Stages, Theater Festival

What to Watch Next: Plays in Progress Streamed by Kane Repertory Theatre

Kane Repertory Theatre, of west suburban St. Charles, is running the third cycle of its New Play Lab series, featuring a work-in–progress play each week. It’s part of a workshopping […]

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Stages, Theater, Virtual

Preview: Check Out These Virtual Theater Opportunities From Personal to Palooza

Chicago theater companies took a while to figure out how to respond to the COVID-19 lockdown and continuing restrictions. (And theater companies, small and large, are suffering debilitating financial losses […]

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Stages, Theater, Virtual

Review: Trap Door Crafts Alas, a Stunningly Theatrical Video Montage

It may be theater…or perhaps film. But it’s not exactly a play. It’s a surreal symphony of exotic makeup and dynamic video editing with original music and voices that speak […]

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Stages, Theater Festival, Virtual

Manual Cinema Streaming Four of Their Best Shows in 10th Anniversary Celebration

Manual Cinema’s 10th Anniversary Retrospectacular, launched this week, will bring back four of the company’s most inventive shows from the past 10 years. The four productions will be shown on […]

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Stages, Today

Chicago Children’s Theatre Joins Honk for Justice Demonstrations This Week

Chicago Children’s Theatre is partnering with Honk for Justice Chicago for two demonstrations this week to demand justice for George Floyd and police reform. The two demonstrations today and tomorrow […]

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Events, Lit, Live Lit, Stages

Dialogs: Two Screenwriters Talk About Their New Novels—Utopia Avenue and Antkind

It was just serendipity that the Chicago Humanities Festival scheduled two screenwriters with hot new novels two weeks in a row for their livestream show. Well, serendipity and the fact […]

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Circus, Stages, Theater Festival

Chicago’s Physical Theater Festival Goes Virtual July 17-19

Plans for the 7th annual Physical Theater Festival were full steam ahead when the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic in March and Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker […]

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Stages

American Blues Theater Offers “Classes  for Masses” in Music, Theater and More

American Blues Theater is offering “Classes for the Masses” with small classes taught by ensemble members in various arts and cultural practices. You’ll receive four hours of coaching or consulting […]

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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 […]

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Events, Lit, Stages, Virtual

Political Coverage Has Turned Into Theater Reviews, CBS’ John Dickerson Says in CHF Event

The news media could enhance the work of a President in the White House by asking the right questions during the campaign, John Dickerson, CBS “60 Minutes” correspondent, said during […]

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Stages, Theater

Review: Scott Gryder Revels in Barbra’s Basement in Pride’s Buyer and Cellar

You’ve probably heard the story since Buyer and Cellar has been around since 2013. In fact, actor Michael Urie recently reprised his award-wining performance in a livestream by Broadway.com as […]

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Beyond, Dance, Event, Stages

Preview: TONIGHT Raks Geek’s Cyberspace Edition II Brings Home All The Nerdy Fun and Fantastic Talent

There are a lot of incredible groups for people who love nerdy things in Chicago, whether that’s gaming, nerdlesque, theater, dance or all of those things. One of our favorite […]

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