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Second City stresses diversity with this year’s Bob Curry Showcase and Break Out Fest

May 31, 2019 at 4:42 p.m.

The Second City is offering a two-fer of what it calls “diverse new voices” for the weekend of June 6-9. The comedy mainstay will host the fifth annual Bob Curry...

Physical Fest Chicago returns for 5th year of high jinks, with local performers to an Edinburgh Fringe star

May 31, 2019 at 4:42 p.m.

Odysseus is depressed. Home from the war, he stares into his bathroom mirror and quietly bemoans his broken bath, a perfect reflection of how PTSD ravages what should be his...

Chicago Shakes announces casting for this summer’s ‘Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure’

May 31, 2019 at 4:41 p.m.

On Thursday, Chicago Shakespeare Theater announced the casting for its upcoming staging of “Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure,” based on the classic, high-flying tale about the boy who refused to...

Crushing the patriarchy with one look; Molly Colleen O’Connell and Mel Cook clown around with the femme abject

May 22, 2026 at 8:21 p.m.

Crushing the patriarchy with one look In her 1975 essay “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema,” Laura Mulvey coined the term “the male gaze” and then argued that “the female gaze”...

A Red Orchid announces its 2018-19 season, including two Chicago premieres

May 31, 2019 at 4:41 p.m.

On Tuesday, A Red Orchid Theatre announced its 2018-19 season lineup, including two Chicago premieres and a production one of Eugene Ionesco’s final plays. Things kick off in the late...

The Sixth National Asian American Theater Conference and Festival to run in Chicago this August

May 31, 2019 at 4:42 p.m.

On Monday, the Consortium of Asian American Theaters and Artists announced that the National Asian American Theater Conference and Festival, aka ConFest, will be held in Chicago August 13-18. The...

First Folio Theatre announces its 2018-19 season, complete with lightsabers and Edgar Allan Poe

May 31, 2019 at 4:41 p.m.

On Monday, First Folio Theatre announced its lineup of 2018-19 shows, including the remounting of its most beloved show, “The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe.” An original play by executive...

The city's 49th Annual Pride Parade is scheduled for June 24.

Orlando ‘El Fenomeno’ Cruz will be grand marshal of Chicago’s 49th Pride Parade

May 31, 2019 at 4:41 p.m.

On Friday, it was announced that Orlando "El Fenomeno" Cruz, the first openly gay active professional boxer, will serve as grand marshal of the Chicago 49th Annual Pride Parade on...

The Dance Center of Columbia College announces 2018-19 season

May 31, 2019 at 4:41 p.m.

On Friday, the Dance Center at Columbia College Chicago announced the lineup for its 2018-19 season, including Donald Byrd’s Spectrum Dance and Hedwig Dances. The programming will mark the center’s...

The House Theatre announces its 2018-19 season, including three world premieres

May 31, 2019 at 4:41 p.m.

The House Theatre of Chicago has announced its lineup of 2018-19 shows, marking the company’s 17th season. Along with classics like “The Nutcracker,” there will be three world premieres. “Borealis,”...

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