By J. Scott Hill The most recent installment of the Batman movie franchise is a critical flop. I believe that many people just cannot get into The Dark Knight Rises because the main villain, Bane, does[…]
Month: August 2012
The Comic Thread performing @ Chicago Fringe Festival
The Comic Thread performing @ Chicago Fringe Festival See the sketch troupe SNL’s Garrett Morris called “BRILLIANT!” The Comic Thread, BEST GROUP winners of the 2011 LA Comedy Fest will be performing at the Chicago[…]
Chicago Fringe Festival ~ August 30 – September 9, 2012
Chicago Fringe Festival ~ Pilsen 2012 The Chicago Fringe Festival Year 3 has arrived. Touchdown in Pilsen August 30 – September 9. Tickets on sale now! The Chicago Fringe Festival (CFF) invites emerging and established performing[…]
33 Variations opening @ Stage 773
33 Variations TimeLine’s 2012-13 season opener is an elegant waltz between past and present, fact and speculation, a mother and daughter, and art and life. One of classical music’s enduring riddles is why Ludwig van[…]
Chicago Teases for The Strip! – One Night Only @ Greenhouse Theater Center
Chicago Teases for The Strip! The Kiss Kiss Cabaret is partnering with several other Chicago-based burlesque troupes to throw a benefit for The Burlesque Hall of Fame. The BHoF is raising emergency funds to relocate[…]
The Bible: Complete Word of God, Abridged opening @ Next Act Theatre in Milwaukee
The Bible: Complete Word of God, Abridged * Originally scheduled to play at Lapham Peak State Park in Wisconsin, The Bible: Complete Word of God, Abridged was bullied off the stage by rightwing evangelicals (who never[…]
MORE IF YOU’VE GOT IT: FIVE PLAYS FROM THEATER OOBLECK ~ Book Release Party
MORE IF YOU’VE GOT IT: FIVE PLAYS FROM THEATER OOBLECK ~ Book Release Party Please join Theater Oobleck and special guests to celebrate the release of their new collection, MORE IF YOU’VE GOT IT: FIVE[…]
Rollin’ Outta Here Naked: A Big Lebowski Burlesque – REVIEW
By J. Scott Hill As the days start to get a little shorter and the August swelter finally breaks, Chicago’s Burlesque enthusiasts know it is time for Vaudezilla to remount its signature show, Rollin’ Outta Here[…]
Godspell opening @ Flat Iron Arts Building
Godspell Based on the Gospel According to Matthew, GODSPELL – with a score by Academy and Grammy Award-winner and six-time Tony Award-nominee Stephen Schwartz (WICKED, PIPPIN) and book by John-Michael Tebelak – uses improvisation and[…]
Skin Tight opening @ A Red Orchid Theatre
Skin Tight Skin Tight is a highly physical, two-person love story about Tom and Elizabeth. With a run time of only one hour, they journey through their riveting romance with laughter, violence and erotic abandon.[…]