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Spotlight: Live improv returns to Schaumburg's Laugh Out Loud Theater
Sep 18, 2020 6:00 AM - Live improv returns to Schaumburg's Laugh Out Loud Theater, and Otherworld and Stupid Shakespeare theater companies collaborate on the Shakespeare parody "The Merchant of Sesame Street," this week in Chicago-area theater. -
Best Bets: Former 'Jersey Boys' crooners, Felicia Fields take their concerts outdoors
Sep 17, 2020 9:38 AM - Enjoy a Concert on the Green featuring Felicia Fields and Friends at the Marriott Resort in Lincolnshire, former "Jersey Boys" perform an outdoor concert at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie and the Museum of Science + Industry offers three free days to Illinois residents in September. -
Spotlight: Live reading of 'The Glass Menagerie' at redtwist, Hershey Felder channels George Gershwin
Sep 11, 2020 6:00 AM - Redtwist Theatre presents a livestreamed reading of Tennessee Williams' classic "The Glass Menagerie"; The Agency Theater hosts a virtual festival of solo works; Nuns4Fun streams archived "Holy Ghost Bingo"; and Hershey Felder channels George Gershwin in a livestreamed performance from Florence, Italy, this week in Chicago-area theater. -
Psychic by day, stand-up by night -- comedian conjures laughs at Chicago's Zanies
Sep 10, 2020 11:31 AM - Self-styled stand-up psychic Karen Rontowski, who developed her love of comedy about the same time she recognized an interest in the paranormal, headlines Chicago's Zanies this weekend. -
Best Bets: The ESO performs two socially distant outdoor concerts this weekend
Sep 9, 2020 6:00 AM - Members of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra perform two socially distant concerts outdoors Friday and Saturday, the rescheduled Barrington Art Walk returns and the Turner Evolution car show rolls into the parking lot at the Schaumburg Convention Center this weekend. -
Best Bets: Chicago Dogs host 'Star Wars' theme night Saturday
Aug 27, 2020 8:27 AM - Get decked out for "Star Wars" theme night Saturday at The Chicago Dogs game, view art in person at the 37th annual Port Clinton Arts Festival, or enjoy a Drive-in Music Concert Saturday benefiting Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity. -
Best Bets: Stroll Morton Arboretum during the Wine and Art Walk
Aug 20, 2020 9:44 AM - The Wine and Art Walk returns to Lisle's Morton Arboretum this weekend, Loft 21 in Lincolnshire screens "Finding Nemo" as a drive-in movie Friday, and Fareed Haque & The Secret Tango Society perform outdoors Saturday at the North Shore Center. -
'It just feels like the sauce is cooking right': Sam Jay talks about the diverse energy writing for 'SNL'
Aug 8, 2020 7:00 AM - Comedian and "Saturday Night Live" writer Sam Jay talks about her bold Netflix stand-up special, her vulnerability onstage and what it's like writing for the most diverse "SNL" cast yet.
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Spotlight: Mike Toomey brings the laughs in-person (and virtually) to the Raue stage Saturday
Aug 7, 2020 9:20 AM - Standup comedy continues at the Raue with comedians Mike Toomey and Fritz Nothnagel performing live (and virtually) Saturday in Crystal Lake, and First Folio showcases its artistic associates in a YouTube series hosted by associate artistic diretor Melanie Keller, this week on the Chicago theater scene. -
Best bets: Beatles fan festival goes online, 'Blues Brothers' tribute comes to Navy Pier
Aug 4, 2020 6:00 AM - Beatles fans and famous guests come together online for a Virtual Fest for Beatles Fans, the Chicago Jazz Orchestra pays tribute to "The Blues Brothers" at Navy Pier and comedian Mike Toomey plays the Raue Center for the Arts in Crystal Lake this week.
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