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Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
May 4, 2016
Mike Mother
,
Best of Enemies
,
The 180 Degree Rule
, and eight more stage shows to see now
A Neo-Futurist performance piece, a drama about an almost unimaginable alliance, and a satire of Hollywood's golden age are among the hits this week.
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
iO
,
Vienna Juvenile
,
Matt Besser
,
Layne Dixon
,
Provision Theater
,
Best of Enemies
,
Osha Gray Davidson
,
Mark St. Germain
,
C.P. Ellis
,
Ann Atwater
,
Rod Armentrout
,
Felicia Fields
,
Collaboraction
,
Anthony Moseley
,
Rivendell Theatre
,
Dry Land
,
Ruby Rae Spiegel
,
Hallie Gordon
,
Bryce Gangel
,
Jessica Ervin
,
Curious Theatre Branch
,
The Eviller Twin
,
Sue Cargill
,
Stefan Brün
,
Raven Theatre
,
House of Blue Leaves
,
John Guare
,
JoAnn Montemurro
,
Kelli Strickland
,
Sarah Hayes
,
Lyric Opera
,
The King and I
,
Rodgers and Hammerstein
,
Paolo Montalban
,
Kate Baldwin
,
Ali Ewoldt
,
Rona Figueroa
,
Matthew Uzarraga
,
Théâtre du Châtelet
,
Mike Mother
,
Neo-Futurarium
,
Jessica Anne
,
Mike Hamilton
,
Marsha Norman
,
'Night, Mother
,
Babes With Blades
,
The 180 Degree Rule
,
M.E.H. Lewis
,
Barbara Lhota
,
Rachel Edwards Harvith
,
Lisa Herceg
,
Stage 773
,
Skin in the Game
,
one-act festival
,
The Living Canvas
,
Cathedral
,
Right Brain Project
,
the Ruckus
,
Hobo Junction Productions
,
Organic Theater Company
,
pH Comedy
,
Thanks for the Tip
,
Kayce Alltop
,
Dan Wright
,
Jared Miller
,
Theatre Y
,
3 Sisters
,
Andrej Visky
,
Melissa Lorraine
,
Katie Stimpson
,
Kevlyn Hayes
,
Anton Chekhov
,
Earl H.E. Hill
,
Dan Christmann
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Feb 18, 2016
Steppenwolf's
The Flick
, BoHo Theatre's
Fugitive Songs
, and 13 more new stage shows
Among the notables: limited runs of
Cabaret
and the one-man
Sancho: An Act of Remembrance
at Chicago Shakes
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
Adoration of the Old Woman
,
José Rivera
,
UrbanTheatre Company
,
Juan Castañeda
,
Another Word for Beauty
,
Andrew Neftalí Perez
,
Melissa DuPrey
,
First Floor Theater
,
The Awake
,
Ken Urban
,
Chicago Dramatists
,
Scott Woldman
,
Beautiful Autistic
,
Blueberry Toast
,
Tympanic Theatre Company
,
Mary Laws
,
Cabaret
,
Kander and Ebb
,
Roundabout Theatre Company
,
Randy Harrison
,
Far From Heaven
,
Porchlight Music Theatre
,
Todd Haynes
,
Douglas Sirk
,
All That Heaven Allows
,
Summer Naomi Smart
,
The Flick
,
Annie Baker
,
Steppenwolf Theatre
,
Dexter Bullard
,
From These Fatal Loins
,
Romeo and Juliet
,
William Shakespeare
,
The Ruckus
,
Derek Van Barham
,
Christopher Waldron
,
Jillian Rea
,
Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen
,
Fugitive Songs
,
BoHo Theatre
,
Zachary L. Gray
,
Jeffrey Poindexter
,
Interrogation
,
Scott Westerman
,
The Artistic Home
,
Looking Over the President's Shoulder
,
Manny Buckley
,
Alonzo Fields
,
Lee Daniels
,
The Butler
,
James Still
,
Marc Salem
,
Marnie & Phil
,
Actors Gymnasium
,
Chris Mathews
,
House Theatre of Chicago
,
Jeremy Sonkin
,
Kevin O'Donnell
,
Malic White
,
Molly Brennan
,
Pop Waits
,
Iggy Pop
,
Tom Waits
,
Neo-Futurarium
,
Sancho: An Act of Remembrance
,
Paterson Joseph
,
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
,
Shakespeare 400 Chicago
Best of Chicago
,
City Life
Jun 25, 2014
Critics' Picks
Best Response to the CTA's Disastrous Transition to Ventra
"V.E.N.T.R.A." by Alan Linic and Ollie Hobson
By Leor Galil
Tags:
City Life
,
Best of Chicago 2014
,
Ventra
,
Rahm Emanuel
,
CTA
,
Forrest Claypool
,
Cubic Transportation Systems
,
iO
,
The Ruckus
,
Alan Linic
,
Ollie Hobson
,
hip-hop
,
Critics' Picks
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Sidebar
Jan 15, 2014
The 25th annual Rhinofest isn't getting old
The fringe-theater festival has been around longer than some of its most noteworthy participants.
By Tony Adler
Tags:
Performing Arts Sidebar
,
Rhinoceros Theater Festival
,
Theater Oobleck
,
Neo-Futurists
,
Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind
,
Curious Theatre Branch
,
Pigeons With Teeth
,
East of the Sun
,
West of the Moon
,
Jack Helbig
,
Let's Copy Each Other So We Can Be Copy Cats
,
Jessica Peri Chalmers
,
Phonies, Frauds, and Fakes
,
Elevator Tours
,
Carolyn Hoerdemann
,
Colm O'Reilly
,
The Ruckus
,
Tell It & Speak It & Think It & Breathe It
,
Neil Young
,
Neko Case
,
The Dangling Conversation
,
Astonrep Theatre Company
,
Harold Pinter
,
The Dumb Waiter
,
Boygirlboygirl
,
Cremes and Jellies
,
Loa to Divine Narcissus
,
Josh Nordmark
,
Falling
,
Jenny Magnus
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