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Review: REALITY DETOX: THE IMPROV EXPERIENCE at The Second City e.t.c.
by Rachel Weinberg - Jul 5, 2026
The Second City e.t.c.’s 50th revue Reality Detox promises more improv than ever before. While originally billed as an all-improv piece, ensemble members Kennedy Baldwin, Anna Portnick, Chas Lilly, Max Thomas (appearing in his second e.t.c revue), Annie Sullivan, and Riley Woolen haven’t quite made it there. But Reality Detox features substantially more improv than some past revues. The ensemble uses a chalkboard to indicate the line-up of sketches and improv moments of the evening. It appears that the improv slots rotate so audiences also see different sketches each night, making each performance a little different.
by Rachel Weinberg - Jul 5, 2026
The Second City e.t.c.’s 50th revue Reality Detox promises more improv than ever before. While originally billed as an all-improv piece, ensemble members Kennedy Baldwin, Anna Portnick, Chas Lilly, Max Thomas (appearing in his second e.t.c revue), Annie Sullivan, and Riley Woolen haven’t quite made it there. But Reality Detox features substantially more improv than some past revues. The ensemble uses a chalkboard to indicate the line-up of sketches and improv moments of the evening. It appears that the improv slots rotate so audiences also see different sketches each night, making each performance a little different.
Victory Gardens Theater Will Reopen With David Mamet's HENRY JOHNSON
by Stephi Wild - Mar 7, 2025
The Biograph Theatre, home to the Victory Gardens Theater is set to reopen next month with the midwest premiere of David Mamet's Henry Johnson. The company has been dormant since 2022.
by Stephi Wild - Mar 7, 2025
The Biograph Theatre, home to the Victory Gardens Theater is set to reopen next month with the midwest premiere of David Mamet's Henry Johnson. The company has been dormant since 2022.
Tickets Now On Sale For Babes With Blades' THE S PARADOX
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 7, 2024
Tickets are now on sale for Babes With Blades Theatre Company's 2024 season opener The S paradox. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 7, 2024
Tickets are now on sale for Babes With Blades Theatre Company's 2024 season opener The S paradox. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets!
Babes With Blades Unveils 2024 Season - 'Be Careful What You Fight For'
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 20, 2023
Explore the exciting lineup of Babes With Blades' 2024 season, featuring powerful stories and empowered women on stage. Discover the dates and themes of the upcoming productions that promise to captivate audiences with their unique narratives. Don't miss out on the opportunity to witness theater that challenges and inspires.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 20, 2023
Explore the exciting lineup of Babes With Blades' 2024 season, featuring powerful stories and empowered women on stage. Discover the dates and themes of the upcoming productions that promise to captivate audiences with their unique narratives. Don't miss out on the opportunity to witness theater that challenges and inspires.
Babes With Blades Theater Company Announces An Extended FIGHTING WORDS FESTIVAL In 2023, June 17 - 25
by A.A. Cristi - May 9, 2023
Babes With Blades Theatre Company's (BWBTC) 2023 season opens with an extended run of its new works festival, collectively called Fighting Words, June 17– 25 at The Edge Off Broadway, 1133 W. Catalpa. All performances are free to the public and audiences can provide feedback on the scripts following each reading.
by A.A. Cristi - May 9, 2023
Babes With Blades Theatre Company's (BWBTC) 2023 season opens with an extended run of its new works festival, collectively called Fighting Words, June 17– 25 at The Edge Off Broadway, 1133 W. Catalpa. All performances are free to the public and audiences can provide feedback on the scripts following each reading.
Cast and Creative Team Announced for PLAID AS HELL World Premiere at Babes With Blades Theatre Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 28, 2022
Babes With BladesTheatre Company, currently presenting Richard III through October 15 at The Edge Theatre, will continue its season with Plaid as Hell, written by Cat McKay and directed by Christina Casano, October 29 - November 19 at The Factory Theater, 1623 W. Howard St. Previews are Saturday, Oct. 29 at 8 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 30 at 3 p.m. and Wednesday, Nov. 2 at 8 p.m.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 28, 2022
Babes With BladesTheatre Company, currently presenting Richard III through October 15 at The Edge Theatre, will continue its season with Plaid as Hell, written by Cat McKay and directed by Christina Casano, October 29 - November 19 at The Factory Theater, 1623 W. Howard St. Previews are Saturday, Oct. 29 at 8 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 30 at 3 p.m. and Wednesday, Nov. 2 at 8 p.m.
