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Arts & Culture, Theater Review May 9, 2018
Aaron Posner and Teller’s Macbeth is no Tempest

But the new Chicago Shakespeare production makes a worthwhile storm of its own.
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Theater Review, Macbeth, Aaron Posner, Teller, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Shozo Sato, Kabuki Macbeth, The Tempest, Weird Sisters, Ian Merrill Peakes, Andrew White, McKinley Carter, Theo Germaine, Emily Ann Nichelson, Chaon Cross, The Mothman Prophecies, Scottish play, Shakespeare

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Jun 2, 2016
Five performance festivals worth your while

With June comes the summer theater season.
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Second City Break Out Comedy Festival, Felonius Monk, performing arts festivals, Premier Premiere: A Weekend of New Musical Comedies, Muffin: The Musical, J. Linn Allen, MCL Chicago, Pivot Arts Festival, The Ruffians, Burning Bluebeard, Ivywild, The Hypocrites, Pirates of Penzance, Midsummer Dream, Shakespeare, Kristina Isabel Dance, And the Spirit Moved Me, Juan Villa, Finding Pancho, Empanada for a Dream, American Players Theater, William Brown, King Lear, Congo Square Theatre, Derrick Sanders, The African Company Presents Richard III, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, The Tempest, Aaron Posner, Samuel Beckett, Endgame, Tim Meadows, Defiant Thomas Brothers, Afro-Futurism, Physical Festival Chicago, Malgosia Szandera, The Bag Lady, Cia de Teatro Manual, Hominus Brasilis, Recent Cutbacks, Hold Onto Your Butts, Rough House Theatre, Sad Songs for Bad People, "Bathhouse" John Coughlin

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Dec 23, 2015
Chicago theater was true to our times in 2015

Theater Wit's Bad Jews and the Goodman's Stop. Reset. are among our senior theater critic's favorites of the year.
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Sati Word, Sheldon Patinkin, Russ Tutterow, Erin Meyers, PJ Paparelli, Martha Lavey, Chicago Dramatists, Steppenwolf Theatre, American Theater Company, Theater Wit, Bad Jews, Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play, Anne Washburn, Madeline George, The Little Foxes, Lillian Hellman, Goodman Theatre, Shannon Cochrane, Stop. Reset., Regina Taylor, The Tempest, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Aaron Posner, Penn & Teller

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Sep 24, 2015
Recommended
The Tempest works some real magic

Chicago Shakespeare's star-powered production is even more than its celebrated parts.
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Theater Review, The Tempest, William Shakespeare, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Tom Waits, Kathleen Brennan, Matt Kent, Larry Yando, Aaron Posner, Penn & Teller, Manelich Minniefee, Zach Eisenstat, Nate Dendy, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Fall Preview Sep 9, 2015
The silent half of Penn & Teller adds some magic to Shakespeare's Tempest
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Fall Arts, Fall Preview 2015, The Tempest, William Shakespeare, Raymond Joseph Teller, Penn & Teller, Aaron Posner, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Tom Waits, Kathleen Brennan, Larry Yando, Stupid Fucking Bird

Blogs, Bleader Sep 10, 2014
Reader's Agenda Wed 9/10: Clipping., Berghoff Oktoberfest, and My Name Is Asher Lev

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Wednesday, September 10
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Clipping., Schubas, Sub Pop, CLPPNG, Troma, the Berghoff Oktoberfest, Federal Plaza, Johnny Wagner Band, Wedding Banned, the Party Faithful, Spoken Four, My Name Is Asher Lev, Timeline Theatre, Aaron Posner, Chaim Potok, Stage 773, Lawrence Grimm

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Aaron Posner and Teller’s Macbeth is no Tempest

But the new Chicago Shakespeare production makes a worthwhile storm of its own.

Five performance festivals worth your while

With June comes the summer theater season.

Chicago theater was true to our times in 2015

Theater Wit's Bad Jews and the Goodman's Stop. Reset. are among our senior theater critic's favorites of the year.

Recommended
The Tempest works some real magic

Chicago Shakespeare's star-powered production is even more than its celebrated parts.

The silent half of Penn & Teller adds some magic to Shakespeare's Tempest

Reader's Agenda Wed 9/10: Clipping., Berghoff Oktoberfest, and My Name Is Asher Lev

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Wednesday, September 10

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Aaron Posner and Teller’s Macbeth is no Tempest

But the new Chicago Shakespeare production makes a worthwhile storm of its own.

Five performance festivals worth your while

With June comes the summer theater season.

Chicago theater was true to our times in 2015

Theater Wit's Bad Jews and the Goodman's Stop. Reset. are among our senior theater critic's favorites of the year.

Recommended The Tempest works some real magic

Chicago Shakespeare's star-powered production is even more than its celebrated parts.

The silent half of Penn & Teller adds some magic to Shakespeare's Tempest

Reader's Agenda Wed 9/10: Clipping., Berghoff Oktoberfest, and My Name Is Asher Lev

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Wednesday, September 10

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The Tempest works some real magic