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The Argentine stand-up hosts the first-ever all-Spanish showcase at Stage 773's annual celebration of women in comedy.
As a teenager in Argentina, Eliana La Casa…
Wind 'em up and watch 'em make magic.
In the 1972 thriller film Sleuth, a crime fiction writer named Andrew Wyke (played by Laurence Olivier) plots revenge on h…
What happens when you bring 80 Chicago creatives, artists, change makers"and a Reader reporter"to late-night brunch at the MCA.
"Life is about creating memories…
Yippie Fest builds on the bones of Abbie Hoffman Died for Our Sins.
If you can remember the first Abbie Hoffman Died for Our Sins festival 30 years ago at the no…
Babes With Blades take a stab at Amy Tofte's feminist sci-fi thriller.
At one point in the 1999 sci-fi comedy Galaxy Quest, Sigourney Weaver's exasperated commun…
A musical about the darkest days of AIDS shows its student-effort roots, but provides a stirring score.
A little more than two decades ago, composer Cindy O'Conn…
The dancing star of this world premiere keeps the story of Black women in dance on pointe.
The story of Black women in classical dance is obscure enough that any…
D.C. Fidler's drama about the lingering psychic wounds of war makes its local debut with Ohio-based None Too Fragile Theatre.
Two soldiers of different generatio…
The body-positive burlesque-inspired hive of performance queens fills the Den.
It was supposed to be a one-off event in an artists' loft space. But the buzz kept…
Collaboraction's annual anthology of short plays about peace, love, and understanding kicks off its season on the south side.
Eviction and art. As a grade-school…
A jukebox musical provides a stirring history lesson about gay life in the 1930s.
Long before the Viagra Triangle took root in the Gold Coast, 909 Rush Street wa…
The snake-haired Gorgon gets a narrative makeover in this touring devised piece.
Despite sporting the most recognizable hairdo in all of literature, general know…
Christopher Shinn's play about a potential scandal on Election Night feels muted in Intrinsic Theatre's staging.
It's not Christopher Shinn's fault that living i…
Artist Jefferson Pinder's Float made volunteers of different races and the lake itself part of his commemoration.
Jefferson Pinder, 49, attributes his knowledge…
"I now wonder how someone starts or finishes a novel without something that feels that cataclysmic in their life."
For someone who wrote her debut novel about a …
Mark Larson explains how he created his 700-page behemoth.
For the past few years followers of Chicago author Mark Larson on Facebook have been teased with littl…
The Neo-Futurists host a marathon reading of the special counsel's report.
If you haven't read the (redacted) 448-page published version of the report by special…
A touring musical about the town that hosted the world after 9/11 brings the love.
From the iconic image of the lone "falling man" to the gut-punch visual of wal…
A comedian and a desk clerk in a podunk town share laughs and secrets.
A tight script with the dark, quirky feel of a Twilight Zone episode, International Falls …
The sight gags score, but the music falls short in this spoof/homage of the Wachowskis' sci-fi classic.
Ready to feel old? The Matrix"a movie that, upon its rele…
Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre's world premiere shows the struggles of Black women in classical dance.
Ballet dancers applauded last October when Freed of London beg…
In R.C. Riley's solo show, a rape and a crisis of faith lead to self-acceptance.
Chicago-based writer-performer R.C. Riley was raised with conservative Christian…
Playwright Kirsten Riiber wants to prepare young people to take care of an older generation.
In a bright yellow apartment tucked into an Andersonville retiremen…
Last Saturday , photographer Josué Briones photographed Fiesta del Sol, this year, held July 26-29, along eight blocks of Cermak Road. What started as a block party celebrating the bui…
Otherworld Theatre's Stupid Shakespeare Company makes a low-budget, high-laugh debut.
Do you remember laughter? Most days"especially the days when I log on to Tw…
