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Tuesday, July 12, 2022

PATRIOTS Almeida, N1 by Libby Purves and Friends

  MOTHER RUSSIA AND ITS MEN     Here’s a fresh history play: confrontational , shocking, classic in its focus on vast flawed characters and pretty close to documented  – and very re…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:49PM

Amina Alexander by Women and Theatre

Meet lighting designer Amina Alexander! We talk about finding small moments of joy, removing egos from theatrical spaces, and more…

SOURCE: www.womenandtheatre.com at 07:00PM

Artist and poet Marvin Tate tees up a busily multidisciplinary July by J.r. Nelson and Leor Galil

Even in a city full of talented artists with their fingers in a half dozen projects at once, Marvin Tate stands out as a Renaissance man. The west-side native is extraordinarily industrious …

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 11:52AM
Friday, July 8, 2022

Taste, watch, and find your homeland by Kerry Reid, Micco Caporale and Salem Collo-Julin

Looking for something to do this weekend and beyond? Here are some ideas for you. The post Taste, watch, and find your homeland appeared first on Chicago Reader.

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 06:18PM

EVELYN Southwark Playhouse SE1 by Libby Purves and Friends

MOB JUSTICE, NO JUSTICE      There are women who, seeing a friend in an almost-good outfit, cannot help reaching out: adjusting a belt , removing  an ill-judged frill, suggesting a hat.�…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 11:42AM
Thursday, July 7, 2022

BAREFOOT IN THE PARK Mill at Sonning, Berks by Libby Purves and Friends

STEP BACK TO THE SIXTIES SIMPLICITIES…   Once again , off to this most enticing dinner-theatre embedded in a historic treasure,  its big real watermill whirling away in the bar and the …

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 04:35PM
Wednesday, July 6, 2022

Bernadette Peters Talks About Broadway Barks by LIVE with Kelly and Ryan

Bernadette Peters tells the hosts about the 2022 Broadway Barks dog adoption event. Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2HFUeAK Website: https://kellyandryan.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com…

SOURCE: YouTube at 02:43PM

Bernadette Peters' Tribute to Stephen Sondheim by LIVE with Kelly and Ryan

Bernadette Peters talks about performing in a tribute to Stephen Sondheim at the Tonys. Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2HFUeAK Website: https://kellyandryan.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook…

SOURCE: YouTube at 11:22AM

Edinburgh festival 2022: 50 shows to see by Brian Logan, Mark Fisher and Lyndsey Winship

Phil Wang makes a heroic return, Ian McKellen stars in a balletic Hamlet and Sophie Duker is gleefully carefree. Here are our picks of the festival’s comedy, theatre and dance 20 great Ed…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:37AM
Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Gayle Seay by Women and Theatre

Meet Gayle Seay, the artistic director of STAGES St. Louis! We talk about the importance of diversity in leadership positions, using your power to advocate for new voices, the necessity …

SOURCE: www.womenandtheatre.com at 07:00PM

THE SOUTHBURY CHILD Bridge SE1 by Libby Purves and Friends

The review below is from its Chichester opening a couple of weeks back. So just a note on seeing it again: something that could well become a habit, because it really is rich snd fine. It wo…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:11PM

Weirdo rippers Lollygagger make their vinyl debut with Total Party Kill by J.r. Nelson and Leor Galil

Gossip Wolf has been on the record as a fan of Lollygagger since the local glam-punk goofballs dropped their debut EP, Life on Terminus, in 2018. The band followed it in 2020 with the hilari…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 02:27PM
Friday, July 1, 2022

American music, Black Pride, and the Chosen Few by Kerry Reid, Micco Caporale and Salem Collo-Julin

Summer’s in full swing . . . get out there and enjoy our city! The post American music, Black Pride, and the Chosen Few appeared first on Chicago Reader.

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 01:59PM
Thursday, June 30, 2022

RICHARD III Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford upon Avon by Libby Purves and Friends

THE BOTTLED SPIDER, HEDGEHOG, ABORTIVE ROOTING HOG, IS BACK…MAGNIFICENTLY           The winter of discontent made glorious summer is ushered in with a wild conga round the stage under…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:00PM
Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Overturning Roe v. Wade: Our Response by Women and Theatre

Women & Theatre responds to the SCOTUS decision overturning the constitutional right to abortion.

