- Performing Arts, Theater Review, May 16, 2013
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Barbara Gaines goes all auteur on Henry VIII
Chicago Shakespeare Theater's production is undone by overdoing.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 1, 2013
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A haiku on Cadre and Fela!, two shows that hit Chicago almost simultaneously
A South African play and a show about a Nigerian icon had brief, overlapping runs here.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 22, 2013
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A haiku on Chicago Shakespeare Theater's updated and heavily armed Julius Caesar
CST's history play needs gun control.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 20, 2013
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In Cadre, Omphile Molusi visits the dark continent of apartheid
Omphile Molusi's Cadre reviewed
- Performing Arts, Theater Review, Feb 20, 2013
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Julius Caesar and Teddy Ferrara have tactical issues
Chicago Shakespeare and Goodman Theatre put on plays about power struggles.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 1, 2013
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Minsk, 2011—see it now, see it often
A review of Belarus Free Theatre's Minsk, 2011, briefly at Chicago Shakespeare
- Performing Arts, Theater Review, Jan 23, 2013
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Belarus Free Theater is back in Chicago
The outlawed Belarusan ensemble in a brief run of Minsk, 2011: A Reply to Kathy Acker.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 17, 2013
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Reader's Agenda Thu 1/17: Sweet Home Chicago: The History of America's Candy Capital, Cadre, and Willy Mason
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, January 17, 2013
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Feature, Dec 26, 2012
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Eight faves, six stars, and a horror: 2012 in theater
The best productions, beloved artists, and a show more than one Reader writer hated
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 12, 2012
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Sunday in the Park With George and midnight with zombies: new performing arts reviews
Fresh reviews from Reader critics
- Blogs, Bleader, May 31, 2012
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The Reader's Agenda: Thu 5/31
What's on the Agenda for Thursday, May 30
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Sidebar, Feb 2, 2012
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Back in the saddle
Long Gone Lonesome introduces a country musician to the country that inspired him
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Sidebar, Feb 2, 2012
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Prospero puts on a play
The Tempest becomes Beckettian meditation (with puppets) in The Feast
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Review, Dec 15, 2011
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Trapped in the stables in a play about the Virgin Queen
Timothy Findley's Elizabeth Rex at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Review, Jul 21, 2011
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With En Route, One Step at a Time Like This gives the gift of sight
With an immersive performance piece, En Route, Australian troupe One Step at a Time Like This gives the gift of sight
- Arts & Culture, Special Event, Jul 14, 2011
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The Reader Agenda
GBV, Tour de Fat, a book signing, and beer, beer, beer
- Performing Arts, Culture Vultures, May 5, 2011
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Culture Vultures
A book about an immortal woman, the lure of Shakespeare, civil rights reframed, and more
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Review, Apr 28, 2011
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Alan Bennett's The Madness of George III: a highly polished look at chaos.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 19, 2010
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Dinner & a Show: Friday 3/19
Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 19, 2010
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Quick! It's Uncle Vanya
The Maly Drama Theatre's great Uncle Vanya is in town only through Sunday.
