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John Blumenthal: Every American president has had a sense of humor — except one
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (551+ words) More than one commentator described President Donald Trump’s speech at the recent White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner with variations of “the opposite of funny.” There’s no reason to elaborate because we’ve been down this road before. But what does it…...
Review: ‘Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares’ is sharp-elbowed satire from a recovering ingenue
1+ week, 1+ day ago (316+ words) “I’m a little nervous about doing an autobiographical one-woman show,” Laura Benanti said Friday as she took the stage at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre. “Because, first of all, gross.” Don’t be fooled by the title, “Nobody Cares.” Benanti very much wants…...
Of Notoriety: Southern comedy charm on stage; Lake County Fair, DeMotte Dutch Days reign
1+ week, 2+ day ago (580+ words) Chicago Tribune The 174th Lake County Fair in Crown Point continues this weekend with a history dating back to 1852 at the Lake County Fairgrounds, 889 S. Court St. in Crown Point. It opens Friday and continues through Aug. 16 with more than 30 carnival rides,…...
Of Notoriety: Puppet applause for Dunes, Maestro Kirk and Willie vocal on issues
2+ week, 3+ day ago (538+ words) Dunes Summer Theatre Artistic Director Steve Scott reminded me Saturday that the bawdy Broadway puppet musical “Avenue Q” bested “Wicked” when this “NOT ‘Sesame Street’ “ stage story first opened on Broadway in July 2003 and later won three Tony Awards in…...
Chicago Theater Report: A visit from the Umbilical Brothers and a 40th birthday for Chicago Shakes
2+ week, 4+ day ago (387+ words) Chicago Tribune Several longtime Chicago theater artists, including producer Joshua Altman, are at the heart of “To Have and To Hold,” a new off-Broadway play written by and starring Laura Lapidus. The piece is a contemporary riff on “The Taming…...
Review: Happy 90th birthday, Buddy Guy — you still set the standard for getting the blues
2+ week, 6+ day ago (130+ words) Chicago Tribune Simone Biles back in hospital after ‘almost dying’ in June Former Chicago Bears wide receiver DJ Moore sells Vernon Hills home for $1.85M Asking Eric: Sister is obsessed with Halloween From most popular sport to bankruptcy, Hawthorne’s closure ends…...
Funny in two languages: New bilingual improv school is inundated with students
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (469+ words) Rudy Mendoza is ready for the show to start. He bounces up and down on the balls of his feet, grinning in front of the full house at the Kimball Arts Center. “¿Cómo estamos?” he roars, and the crowd roars…...
Review: In ‘Iceboy!’ at the Goodman, the laughs cometh above everything
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (418+ words) “I am a world-class alcoholic,” growls Nick Offerman’s Eugene O’Neill. “A tragedy magnet, and by all accounts, the last person on Earth you’d want as your birth doula.” Too fun to snooze, though. Stiles has the most interesting part. The…...
From the Farm: Comic Tom Dreesen was a neighborly good friend to the famous and everyday folk
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1028+ words) I’ve said it often throughout the past 35 years of my journalism career. When it comes to the task of writing tributes and obits for famous names, I’ve accepted my role and many assignments as the undertaker with a byline saluting…...
Review: ‘Reality Detox’ at Second City e.t.c. needs that old Second City chemistry
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (121+ words) For its 50th Second City e.t.c Stage revue, “Reality Detox: The Improv Experience,” Second City has transformed itself into an improv theater. Instead of blasting off with a banger of a sketch or three, the first 15 or 20 minutes of the new…...