1. Hedy Weiss of the Sun-Times and the Chicago Theater Addict (by way of Chicago Like A Local) are pushing some new "smaller" theater productions for the fall (also known as "storefront").
1. Chinglish said goodbye to the city of Chicago in a dramatic fashion; Rahm Emanuel saw the show on Friday, and Governor Pat Quinn made an appearance Saturday.
I'm writing this week about a war I've lost, but I'm waging it anyway because I'm right and you are wrong. Audiences don't know how to applaud anymore.
1. George Bernhard Shaw's Heartbreak House starts its run at the Writers' Theatre tomorrow night. If you can't tell from the title, it's an uplifting play, to say the least.2.