• Newsletters
  • Donate now
  • CITY LIFE
    • Out Here
    • Public Service Announcement
    • Shop Local
    • Street View
    • The Sound Issue
    • Best of Chicago: City Life
    • Best of Chicago: Buy Local
    • Best of Chicago: Cannabis
    • Best of Chicago: Sports & Recreation
  • NEWS & POLITICS
    • News
    • Features
    • En español
    • Podcasts
      • The Ben Joravsky Show
      • Chicago Queer & Now
  • COLUMNS
    • John Greenfield: On Transportation
    • Deanna Isaacs: On Culture
    • Ben Joravsky: On Politics
    • The Ben Joravsky Show
    • Dan Savage: Savage Love
    • Opinion
  • MUSIC
    • Music Features
    • Chicagoans of Note
    • Gossip Wolf
    • The Listener
    • The Secret History of Chicago Music
    • Music Reviews
    • Concert Previews
    • Early Warnings
    • Music listings community calendar
    • The Sound Issue
    • Best of Chicago: Music & Nightlife
    • Chicago in Tune guide
    • Bull Horn (paid sponsored content)
  • ARTS & CULTURE
    • Spring Theater & Arts Preview
    • Features
    • Theater
    • Dance
    • Visual arts
    • Book reviews
    • Ghost Light by Kerry Reid
    • The Sound Issue
    • Best of Chicago: Arts & Culture
    • Arts listings community calendar
  • FILM
    • Features
    • Reviews
    • Small Screen
    • Archives
  • FOOD & DRINK
    • The Drinks Issue
    • Features
    • Reviews
    • Best of Chicago: Food & Drink
    • Sommelier Series (paid sponsored content)
  • READER
    • About
      • Contact
      • Staff
      • Careers
    • Newsletters
    • Find a print copy
      • Print subscriptions
    • Advertise
    • Donate
    • Become a member
    • Contests
    • Reader Store
    • Classifieds
      • Matches
    • Nonprofit Guide
    • Reader 50
    • Best of Chicago
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS
Skip to content
Chicago Reader

Chicago Reader

Chicago’s alternative nonprofit newsroom

Donate now
  • »
  • We’re hiring!
  • The Sound Issue
  • Latest issue
  • Reader 50
  • Nonprofit Guide
  • En español
  • Contests
  • Reader Store
  • Advertise
Home » Neil LaBute

Tag: Neil LaBute

Posted inArts & Culture

Bending the arc of theatrical liberation

by Kerry Reid October 9, 2020August 18, 2021

Thinking about The Boys in the Band, Broadway, and Chicago

Posted inBlogs

‘The statement is a study in crisis management’: Not in Our House leaders decline to meet with Darrell Cox without an apology

by Aimee Levitt June 13, 2016August 18, 2021

Not in Our House plans to present a petition to the theater later this week.

Posted inArts & Culture

At Profiles Theatre the drama—and abuse—is real

by Aimee Levitt and Christopher Piatt June 8, 2016August 18, 2021

For more than 20 years, actors and crew members stayed silent about mistreatment they suffered at the acclaimed storefront theater. Now they’re speaking up, hoping to protect workers in non-Equity theaters across the country.

Posted inArts & Culture

Black Ensemble’s Doo Wop Shoo Bop, Quest Theatre’s All the World’s a Stage, and eight more stage shows to see now

by Chicago Reader February 25, 2016August 18, 2021

Revivals are back—even Sister Act.

Posted inArts & Culture

Le Switch, The Mutilated, and nine more new reviews worth your notice

by Chicago Reader January 29, 2016August 18, 2021

On the off-Loop scene: the latest from local playwright Philip Dawkins, an obscure Tennessee Williams one-act, and a Neil LaBute funfest

Posted inBlogs

The big Christmas blitz, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones December 20, 2013August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Some Velvet Morning
Posted inFilm

Some Velvet Morning: Mum’s the word

by J.R. Jones December 18, 2013August 19, 2021

Some Velvet Morning is full of secrets.

Kelly O’Sullivan and Nicholas Harazin in The Internationalist
Posted inArts & Culture

Steppenwolf’s Next Up strikes out

by Tony Adler June 6, 2013August 19, 2021

There are no home runs in Next Up, Steppenwolf’s annual showcase for theater MFAs.

Neil LaBute goes all Agatha Christie with In a Forest, Dark and Deep
Posted inArts & Culture

Devices obvious and mechanical

by Justin Hayford April 25, 2012August 19, 2021

Neil LaBute gets Agatha Christie-esque with In a Forest, Dark and Deep

Posted inBlogs

In this week’s issue: Lakeview Terrace and Trouble the Water

by J.R. Jones September 19, 2008August 19, 2021

In this week’s issue, Trouble the Water and Lakeview Terrace.

Get the Reader's free daily newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Monday through Friday.

Recent Posts

  • Sales, sanctuaries, giardiniera, and Mortified
  • Downton Abbey: A New Era
  • The Studebaker gets ready to roll
  • The price of exposure
  • Chicago bassist Nick Macri celebrates some roots and branches on his first solo release
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS

Best of Chicago 2021

About the Chicago Reader
Reader Staff
Reader Careers
Freelance Information
Contact Us
Become a member
Donate

Advertise

Find the Paper
Subscribe
Shop the Reader Store
Contests/Giveaways/Promotions

Reader Classifieds

Reader Matches

Chicago Reader Nonprofit Guide

Get our free newsletters

Privacy Policy | Terms of Use

© 2022 Chicago Reader. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic