Because every year we seem to need more and more comedic relief.
Tag: Mary’s Attic
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Bette: Xmas at the Continental Baths features hot pipes, but tepid banter
Hell in a Handbag’s Midler revue is middling.
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The Golden Girls: The Lost Episodes—Holiday Edition, Vol. 2 adds some sweet dirty fun to the holidays
Hell in a Handbag’s franchise decks the halls with campy good feelings.
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The Facts of Life—Satan’s School for Girls provides a Halloween showcase
Hell in a Handbag’s spoof of Mrs. Garrett and 21 Jump Street is far from a drag.
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The Artificial Jungle pays tribute to Charles Ludlam, the patron saint of queer comedy
The campy caper is such a throwback, it borders on family-friendly.
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Bowie Ball celebrates the Starman’s 70th birthday, and more things to do in Chicago this week
Soup & Bread, 50 First Jokes, Smudged Lipstick Revue, and more happenings from January 3-5
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Reader’s Agenda Mon 12/16: The 12 Steps of Christmas, The Nutcracker Nightmare, and Red Fang
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Monday, December 16
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Reader’s Agenda Sat 11/16: Mystery Science Theater 3000 25th Anniversary, Break Out!, and You’re Being Ridiculous
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Saturday, November 16
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Sunday in the Park With George and midnight with zombies: new performing arts reviews
Fresh reviews from Reader critics
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“Goofball perfection” to emotion-killing monologues: this week’s performing arts reviews
Fresh performing arts reviews by Reader critics
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Women in Comedy I: Stand-up
In a recent blog post I asked, “Why don’t more women become comedians?” While top performers such as Margaret Cho and Tina Fey are as successful as top male comedians, there remains a significant gender gap in the business, particularly in stand-up. Over the past 12 months at Zanies, arguably the most active stand-up club […]
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Bailiwick’s new bailiwick
After giving up its Belmont Avenue home, Bailiwick Repertory is back.