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American Hwangap, Matt Damon Improv, and 12 more stage and comedy shows to see now
A Korean-American family drama and an all-female Annoyance troupe are among this week’s best bets.
The lights go down on Too Much Light
The Neo-Futurists’ final performance of their flagship show retained the vitality of its initial run back in 1988.
Ten surprising stories from the year in Chicago culture
From Theater on the Lake to spaceship on the park, 2016 was a weird time in the city.
Neo-Futurists reject their founder’s attempt to blame Trump
The ensemble script a future without Too Much Light.
A sudden lights out for Too Much Light at Neo-Futurists
Neo-Futurists founder Greg Allen pulls the plug on Chicago’s longest-running show, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind.
The Bardy Bunch, The Last Wife, A Walk in the Woods, and ten more new stage shows
A mashup of Shakespeare with The Partridge Family and The Brady Bunch is one of this week’s high- (or maybe lowlights).
Court Theatre’s Agamemnon, Ibsen’s Ghosts, and ten more new theater reviews
There’s preholiday gloom galore on Chicago stages.
At Rhinofest, theater nobody sent for is a good thing
A weekend at Curious Theatre Branch’s 26th annual Rhinofest turns up old fringe favorites and potent new investigations.
Too Much Light at 25: An oral history
The Neo-Futurists reflect on a quarter century of their forever-running show, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind.
Rhinoceros? Imposserous—but true. Rhinofest is back
Curious Theatre Branch mounts the 24th annual Rhinofest
How much is that playwright in the window? On view now: the Storefront Playwright Project
Storefront Playwright Project puts Emilio Williams (and a couple dozen other playwrights) in the Hot Tix window
Exploring the fabled land of Edgewater
Highlights of Edgewater’s Fable Festival of plays
“Playwrights as Writers” panel this weekend at the Chicago Book Expo
“Playwrights as Writers” panel Saturday, 11/19, 2 PM, at the Chicago Book Expo.
Neo-Futurists and Theatre Oobleck Collaboration This Evening at Steppenwolf
The Complete Lost Works of Samuel Beckett As Found in an Envelope (Partially Burned) in a Dustbin in Paris Labeled “Never to Be Performed. Never. Ever. EVER! Or I’ll Sue. I’LL SUE FROM THE GRAVE!”, presented by Neo-Futurist and Theatre Oobleck founders.