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Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Jan 14, 2020
Recommended
Whisper House
makes its spooky and intimate Chicago debut
A young boy and his reclusive aunt face down old ghosts during World War II
By Albert Williams
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Whisper House
,
Black Button Eyes Productions
,
Athenaeum
,
Kyle Jarrow
,
Duncan Sheik
,
Ed Rutherford
,
Leo Spiegel
,
Kate Nawrocki
,
Karmann Bajuyo
,
T.J. Anderson
,
Mikaela Sullivan
,
Kevin Webb
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Jan 11, 2018
Gift Theatre's Ten 2018, Filament Theatre's
Forts!
, and four more new stage shows
A festival of ten-minute plays and an interactive kids' show are among this week's best bets.
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
Blue Over You
,
Michael Joseph Mitchell
,
Dan Noonan
,
Spot On Company
,
Forts! Build Your Own Adventure
,
Filament Theatre
,
children's theater
,
It's My Penis and I'll Cry If I Want To
,
Jamie Black
,
Nevermore—The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe
,
Edgar Allan Poe
,
Black Button Eyes Productions
,
Jonathan Christenson
,
Ed Rutherford
,
Nick Sula
,
Rufus Griswold
,
literary frenemies
,
the Gift Theatre
,
Ten 2018
,
short plays
,
theater festivals
,
Winter or Fall
,
Mike Nussbaum
,
Jessica Thebus
,
David Rabe
,
Slate
,
Carly Olson
,
The Cellphone Play
,
Rammel Chan
,
Northern Michigan Trust
,
K. Frithjof Peterson
,
Soft Things
,
J. Nicole Brooks
,
Nigerian Astronaut Wants to Come Home
,
Tracy Letts
,
The Night Safari
,
Will Eno
,
Cancellation
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Aug 16, 2017
Duck and Cover Classroom, Top-Notch Tuesdays, and six more new stage shows
A locked-room experience from Escape Artistry and a foolproof improv show are among this week's best bets.
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
Duck and Cover Classroom
,
Escape Artistry
,
Melissa Schlesinger
,
escape-room game
,
locked-room experience
,
The LivingRoom: You Are . . .
,
Jeffrey Levin
,
Van Ferdinand
,
Stage 773
,
Jorge Silva
,
Love Stories
,
Under the Gun Theater
,
improvisation
,
improv
,
Madagascar
,
Dreamworks
,
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
,
Rachel Rockwell
,
Kevin Del Aguila
,
Joel Someillan
,
George Noriega
,
Chicago Shakes
,
Jordan Brown
,
Gilbert Domally
,
Lisa Estridge
,
Stephen Schellhardt
,
Murder the Hypotenuse: An Improvised Soap Opera
,
The Seven Sisters Comedy Variety Hour
,
Second City Training Center
,
Shockheaded Peter
,
Der Struwwelpeter
,
Heinrich Hoffman
,
Black Button Eyes Productions
,
Ed Rutherford
,
Caitlin Jackson
,
Anthony Whitaker
,
Genevieve Lerner
,
Pavi Proczko
,
Top-Notch Tuesdays
,
Chicago Improv Den
,
Lawrence Collerd
,
Laurel Krabacher
,
improv teams
,
Earl Grey
,
Stacks
,
Cherry Street
,
Candy Crush
,
26.2
,
Pride Arts Center
,
late-night shows
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Sep 8, 2016
1776
,
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
, and six more new theater reviews
Two well-loved musicals are among this week's onstage highlights.
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
Amour
,
Michel Legrand
,
Black Button Eyes Productions
,
Jeremy Sams
,
Emily Goldberg
,
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
,
The Black Slot
,
AstonRep Theatre Company
,
Warren Hoffman
,
Justin Wade Wilson
,
Brittany Stock
,
Distance
,
Strawdog Theatre Company
,
Janice O'Neill
,
Anita Deely
,
Loretta Rezos
,
Caleb Fullen
,
Stephen Rader
,
Erica Weiss
,
Marvin's Room
,
(Re)discover Theatre
,
Farewell My Friend: The Tragic Tale of Star-Crossed Lovers
,
Matt Wills
,
Janet Howe
,
Romeo and Juliet
,
The Heidi Chronicles
,
The Cuckoo's Theater Project
,
Wendy Wasserstein
,
Sara Carranza
,
Rebecca Sparks
,
Ari Butler
,
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
,
Marriott Theatre
,
Don Stephenson
,
Melissa Zaremba
,
Catherine Zuber
,
Angela Ingersoll
,
Irrational Tales
,
David Denman
,
Clock Theater
,
"The Gorgon"
,
Clark Ashton Smith
,
F. Scott Fitzgerald
,
Nathaniel Hawthorne
,
Jennifer Cheung
,
Weird Tales
,
1776
,
Lin-Manuel Miranda
,
Hamilton
,
John Adams
,
the Declaration of Independence
,
Philadelphia
,
Independence Hall
,
Sherman Edwards
,
Jonathan Crabtree
Arts & Culture
,
Fall Preview
Sep 4, 2016
Ten best bets for fall theater
A satanic hand puppet, a live version of
Cheers
, and a
Twelfth Night
in Hindi are among this season’s highlights.
Tags:
Fall Preview
,
Mary Zimmerman
,
Doug Peck
,
Goodman Theatre
,
Candide
,
Leonard Bernstein
,
Wonderful Town
,
My Sister Eileen
,
Bri Sudia
,
Lauren Molina
,
Sophocles
,
Electra
,
the House of Atreus
,
Agamemnon
,
Iphigenia in Aulis
,
Nicholas Rudall
,
Court Theatre
,
Sandra Marquez
,
Michael Pogue
,
Kate Fry
,
Amiri Baraka
,
LeRoi Jones
,
Dutchman
,
American Blues Theater
,
Darren Canady
,
TRANSit
,
Shattered Globe Theatre
,
True West
,
Sam Shepard
,
Black Button Eyes Productions
,
Amour
,
Michel Legrand
,
Shakespeare 400 Chicago
,
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
,
Shanghai Jingju Theatre
,
Peking opera
,
The Revenge of Prince Zi Dan
,
Hamlet
,
Company Theatre Mumbai
,
Piya Behrupiya
,
Twelfth Night
,
Eduardo Pavez Goye
,
Foro Shakespeare
,
Romeo and Juliet
,
The Complete Deaths
,
Spymonkey
,
The Happiest Place on Earth
,
Sideshow Theatre Company
,
Philip Dawkins
,
Scooby Don't
,
Hell in a Handbag Productions
,
David Cerda
,
Andrew Hinderaker
,
The Magic Play
,
Calamity West
,
Give It All Back
,
Idris Goodwin
,
How We Got On
,
Haven Theatre Company
,
Kristiana Rae Colón
,
Octagon
,
Jackalope Theatre
,
I Am My Own Wife
,
Doug Wright
,
About Face Theatre
,
Delia Kropp
,
Nothing Without a Company
,
[Trans]formation
,
the Living Canvas
,
Cheers Live on Stage
,
Amy Poehler
,
Broadway in Chicago
,
Mat Smart
,
Naperville
,
The Royal Society of Antarctica
,
the Gift Theatre
,
Jeff Award
,
Aguijón Theater
,
Romeo y Julieta
,
Sándor Menéndez
,
Gerardo Cárdenas
,
Hand to God
,
Robert Askin
,
Victory Gardens Theater
,
Alex Weisman
,
Gary Griffin
,
Seret Scott
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