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Chicago Theater: SECURITY (Starring Eric Roberts; Kane Rep)
Beginning tonight, April 10, 2021, Chicago’s Kane Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere online production of Hammaad Chaudry’s Security, directed by Executive Producer Ansley Valentine, premieres online April 10-May 2, 2021 (with plans for an in-person production when it is safe). The cast includes Academy Award and three-time Golden Globe nominee Eric Roberts (Brian) and Harsh J. Gagoomal (Riaz). A 17 year old…
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Theater: ARTIST DESCENDING A STAIRCASE (Tom Stoppard Radio Play; Remy Bumppo Theatre Company in Chicago)
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company presents… Artist Descending A Staircase a radio play by Tom Stoppard Available for streaming April 5 – April 18, 2021 Artist Descending A Staircase is one of Stoppard’s brilliant early radio plays, written in 1972 and a precursor to Travesties, The Real Thing and The Invention of Love. The story, full of sparkling wit, heart-wrenching romance and modern art,…
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Theater Podcast: THE SUMMER OF DAISY FAY (New American Folk Theatre)
GET FAY Chicago’s New American Folk Theatre is bringing us The Summer of Daisy Fay, the inaugural production of its “season of audio theatre,” featuring new recordings of three of the company’s past productions. The one-woman show stars Charlie Irving, who returns to her 2016 role of Daisy Fay Harper. Based on Fannie Flagg’s novel…
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Dance: IN ANY EVENT (Hubbard Street Dance Chicago)
If there’s any consolation from the pandemic, it’s that you get to experience the best dance from around the country. Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s (HSDC) 43rd season will resume Thursday, March 25, 2021, at 7:30pm CT with a virtual world premiere of In Any Event a new 30-minute piece by former HSDC dancer Penny Saunders….
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Events: THE BEST OF CHICAGO STREAMING FOR FREE (The Harris’s Resident Companies)
Chicago’s Harris Theater is a home venue for more than 20 not-for-profit arts and culture organizations. Now, you don’t have to go to Chicago to see these thrilling events. This rich collective — all available to stream with a free account — brings engaging and exciting programming to you via their Virtual Stage program. Below…
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Dance: IN ANY EVENT (Hubbard Street Dance Chicago)
HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO: SEASON 43 THE WORLD PREMIERE OF “IN ANY EVENT†Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s 43rd season resumes Thursday, March 25, 2021, at 7:30 p.m. with a virtual world premiere of new work by critically acclaimed choreographer and former HSDC dancer Penny Saunders. The piece will also be streamed Saturday, March 27 at…
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Opera: LA HIJA DE RAPPACCINI (Chicago Opera Theater)
Chicago Opera Theater to Stream Chicago Premiere of Daniel Catán’s La hija de Rappaccini April 2021 Production at Field Museum Marks 10-Year Anniversary of Composer’s Death As COVID-19 restrictions continue, Chicago Opera Theater is changing the digital production slated for April 24 from the previously announced Il Postino to La hija de Rappaccini, composed by Daniel Catán…
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Dance Review: JOFFREY STUDIO SERIES (The Joffrey Ballet)
The world premiere of The Joffrey Ballet’s Boléro, filmed at the Gerald Arpino Black Box Theatre, has been playing since last Friday. Now it has been extended, and I highly recommend a viewing via the Joffrey’s YouTube channel. Boléro is without question the most extraordinary, sensuous, exhilarating virtual event since the COVID-19 shutdown. At the center…
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Theater: ELEVENTH SEASON: OFF THE RECORD (Interrobang Theatre Project in Chicago)
THEY KEEP INTERROBANGING THEM OUT Easily one of the most exciting things to come out of the pandemic is Chicago’s Interrobang Theatre Project’s world premiere of The Spin (Stage and Cinema’s review here), written and directed by Spenser Davis. Continuing its Eleventh Season: Off The Record, exploring what happens when the world stops and life becomes virtual,…
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Music: HOTHOUSE MEETS HAVANA (Cuban Jazz Jan 21-24, 2021)
THE RHYTHM IS HOT HOT HOTHOUSE Chicago-based HotHouse, The Center for International Performance & Exhibition since 1987, is bringing Cuba to you in Jazz Plaza: HotHouse Meets Havana, four nights of incredible music which streams Jan. 21-24, 2021, at 7pm CST. No other music I know of will get you going like Cuban jazz. And…
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Preview: FILMS.DANCE (Jacob Jonas Dance Company with The Soraya, The Wallis, Los Angeles, and The Harris, Chicago)
