Thursday, August 5, 2021
TimeLine Theatre unveils plans for their new Uptown home, while their longtime managing director transitions to a new role.
TimeLine Theatre's mission is to pre…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 03:40PMTuesday, August 3, 2021
Jocelyn Bioh's smart comedy at the Goodman examines cliques, colonialism, and colorism.
From the Heathers to the Plastics, teenage girls and their cliques have p…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 03:15PMFriday, July 30, 2021
Changes in faces, places, and union rules might carry harbingers of a shifting landscape in Chicago theater.
There's been a tsunami of theater news over the past…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 02:10PMWednesday, July 21, 2021
A trash island forms the background for Oak Park Festival Theatre's outdoor staging of The Tempest.
Choosing The Tempest as their first show to break the enforce…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 09:00AMFriday, July 16, 2021
Ross Compton's Henchpeople is a shaggy and endearing comedy about supervillain support staff.
I went to a play a few days ago. In the Before Times, that would ha…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 02:30PMWednesday, July 14, 2021
Marti Lyons takes over at Remy Bumppo, while Lorena Diaz and Wendy Mateo share the top job at Teatro Vista.
There's been a lot of changeover in top leadership at…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 04:30PMWednesday, June 30, 2021
$5 million helps BET regain lost ground from COVID, while Ken-Matt Martin reignites a VG tradition.
Back in 2012, just as Black Ensemble Theater was moving into…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 05:00PMThursday, June 17, 2021
Jay Españo brings international perspective as the new AD for PrideArts; plus Leaders for a New Chicago awards and a new fund in honor of the late Malcolm Ewen
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SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 05:15PMTuesday, June 15, 2021
Some performing arts groups are opening their doors, but others are inviting audiences to soak up the sun.
In just the past couple of weeks, theaters have starte…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 12:30PMThursday, June 3, 2021
DePaul's Theatre School retools the MFA acting program to be less expensive and more relevant; plus news from Collaboraction and Playmakers Laboratory
Twenty yea…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 05:15PMFriday, May 28, 2021
A Joyce Foundation grant paves the way for a community playmaking project at Congo Square focused on Black women and girls.
"I love Black women and girls. I love…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 12:45PMThursday, May 20, 2021
Director Iris Sowlat uses social isolation as a framework for the lovers; plus PARA.MAR Dance Theatre offers live classes and performances with THAWEN.
In the en…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 12:40PMThursday, May 6, 2021
The onetime Chicago theatermaker premieres his digital show for Mother's Day; plus major awards for playwrights and designers and a tribute to Russ Tutterow
Some…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 02:20PMThursday, April 22, 2021
The cowriter of We Broke Up talks about why she misses Chicago theater—and why it's hard to come home again.
Laura Jacqmin spent "a solid ten years" (2006 to 2…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 10:00AMThursday, April 15, 2021
The Southport corridor venue gets new life and new leadership.
Retractions generally aren't fun for journalists. But the announcement last week that Mercury Thea…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 02:40PMFriday, April 9, 2021
A movement for pay equity and transparency for theater designers scores a victory; Black Lives Black Words kicks off a new discussion series.
Back in 2019, I int…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 03:10PMFriday, April 2, 2021
Possibilities produces a live Zoom version of The Dining Room, but Melody DeRogatis has post-pandemic plans for her company.
Large family gatherings may still be…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 01:05PMWednesday, March 31, 2021
Studio5's virtual speakeasy, Into the Mist, has echoes of the past and resonances for today.
The temptation to time travel during the past year has been strong. …
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 10:00AMFriday, March 26, 2021
Two streaming shows from Theatre in the Dark and Strawdog capture the drama of obsession and isolation.
Whether you're on the vast endless seas or stuck in your …
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 12:45PMWednesday, March 24, 2021
The Infinite Wrench marks an anniversary in shutdown; plus Refugee Rhapsody wins the Blue Ink Playwriting Award.
When the shutdown hit a year ago, the Neo-Futuri…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 10:00AMThursday, March 18, 2021
After a tumultuous year, the theater's new artistic director is ready to listen as well as lead.
It's been a dramatic year for Victory Gardens Theater, even thou…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 03:30PMThursday, March 11, 2021
The new artistic director wants to take 'amazing feats of storytelling' into more diverse realms; Rick Bayless wants to give more money to local theaters.
The st…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 06:20PMFriday, March 5, 2021
The longtime Chicago playwright joins a new mini-renaissance of aural drama.
In Willy Russell's 1980 play Educating Rita, the title character (a working-class ha…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 02:40PMTuesday, March 2, 2021
The crown jewel of Chicago nightclubs lives on at the Newberry Library and in an upcoming documentary.
Back when nightclubs were smoke-filled rooms, where people…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 03:15PMThursday, February 25, 2021
This year's lineup offers a smorgasbord of online options; plus honoring Felicia P. Fields and remembering Edward S. Weil Jr. and Sally Banes
As the numbers of t…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 02:00PMFriday, February 19, 2021
Private equity firm ZMC acquires the comedy institution, while AICE advocates for representation.
This has been a helluva week for Second City news. On Wednesday…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 02:20PMFriday, February 12, 2021
But the comedy games continue online; plus Raven announces a new-play development commission.
When venerable comedy institutions in Chicago get shout-outs, Comed…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 03:30PMWednesday, February 10, 2021
Theatre Above the Law and A Red Orchid Theatre dive into the physics and magic of being alive together.
For the past year, I've been making the same (extremely b…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 05:45PMTuesday, February 2, 2021
Chicago writer and theater artist David Blixt uncovers a trove of previously unpublished novels by the original Lois Lane.
In 1885, the Pittsburgh Dispatch ran a…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 05:00PMMonday, January 25, 2021
"We need to not only be trusted, but also championed."
In my last column, I wrote about Brian Loevner and the white paper he's created through his company, BLVE …
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 03:00PMThursday, January 21, 2021
They're bringing kids and families together through storytelling, crafts—and a viral 80s dance video.
When the COVID-19 lockdown first hit in March, a lot of …
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 05:05PM 
