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Home » Improvised Jane Austen

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Woman in red short-sleeved dress, with long curly brown hair, stands outside under light green foliage from trees.
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Ana Silva’s ready to cast a big shadow

by Boutayna Chokrane March 30, 2022April 4, 2022

Ana Silva is the type to celebrate Groundhog Day.  On a January morning, over Zoom, Silva recounts how she “asked off work” for the woodchuck festivities. She and her boyfriend, actor Andrew Jessop, are driving to Woodstock, where the 1993 classic Groundhog Day was filmed. Next on the list is a groundhog-themed pub crawl followed […]

Posted inArts & Culture

Candide, Gidion’s Knot, and ten more stage shows to see now

by Chicago Reader June 7, 2017August 18, 2021

A revamped version of Leonard Bernstein’s operetta and a taut, intense two-hander are among this week’s best bets.

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Bit Bash, Comedy Nerd Fest, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

by Sara Cohen August 12, 2016August 18, 2021

Bud Billiken Parade, Northalsted Market Days, and more happenings from August 12-14.

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Reader’s Agenda Wed 3/19: Chicago Nerd Comedy Festival, Soiree Grand Nord, and Fonema Consort

by Taylor Tolbert March 19, 2014August 18, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Wednesday, March 19

Tristan Tanner and Brett Mannes in The Rocky Horror Show
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Weekend evenings of the living dead (and one midnight show)

by Tony Adler, Jena Cutie, Keith Griffith, Justin Hayford, Jack Helbig, Aimee Levitt and Marissa Oberlander October 16, 2013August 19, 2021

Our critics take on seven spooky shows, from creepy Jane Austen to nuclear zombies.

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