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Posted inArts & Culture

The Ages of Man, Splatter Theater, and ten more new stage shows to see

by Chicago Reader September 28, 2017August 18, 2021

Three Thornton Wilder one-acts and Annoyance’s long-running slasher parody are among this week’s best bets.

Posted inArts & Culture

Bette Davis Ain’t for Sissies, Jacques Brel’s Lonesome Losers . . . , and nine more new stage shows

by Chicago Reader June 22, 2017August 18, 2021

A one-woman show to buckle up for and an intimate, retro revue are among this week’s best bets.

Posted inArts & Culture

The Bardy Bunch, The Last Wife, A Walk in the Woods, and ten more new stage shows

by Chicago Reader October 7, 2016August 18, 2021

A mashup of Shakespeare with The Partridge Family and The Brady Bunch is one of this week’s high- (or maybe lowlights).

Posted inBlogs

Stephen Sondheim and Alain Resnais, together again in Chicago

by Ben Sachs April 14, 2014August 18, 2021

In a fortuitous turn, Doc Films’s current Alain Resnais retrospective coincides with Chicago revivals of several musicals by Stephen Sondheim, a hero and onetime collaborator of Resnais’s.

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Sun 5/19: An organic beer garden, 60 years of blues, and Andrew Lloyd Webber

by Tosten Burks May 19, 2013August 19, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Sunday, May 19

Posted inBlogs

Dinner & a Show: Friday 9/24

by John V. Santore September 24, 2010August 19, 2021

Recommended entertainment paired with nearby restaurants.

Posted inBlogs

Dinner and a Show: Sunday 11/22

by Whet Moser November 22, 2009August 19, 2021

Some of tonight’s best shows (including the ultimate family film), as selected by our music, movie, and performing arts critics, paired with nearby restaurants.

Posted inBlogs

Food and drink events: Extra

by Julia Thiel June 29, 2009August 19, 2021

Additions to our food and drink events lineup: a screening of a film about sustainable food and the Beers of Summer Festival.

Posted inBlogs

Jacques Brel’s new lease on life

by Albert Williams July 25, 2008August 19, 2021

Jacques Brel’s Lonesome Losers will return in the fall.

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