Wednesday, 02 March 2011 17:38
Baby Wants Candy - Musicals You'll Never See Again
Written by Ken Payne
If you are on the prowl for some very funny improv, follow the path that leads to Chicago’s Apollo Theatre at 2540 N. Lincoln Ave. It is there that every Friday at 10:30 pm the hilarious comedy troupe "Baby Wants Candy" takes the stage to perform a comedy musical that,…
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“Laika Dog in Space” the combined effort of Chicago and New York’s Neo Futurist Theatre Company, is a witty presentation that is as inventive as it is funny. With clever props ranging from a host of simulated television sets, lighted space helmets and a raggedy stuffed pooch, the show takes…
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Neither the sweeping, bitter winds that tore through the streets nor the mountains of snow that overtook our fair city could keep me from joining the crusade at the Cadillac Palace Theatre for the New 25th Anniversary Production of Les Misérables. Although my fifth time seeing the world-famous operetta, the…
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Sunday, 30 January 2011 19:08
Tangled Web - Sex with Strangers returns to Steppenwolf Theatre
Written by Bruce Colón
Sex still sells. Playwright Laura Eason realized this firsthand when, in an admittedly calculated move to get a play produced, she concocted a simple two-character piece with an eye-catching, but slightly deceptive title. First staged in the summer of 2009 as part of Steppenwolf Theatre’s First Look Repertory of…
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Thursday, 13 January 2011 17:13
“Escape from the Haltsburg Boys Choir” – The Perfect Escape
Written by Ken Payne
In this coming of age story that focuses on four choirboys (each wonderfully played by women), the audience is treated to a collection of original numbers that are both whimsical and very well sung - humorous songs and some that are a bit more thought provoking. "Escape from the Haltsburg…
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Monday, 10 January 2011 11:48
Young Lust - Hot & Heavy Burlesque rebuilds The Wall
Written by Bruce Colón
While I cannot prove this, I am pretty certain the last thing on Roger Waters’ troubled mind when writing The Wall over 30 years ago was a cast of nubile and acrobatic performers artfully stripping to the strains of “Comfortably Numb.” If so, the whole piece might’ve taken a decidedly…
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“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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