‘A’ TRAIN Examines Moral Responsibility in Religion and Criminal Justice System

‘A’ TRAIN Examines Moral Responsibility in Religion and Criminal Justice System

In their season opener of Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train, Eclipse Theatre examines moral responsibility through the lenses of religion and the criminal justice system- two institutions occupied with salvation as much as flawed doctrine. And in this case, neither the Law nor God provides their constituents with a clear path to redemption.

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BULLETS OVER BROADWAY Supplies Rip-Roaring 1920s Fun

BULLETS OVER BROADWAY Supplies Rip-Roaring 1920s Fun

If you’re looking for toe-tapping theatrical pleasure, BULLETS OVER BROADWAY is just the ticket.

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‘Code of Conduct’ Created by Chicago’s Non-Union Theaters

‘Code of Conduct’ Created by Chicago’s Non-Union Theaters

Several Chicago theater companies have banded together to create a “Non-Equity Theater Code of Conduct”, the draft document of which was released after an event Monday night at Theater Wit organized by Lori Myers, Laura T. Fisher, and the #NotInOurHouse community that was put together to address sexual harassment in Chicago theater, but has now grown to encompass a wider range of issues facing theater artists.

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Tim Meadows to host The Second City and NBCUniversal’s 2nd Annual BREAK OUT COMEDY FESTIVAL

Tim Meadows to host The Second City and NBCUniversal’s 2nd Annual BREAK OUT COMEDY FESTIVAL

The Second City and NBCUniversal announced today the return of the NBCUniversal Second City Break Out Comedy Festival, taking place in Chicago June 3 and June 4, 2016. The event will be hosted by Second City and Saturday Night Live alum Time Meadows.

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MOSQUE ALERT Extends at Silk Road Rising

MOSQUE ALERT Extends at Silk Road Rising

(left to right) Rom Barkhodar and Mark Ulrich in Silk Road Rising’s MOSQUE ALERT. Photo: Airan Wright Silk Road has announced their world premiere of Jamil Khoury’s MOSQUE ALERT will extend through My 15th, 2016 adding 2 weeks of performances. Our Tonika Todorova says MOSQUE ALERT is “undeniably pertinent”. Read her...

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MARY PAGE MARLOWE: Masterful, Deeply Personal, Not to Be Missed

MARY PAGE MARLOWE: Masterful, Deeply Personal, Not to Be Missed

MARY PAGE MARLOWE is snippets from one woman’s life (played by six different actresses), a woman said to be ‘unremarkable’, a thrice-married CPA with two kids and a drinking problem. But I didn’t feel that I was watching a play about someone unremarkable, at all. I felt I was watching the story of a thousand women, of a hundred thousand women, maybe a million women — women who lost and found themselves a dozen times over, in their lifetimes. Women who can’t please their mothers, or become their mothers; who can’t please their children, or be their children; who can’t please themselves, or be themselves. Women capable of more, but lacking some essential element to make it so; like maybe equal footing, or a society that sees them as people.

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Porchlight’s Memorable DREAMGIRLS Will Never Leave You

Porchlight’s Memorable DREAMGIRLS Will Never Leave You

In Donica Lynn, Porchlight’s DREAMGIRLS has certainly found its own star. Lynn sings the hell out of the famous Act One showstopper “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going.”

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Video: Gavin Lawrence as 7-Year-Old Barack Obama

Video: Gavin Lawrence as 7-Year-Old Barack Obama

Chicago Children’s Theatre’s production of JABARI DREAMS OF FREEDOM features Gavin Lawrence as Barack Obama, and in this clip as a 7-year-old he come’s up with the ubiquitous “Yes we can”.

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Collaboraction Launches City-Wide Festival for Peace

Collaboraction Launches City-Wide Festival for Peace

Collaboraction, which now bills itself as “Chicago’s social issue-driven contemporary theatre”, is launching PEACEBOOK, a new collaborative city-wide festival of theater, dance, music, visual art, and spoken word focused on cultivating peace in Chicago as part of the Chicago Park District’s Night Out in the Parks program. Intended to engage new...

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THE EDGE OF OUR BODIES Extends at TUTA

THE EDGE OF OUR BODIES Extends at TUTA

TUTA’s Chicago premiere play, THE EDGE OF OUR BODIES, by acclaimed American writer and Pulitzer Prize finalist Adam Rapp, has extended nearly a month and is now slated to close to May 22nd.

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