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Meet the multi talented Jeff Award winner Tammy Mader

By: 
Elaine Coorens
Date: 
05/14/2012
TMaderSonLike so many in the area, Tammy Mader is a multi-talented Logan Square resident. In her case she is the the Director and Choreographer for Drury Lane Theatre's Hair Spray as well as being mom to two young children.
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CIMM Fest 2012 beats previous three years and faces new challenges

By: 
Elaine Coorens
Date: 
05/01/2012
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While the 4th Annual Chicago International  Music and Movie Festival (CIMM Fest) was the most successful that they have produced, the creators are meeting a new challenge according to Josh Chicoine, Co-Executive Director.

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Collaboration's "Be A Good Little Widow" runs through Oct. 23

By: 
Elaine Coorens
Date: 
09/30/2011
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Be a Good Little Widow runs until Oct. 23 in Collaboraction's performing space in the Flat Iron Arts Building, 1575 N. Milwaukee Ave. Written by Bekah Brunstetter, it is directed by Anthony Moseley, Collaboraction's Executive Artistic Director.

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House Theatre's tenth season opens stabbing and slashing its way into your funny bone and heart

By: 
Elaine Coorens
Date: 
09/05/2011
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Cyrano opened House Theatre's tenth season on Sept. 4 with swords flying, humor jabbing and the centuries old tale of unrequited love tugging at your heart strings.

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Powerless introduces a new approach to bringing comic books "to life"

By: 
Elaine Coorens
Date: 
08/11/2011
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A trilogy of comic book stories (Powerless: Issues 1-3) performed on stage by the Society of Young Superheroes (SYS) offers up hope that Chicago can be saved from destruction, incompetency, corruption and evil. Its run is through Aug. 20,

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Educating Rita is a great mix of pathos and humor

By: 
Elaine Coorens
Date: 
07/22/2011
Rita

"One of the best theatre productions I've seen in a long time, I thought the interaction between them (the student--Whitney White and professor--Brad Woodard) was amazing. She is particularly amazing...the sparkle in her eyes from time to time. It is wonderful to see something that is performed time after time look so fresh," said Marcy Huttas of Wicker Park.

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Superpowers of Powers were at work in Wicker Park until early morning

Date: 
07/22/2011
MilwauTruck Trucks lined the steamy streets of Milwaukee, Damen, Pierce and Wicker Park Avenues from Thursday afternoon until the early hours of Friday
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Collaboraction takes over more Flat Iron Building space and announces future plans

By: 
Elaine Coorens
Date: 
07/08/2011
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Collaboraction opened its new 2,000 square foot space in the FlatIron Building, Room 300, 1579 N. Milwaukee Ave. facing Milwaukee Ave., giving the group close to 4,000 square feet on the floor including its office and other performance space.

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The Chicago Landmark Project concludes Theatre Seven of Chicago's season July 10

By: 
Elaine Coorens
Date: 
07/07/2011
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In twin shows of six short plays each, Theatre Seven of Chicago has seventy-five artists  presenting  twelve different Chicago neighborhoods in The Chicago Landmark Project. It's fun, enlightening and informative and the last performance is July 10.

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Hickorydickory.. your life clock is ticking

By: 
Elaine Coorens
Date: 
06/03/2011
Hickorydickory

The premise of the well staged, well cast play Hickorydickory is that we all have an internal clock that is set to the time of our death.

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John Barrymore's ghost is about to disappear in Wicker Park

By: 
Elaine Coorens
Date: 
04/22/2011
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If you have not seen John Barrymore's Ghost as yet, you may want to be sure you are at the Jackson Junge Gallery Friday or Saturday evening in Wicker Park when Jeff Baumgartner brings the late great actor John Barrymore back to life.

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Audiences had glimpses of Collaboraction's "Carnival" during "Workbook"

By: 
Elaine Coorens
Date: 
03/17/2011
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Workbook, Collaboraction's quarterly late night show, recently included a glimpse of some of the delightful fun that awaits audiences at the Mar. 19 fund-raiser, Carnaval: Let Them Eat Cake

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Collaboration dishes up great fun in their Flat Iron building space with REVERB and more

By: 
Elaine Coorens
Date: 
03/16/2011
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Sketchbook REVERB makes for fun entertainment in an intimate setting in Collaboration's fairly new home in the Flat Iron Arts Building at 1579 N. Milwaukee Ave. 

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Nudity, personality revelations and little known facts made WBEZ's Chicago theatre alternative history event fun

By: 
Elaine Coorens
Date: 
03/11/2011
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Jonathan Arbarbanel and Kelly Kleiman, WBEZ's dueling theatre critics, began WBEZ's The Alternative History of Chicago Theatre in Chopin Theatre with banter that included Arbarbanel's ruby red slippers (attractive, indeed) and a confession

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Two shows -- two closings: Odradek and Bordello

By: 
Elaine Coorens
Date: 
03/01/2011
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Both House Theatre's Odradek at Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division, and Bordello at Chicago Dramatist, 1105 W. Chicago Ave., are in their world-premiere runs which are closing the end of this week.

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WBEZ radio brings The Alternative History of Chicago Theater to the Chopin for one night only

By: 
Elaine Coorens
Date: 
03/01/2011
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Stories from behind the curtains of Chicago Theater by the people who experienced them is what will be in front of the curtain in The Alternative History of Chicago Theater at Chopin Theatre, 1543 W Division, Wed. Mar. 2, beginning at 7 p.m.

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Presents from Nebraska…"Local Wonders"

By: 
Elaine Coorens
Date: 
12/09/2010
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Seeing Local Wonders is like receiving a bundle of Christmas presents.

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"Tour Guides" dish up Chicago with reality and love

By: 
Elaine Coorens
Date: 
12/09/2010
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Tour Guides, the Chicago tourists never see is a must see for all Chicago lovers and everyone else who is not sure!  Lively and fast paced, the show is over too quickly. Presented by the Guild Literary Complex, the run time is approximately eighty minutes at the Chicago Center for the Performing Arts, 777 N.

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House Theatre's sensational "The Nutcracker" is the best holiday theatre deal in Chicago

By: 
Elaine Coorens
Date: 
11/27/2010
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It is a delightful, charming, joyous, fun, funny, scary show with a tinge of sadness. It is The Nutcracker by The House Theatre of Chicago, which opened at Chopin Theatre on Sun. Nov. 21 and will run through Dec. 26. It should be on your must see list. (Update: extended showings. See below.)

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JoJo Baby, the documentary of an artist's pain and beauty

By: 
Elaine Coorens
Date: 
11/12/2010
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Deeply etched wounds created by decades of abusive homophobic behavior of family and society toward a Logan Square born man are exposed in the Clive Barker produced Seraphim documentary JoJo Baby.

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