SOURCE: www.womenandtheatre.com at 07:00PM

CANCELLING SOCRATES Jermyn St Theatre by Libby Purves and Friends

ALL GREEK TO US, AND TOPICAL WITH IT Fascinating to see how, despite many light tempting fatuities and sentimentalities onscreen and onstage, and the countercurrents of self conscious experi…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 04:37AM
Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Metro hosts a joyful send-off for the late Cynthia Plaster Caster by J.r. Nelson and Leor Galil

Legendary artist and writer (and onetime Chicago mayoral candidate) Cynthia Plaster Caster passed away in April after a lengthy illness, but Gossip Wolf isn’t done mourning. Future generat…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 05:31PM

TONY!  The Tony Blair rock opera          Park Theatre N4 by Libby Purves and Friends

IT HAS COME TO FRUITION. REJOICE!    In a spirit of joyful pastiche, it’s a Sweeney-Todd sound that opens the show:  “`Prepare! To be made Aware! Of the most successful Labour Premier…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:31AM
Sunday, June 26, 2022

PARADISE LOST caught at Thorington, touring by Libby Purves and Friends

OF MAN’S FIRST DISOBEDIENCE….  Thorington is a new outdoor theatre, a beautiful bomb-crater amid tall sighing pine trees and beneath a great oak in Suffolk.  It runs only one-night,  …

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 01:08PM
Friday, June 24, 2022

House music, Midsummer parties, and Queer Pride by Salem Collo-Julin, Micco Caporale and Kerry Reid

Here’s some events and activities to close out the month of June and start the summer right. FRI 6/24 Today the Chicago Park District cut the ribbon and officially opened the newly renovat…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 05:26PM
Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Joe Lycett standup joke investigated by police after complaint by Tom Ambrose and Agency

Comedian says he was asked to explain context of gag to investigating officers, and will keep it in his show The comedian Joe Lycett has said he was investigated by the police after an audie…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:37PM

Hot weather, hot shows by Kerry Reid, Irene Hsiao and Deanna Isaacs

Summer is officially here, in case the sweat and lightning bugs weren’t enough of a clue. In addition to the shows and artists we profiled in our summer arts preview issue this week, we’…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 04:01PM
Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Celebrating Pride! by Women and Theatre

Women & Theatre celebrates Pride by elevating the voices of amazing LGBTQIA+ members of our community! Read on for some of our favorite interview excerpts…

SOURCE: www.womenandtheatre.com at 07:01PM

Ne-Hi alum Mikey Wells drops a mellow, summery new album with Flamingo Rodeo by J.r. Nelson and Leor Galil

Chicago postpunks Ne-Hi split in May 2019, and since then guitarist-singer Mikey Wells has expanded his palette of delightful pop hooks in two standout projects: Spun Out, which is indie dan…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 01:36PM
Monday, June 20, 2022

Photos from Summer Smash 2022 by Leor Galil and Dylan Barnedo

Photos by Dylan Barnedo Since its launch as a one-day festival in 2018, Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash has grown into a three-day extravaganza that can go toe-to-toe with nationally recog…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 08:39PM

Antonio Banderas Started a Theater Company in Spain by LIVE with Kelly and Ryan

Antonio Banderas talks about the shows he has put on with his theater company in Spain. Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2HFUeAK Website: https://kellyandryan.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook…

SOURCE: YouTube at 12:02PM
Saturday, June 18, 2022

THE SOUTHBURY CHILD           Chichester Festival Theatre then Bridge by Libby Purves and Friends

VIA MEDIA ANGLICANA IN A NEW JERUSALEM       We’re in  a vicarage kitchen in a small West Country town,  its incumbent dealing with parishioners, a resentful, weary wife and two daugh…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 08:00AM
Friday, June 17, 2022

Juneteenth, Pride, and legacies by Kerry Reid, Micco Caporale and Salem Collo-Julin

Many ways to celebrate and honor Juneteenth this week, as well as other outdoor and indoor gatherings and events—check it out! The post Juneteenth, Pride, and legacies appeared first on Ch…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 03:36PM
Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Courtney Seyl by Women and Theatre

Meet director and playwright Courtney Seyl! We talk about the benefits of women- and queer-centered spaces, theatre that starts conversations, the importance of collaboration and support…

SOURCE: www.womenandtheatre.com at 07:00PM

Photos: 2022 SAIC Fashion Show by Salem Collo-Julin and Isa Giallorenzo

Our contributor Isa Giallorenzo attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s fashion show in May. The annual event returned to an in-person format this year (the theme: “Human…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 02:59PM

Chicago country craftsman Dan Whitaker decamps to Texas by J.r. Nelson and Leor Galil

Gossip Wolf has long admired local country-music craftsman Dan Whitaker, whose considerable discography includes folk-tinged solo work and recordings with his combo the Shinebenders that com…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 02:14PM

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