The 19th Annual Chicago Underground Film Festival The longest running underground film festival in the world, CUFF exists to showcase the defiantly independent filmmaker. Their mission is to promote films and videos that dissent radically in[…]
Month: May 2012
Corleone: The Shakespearean Godfather opening @ The Greenhouse Theatre Center
Corleone: The Shakespearean Godfather This mashup of classic Mafioso characters and Shakespearean prose is the answer to the question you always wanted to ask, “What if Shakespeare had written The Godfather?” The classic tale of[…]
BEOWULF opening @ Studio BE
BEOWULF BEOWULF blurs the lines between poetry and movement, dance and combat, man and monster to tell this classic story as never before. Director Jeff Lynch is developing a dynamic new stage combat approach, drawing[…]
Felt – playing Wednesday Nights @ iO Theater
Felt Felt adds a touch of fun to the traditional improv show mainly because it’s cast is not human. The cast of Felt is made up of 9 unique puppets that do their best to[…]
Scooty & JoJo Show: SPACE INVASION – ONE NIGHT ONLY! @ Metro
Scooty & JoJo Show: SPACE INVASION The Scooty & JoJo Show returns for an epic Sci-Fi Rock spectacle, expanding the very best of last year’s Alien-meets-Queen-meets-Battlestar Fantastica spectacles with a thirty-member rock choir and inter-species[…]
The Lion in Winter opening @ Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
The Lion in Winter Join UT for the last show of the 2011-12 school year, “The Lion in Winter,” written by James Goldman, Directed by Tom Murphy “The Lion in Winter is the story of[…]
The Butcher of Baraboo – REVIEW
By Venus Zarris Ah, the unmitigated genius of ‘calm before the storm.’ The power of an initial pause, a simmering introspection of prolonged complacency that sets and amazingly subtle mood, rather than portends disaster. Quiet[…]
Plain and Fancy – REVIEW
By J. Scott Hill I recently saw a classic musical that may be unfamiliar to many of even the most regular theatregoers — Plain and Fancy. Plain and Fancy is a Tony-nominated musical set among the[…]
Cirque Shanghai: Year of the Dragon opening @ Navy Pier Skyline Stage
Cirque Shanghai: Year of the Dragon Cirque Shanghai: Year of the Dragon is a spectacle for audiences of all ages, featuring performers direct from China who are leaders in their craft of tumbling, juggling, balancing[…]
The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead opening @ Writers’ Theatre
The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead Thwarted housewife Rhonda Russell loses herself in a heated moment of passion, setting into motion an unbelievable series of events that ripple through the lives of everyone[…]