Articles filed under Comedy
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Theater spotlight: An American classic, an Irish drama and an epistolary love storyJun 29, 2022 6:00 am - ABT revives classic Oak Park writer/director Monty Cole helms American Blues Theater's revival of "Fences," August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about a former N...
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Best Bets: Anime Midwest returns to RosemontJun 28, 2022 6:00 am - 'Japanimation' jam Fans of Japanese animated shows, comics, video games and more won't want to miss the return of Anime Midwest at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Cent...
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Best Bets: Béla Fleck brings bluegrass to RaviniaJun 21, 2022 6:00 am - Fleck & folk Get folksy with Béla Fleck & My Bluegrass Heart, Sam Bush and the Jerry Douglas Band at the Ravinia Festival, 418 Sheridan Road, Highland Park. $70-$10...
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The Bit Theater celebrates Independence Day with 'A Salute to All Nations … But Mostly America'Jun 14, 2022 11:00 pm - The Fox Valley's premiere long-form improv theater, The Bit Theater, will host a special weekend of shows entitled "A Salute to all Nations … But Mostly America." Based...
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Best Bets: Buddy Guy leads return of Aurora's Blues on the Fox festJun 14, 2022 6:00 am - Top pick Riverside blues Buddy Guy, Shemekia Copeland and Kenny Wayne Shepherd are just a few of the featured headliners playing the Blues on the Fox music festival at R...
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Best Bets: Comedian Paula Poundstone plays Waukegan SaturdayJun 07, 2022 6:00 am - Laughter on tap Expect plenty of laughs when comedian Paula Poundstone (“Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me”) returns for a standup show with plenty of expected on-the-spot cr...
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Spotlight: Comedian Paula Poundstone headlines the Genesee June 11Jun 01, 2022 11:00 pm - Paula on stage HBO and Comedy Central veteran Paula Poundstone, a "Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me!" panelist and host of the NPR podcast "Live From the Poundstone Institut...
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Best Bets: Raging Waves opens for the season SaturdayMay 31, 2022 6:00 am - Top pick Splash town Raging Waves, billed as the largest water park in Illinois, reopens Saturday for the start of its 15th season at 4000 N. Bridge St., Yorkville. $29....
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Best Bets: DuPage Community Arts Festival debuts in WheatonMay 24, 2022 6:00 am - Arts aplenty Local visual artists and bands like The Ides of March, featuring Jim Peterik, Ralph Covert and The Bad Examples, The Orbert Davis Quintet and more will be p...
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Widescreen tidbits: Carlin's best on HBO Max, PlayStation's new game library, a bold new 'Trek'May 18, 2022 11:00 pm - PlayStation 5 library Sony this week announced "a selection of content" that will be available for download by PlayStation Plus subscribers who upgrade to one of the new...