The hourlong series of microplays remains exhilarating and vital.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Neo-Futurists reject their founder’s attempt to blame Trump
The ensemble script a future without Too Much Light.
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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.
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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).
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Court Theatre’s Agamemnon, Ibsen’s Ghosts, and ten more new theater reviews
There’s preholiday gloom galore on Chicago stages.
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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.
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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.
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Rhinoceros? Imposserous—but true. Rhinofest is back
Curious Theatre Branch mounts the 24th annual Rhinofest
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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
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Exploring the fabled land of Edgewater
Highlights of Edgewater’s Fable Festival of plays
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“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.
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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.