,
Febronio Zatarain
,
Lisandra Tena
,
KJ Sanchez
,
Cheryl Lynn Bruce
,
Sandra Delgado
,
Isabel Allende
,
Rey Andujar
,
Juan Francisco Villa
Tools
Add to favorites
Saving…
Add to Custom List
Loading…
Add a Comment (0)
Performing Arts
,
Performing Arts Sidebar
, Aug 1, 2012
Victory Gardens cultivates the next big thing
Or, to mix metaphors, five plays get a jump-start from the Ignition Festival
by Sharon Lurye
Tags:
Performing Arts Sidebar
,
Chay Yew
,
Martin Zimmerman
,
Lauren Yee
,
A. Rey Pamatmat
,
Yussef El Guindi
,
Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins
Tools
Add to favorites
Saving…
Add to Custom List
Loading…
Add a Comment (1)
Performing Arts
,
Performing Arts Sidebar
, Jul 10, 2012
Celebrating the tasseled tit
Ecdysiasts grind into town for the Windy City Burlesque Fest
by Sharon Lurye
Tags:
Performing Arts Sidebar
,
Windy City Burlesque Festival
,
burlesque
,
striptease
,
pole dancing
,
showgrrrl
,
Kristina Nekyia
,
Kitten de Ville
,
Tiffany Carter
,
Blaze Starr
Tools
Add to favorites
Saving…
Add to Custom List
Loading…
Add a Comment (0)
Performing Arts
,
Performing Arts Sidebar
, Jun 27, 2012
No halfsies for "Going Dutch"
The three-evening festival offers women's work only
by Allegra Kirkland
Tags:
Performing Arts Sidebar
,
Links Hall
,
Core Project Chicago
,
Megan Beseth
,
Carrie Gant
,
the female experience
,
gender roles
,
Ginger Jensen
,
Renegade Dance Architects
,
Raphaelle Ziemba
,
Sydney Hestla
,
Rumi
Tools
Add to favorites
Saving…
Add to Custom List
Loading…
Add a Comment (0)
Performing Arts
,
Performing Arts Sidebar
, Jun 1, 2012
What's so funny about TBS Just for Laughs?
Here are some suggestions
by Rebecca Cohen
Tags:
Performing Arts Sidebar
,
Just for Laughs Comedy Festival
,
Just for Laughs
,
Aziz Ansari
,
John Oliver
,
Jeff Ross
,
Vince Vaughn
,
Scott Adsit
,
Mike Birbiglia
,
Jon Glaser
,
Kevin Dorff
,
Hannibal Buress
Tools
Add to favorites
Saving…
Add to Custom List
Loading…
Add a Comment (0)
Performing Arts
,
Performing Arts Sidebar
, May 30, 2012
Best place to meet 400 women?
The Chicago Women's Funny Festival
by Tony Adler
Tags:
Performing Arts Sidebar
,
Chicago Women's Funny Festival
,
comedy
,
women in comedy
,
Jet Eveleth
,
Gretchen and Regina
,
Carrie Bain
,
Brouhaha
,
Kristen Studard
,
Matter Dance Company
,
the Revelettes
Tools
Add to favorites
Saving…
Add to Custom List
Loading…
Add a Comment (0)
Performing Arts
,
Performing Arts Sidebar
, May 16, 2012
Another pachyderm from the producers of Rhinofest
Curious Theatre Branch presents "The Other Side of the Elephant"
by Rebecca Cohen
Tags:
Performing Arts Sidebar
,
Curious Theatre Branch
,
RhinoFest
,
The Other Side of the Elephant
,
Jayita Bhattacharya
,
Matt Test
,
Chris Bower
,
Vicki Walden
,
Beau O'Reilly
,
Jenny Magnus
,
Bryn Magnus
,
Jennifer Moniz
,
Matt Wilson
,
John Starrs
Tools
Add to favorites
Saving…
Add to Custom List
Loading…
Add a Comment (0)
Performing Arts
,
Performing Arts Sidebar
, May 9, 2012
Exploring the fabled land of Edgewater
Fable Festival brings fairy tale-inspired performances to nooks all over the neighborhood
by Rebecca Cohen
Tags:
Performing Arts Sidebar
,
Fable Festival
,
Edgewater
,
Andersonville
,
fairy tales
,
New Beast Theatre Works
,
Julia Miller
,
Lizi Breit
,
Neo-Futurists
,
Greg Allen
,
Joe Mazza
,
Ike Holter
,
Vintage Theater Collective
,
Sweat Girls
,
Lifeline Storytelling Project
,
Little Red Riding Hood
,
iO
Tools
Add to favorites
Saving…
Add to Custom List
Loading…
Add a Comment (0)
Performing Arts
,
Performing Arts Sidebar
, May 2, 2012
The technician of emotion
Ballet Chicago Studio Company dances Balanchine
by Laura Molzahn
Tags:
Performing Arts Sidebar
,
George Balanchine
,
Ballet Chicago Studio Company
,
Dan Duell
,
Vladamir Nabakov
,
Ted Seymour
,
Ellen Green
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
next »
FEATURED CLASSIFIED
Art Gallery Conversion: Work/Live LOFT Factory Rehab Natural Light Studio 1333 sq ft-Available Now
RARELY Available! Perfect for artists, a work/live studio in prestigious "Bloomingdale Art Building", an artist's community development. Abundant natural light studio lined...
More Classifieds...
$9.25 for 2 tickets to see Groundhog Day at Music Box Theatre on February 1 or 2 at midnight
About The
Reader
Jobs
Staff
Freelancing Info
Advertising
Back Issues
Contact Us
Comments Policy
Copyright © 2013 Sun-Times Media, LLC.
Powered by
Foundation