The latest Chicago stage shows range from the rawly emotional to the enjoyably ridiculous.
Tag: Broadway in Chicago
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Rahm’s working on the messaging of his delayed antiviolence address, and other Chicago news
Also, four snakes have been discovered in just a few months in a south-side home.
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Grand jury will decide whether to indict cops for roles in alleged Laquan McDonald cover-up, and other Chicago news
Also, Rauner is spending millions to fund Republicans running for the Illinois General Assembly.
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Ten best bets for fall theater
A satanic hand puppet, a live version of Cheers, and a Twelfth Night in Hindi are among this season’s highlights.
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Hamilton: The latest case of tulip mania?
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s award-winning, box-office-breaking musical sells out the (smallish) house.
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Sounds Like Chicago Podcast Festival, “The Truth Booth,” and more things to do in Chicago this week
Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, Broadway in Chicago Summer Concert, and more happenings from August 15-18.
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A Full House musical, Sara Ruhl’s Eurydice, and 11 more new stage shows to see
How about a joyously trashy revival of Porn Minus Porn?
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Reader’s Agenda Mon 8/18: Barback Games, Broadway in Chicago, and the Clean
What’s on the Reader’s Agenda for Monday, August 18
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The creepy truth about Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth
Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth, reviewed
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Our all-local gift guide
Presents people might actually want, based on what we actually want
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What’s good for CME is good for Broadway in Chicago
State throws a bone to Broadway in Chicago
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This year Taste of Chicago eats four lakefront music festivals
Descending once again upon Grant Park, the Taste of Chicago runs Fri 6/24 through Sun 7/3, dishing up food from nearly 60 restaurants and hosting a wide variety of music at the Petrillo Music Shell (northeast of Columbus and Jackson) and the Taste Stage (Columbus and Balbo). Four of the city’s free lakefront music festivals […]
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Chicago: America’s theater capital?
Surely no words ever written by any theater critic stirred more local buzz than Michael Billington’s 2004 observation in London’s Guardian that “Chicago . . . [is] the current theatre capital of America.” It came like manna from heaven to the denizens of this no longer even second city, and they seized upon it. At last the flyover on […]
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Before It’s Gone: Spring Awakening at the Oriental Theatre
Spring Awakening: In Chicago through May 8.
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League of Chicago Theatres Cosponsors Mayoral Debate
League of Chicago Theatres partners on mayoral debate