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Speakeasy
Sun. 04/03 | 7:00PM - Sun. 10/28 @ Everleigh Social Club (map)
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LIVING LARGE in a MINI KIND of WAY
Sun. 05/06 | 3:00PM - Sun. 06/17 @ Constellation (map)
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LIVING LARGE in a MINI KIND of WAY
Sun. 05/06 | 7:30PM - Sun. 06/17 @ Constellation (map)
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Featured Review from Chicago Reader
May 24, 2012You don’t have to give a fig about America’s pastime (I certainly don’t) to enjoy this spirited stage version of the 1956 novel by Mark Harris, about a baseball team that bears a striking resemblance to the New York Yankees. All the familiar male bonding tropes are here, from pissing matches to the sweet moments when one guy watches another guy’s back, and Michael Menendian’s fine ensemble executes them with enough heart and verve to make them seem new. It doesn’t hurt that Harris’s original story is so strong, or that Eric Simonson’s 1992 stage adaptation is so graceful. But what really sells the show is the cast: these actors work together like a band of champions on a roll. Jack Helbig
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Lake Como in Rome Presents: NIGHT JUST BEFORE THE FOREST
Sat. 05/19 | 7:00PM - Sat. 06/16 @ Constellation (map)
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Bartleby the Scrivener
Thu. 05/24 | 8:00PM - Sun. 06/24 @ Greenhouse Theater Center (map)
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Rhinoceros
Thu. 05/24 | 8:00PM - Sun. 06/24 @ Greenhouse Theater Center (map)
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SOLO JAMS – Spring 2012
Fri. 05/25 | 11:00PM - Sat. 06/23 @ Greenhouse Theater Center (map)
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Exit, Pursued by a Bear
Thu. 06/07 | 7:30PM - Sun. 07/15 @ Greenhouse Theater Center (map)
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Gotham City
Fri. 06/08 - Sun. 07/15 @ Chicago Cultural Center
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Conan - Live Taping 2 @ The Chicago Theatre
Tue. 06/12 | 4:00PM @ The Chicago Theatre (map)
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The Conan O’Brien Writers Live at The Laugh Factory
Tue. 06/12 | 7:30PM @ Laugh Factory (map)
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Stuffed and Unstrung by Henson Alternative
Tue. 06/12 | 7:30PM - Sun. 06/17 @ Bank of America Theatre (map)
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Attica and Cook County Social Club
Tue. 06/12 | 8:00PM @ iO Theater (map)
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Big Friendly Giant and The Katydids
Tue. 06/12 | 10:00PM @ iO Theater (map)
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Conan - Live Taping 3 @ The Chicago Theatre
Wed. 06/13 | 4:00PM @ The Chicago Theatre (map)
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Featured Review from The Onion A.V. Club
May 31, 2012Amy Schumer’s blend of wholesome, girl-next-door good looks and edgy comedy has earned her a rapid rise in the comedy world. Her comedy embraces a friendly, conversational tone that makes it all the more shocking—and funny—when she suddenly veers into a taboo area or attacks a member of her audience before skillfully segueing back into more relaxed, easygoing material. Schumer smartly exploits the contrast between her mock-ditsy persona and the exquisitely worded nastiness of her material on her debut album, Cutting—No. 9 on The A.V. Club’s list of the best comedy albums of 2011—which would ring false if not so finely crafted. It’s an impressive album for any comic, much less such a relatively green one. more at avclub.com
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JUST FOR LAUGHS Janeane Garofolo, Kyle Kinane
Wed. 06/13 | 11:00PM @ UP Comedy Club (map)
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May 31, 2012Just For Laughs: The Nerd Show
Pete Holmes and Brian Posehn and Brent Weinbach and Mike Lawrence
Pete Holmes is just one of those guys you want to succeed. His short films are clever. His appearances on VH-1 don’t grate. His onstage presence is relaxed, natural, and almost immediately likable. And above all, his comedy is smart and funny. Though his most visible—or invisible, as the case might be—job is as the voice of the E-Trade baby, Holmes is perhaps best known in comedy circles for his podcast, You Made It Weird, which features the comedian riffing with and interviewing other notable stand-ups. Impregnated With Wonder, Holmes’ 2011 stand-up record, was named one of the year’s best by The A.V. Club. Here, Holmes hosts The Nerd Show, and with Brian Posehn, Brent Weinbach, and Mike Lawrence as guests, offers a version of The Nerdist focused more on comedy, though no doubt with its share of nerdy essentials. more at avclub.com -
Featured Review from The Onion A.V. Club
May 31, 2012Like the good Gen-Xer that she is, Janeane Garofalo rose with grunge in the ’90s. And though she may have doffed her flannel since then, she’s remained a consistent performer. She’s found her way reliably into film and TV (most recently playing FBI agent Janis Gold on 24) and, thanks to her pointedly political perspective, hosted a talk show on Air America. Garofalo always makes time, too, to prowl the stage, notebook in tow, to deliver meandering monologues about politics and pop culture that always find their way to punch lines eventually. more at avclub.com
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