“A Jew never laughs without looking at his wife for approval.” – Jackie Mason Funny is a good way to be classified if you are involved in comedy. For a comedian, it is much better to be classified as a “side splitter;” making the audience hurt from the joke because…
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Wednesday, 03 November 2010 18:14
Rip Nelson's Spooktacular A Laugh Riot - Benefit To Be Held November 7th
Written by Ken Payne
Hell in a Handbag Productions knows how to celebrate the Halloween season…with, uh… Rip Nelson? Absolutely! You read correctly. In their newest production “Rip Nelson’s Spooktacular”, written and directed by David Cerda, the audience is taken back to 1976 where actor/comedian Rip “Wooga Wooga” Nelson hosts a Halloween special featuring…
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Friday, 22 October 2010 18:09
How to Have a Bloody Good Time Without Being British
Written by Justin Sanders
Halloween is a time when everyone is at their most macabre. Unimaginable scenes of horrific violence appears on every TV screen (The George Lopez Halloween Special, shudder), people line up in droves to get the fecal matter scared out of them at overpriced, elaborate haunted houses, and almost every bar…
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Steppenwolf Theatre company celebrates the 50th anniversary of Harper Lee's landmark novel To Kill a Mockingbird, featuring Lookingglass Theatre ensemble member Philip R. Smith as the wise and patient Atticus Finch, Bubba Weiler as the coming-of-age Jem Finch, Larry Neumann Jr. as the villainous Bob Ewell, Claire Wellin as the…
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Tuesday, 05 October 2010 12:49
Doo Lister’s Blues - Eye-Opening and Compelling
Written by Kimberly Katz
Kimberly Katz' Platinum Press National Pastime Theatre has done it again, this time producing Doo Lister’s Blues, a story that takes place in Chicago during the 1960’s amidst riots and revolution. Terry Abrahamson’s powerful story revolves around a black barber, Doo Lister – a songwriter who pushes the envelope by…
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On my drive downtown from suburbia I had plenty of time to second-guess my plan to bring my almost seven year old daughter to an 8 PM showing of Disney’s, The Lion King at the Cadillac Palace Theatre. Her eyes were already heavy as I pulled into a parking garage…
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The University of Chicago's very own, Court Theatre, was decorated with an array of scattered paintings, brilliant lighting, skinny doors, and fitted trash on Saturday, September 25th, as I sat down for Director Sean Graney's witty adaption of William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors, showcasing until October 17th, 2010. As…
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Friday, 01 October 2010 10:40
Nothin' But a Good Time: Rock of Ages at the Bank of America Theater
Written by Julie Gorzkowski
I’d like to start this review with the wise words of the 80’s musical legend Warrant: Heaven isn’t too far away... And seriously, it’s not. It’s currently housed at the Bank of America Theater in the form of Rock of Ages, a sing-your-heart-out rock musical based on all your…
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The titular city is shorthand for the decline of the American dream these days, and so the audience comes prepared to “Detroit”, the new play by Lisa D’Amour that kicks off Steppenwolf’s 2010/2011 season. The play opens with an American scene; two back yards, one a Michigan-style brick build, the…
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Monday, 20 September 2010 10:00
The American Dream topples in Steppenwolf's "Detroit"
Written by Bruce Colón
The trappings of the “American Dream” and suburban life have been explored in every artistic medium for decades. But what do the age-old questions about the hunger for upward mobility and its attendant isolationism mean when asked during our current economic and socio-political conditions? Kicking off the 2010-2011 season for…
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Wednesday, 15 September 2010 08:42
One Singular Sensation: A Chorus Line keeps in step with 30 years of musical gold
Written by Kendall Royzen
As a writer I am younger than one of the longest running musicals in history, but “A Chorus Line” still glitters and shines with the same fervor since its premiere on Broadway in 1975. This timeless play about a talented group of dancers going through the grueling, challenging, and emotional…
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