Nominees Announced for 2022 Jeff Awards In Chicago; Drury Lane & Goodman Theatre Lead Nominations
by Team BWW - Aug 24, 2022
Recognizing a strong return to the spotlight over the 2021-2022 Equity theater season, the Joseph Jefferson Awards in Chicago announced its nominations for theater excellence. This year’s nominees include 201 theater artists across 38 categories of excellence in theater production among shows from 43 companies.
by Team BWW - Aug 24, 2022
Recognizing a strong return to the spotlight over the 2021-2022 Equity theater season, the Joseph Jefferson Awards in Chicago announced its nominations for theater excellence. This year’s nominees include 201 theater artists across 38 categories of excellence in theater production among shows from 43 companies.
Equity Jeff Awards Announce 2022 Nominations
by Stephi Wild - Aug 24, 2022
The Joseph Jefferson Awards have announced this year's Equity nominations, including 201 theater artists across 38 categories. The 54th anniversary Equity Jeff Awards will take place October 17, 2022, at Drury Lane in Oakbrook, IL.
by Stephi Wild - Aug 24, 2022
The Joseph Jefferson Awards have announced this year's Equity nominations, including 201 theater artists across 38 categories. The 54th anniversary Equity Jeff Awards will take place October 17, 2022, at Drury Lane in Oakbrook, IL.
BWW Review: SWEAT at Copley Theatre, Aurora IL
by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - Mar 21, 2022
If the first production at the new Copley Theatre in Aurora is an indication of what the new BOLD series will be, patrons will be riveted to the action on the stage.
by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - Mar 21, 2022
If the first production at the new Copley Theatre in Aurora is an indication of what the new BOLD series will be, patrons will be riveted to the action on the stage.
Photos: First Look at SWEAT at the Copley Theatre
by Marissa Tomeo - Feb 19, 2022
The inaugural production is Sweat, Lynn Nottage’s acclaimed modern-day drama about life in an American Rust Belt town being battered by the constant threat of company shutdowns. Sweat is the winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play and a landmark achievement of American theater. Performances are March 9th - April 24th, 2022. There are two press openings: Wednesday, March 16, and Thursday, March 17 at 7 p.m.
by Marissa Tomeo - Feb 19, 2022
The inaugural production is Sweat, Lynn Nottage’s acclaimed modern-day drama about life in an American Rust Belt town being battered by the constant threat of company shutdowns. Sweat is the winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play and a landmark achievement of American theater. Performances are March 9th - April 24th, 2022. There are two press openings: Wednesday, March 16, and Thursday, March 17 at 7 p.m.
Babes With Blades Announces Postponement Of Its World Premiere PLAID AS HELL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 11, 2022
Babes With Blades Theatre Company announced today that the world premiere of Plaid as Hell, written by Cat McKay (she/her/hers), originally scheduled for January 29 - March 5, at The Factory Theater, 1623 W. Howard St, will be postponed with the new dates of the production to be announced.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 11, 2022
Babes With Blades Theatre Company announced today that the world premiere of Plaid as Hell, written by Cat McKay (she/her/hers), originally scheduled for January 29 - March 5, at The Factory Theater, 1623 W. Howard St, will be postponed with the new dates of the production to be announced.
Photos: MR. BURNS- A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY at Theater Wit
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 7, 2021
Theater Wit returns to live shows on August 27 with Anne Washburn’s Mr. Burns, a post-electric play, a brilliantly creative play that asks, “What’s left when everything is taken away?”
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 7, 2021
Theater Wit returns to live shows on August 27 with Anne Washburn’s Mr. Burns, a post-electric play, a brilliantly creative play that asks, “What’s left when everything is taken away?”
Theater Wit Returns To Live Shows With MR BURNS Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Jul 28, 2021
Wit’s 2015 Chicago premiere of Mr. Burns was one of the company’s most acclaimed productions ever, and post-pandemic, it couldn’t be more prescient. Wit’s new production revival also reunites many of the original cast and creative team.
by Stephi Wild - Jul 28, 2021
Wit’s 2015 Chicago premiere of Mr. Burns was one of the company’s most acclaimed productions ever, and post-pandemic, it couldn’t be more prescient. Wit’s new production revival also reunites many of the original cast and creative team.
