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Arts & Culture, Pride 2019 Jun 18, 2019
Essential plays for Pride Month

Out of the closets and onto the stage
- By Albert Williams
- Tags: Pride 2019, Pride Month, essential plays, LGBTQ theater, theater history, Lanford Wilson, The Madness of Lady Bright, Mart Crowley, The Boys in the Band, Martin Sherman, Bent, Jane Chambers, Last Summer at Bluefish Cove, Harvey Fierstein, Torch Song Trilogy, Torch Song, As Is, William M. Hoffman, The Normal Heart, Larry Kramer, Tony Kushner, Angels in America, Fun Home, Lisa Kron, Jeanine Tesori, Alison Bechdel, Tarell Alvin McCraney, Tina Landau, Ms. Blakk for President, Joan Jett Blakk, Terence Alan Smith, Choir Boy, Marcus, or the Secret of Sweet, In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue, Moonlight

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Nov 23, 2016
Roz and Ray, Turtle, and eight more new stage shows

A tables-turning HIV drama and a world premiere from Redtwist are among this week's best bets.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Beth in July, R.J. Tsarov, Antonio Brunetti, Lauren Demerath, Crazy for You, Girl Crazy, George and Ira Gershwin, Ken Ludwig, Clyde Alves, Matt Crowle, Lyric Opera, Jules Massenet, Don Quichotte, Chris Maravich, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Clémentine Margaine, Nicola Alaimo, Sir Andrew Davis, A Hedda Gabler, Red Tape Theatre, Nigel O'Hearn, Henrik Ibsen, ImprovOpoly, Under the Gun Theater, Lip Cervix, Ali Carney, Kate Nolan, McKenzie Morrell, Emma Macmillan, Tiffany Streng, Public House Theatre, Taco Tuesdays, Roz and Ray, Victory Gardens Theater, Chay Yew, Mary Beth Fisher, James Vincent Meredith, The Normal Heart, Larry Kramer, HIV/AIDS, TimeLine Theatre, Stomp, Savion Glover, Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk, Blue Man Group, Nothing Without a Company, The Living Canvas, [Trans]Formation, transgender, intersex, nonbinary, Turtle, Jake Jeppson, Redtwist Theatre, Emily Tate, Drew Johnson, Michael Sherwin, Carolyn Kruse, Daniel Friedman, Damon Kiely, Karen Hartman

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar Jul 2, 2014
The Three Oaks Theater Festival brings off-Loop shows to Harbor County

Reprises of The Normal Heart and Exit Strategy are among the highlights at the second annual Michigan showcase.
- By Kerry Cardoza
- Tags: Performing Arts Sidebar, Three Oaks Theater Festival, Michigan's Harbor Country, lair Thomas & Company, A Piano With Three Tales, House Theatre, Dennis Watkins, The Magic Parlour, Keith Griffith, TimeLine Theatre, Larry Kramer, The Normal Heart, Northlight Theatre, Woody Sez: The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie, Ike Holter, Exit Strategy, Tony Adler, Jackalope Theatre, Seanachai Theatre Company, Eugene O'Neill, Hughie, Jeff Duhigg, Justin Hayford

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jan 29, 2014
Recommended
Goodman's Luna Gale is a captivating portrayal of a tough dilemma

Rebecca Gilman's play puts a baby's fate in the hands of a drug-addicted young couple, a religious fanatic, and the caseworker who's forced to decide between them.
- By Zac Thompson
- Tags: Theater Review, Luna Gail, social workers, Goodman Theatre, Rebecca Gilman, Robert Falls, Colin Sphar, Reyna de Courcy, Mary Beth Fisher, Jordan Baker, Richard Thieriot, Spinning Into Butter, Boy Gets Girl, TimeLine Theatre Company, Larry Kramer, The Normal Heart, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader Dec 26, 2013
Reader's Agenda Thu 12/26: Kid Sister, The Normal Heart, and Merry Kwanzaa

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, December 26
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Kid Sister, hip-hop, Berlin, The Normal Heart, Stage 773, Larry Kramer, Merry Kwanzaa, Gloria Bond Clunie, Kwanzaa, Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Nov 6, 2013
Recommended
But is The Normal Heart good?

