Rapper, poet, and actor Mykele Deville has helped bridge cultural and racial divides in Chicago’s DIY scene on his way to bigger stages.
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Resolution, The Trump Card, and nine more new theater reviews
A drama from Pride Films and Plays and Mike Daisey’s election monologue are among this week’s best bets.
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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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The Living Newspaper Festival, Villapalooza, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Sangria Festival, Puppet Meltdown, and more happenings from August 26-28.
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Jackalope’s Prowess, Aguijón’s Adverses, and seven more new stage shows
Ike Holter does it again—and so does Rey Andújar.
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Ike Holter’s astonishing Sender brings a hipster back from the dead
Shade Murray directs the Chicago wunderkind’s latest, now premiering at A Red Orchid Theatre.
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In a time of antigovernment Oath Keepers, Idris Goodwin’s The Raid seems appropriate
Last winter local theater critics Hedy Weiss and Chris Jones got worked up over a play for young people, This Is Modern Art (Based on True Events), arguing in their separate reviews that it romanticizes the illegal act of tagging. That got lots of people worked up over Weiss and Jones—including Kevin Coval, the play’s […]
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The Three Oaks Theater Festival brings off-Loop shows to Harbor County
Reprises of The Normal Heart and Exit Strategy are among the highlights at the second annual Three Oaks Theater Festival.