Monday, July 22, 2013
THEATER REVIEW: 'Shrek The Musical' at Chicago Shakespeare Theater ★★½
THEATER REVIEW: 'Shrek The Musical' at Chicago Shakespeare Theater ★★½ ... Has Rachel Ro…
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Most people think of theater as being for the benefit of an audience. But, truth be told, a healthy slice of the art is principally for the benefit of the participants and those who love the…
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Earlier this year, a federal judge, Shira Scheindlin, said this to Jeffrey Toobin of The New Yorker: "I don't love trials. They are not a good way to tell a story."
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00AM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: 'Fallow' at Steep Theatre Company ★★½
THEATER REVIEW: 'Fallow' at Steep Theatre Company ★★½ ... As titles for plays go, "Fallow" isn't the best…
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THEATER REVIEW: 'Death and Harry Houdini' by House Theatre of Chicago ★★★★
THEATER REVIEW: 'Death and Harry Houdini' by House Theatre of Chicago ★★★…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:33PM[SHARE]In a shuffling of artistic staffs, Rebecca Rugg, recently a producer at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, is heading to Redmoon Theater, where she'll work on that recently re-energized compan…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:06PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 16, 2013
You don't likely know the playwriting duo of Chance Bone and Andrew Burden Swanson — they're mostly a pair of young Chicago actors. But there's enough to "The Casuals," a very intrigui…
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THEATER REVIEW: "The Australian Bee Gees Show" at the Broadway Playhouse ★★
THEATER REVIEW: "The Australian Bee Gees Show" at the Broadway Playhouse ★★ ... Taking on…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:09PM[SHARE]Lookingglass Theatre ensemble member Tony Hernandez, currently appearing in “Absinthe” at Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip, had an unusual bit of audience participation on T…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:30PM[SHARE]Nick Offerman, the former Off-Loop actor who went on to play Ron Swanson on the NBC comedy "Parks and Recreation," now apparently is a big-enough name to headline the Chicago Theatre.&nbs…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:04AM[SHARE]Saturday, July 13, 2013
LAS VEGAS - On June 29, the top executives of the Montreal-based Cirque du Soleil were here at the theater inside the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, sitting alongside the likes of Justin Bi…
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The commercial transfer of the Theo Ubique Theatre Company production of "Smokey Joe's Cafe" has posted its closing notice.
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Mikhail Baryshnikov, Elevator Repair Service and Sandra Bernhard are all to be part of an expanded MCA Stage program during the 2013-14 season at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art. &nb…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 09:24PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: 'Simpatico' at A Red Orchid Theatre ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: 'Simpatico' at A Red Orchid Theatre ★★★½ ... Anyone walking in off the st…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:06PM[SHARE]The Broadway and Chicago actress Susie McMonagle is to star in the upcoming Drury Lane Oakbrook production of "Next to Normal," the theater has announced.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:48AM[SHARE]Monday, July 8, 2013
The actor John Lithgow is bringing his solo show, "Stories by Heart," to the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie for a one-night stand on Nov. 1.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:04PM[SHARE]Sunday, July 7, 2013
THEATER REVIEW: 'Belleville' at Steppenwolf Theatre ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: 'Belleville' at Steppenwolf Theatre ★★★½ Amy Herzog's play begins with a y…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:18PM[SHARE]Today's lesson: Paula Deen, whose career has melted down like butter in a hot pan
In the annals of celebrity, chefs are relative newcomers. Some date stars of the kitchen back to Bartolome…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 4, 2013
Among life's tribulations, you might not consider your lack of a distinct appendage to your torso to be at the top of the list. But for the character of Woman in Carrie Barrett's unusual new…
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Steep Theatre, the respected storefront operation on Chicago's North Side with a niche consisting of new work from the United Kingdom, said Tuesday that it will stage the American premiere o…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:50PM[SHARE]As producers and promoters go, Jeff Parry has a certain refreshing honesty. Not a bad attribute when you are producing something called "The Australian Bee Gees Show," replete with the tag l…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:06PM[SHARE]Hot Tix, the half-price ticketing operation run by the League of Chicago Theatres, is to open a new location inside the Block Thirty Seven mall, otherwise known as The Shops at 108 N. State.…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:32PM[SHARE]Chicago Shakespeare Theater said Tuesday that it will present "The Table," an adult-oriented puppet show informed by Bunraku puppetry and created by the British company Blind Summit Theatre.…
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THEATER REVIEW: 'The Jungle Book' at the Goodman Theatre ★★½
THEATER REVIEW: 'The Jungle Book' at the Goodman Theatre ★★½ ... In the very last scene of Mary Zi…
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THEATER REVIEW: 'Big Lake Big City' ★ ★ ½
“Big Lake Big City,” a wildly ambitious and staggeringly unwieldy new Keith Huff comedic pot-boiler set in a town near y…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:42PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: 'Tartuffe' ★ ★ ★
Charles Newell's conception for his new Court Theatre production of Moliere's "Tartuffe" took some guts. The deluded family at the heart o…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:40PM[SHARE]Friday, June 28, 2013
Why Bernie Sahlins belongs with McCormick, Kroc and Montgomery Ward
So what did Bernie Sahlins, who died June 16, have in common with such fellow Chicagoans as Cyrus McCormick, Ray Kroc, Gu…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 26, 2013
No theater in the world has done more for Italian drama than the Piccolo Teatro di Milano, which, despite the diminutive in its name, has become famous for bold productions of works by the l…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:56PM[SHARE]Chicago should light up more of its signature buildings — even on nights when the Blackhawks are not winning the Stanley Cup. For one thing, projection technology has advanced to the p…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00AM[SHARE]Monday, June 24, 2013
Goodman artistic director is to helm Beth Henley's play"The Jacksonian" at the New Group in the fall, the New York-based company said Monday.
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