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Daily Rehearsal: Second City opens teen company

Fri, 25 May 2012 10:38:00 -0500

Now's your chance to become that teen superstar you've always dreamed of! Second City is opening a teen company; auditions are June 1 and 2 for those 13 to 17, though it seems as though you would have had to be a go-getter and sign up for those already....

Lil Rel: Three reasons Kobe Bryant will never be Michael Jordan

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:00:00 -0500

Chicago Bulls fans were understandably saddened when Derek Rose tore his ACL and the Bulls lost their chance at winning the NBA finals this year. So watching the L.A. Lakers' progress in the playoffs has been particularly painful. Just ask comedian Lil Rel, a Bulls fan with very strong feelings about L.A.'s team.

Theater hits for the fences with baseball

Thu, 24 May 2012 21:39:00 -0500

Sure there are plays out there about roller derby and boxing. But you can fit all the other sports plays in a thimble compared to the vast dramatic literature about baseball, not to mention the treasury of baseball literature beyond theater.

Daily Rehearsal: 'Sarah Silverman's Pro Choice' line-up announced

Thu, 24 May 2012 12:33:00 -0500

The Sarah Silverman's Pro Choice line-up has been announced and it includes Marc Maron, Chris Hardwick, Reggie Watts and Natasha Leggero, as of now. The show is Saturday June 16 at the Chicago Theater at both 7:30 and 10:30 pm. Tickets are $35.50.

Don’t-Miss List May 24-30: Family drama and incest at Strawdog

Thu, 24 May 2012 12:01:00 -0500

Another opening, another show, another . . . closing. In the Continuum, through June 17, Pegasus Players at the Beacon Street Hull House, 4550 N.

Daily Rehearsal: Hannibal Buress v. The Daily Eastern News

Wed, 23 May 2012 11:09:00 -0500

- The A.V.

JP Morgan: 'I just don't know how this happened'

Wed, 23 May 2012 10:05:00 -0500

It's not so fun to be a financial institution these days. Just ask Bears Stearns, the former global investment bank. Or JPMorgan, the financial services firm that reported trading losses in the billions this month due to some risky moves.

Daily Rehearsal: 'Tigers Be Still' extended

Wed, 23 May 2012 09:44:00 -0500

Tigers Be Still at Theater Wit has been extended two weeks, through June 16. Though bear in mind that the Reader's Kerry Reid said it was "overstuffed and undernourished," a beautiful turn of phrase.

Daily Rehearsal: Joffrey welcomes NATO guests

Mon, 21 May 2012 10:19:00 -0500

Chicago Mayer Rahm Emanuel and his wife joined NATO spouses at the Joffrey on Sunday, where they watched a "short performance", which means that not even the arts could avoid this weekend's excitement. Guests received "a limited edition, Picasso-inspired silk scarf based on designs developed for the ballet Parade."

Jared Logan was breastfed until he was 11, and look how he turned out

Sat, 19 May 2012 08:00:00 -0500

We probably don't even have to introduce this particular magazine cover: Time magazine really knocked it out of Controversy Park with this one. Comedian Jared Logan wasn't alone in finding this scandel ripe for the joke-picking, but he may have taken the joke further than others. "I breastfed until I was 11 and, as you can see, I’m a completely normal well-adjusted person," he said at The Paper Machete.