• Newsletters
  • Become a member
  • NEWS & INVESTIGATIONS
    • News & Politics
    • Investigations
    • En español
  • CITY LIFE
    • Agenda: Things to do
    • Out Here
    • Shop Local
    • Street View
    • The Sound Issue
    • Best of Chicago: City Life
    • Best of Chicago: Buy Local
    • Best of Chicago: Cannabis
    • Best of Chicago: Sports & Recreation
  • COLUMNS & OPINION
    • Anthony Ehlers: On Prisons
    • Deanna Isaacs: On Culture
    • Ben Joravsky: On Politics
    • The Ben Joravsky Show
    • Dan Savage: Savage Love
    • Opinion
    • Podcasts
      • The Ben Joravsky Show
      • Chicago Queer & Now
  • MUSIC
    • Music Features
      • How punk adopted the Godfather of Gore
    • Chicagoans of Note
    • Gossip Wolf
    • The Listener
    • The Secret History of Chicago Music
    • Music Reviews
    • Concert Previews
    • Early Warnings
    • Music listings community calendar
    • The Sound Issue
    • Best of Chicago: Music & Nightlife
  • ARTS & CULTURE
    • Features
    • Theater
    • Dance
    • Visual arts
    • Book reviews
    • Ghost Light by Kerry Reid
    • Arts listings community calendar
    • The Sound Issue
    • Best of Chicago: Arts & Culture
    • Poetry Corner
  • FILM
    • Features
    • Reviews
    • Small Screen
    • Archives
  • FOOD & DRINK
    • The Food Issue
    • Features
    • Reviews
    • Monday Night Foodball
    • Best of Chicago: Food & Drink
    • The Drinks Issue (2021)
  • READER
    • About
    • — Contact
    • — Staff
    • — Careers
    • Newsletters
    • Advertise
    • Donate
    • Become a member
    • Nonprofit Guide
    • Reader 50
    • Reader events
      • Monday Night Foodball
    • Contests
    • Reader Store
    • Classifieds
      • Matches
    • Archives
    • Find a print copy
      • Distribution map and information
      • Print subscriptions
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS
Skip to content
Chicago Reader

Chicago Reader

Chicago’s alternative nonprofit newsroom

Become a member
  • »
  • 2023 Chicago Police District Councils Voter Guide
  • Latest issue
  • Best of Chicago: Vote Now!
  • Year in Review ’22
  • The People Issue
  • Reader 50
  • Contests
  • Reader Store
  • En español
  • Advertise
Home » Burning Bluebeard

Tag: Burning Bluebeard

Posted inArts & Culture

Burning Bluebeard relives the Iroquois Theater fire with joy and sadness

by Max Maller December 17, 2019August 18, 2021

The Ruffians move to the larger Ruth Page Center for the Arts, but the heart of the story remains strong.

Posted inArts & Culture

Burning Bluebeard commemorates the Iroquois Theatre catastrophe with music, dancing, clowning, and acrobatics

by Irene Hsiao December 26, 2018August 18, 2021

The Neo-Futurists try to find hope in tragedy.

Posted inArts & Culture

Here are 19 shows to get you into the holiday spirit

by Julia Clausen November 29, 2018August 18, 2021

Christmas trains, elves, bingo, showgirls, and many, many carols, plus the Quranic perspective and Hanukkah goblins.

Posted inBlogs

The best things to do in Chicago on New Year’s Eve

by Steve Heisler December 29, 2017August 18, 2021

Hip-hop artist Noname, the Annoyance Theatre’s Steamworks: The Musical, and more recommended events for New Year’s Eve in Chicago

Posted inArts & Culture

Five performance festivals worth your while

by Tony Adler June 2, 2016August 18, 2021

With June comes the summer theater season.

Posted inArts & Culture

Fifteen holiday shows to see now

by Reader staff December 3, 2015August 18, 2021

There’s a lot more out there than A Christmas Carol.

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Mon 12/30: On an Epic Scale, Flosstradamus, and Burning Bluebeard

by Brianna Wellen December 30, 2013August 19, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Monday, December 30

Left to right: Nathan Wonder, Chelsea Keenan, Michael Hamilton, Kate Suffern, Gabriel Franken, and Anne Walaszek in Dawn, Quixote
Posted inArts & Culture

The year onstage: Five debuts, four imports, three revivals—and two feuds

by Tony Adler December 26, 2013August 19, 2021

The Building Stage said good-bye, Jamil Khoury said a lot, and other notable moments from the year in theater.

Dean Evans, Jay Torrence, Leah Urzendowski Courser, Ryan Walters, and Anthony Courser
Posted inArts & Culture

The transcendent horror of Burning Bluebeard

by Tony Adler November 27, 2013August 19, 2021

The Ruffians revive Burning Bluebeard, a sweet tale of catastrophe.

Posted inBlogs

The latest Reader performing arts reviews

by Tony Adler November 23, 2011August 19, 2021

The rundown on Reader performing arts reviews.

Get our free daily newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Monday through Friday. Dive into our most recent stories and exclusive insights from our editors and staff.

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS

Best of Chicago 2021

About the Chicago Reader
Reader Staff
Reader Careers
Freelance Information
Contact Us

Become a member
Donate

Advertise

Submit/promote your event

Find the Paper
Subscribe
Shop the Reader Store
Contests/Giveaways/Promotions

Reader Classifieds

Reader Matches

Chicago Reader Nonprofit Guide

Get our free newsletters

Privacy Policy | Terms of Use

© 2023 Chicago Reader. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic