By Venus Zarris Years ago I performed a set of music at the old Get Me High Lounge in Bucktown. The regular musicians were gracious enough to invite me out on the back porch of[…]
Month: July 2012
Sordid Lives opening @ BoHo Theatre/Heartland Studio Theatre
Sordid Lives Three generations of a family in a small Texas town gather for the funeral of it’s matriarch. She met her untimely demise in a seedy motel room after tripping over her married lover’s[…]
Samantha Simpson ~ more than I had to say – Gallery Opening @ Firecat Projects
Samantha Simpson ~ more than I had to say more than I had to say artwork by Samantha Simpson Please Firecat Projects us they we welcome Samantha Simpson from Philadelphia and her exciting MORE THAN I HAD[…]
Moby-Dick opening @ Theater On The Lake
Moby-Dick This stunning adaptation mixes Melville’s prose with movement and miniature ships as a chorus of Ishmaels captures not only the shifting currents of the novel itself, but also the contagious nature of obsession. They[…]
Death and Harry Houdini – Now Playing a Summer Extension @ Chopin Theatre
Death and Harry Houdini Artistic Director Nathan Allen returns to his very first script having spent the last decade developing The House’s voice. The House’s original production featured magic, music, dance, and film. Now Allen,[…]
Tiff and Mom Get Sketchy: The Return of the Tiffelmeyers opening @ Cornservatory
Tiff and Mom Get Sketchy: The Return of the Tiffelmeyers Corn co-founders Robert Bouwman and Todd Shaner (the team that brought you the After Dark Award-winning The Bad Seed – The Musical) don their wigs as the[…]
The Monument opening @ The Side Project Theatre
The Monument Caught up in the political interests of a war he never understood, a young soldier stands convicted of war crimes. Stetko obeyed his superiors only to find that, at the conclusion of the[…]
The Shit Show – TONIGHT! @ The Shambles
The Shit Show The Shit Show comedy showcase is the last Friday of every month (8pm). Hosted by Ever Mainard and Rasa Gierstikas. FREE! Performers this month: Nick Rouley (If These Hips Could Talk) The[…]
Beast Women 2012 Summer Series – REVIEW
By J. Scott Hill The Beast Women are prowling their usual Saturday late-night territory at the Greenhouse Theater Center for their 2012 Summer Series, and they are also expanding their territory beyond Saturdays and beyond Lincoln[…]
The Glass Menagerie opening @ Redtwist Theatre
The Glass Menagerie In Williams’ deeply personal-and autobiographical-memory play, Tom Wingfield reveals to us a critical moment in his family’s life. Brimming with false hope and desperation, this vivid and penetrating drama explores the disguise[…]