In its freshman year, this ten-day comedy bacchanalia approaches improv from all angles.
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Easy is spot-on Chicago
Joe Swanberg’s new Netflix series is for everyone, but there’s a little something extra for locals.
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Susan Messing has been Messing With a Friend for ten years
The comedian celebrates the tenth anniversary of her two-person improv show.
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The Bad News Bears, Chicago Musical Theatre Festival, and more things to do in Chicago this week
Taste of Andersonville Dinner Crawl, the Grown in Chicago Summer Soiree and Showcase, and more happenings from August 8-11.
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Behold! The off-the-wall, always-growing world of Hello From the Magic Tavern
Gather around and read the tale of how three improv comedians created the most insane fake-fantasy podcast to hit the airwaves.
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iO’s first year in Lincoln Park hasn’t been all laughs
Charna Halpern says iO’s first year in a new theater has left her $7 million in debt.
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The Mission Theater is changing hands—but sketch comedy isn’t dead
Despite news reports to the contrary, TJ and Dave’s departure does not spell the end of iO’s Mission Theater.
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iO makes a big move into founder Charna Halpern’s ‘dream theater’
iO leaves behind two decades of history as it moves to founder Charna Halpern’s “dream theater.”
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Reader’s Agenda Wed 1/22: Perfect Pussy, Lolita, and TJ & Dave
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Wednesday, January 22
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This week’s Culture Vultures recommend:
Chicagoans recommend iO Theater, Aripo’s sandwiches, and the Harlotry and Necromancy Appreciation Society
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Just for Laughs: a comic infestation hits Chicago.
Back for its third year, Just for Laughs brings about 130 comedians to 13 Chicago-area venues. Here are some good bets: A scientist wants empirical proof that her boyfriend is the one in Losing Control, a new movie by Valerie Weiss, screening as part of the JFL Films series (Tue 6/14, 7:45 PM, Gene Siskel […]
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The Exploding Girl
Bradley Rust Gray’s romantic microdrama “The Exploding Girl” starring Zoe Kazan has its local premiere Saturday in the Blue Whiskey Independent FIlm Festival.
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Second City in the Spotlight
Second City’s past, and its future, are highly recommended this weekend.
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New Comedy Mavericks
The Gene Siskel Film Center presents an independent comedy film festival