Wednesday, February 24, 2016
So often it is the little things that set off a marital battle royale. All those petty irritations (would it kill you to pick up your socks?!?) have a nasty way of underscoring bigger issues…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:08PMThe setting is a cozy middle-class living room, like something out of a Pottery Barn catalog, if somewhat messier. Along the back wall are built-ins filled with books and attractive knickkna…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:00AMMonday, February 22, 2016
Len Stuart, the co-owner and co-chairman of The Second City since 1978, died on Sunday night, the theater confirmed. He was 73.
"He died peacefully while surrounded by his family and friend…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:49PMLen Stuart, the co-owner and co-chairman of The Second City since 1978, died on Sunday night, the theater confirmed. He was 73. "He died peacefully while surrounded by his family and friends…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:10PMThe producer and artistic director at iO West, the Los Angeles outpost of the Chicago improv theater, was fired Friday amid reports he had sexually harassed female employees and performers.…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:42PMThe producer and artistic director at iO West, the Los Angeles outpost of the Chicago improv theater, was fired Friday amid reports he had sexually harassed female employees and performers.…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:10PMWednesday, February 10, 2016
It was with sadness that I climbed the stairs one last time for the final show by Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co., which is closing up shop next month after 30 years as an offbeat but integral part…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:56AMIt was with sadness that I climbed the stairs one last time for the final show by Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co., which is closing up shop next month after 30 years as an offbeat but integral part…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:15AMFriday, January 29, 2016
Teen love is tested in this stage adaptation of the 2005 novel of the same name by Chicago-area writer Kalisha Buckhanon, who grew up in Kankakee. It focuses on Natasha, smart and ambitious,…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:58PMThursday, January 28, 2016
In this romantic comedy set in Mumbai, the focus is not on the tradition-flouting 20-something of the story (played with equal parts petulance and real feeling by Vahishta Vafadari) but on h…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:04PMAt a bar one night after an improv class several years ago, performer Angie McMahon remembers socializing with a teacher who, without warning, crossed a line. "He shoved his face into my che…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:48PMAt a bar one night after an improv class several years ago, performer Angie McMahon remembers socializing with a teacher who, without warning, crossed a line.
"He shoved his face into my ch…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:42PMTuesday, January 26, 2016
In this romantic comedy set in Mumbai, the focus is not on the tradition-flouting 20-something of the story (played with equal parts petulance and real feeling by Vahishta Vafadari) but on h…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:38PMThursday, January 14, 2016
How interested are you in cockfighting? The answer will determine how interested you may be in this drama from Eric Dufault about a sad-sack McDonald's cashier who sees hoped-for domination …
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This two-person sketch show at the Annoyance starring Sarah Dell’Amico and Rashida “Sheedz” Olayiwola needs work — a lot of work — but it has one thing going for it that suggests r…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:58PMThis two-person sketch show at the Annoyance starring Sarah Dell’Amico and Rashida “Sheedz” Olayiwola needs work — a lot of work — but it has one thing going for it that suggests …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:34PMTuesday, January 12, 2016
How interested are you in cockfighting? The answer will determine how interested you may be in this drama from Eric Dufault about a sad-sack McDonald's cashier who sees hoped-for domination …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:05PMBefore launching into a bit of obligatory chat about her new CBS sitcom "Angel From Hell" on Monday night's broadcast of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," Jane Lynch and Colbert — who…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:31PMWednesday, December 9, 2015
A spiked Slurpee of false eyelashes, shoulder pads and size 11 pumps, "Christmas Dearest" takes a certain Charles Dickens holiday classic firmly by the shoulders, slaps it across the face, p…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:22PMA young woman named Lucy is at the center of this new play from ICU Ensemble, which strives to give theatrical form to Lucy’s inner life without much success.When she is with her circle of…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:22PMA young woman named Lucy is at the center of this new play from ICU Ensemble, which strives to give theatrical form to Lucy’s inner life without much success.When she is with her circle of…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:14PMTuesday, December 8, 2015
A spiked Slurpee of false eyelashes, shoulder pads and size 11 pumps, "Christmas Dearest" takes a certain Charles Dickens holiday classic firmly by the shoulders, slaps it across the face, s…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:25PMFriday, December 4, 2015
Tavi Gevinson and Michael Cera, who co-starred in a 2014 Steppenwolf production of "This Is Our Youth" that was later mounted on Broadway, have been cast in a new ensemble drama about relat…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:26PMTavi Gevinson and Michael Cera, who co-starred in a 2014 Steppenwolf production of "This Is Our Youth" that was later mounted on Broadway, have been cast in a new ensemble drama about relat…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:11PMThursday, December 3, 2015
A cavalcade of song-and-dance brunettes in groovy bell-bottom jumpsuits star in a 1974 industrial musical for the liquor company Hiram Walker. "How to make it happen for your greatest year,"…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:42AMThursday, November 12, 2015
The Annoyance Theatre moved into its new venue about a year-and-a-half ago, a terrific second-floor space on Belmont with a large barroom lined with a bank of windows offering views of the b…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:32PMWednesday, November 11, 2015
The Annoyance Theatre moved into its new venue about a year-and-a-half ago, a terrific second-floor space on Belmont with a large barroom lined with a bank of windows offering views of the b…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:58PMMonday, November 9, 2015
The Broadway opening of "China Doll," David Mamet's newest play starring Al Pacino, has been moved back to December, it was announced on Monday, a delay that might be at least partly due to�…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:01PMThe Broadway opening of "China Doll," David Mamet's newest play starring Al Pacino, has been moved back to December, it was announced on Monday, a delay that might be at least partly due to�…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:48PMWednesday, October 28, 2015
One of the deep pleasures offered by Chicago's sketch and improv scene is the opportunity to see performers early in their careers, pre-fame, before "Saturday Night Live" and Hollywood and l…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:26AMThursday, October 22, 2015
Spoofing a 1930s vaudeville show and featuring performers staring into the abyss of vaudeville's future (in other words, no future at all), this might be one of the more deranged homages to …
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