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Posted inArts & Culture

Reverse Gossip, a polyphonous portrait of city life, brings theater to Bridgeport

by Dmitry Samarov May 2, 2019August 18, 2021

Walnut Spaceship Studio in the Bridgeport Art Center makes its debut.

Posted inBlogs

The best and rest of Rhinofest

by Oliver Sava, Irene Hsiao, Max Maller, Marissa Oberlander, Justin Hayford and Dan Jakes February 8, 2018August 18, 2021

The Reader critics’ guide to the annual fringe festival

Posted inArts & Culture

Everyone’s favorite fringe fest is back

by Justin Hayford January 10, 2018August 18, 2021

The 29th annual Rhinoceros Theater Festival presents a full slate of plays that are “new, local, and good” (or not).

Posted inArts & Culture

The Scottsboro Boys, The Ghoul Exhibition, and nine more new theater reviews

by Chicago Reader February 15, 2017August 18, 2021

A Chicago premiere from Porchlight and a searing solo show on gun violence are among this week’s best bets.

Posted inBlogs

The Chicago League of Lady Arm Wrestlers, Strip Joker, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

by Jack Ladd February 10, 2017August 18, 2021

Merce Cunningham, Love Dose, and more happenings from February 10-12.

Posted inArts & Culture

Ballet, bad dates, and ‘The Bowman Brothers Radio Hour’: Notes from the fringe at Rhinofest

by Tony Adler February 9, 2017August 18, 2021

The 28th iteration of Curious Theatre Branch’s annual festival continues through February 26.

Posted inArts & Culture

The Nether, The Book of Joseph, and seven more plays to see now

by Chicago Reader February 8, 2017August 18, 2021

Thought-provoking productions at A Red Orchid and Chicago Shakespeare Theater are among this week’s best bets.

Posted inArts & Culture

Rhinofest isn’t just an experimental theater festival, it’s a community

by Tony Adler February 1, 2017August 18, 2021

”Chicago’s longest running fringe” event is back for its 28th year.

Posted inArts & Culture

Wit, Earthquakes in London, and six more new theater reviews

by Chicago Reader January 26, 2017August 18, 2021

The Hypocrites’ staging of a Pulitzer Prize winner and a U.S. premiere at Steep are among this week’s best bets.

Posted inBlogs

At Rhinofest, the Rhinoceros stampede continues—Ionesco’s classic included

by Aimee Levitt and Max Maller February 4, 2016August 18, 2021

Reviews of three prime-time shows at Rhinofest, which runs through February 28.

Posted inArts & Culture

The rules have changed at Rhinofest

by Tony Adler January 28, 2016August 18, 2021

Has Chicago’s longest-running fringe theater festival abandoned the fringe?

Posted inBlogs

Sketchbook Festival’s final year, Run the Jewels at the MCA, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

by Brianna Wellen January 15, 2016August 18, 2021

RhinoFest, The Year of the Rooster, and other weekend happenings in Chicago from January 15-17.

Posted inBlogs

It’s Rhinofest time again: Chicago’s fringe theater festival returns

by Tony Adler January 14, 2016August 18, 2021

The Rhinoceros Theater Festival returns for its 27th year.

Posted inArts & Culture

At Rhinofest, theater nobody sent for is a good thing

by Tony Adler January 21, 2015August 18, 2021

A weekend at Curious Theatre Branch’s 26th annual Rhinofest turns up old fringe favorites and potent new investigations.

Posted inArts & Culture

This year’s Rhinofest salutes a homegrown king of fringe theater

by Tony Adler January 14, 2015August 18, 2021

Curious Theatre Branch’s 26th annual extravaganza features six plays and a concert by cofounder Beau O’Reilly.

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