VIDEO: Get a Sneak Peek at TWENTY50 at Denver Center
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 6, 2020
It's 2050 and Andres Salazar is running for office. In an America where Latinos are now considered part of the racial majority, he has tough decisions to make. Will identifying himself as a Mexican American help or hinder him on Election Day? Will denying part of his identity be worth the potential political benefits?
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 6, 2020
It's 2050 and Andres Salazar is running for office. In an America where Latinos are now considered part of the racial majority, he has tough decisions to make. Will identifying himself as a Mexican American help or hinder him on Election Day? Will denying part of his identity be worth the potential political benefits?
Photo Flash: First Look At OUT, DARN SPOT! At Rhinofest 2020
by Stephi Wild - Jan 16, 2020
The 31st Annual Rhinoceros Theater Festival presents The Lost Last Episode of Lady Marcia Macbeth's 'I'm Not a Suppressed Homemaker! with Lady Marcia Macbeth': Out, Darn Spot! Written and Performed by Tyler Anthony Smith. Directed by Stephanie Shaw.
by Stephi Wild - Jan 16, 2020
The 31st Annual Rhinoceros Theater Festival presents The Lost Last Episode of Lady Marcia Macbeth's 'I'm Not a Suppressed Homemaker! with Lady Marcia Macbeth': Out, Darn Spot! Written and Performed by Tyler Anthony Smith. Directed by Stephanie Shaw.
Photo Flash: First Look At OUT, DARN SPOT! At Rhinofest 2020
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 15, 2020
The 31st Annual Rhinoceros Theater Festival presents The Last Lost Episode of Lady Marcia Macbeth's 'I'm Not a Suppressed Homemaker! with Lady Marcia Macbeth': Out, Darn Spot! Written and Performed by Tyler Anthony Smith. Directed by Stephanie Shaw.
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 15, 2020
The 31st Annual Rhinoceros Theater Festival presents The Last Lost Episode of Lady Marcia Macbeth's 'I'm Not a Suppressed Homemaker! with Lady Marcia Macbeth': Out, Darn Spot! Written and Performed by Tyler Anthony Smith. Directed by Stephanie Shaw.
The DCPA Theatre Company Announces Cast and Creative for YOU LOST ME and TWENTY50
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 6, 2019
The DCPA Theatre Company, the producing regional theatre arm of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA), is proud to announce full casting and creative teams for the world premieres of Bonnie Metzgar's You Lost Me and Tony Meneses' twenty50.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 6, 2019
The DCPA Theatre Company, the producing regional theatre arm of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA), is proud to announce full casting and creative teams for the world premieres of Bonnie Metzgar's You Lost Me and Tony Meneses' twenty50.
Babes With Blades Presents the World Premiere of THE LADY DEMANDS SATISFACTION
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 13, 2018
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 13, 2018
Babes With Blades Announces Special Events For THE LADY DEMANDS SATISFACTION
by Julie Musbach - Jun 26, 2018
Babes With Blades Theatre Company (BWBTC) starts its 21st Season with the world premiere of The Lady Demands Satisfaction, playing at City Lit Theater, 1020 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., July 21 - August 25.
by Julie Musbach - Jun 26, 2018
Babes With Blades Theatre Company (BWBTC) starts its 21st Season with the world premiere of The Lady Demands Satisfaction, playing at City Lit Theater, 1020 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., July 21 - August 25.
Photo Flash: Raven Theatre Hosts the World Premiere of THE GENTLEMAN CALLER
by Julie Musbach - Apr 2, 2018
Raven Theatre is pleased to continue its 35th anniversary season with the world premiere of Philip Dawkins' provocative drama THE GENTLEMAN CALLER, directed by Artistic Director Cody Estle.
by Julie Musbach - Apr 2, 2018
Raven Theatre is pleased to continue its 35th anniversary season with the world premiere of Philip Dawkins' provocative drama THE GENTLEMAN CALLER, directed by Artistic Director Cody Estle.
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