CONNECTING ALL CORNERS OF THE WORLD Here comes Films.Dance, an extremely ambitious and most promising global project from one of the hottest leaders in dance. This stunningly shot series exists at the intersection of music composition, dance choreography, visual arts, fashion, and film. So while the curtain is down, L.A.-based Jacob Jonas The Company is…
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Theater: COURT THEATRE UNVEILS NEW 2021 SEASON (Chicago)
NEW SEASON TAKES CENTER COURT Chicago’s great Court Theatre has sadly had to postpone its production of August Wilson’s Two Trains Running, but Owen McCafferty’s Titanic (Scenes from the British Wreck Commissioner’s Inquiry, 1912) and Shakespeare’s Othello are still on. If possible, Court will offer limited in-person viewership for Titanic and Othello, with digital access provided for patrons who…
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Film and Zoom Event: THE BOWMAKERS (Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra)
BOWMAKERS, TAKE A BOW Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) is currently hosting the Midwest premiere of the new, feature-length documentary The Bowmakers, through December 6, 2020, only. Ward Serrill’s film has at its center Charles Espey — considered the most important bowmaker of his generation — so we can learn about the bow from start to…
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Theater Review: THE STEADFAST TIN SOLDIER (Lookingglass)
STEADFAST THEATER This “soldier” is well worth saluting: There’s an enchanting Christmas Pantomime streaming from Michigan Avenue in Chicago ’” Lookingglass Theatre Company’s jewel-box of a holiday divertissement. Transformed by music, dance and spectacle more than by words and lyrics, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale from 1838, is the perfect recipient for director…
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Theater: ELEANOR’S VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS WISH – THE MUSICAL (Broadway & Beyond Theatricals in Chicago)
EXTRA! EXTRA! SANTA CAUGHT ON TAPE WITH RAG DOLL! If your little ones are aching for some color and Christmas and you’re looking for a critical and commercial success from Chicago to entertain them, well here it is. Last year, the premiere of Eleanor’s Very Merry Christmas – The Musical was caught and captured so…
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Theater Preview: A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Manual Cinema)
A FEAST FOR THE IMAGINATION I have seen three shows from the Chicago-based performance collective Manual Cinema, and the theatricality is truly awesome. You wouldn’t expect this from a simple description, but you must believe me when I say that this endlessly inventive group of artists uses disarmingly simple tools ’” live music, paper puppets,…
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Dance Feature: THE SKY WAS DIFFERENT (A film by Jonathan Fredrickson; Hubbard Street Dance Chicago)
REACH FOR THE SKY Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, which began its 23rd season with a virtual new work from Rena Butler’s propulsive, truly lovely 25-minute work A Tale of Two (watch here), now presents Jonathan Fredrickson‘s The Sky Was Different, a premiere 50-minute surrealist film debuting on Thursday, December 3. 2020 on HSDC’s site. Hubbard…
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Opera Preview: RIMSKY REBOOTED (Chicago Opera Theater)
RIMSKY TO THE RESCUE As COVID-19 restrictions continue to evolve, Chicago Opera Theater is pivoting its November show digitally in order to honor commitments to artists while protecting the community. Instead of the previously announced Kashchej the Immortal, COT will now offer Rimsky Rebooted on Saturday November 21, at 7:30pm CST. a recital featuring singers from…
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Theater Feature: DECOMPOSED THEATRE, OR THE HUMAN TRASHCAN (Trap Door Theatre in Chicago)
CALLING ALL HUMAN TRASHCANS!! (THAT’S YOU, BY THE WAY) Chicago’s amazing avant-garde company Trap Door Theatre is presenting a series of eight episodes adapted from Matei Vişniec’s Decomposed Theatre, or the Human Trashcan. This Romanian playwright and philosopher saw his plays banned under Romanian Communism in the 70s and 80s (gee with titles like How…
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Theater Preview: WHAT IS LEFT, BURNS (Steppenwolf)
STEPPENWOLF BEGINS 2020-21 SEASON Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre begins its NOW virtual stage season with What Is Left, Burns, which “opens” for streaming on November 11, 2020. This world premiere play has been recorded with a spectacular production design, including stunning video and photography by Lowell Thomas and Joel Moorman and an original soundtrack composed by Justin Ellington….
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