TimeLine Theatre gets an important play pumping.
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Theater Review, AIDS, Larry Kramer, Centers for Disease Control, Gay Men's Health Crisis, Manhattan, President Reagan, New York, Ed Koch, AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, The Normal Heart, Pat Buchanan, Public Theater, William Hoffman, As Is, Mark Ruffalo, Julia Roberts, Denis O'Hare, Finn Wittrock, Chris Sullivan, TimeLine Theatre, agit-prop, New York Times, Don Shewey, Emma Brookner, Linda Laubenstein, Stephen Rader, Bertolt Brecht, David Cromer, Nick Bowling, Brian Sidney Bembridge, Michael Stanfill, Mary Beth Fisher, Mark Grapey, Alex Weisman, Patrick Andrews, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader Oct 30, 2013
Reader's Agenda Wed 10/30: The Sovereign Statement, The Normal Heart, and All Hallow's Eve Eve

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Wednesday, October 30
- By Jillian Sandler
- Tags: Do This, Arts, The Sovereign Statement, The Neo-Futurists, Bilal Dardai, TimeLine Theatre, The Normal Heart, Larry Kramer, AIDS epidemic, Stage 773, California Clipper, All Hallow's Eve Eve, Audrey Niffenegger, Fred Sasaki, Poetry Magazine, Chris Hefner, Rob Cruz, April Sheridan

Arts & Culture, Fall Preview Sep 12, 2013
The enduring importance of The Normal Heart

Larry Kramer's fierce, passionate play is a founding text of AIDS activism, but it's not just history—a new production opens this fall.
- By Albert Williams
- Tags: Fall Preview, Fall Arts 2013, David Webster, Larry Kramer, The Normal Heart, Gay Men's Health Crisis, 1,112 and Counting, GayLife, ACT UP, TimeLine Theatre, David Cromer, Scott McPherson, Nick Bowling, Patrick Andrews, Marc Grapey, Stephen Rader, Alec Weissman, Mary Beth Fisher, Stage 773

Arts & Culture, Culture Vultures Aug 18, 2011
Culture Vultures: Agitprop, The Girl With Brown Fur, and the plays of Larry Kramer

In-the-know Chicagoans tell the Reader what they're watching, reading, and seeing
- By Asher Klein
- Tags: Culture Vultures, Alex Shakar, Stacey Levine, Philip Dawkins, The Homosexuals, Kathleen Kuiper, Encyclopedia Brittanica, Luminarium, Agitprop, Larry Kramer, The Normal Heart, The Destiny of Me

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Essential plays for Pride Month

Out of the closets and onto the stage

Roz and Ray, Turtle, and eight more new stage shows

A tables-turning HIV drama and a world premiere from Redtwist are among this week's best bets.

The Three Oaks Theater Festival brings off-Loop shows to Harbor County

Reprises of The Normal Heart and Exit Strategy are among the highlights at the second annual Michigan showcase.

Recommended
Goodman's Luna Gale is a captivating portrayal of a tough dilemma

Rebecca Gilman's play puts a baby's fate in the hands of a drug-addicted young couple, a religious fanatic, and the caseworker who's forced to decide between them.

Reader's Agenda Thu 12/26: Kid Sister, The Normal Heart, and Merry Kwanzaa

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, December 26

Recommended
But is The Normal Heart good?

TimeLine Theatre gets an important play pumping.

Reader's Agenda Wed 10/30: The Sovereign Statement, The Normal Heart, and All Hallow's Eve Eve

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Wednesday, October 30

The enduring importance of The Normal Heart

Larry Kramer's fierce, passionate play is a founding text of AIDS activism, but it's not just history—a new production opens this fall.

Culture Vultures: Agitprop, The Girl With Brown Fur, and the plays of Larry Kramer

In-the-know Chicagoans tell the Reader what they're watching, reading, and seeing

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Out of the closets and onto the stage

A tables-turning HIV drama and a world premiere from Redtwist are among this week's best bets.

Reprises of The Normal Heart and Exit Strategy are among the highlights at the second annual Michigan showcase.

Rebecca Gilman's play puts a baby's fate in the hands of a drug-addicted young couple, a religious fanatic, and the caseworker who's forced to decide between them.

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, December 26

TimeLine Theatre gets an important play pumping.

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Wednesday, October 30

Larry Kramer's fierce, passionate play is a founding text of AIDS activism, but it's not just history—a new production opens this fall.

In-the-know Chicagoans tell the Reader what they're watching, reading, and seeing

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