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Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jan 14, 2020
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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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Whisper House makes its spooky and intimate Chicago debut

A young boy and his reclusive aunt face down old ghosts during World War II

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Whisper House makes its spooky and intimate Chicago debut