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- Preview: Fulton Street Sessions
  
  Zeljko Djukic and company craft a current-events cabaret for TUTA’s first original work.
  
  Zeljko Djukic and company craft a current-events…
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream
  
  Sigmund Freud watches over Gary Griffin’s interpretation of Dream.
  
  Sigmund Freud watches over Gary Griffin’s…
- They Are Dying Out
  
  Ad execs literally step on one another on their way up the ladder to nowhere in Peter Handke’s hypnotic dismantling of corporate emptiness.
  
  Ad execs literally step on one another on their way…
Featured stories
- Kristin Chenoweth | Interview
  
  The actress-singer plays a good Christian bitch, or GCB, on ABC.
  
  The actress-singer plays a good Christian bitch, or…
- A Catered Affair
  
  Creators Harvey Fierstein and John Bucchino on their intimate chamber musical, receiving its Midwest premiere at Porchlight Music Theatre.
  
  Creators Harvey Fierstein and John Bucchino on their…
- Black Box Acting Studio launches the Academy conservatory
  
  The popular actor training studio run by Audrey Francis and Laura Hooper announces a new nine-month, full-time program.
  
  The popular actor training studio run by Audrey…
Critics' picks
- Ameriville
  
  This exhilarating piece by the performance group Universes might be a herald of VG’s new era. It’s also badass on its own artistic merits.
  
  This exhilarating piece by the performance group…
- Death and Harry Houdini
  
  The House makes magic with a remount of the show that first established its aesthetic.
  
  The House makes magic with a remount of the show…
- Love and Money
  
  Dennis Kelly’s bracing 2006 piece about affluence and empathy feels even more timely now.
  
  Dennis Kelly’s bracing 2006 piece about affluence…
- Hesperia
  
  Randall Colburn’s small-town tale of repentance and salvation returns in a refined second production with a stellar cast.
  
  Randall Colburn’s small-town tale of repentance and…

Preview: Fulton Street Sessions

Zeljko Djukic and company craft a current-events cabaret for TUTA’s first original work.

Can't-miss stories

Introducing The Chicagoan: A bold new vision in print
Proposals for the 2012 Chicago Cultural Plan

Time Out Chicago’s critics weigh in on how the city can improve culture.
Hit the Wall

The Stonewall uprising gets reimagined at Steppenwolf.

On the blogs

Too Late Blues at the Portage tonight
The 1961 film is a crucial link when it comes to making sense of John Cassavetes.

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Secret sales for TOC readers
We have even more special deals at Chicago stores for Time Out Chicago readers.

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Chicago bloggers share their picks for the Eat Out Awards.

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Vote: Best new restaurant cocktails
2012 Eat Out Awards

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Guns N' Roses at the House of Blues
Photos and full review

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Dr. Dog at the Vic Theatre
Photos

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Kinky Boots coming this fall
The new Broadway-bound musical will get a Chicago tryout in October.

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Feder: I can’t think of anyone who’s had a more enviable career over the past 50 years than Clark Weber.

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Feder: Kristen McQueary, who covered state government for the Chicago News Cooperative and WBEZ, is joining the editorial board of the Chicago Tribune.

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