Feature, Stages, Theater

2021 Preview: A Wish List for Theater, Virtual and Live

There’s no need to say how devastating 2020 has been for live theater and all forms of live entertainment. Millions of careers, lives and families have been turned upside down […]

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Beyond, Feature, Stages, Theater, Virtual

Report: How Virtual Theater Can Expand the Influence of Local Theaters Post-Pandemic

Virtual theater has come in many forms during the last eight pandemic months. Our most recent theater review was actor/clown Bill Irwin’s new version of his bravura performance of On […]

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Feature, Stages, Theater, Virtual

Theater, Virtually: Such Small Hands, a New Play About Love, Aging and Loss by Kane Rep

“I always thought it would be me first,” says the wife about her aging, brain-scrambled husband. “I had cancer scares twice.” Instead, she’s the healthy one, the patient, organized one, […]

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Stages, Theater, Virtual

Review: Kane Rep Streams Young Love, Adam Szymkowicz’s Emotional Story of Love in Two Parts

Young Love by internationally acclaimed playwright Adam Szymkowicz and directed by Daniil Krimer streamed live on YouTube October 7. Isabel Arraiza and Philip Stoddard star in the digital workshop, a […]

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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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