Sunday, 07 April 2024 22:35
Enchanting Feats: A glowing review of ‘Look Closer with Joshua Jay’
Written by Kimberly Katz
If you’re a magic enthusiast, Joshua Jay’s captivating new show, Look Closer, is currently enchanting audiences at the Rhapsody Theater. But even if you’re not a seasoned magic fan, this show promises to leave you spellbound. Joshua Jay, the Society of Magicians’ 2020 Magician of the Year, has recently concluded a successful New…
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Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name. Sometimes you want to be surrounded by people to experience the intimacy of being in public. Lately the types of places where someone could venture to for either experience are dwindling in numbers. It's the loss of third places, a place…
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Thursday, 04 April 2024 14:09
About Face Theatre announces casting for Midwest Premiere of Lavender Men
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About Face Theatre announces casting for the Midwest Premiere production of Lavender Men by Roger Q. Mason, directed by Lucky Stiff, running May 9 -June 8, 2024, at The Den Theatre. Press opening is scheduled for Friday, May 17, 2024. The cast features Matt Martin as Abraham Lincoln, Shea Petersen as Abe's law clerk Elmer Ellsworth, and Julian "joolz" Stroop as Taffeta, who…
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Sunday, 31 March 2024 15:03
The Physical Theater Festival Chicago Returns July 13 - 21 with its 11th Annual Edition
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Physical Theater Festival Chicago is proud to announce the complete lineup for its 11th anniversary celebration, July 13 - 21. The Festival begins Saturday, July 13 with a full day of free family-friendly outdoor shows and continues with free virtual events on Sunday, July 14. During July 15 - 21, international, national and local…
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Thursday, 04 April 2024 12:26
CUT TO THE CHASE festival of one-act plays returns May 2-5 with theme "Face-to-Face" at The Den Theatre
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The Artistic Home Studio will present the 2024 edition of its CUT TO THE CHASE festival of new one act plays, from May 2-5, 2024, at the Den Theatre, 1331 N. Milwaukee Avenue. The seven selections will celebrate the theme "Face to Face." Ranging from drama to sci-fi to dark…
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Tuesday, 02 April 2024 10:14
Hell in a Handbag Productions Presents the World Premiere of POOR PEOPLE! The Parody Musical
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Hell in a Handbag Productions is pleased to continue its 22nd season with the world premiere of POOR PEOPLE! The Parody Musical, an insane homage to many of the characters, songs and tropes of those very expensive Broadway and West End musicals about the less fortunate (Annie, Oliver!, Les Miz, Sweeney Todd... you…
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Monday, 01 April 2024 11:12
'American Fiction' Oscar Boosts Percival Everett's Latest Work, 'James,' at 'Authors on Tap'
Written by Bill Esler
Author Percival Everett is having his moment, and Exile in Bookville gave us a chance to meet him up close and personal, part of the bookstore’s ongoing Authors on Tap series at the lovely Studebaker Theater in Chicago. Everett is the author of “Erasure,” which was adapted for the Oscar winning…
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‘Jersey Boys’ is back in Chicago, bringing with it a little East Coast to the Third Coast. The hit Broadway musical about the lives of Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons played for over two years in the mid-00s at the CIBC Theater and helped establish Broadway in Chicago as…
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Thursday, 28 March 2024 15:11
Take Flight and Feel the Magic with ‘Peter Pan: The Hit Broadway Musical'
Written by Bree Samani
After many years without seeing the movie or reading the story of Peter Pan, the moment I learned that Peter Pan: The Hit Broadway Musical was coming to Chicago, my inner child couldn’t contain its excitement. I arrived at the James M. Nederlander Theatre, quickly found my seat, and noticed joyful children…
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Wednesday, 27 March 2024 10:38
A.B.L.E. presents "The Odyssey" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater on May 11
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A.B.L.E.—Artists Breaking Limits & Expectations—a Chicago-based nonprofit that creates theatre and film for, with, and by individuals with Down syndrome and other intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) announce today a re-imagining of the epic classic The Odyssey. A.B.L.E's production weaves music, movement, shadow puppetry, and scenes devised by…
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Thursday, 28 March 2024 12:32
Casting for Lifeline Theatre’s production of “Native Son” adapted by Chicagoan Nambi E. Kelley, May 10 - June 30
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Lifeline Theatre and Artistic Director ILesa Duncan announce the casting for Chicagoan Nambi E. Kelley's "gutsy, powerful, and relentless" adaptation of Richard Wright's powerful introspection on race and justice like never before. Based on a true murder case, Nambi E. Kelley's adaptation is a suspenseful re-telling of Richard Wright's novel. Lifeline is producing the play on…
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Tuesday, 26 March 2024 13:16
“Navigating Family, Truth, and Legacy: A Must-See Journey in ‘Purpose’”
Written by Wesley David
The expansive, opulent home exudes an air of solid middle-class comfort, boasting a formal dining area, an upright piano, and multiple doors leading to various sections of the house. A bay window graces an alcove, while a grand staircase ascends to the sleeping quarters on the second floor. Adorning the…
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Tuesday, 26 March 2024 13:32
Review: Remy Bumppo Theatre Company's "Love Song' at Theater Wit
Written by Susan Lieberman
When a play’s opening moment is mystifying and its closing moment is satisfying, the stuff in between must be doing its job. John Kolvenbach’s Love Song presents us with a young man in a spartan room, silently observing a lamp that seems to have a mind of its own. Love?…
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