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Home » Pride Films & Plays

Tag: Pride Films & Plays

Posted inArts & Culture

Cross-dressers and gay men meet at Harvey Fierstein’s Casa Valentina

by KT Hawbaker August 28, 2019August 18, 2021

A gender-bending Catskills resort in 1962 takes center stage at Pride Films & Plays

Posted inArts & Culture

The Amish Project, Hitch*cocktails, and seven more new stage shows to see now

by Chicago Reader July 12, 2017August 18, 2021

A one-woman show about a terrible tragedy and an improvised thriller performed under the influence are among this week’s best bets.

Posted inArts & Culture

Bite: A Pucking Queer Cabaret, Squeeze My Cans, and ten more new stage shows

by Chicago Reader July 21, 2016August 18, 2021

‘Tis the season for the Bard and the bawdy.

Posted inArts & Culture

Death & Harry Houdini, the ‘nearly flawless’ One Man, Two Guvnors, and seven more new theater shows

by Chicago Reader May 26, 2016August 18, 2021

The House Theatre performs a little magic and Court Theatre gathers an A-list ensemble.

Posted inArts & Culture

Lookingglass’s Blood Wedding, Strawdog’s D.O.A., and nine more notable current stage shows

by Chicago Reader March 18, 2016August 18, 2021

García Lorca gets transplanted to the Dust Bowl, and an off-Loop mainstay goes noir.

Posted inArts & Culture

Brontë, Desert Cool, and ten more theatrical shows to see now

by Chicago Reader January 14, 2016August 18, 2021

Ask Your Doctor: A Pharmaceutical Musical It took eight people to write book, lyrics, and music for this Annoyance musical? Maybe too much input diluted the output. The premise is golden: pharmaceutical giant Mendacium pedals a designer pill with such restorative powers that people who take it need only two hours of sleep per night. […]

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