The torpor-inducing temperatures seem to be cooling down, so it’s a good time to get out and about. Here are some mid-August events worth looking into. Fri-Sun 8/13-8/15 (and through 8/29): High school can be fraught, as so many teen dramedies have taught us. School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play, Jocelyn Bioh’s comedy […]
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The Fine Arts theater team makes no little plans
Back in the Pleistocene era (that is, 1986), I spent a few months living downtown in the now-gone Herman Crown Center, a Roosevelt University residence hall that also sheltered students from Columbia College Chicago (where I was enrolled) and the School of the Art Institute. (The building was torn down to make room for Roosevelt’s […]
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More comedy, movies, and art, please
Upcoming events and recommendations for the next seven days
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TimeLine marches on
TimeLine Theatre unveils plans for their new Uptown home, while their longtime managing director transitions to a new role.
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School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play reopens at the Goodman
Jocelyn Bioh’s smart comedy at the Goodman examines cliques, colonialism, and colorism.
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Fiesta del Sol, Free Street, and more
Upcoming events and recommendations for the next seven days
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A tsunami of news and a new path for Actors’ Equity membership
Changes in faces, places, and union rules might carry harbingers of a shifting landscape in Chicago theater.
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It’s a hot Chicago summer
Upcoming events and recommendations for the next seven days
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Coming through the pandemic storm with The Tempest
A trash island forms the background for Oak Park Festival Theatre’s outdoor staging of The Tempest.
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Henchpeople is a satisfying amuse-bouche for the return of live theater
Ross Compton’s Henchpeople is a shaggy and endearing comedy about supervillain support staff.
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Remy Bumppo and Teatro Vista name new artistic directors
Marti Lyons takes over at Remy Bumppo, while Lorena Diaz and Wendy Mateo share the top job at Teatro Vista.
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A taste of Chicago to go
Upcoming events and recommendations for the next seven days
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Celebrate independence your way
Upcoming events and recommendations for the next seven days
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Black Ensemble Theater scores big with MacKenzie Scott grant; Victory Gardens announces new playwrights ensemble
$5 million helps BET regain lost ground from COVID, while Ken-Matt Martin reignites a VG tradition.