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Preview: Broken Nose Theatre Tees Up Its 2022 Bechdel Fest With Eight Plays That Pass That Test

You may know Alison Bechdel as the author and subject of the memoirish musical, Fun Home. But she’s also the source of the well-known Bechdel Test, which requires that a work of […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • August 17, 2022
    • Circus , Preview , Stages

    Preview: Let’s Get Physical at the 9th Annual Physical Theater Festival July 16-24

    Chicago’s Physical Theater Festival returns for the ninth year with in-person, indoor and outdoor performances, plus four workshops by festival artists, July 16-24, following the 2020 virtual festival.  The week features performances by […]

  • Karin McKie
  • June 27, 2022
    • Game , Games & Tech , Preview

    Review: Kaiju Wars Is a Treat for Fans of Monster Movies and Tactics Games

    So you’re telling me they made tactics game in the same vein as the iconic Advance Wars and the newer classic Into The Breach but oozing with deep cut monster […]

  • Julian Ramirez
  • May 25, 2022
    • Preview , Stages , Virtual

    Holiday Season Shows, Streaming to Your Living Room

    Hit ‘em on the Blackside Congo Square Theatre Company’s new sketch comedy show Free on demand December 19 through March 2021 No subject is off-limits in Congo Square Theatre Company’s […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • December 17, 2020
    • Beyond , Comedy , Dance , Event , Preview , Stages

    Preview: Be a Good Nerd and Nerd Out for Good at the First Ever Digital Chicago Nerd Comedy Festival

    Stage 773’s Chicago Nerd Comedy Festival is a staple in Chicago’s nerd/pop culture scene. In fact I’ve been covering it since its inception in one form or another. It’s always […]

  • Marielle Bokor
  • October 15, 2020
    • Preview , Stages , Theater

    Fall Theater Preview: It’s a Virtual World With Plenty of Creativity on Display

    It’s fall and the time when Chicago theaters begin their new seasons. That’s the “old normal,” however, and nothing is normal these days. But although we can’t gather in small […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • September 18, 2020
    • Preview , Stages , Today

    Stateville Voices Presents Plays by Incarcerated Students in Northwestern’s Prison Ed Program

    Plays written by incarcerated students are on view now in Stateville Voices: A Festival of Short Plays by the Northwestern University Prison Education Program and Goodman Theatre. Three short plays […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • July 5, 2020
    • Preview , Review , Stages , Theater

    Chicago Theaters Go Virtual During the Virus; Goodman Streams School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play

    In these “AC,” After COVID, times, Chicago theaters are offering online content to fill the gap of canceled shows and in-person instruction (as well as the yawning expanse of endless […]

  • Karin McKie
  • April 26, 2020
    • Preview , Stages , Theater

    Preview: Pride Films and Plays to Present Live Virtual Reading of McNally’s Mothers and Sons April 16

    Four actors, each participating from a different remote location, will perform a live online reading of Terrence McNally’s Mothers and Sons on Thursday, April 16, at 7pm. David Zak, executive […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • April 11, 2020
    • Preview , Stages

    Chicago Arts Organizations to Host Virtual Retreat for Performers, Administrators April 8

    Several Chicago arts organizations are creating a Chicago Performing Arts Virtual Retreat on Wednesday, April 8, from 10:30am to 2pm. The purpose: to bring together performers and administrators to address […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • April 7, 2020
    • Preview , Stages , Theater

    Review: The Leopard Play at Steep Theatre Tells a Brutally Loving Family Story

    Honest. Crude. Raw. Those are some of the words that came to me as I walked away from Steep Theatre after experiencing The Leopard Play or sad songs for lost […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • February 2, 2020
    • Beyond , Event , Preview , Stages , Suburbs and exurbs

    Preview: Jackson Galaxy at Waukegan’s Genesee Theatre Aims to Teach Humans to Deepen Feline Friendships

    When you think of a night out at the theater, you probably aren’t thinking much about your cats at home. When Jackson Galaxy thought about selling out theaters as a […]

  • Marielle Bokor
  • January 15, 2020
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